Madison.— It  is  difficult  to  get  definite  information  in  regard  to  the  first  aroea^
ance  of  hog  cholera  in  this  county.  It  approached  this  State  from  the  ean^,  was
some  two  or  three  years  getting  west  of  Des  Moines  River,  then  about  one  year
reaching  this  coaaty.  Cui  not  get  any  d^ftzute  theory  as  to  its  introduction.  It
has  prevailed  to  some  extent  ever  since,  sometimes  very  generally  for  a  year  or  two
and  then  almost  dis^pears  for  some  years,  when  it  would  again  oeoome  very  fatal
Previous  to  its  introduction  hogs  had  been  very  healthy,  ^irm  animals  generally
'  have  been  very  healthy  the  past  year.
MAKfiHATiT*. — ^Hog  cholera  made  its  first  appearance  in  this  section  in  1876, 1  think^
No  one  seemed  to  know  how  it  came  into  tius  section,  but  it  apparently  started  all
over  this  county  at  about  the  same  time  and  many  lost  their  entire  stock  of  hof»\
others  lost  from  one-half  to  two-thirds.  No  treatment  seemed  to  do  any  good.  ^
some  sections  of  the  county  many  shoats  are  dyinc  at  present;  other  localities  are
exempt.    Previous  to  1876  ho^  were  entirely  healthy*    Some  kind  of  a  tonic  or


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r^^Iator  aeeme  to  have  a  good  effect  a9  used  by  many.  Some  use  ooe  thing  and
some  another,  and  I  am  fuSy  satisfied  in  my  own  oase  the  eifects  have  been  good,
as  I  have  never  lost  any  hogs  to  speak  of.
MtTiT*s. — Hog:  cholera  is  a  terrible  disease  and  ia  the  hardest  thing  we  have  to  en-
counter in  the  stock  line,  it  is  ahnost  sure  death  to  a  herd  when  it  gete  a  start.
