The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-03
DOMESTIC ANNALS, is,
And Tholr Diseases-tteport by Counties
OK for the Stn.e Of West yvirglnlt,.

Aud Tholr Diseases-tte,ort by Count
for the State OF West virginit.
AslllSGroS, D. G., Dec. I'D. L. 81
mon, chief OF the Bureau OF .tuimal I
dnstry, in his report to the Department
Agriculture for 1881 gives some in.crestil
facts regarding tho disease Of domest
animals. The report for IVES. Virgin
vii! be OF special interest inasmucli as Il!
hog cholera Is raging in Ohio county. TT
report Is complete as far ns It goes, bl
very strangely omits mention OF some
the most important counties In the Stat
The report by counties Is as follows:
Barbour--No diseases prevalent amo,
horses. Diseases among cattle are col
fined mostly to young stock. The 10,
among these animals has been quiz
heavy, and will amount in value to ovt
IS,0o0: Cholera has prevailed extensiv,
4 iy among fowls and l,ns been quite iata
Berkclcy-No destructive disease I'm
visited any class OF our domestic animaI
the past year. b
Boonc-Losses caused among our iar,
animals by disease, during the past ye..
have been very small.
Cabell-llog cholera is about the onl
disease that has proved destructive to OH
farm animals the past year. tits now pre-
vailng and generally proves fatal. -.
Doddridge-Tlie following | regard as
correct estimate OF the value Of the losse
among farm animals in this county tn
past year: Horses, 800; cattle, $3.50
hogs, $1,000; sheep, Sl,250; and fowls
$500. ,''55'', 49,, 3
Fayette-The only losses OF consequenc,
sustained among any class OF farm ami
mails BY, disease the past year have beer
among hogs. 52 aN
Gilmer-No contagious or epidemic dis
ease has prevailed among any class OF do
mestic animals in this countyin the past
year. 7. 80 "a
Grant-A majority Of the farm animals
Of this county have maintained good
health the past year. There has been
some cholera among both hogs and fowls.
Greenbrier-There have been some
cases OF pink.eye among horses and black.
leg among yeafling calves. Hogs have
suffered with disease supposed to DO
cholera. They have n cough and soon
Qniteating. Nearly all the young animals
affected die. The disease seems to be con.
tined 10 localities where the hogs feed on
acorns. Cholera also preveilsamongfowls,
and the losses have been quite heavy.
Hardy = Very little disease among
horses. Cattle have suffered with black
leg, hollow.horn. mutrain, and ioot.cvil.
Last spring our young hogs died OF cholera
In certain localities like flies. Sheep
have died Of rot; and great many fowls
OF cholera. The following is regarded as
a fair estimate of the value OF the losses
Tor the year: Horses, $500; cattle, $500;
hogs, $780, sheep, $3.50; and fowls,
500. ss =
Harr!son-But few losses have occurre:..
from disease umong the farm animals OF
THIS county the current year. 4
Jackson-Farm animals OF all kind are
hooking well. No contagious or infectious
disease has existed among them the past
year. .S IaEi 81 81 1s.s
McDowell-Onr farm animals have, es-
caped'afl fatal diseases during the past
two :'ears Hog cholera appeared in some
localities in the adjoining county of Buch-
anan in the early part Of the fall, but the
area OF infection has not enlarged.
Marshall-Thcre have been no losses
from disease among any class OF farm
stock in this county which could be re.
:iably es lrnated. Some cases OF disteinper
have been reported among horses, but
there have been few deaths. s-S.- 81
Mason-So contagious or epidemic dis
ease has yisitcd.any class-of our domestic
animals this year.
. Mercer.-No disease OF virulent type
has prevailed among our horses, though
an animal occasionally dies OF distemper.
Cattle have been affected with murrnin,
hogs with cholera, md sheep with rot.
Mineral--All classes Of our farm ami
mails are exceptionally FREQ from disease Of
every kind. a few cases OF cholera have
occurred among hogs and fowls during the
year. { p r. - So, 2
Nonroe-The loss OF hogs in portion OF
this county has been considerable. The
disease is similar to scarlet fever, with
more or less throattrouble. Some parties
have lost al, while others have saved j
few animals. Those tl.at recover continue
poor and worthless. The disease is vari-
onsiy pronounced scarlet fever, diphthe-
ria, and new kind Of cholera.
Alorgan--rhe only disease that has pre-
vailed among any class OF farm animals
has been among hogs. Fowls have sutf.
cred to some extent with the usual mala-
dies. til
Observation-Disclosures are frequently at
tackled with distemper, but animals rare.
" die OF the disease. Cattle are subject
to black.leg, which usually proves fatal.
Sheep die Of rot, and fowls OF gapes and
cholera. Is .s..Fss.
Nicbolas-IIorses are occasionally af.
llicted with amid type of distemper.
Cholera has destroyed a great many hogs,
but have no means OF ascertaining the
number or value. Sheep have the rot,
but that disease don't amount 10 much. II
pleasants-There have been no con.
taglous or epidemic diseases among our
furm animals. Some losses have occurred
alnons sheep and fowls, but it is very
difficult 10 value the loss.
Prcston--SiXty-three: horses lied in this
county during the year of pneumonia, aud
OF other diseases. A few eat.
tie died Of murrain, anil some hogs ,oi the
usual diseases. Grub In the head Is the
only. thing that has afflicted sheep.
ltaleigh-lIog cholera is the only dis
ease OF a contagious character prevalent
among farm stock in this county. 1t has
been quite destructive. 9.5,t
Randolph-We have lad no widespread
disease among anyclass OF our domestic
ANNA Is during the .year. a few eases Of
black-!eg have occurred among cattle.
'.ltitchie--Stock is in unusually good
condition and entirely, free from disense.
Roane-A few hess and quite a large
number sheep have died during the
year OF diseases incident to these animals.
Summers-The only losses consequence
among farm animals have occur. cd among
hogs. ! think ! can safely estimate that
40 percent Of the total number in the
county have died during the year. The
disease is similar to ASwlne plague as de-
scrihed In your Department report. The
lungs were much .discolored; there was
swelling under the jaws; weakness in the
hinder parts, SO that when they at tempted
to get up they would fall backward. Many
persons lost every ha9 they had. REL lS.