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i:igs or tumors iitsdor tlie tliroat along the salivary glands. Those swellings soon estab- 

 lish an abscess in the throat, which rapidly etilargcs until it breaks. This constifcntes 

 the third stage. If it brealo ontside — which it, generally does— matter may run for 

 days or weeks, and sometimes for mouths, but the danger is passed if proper protec- 

 tion is atlbrded. But if this abscess breaks inside, the horse generally dies from suffor 

 cation or strangulation. The only remedy used here is the application of hot poultices 

 about the neck and throat (in the second stage) to induce suppuration as speedily as 

 possible. 



Hogs are generally healthy, but when any die from any cause it is invariably attrib- 

 uted to " hog-cholei a," when most likely no such thing as cholera ever existed among 

 hogs in thislocality. However, hogs frequently die here with quinsy and other throat 

 diseaseis. The most successful treatment I know of is to give frequent small doses of 

 powdered bluestone in sweet n\ilk. I have also been successful by placing, with a 

 wooden paddle, half a drachm of liuoly pulverized bluestone on the roots of the hog's 

 tongue. 



Fowls often die with what is known as " chicken-cholera." I know of no sure rem- 

 edy. E(iual parts of powdered charcoal and red ocher mixed with the food is an ajimost 

 sure pre^e^tive. 



Mr. F. M. Rogers, Xora, Jo Daviess Coiiuty, liliuois, says: 



I have been a resident of this county for thirty-six years, and during that time have 

 not known of any disease afi'ecting cittle, horses, or sheep of an epidemic character. 

 In many localities swine have suffered from the effects of cholera, but none so afl'ected 

 have ever come under my observation. Poultry has also suffered with the so-called 

 chicken-cholera, a disease which often decimated large flocks in a few weeks. Of the 

 various remedies recommended, orally .and written, we have tried but few, and none 

 of these with very gratifying results. 



Mr. D. C. TowNSEXD, Fort Hill, Lake County, Eliuois, says: 



Last winter the sheep in these parts died by the hundred. There was nothing we 

 could do that would save them. They would get dumx)ish and die in a few days. I 

 lost one-third of my flock (one hundred and fifty). Since then I have been feeding 

 them turpentine in salt, and they seem to be doing well. 



At this time we are losing a great many hogs. They do not live over three or four 

 hours from the time they are attacked. They turn black and bloat up. We are feed- 

 ing them sulphur and charcoal; some give copperas. They will eat the sulphur and 

 charcoal before they will eat their corn. I cannot teU what the result will be. 



Mr. E. H. Saunders, Pecatonica, Wiuuebago County, liliiiois, says : 



Stock has generally been free from disease in this county. There have been reported 

 cases of the so-called hog-cholera this fall, but none have come under my observation. 

 I have nothing to impart with the exception of the fact that my flock of sheep have 

 been infested with parasites for some years past, causing a poorer condition and greater 

 loss than formerly when affected in this way. Tape-worms in the intestines have been 

 numerous, and have proven very fatal to lambs and sometimes to older sheep. Thread- 

 worms in the lungs have also been numerous, as has a stomach thread-worm which 

 resembles the lung-worm, but is rather longer. I think the cause attributable to keep- 

 ing too many sheep on the same pasture for several years in succession. I have tried 

 many remedies with but little success, and now consider a proper preventive the only 

 protection. First, I change pastures as often as once in two years ; plow and cultivate 

 old pastures ; do not allow them to drink of stagnant water ; give them access to salt 

 mixed with a little sulphate of iron. I have followed this plan for the last year or 

 more, and have greatly reduced the losses. In corresponding with Professor Law, of 

 Corneli University, on this subject, he states that the embryo of the lung-worm is 

 found in the common earth-worm. It would be interesting to ascertain if such is the 

 fact. If so, the cau.se is apparent, for as land becomes richer from sheep-manure earth- 

 worms become more numerous. Professor Law seems to be uncertain as to how the 

 thread-worm finds its way to the lungs. I will state here that I have found the stomach 

 thread-worm in immen.se numbers in lambs not more than four months old, but have 

 found no lung-worms until the lambs were seven or eight mouths old, and have found 

 them most numerous in yearlings. Is it possible that they make their way from the 

 stomach to the lungs? 



Mr. A. M. DuRKER, HoNvardsville, Stephenson County, Illinois, says: 



Perhaps this locality is one most favored for the successful raising of farm animals, 

 as there are seldom any prevailing diseases among any class of stock. Horses some- 



