Nemaha. — Previous  to  1880  hog  cholera  did  not  prevail  in  this  county.  About
that  time  it  commenced  in  the  yards  of  the  large  feeders  where  cattle  were  fed  on
com  by  the  hundreds,  and  the  hogs  were  kept  in  large  numbers  to  follow  the  cattle
and  pick  up  the  scattered  com.  in  cold  weather  they  would  bunch  up  in  the  night,
the  under  ones  becoming  warm  and  the  outside  ones  being  almost  frozen.  Every
morning  some  woiUd  be  found  dead.  The  fatality  spread  over  the  county,  and  was
said  to  be  spread  by  dogs  carrying  the  dead  meat  home  to  eat,  and  by  buying  and
exchanging  hogs.  The  former  symptoms  changed  many  tames.  Their  only  feed  in
winter  was  com  and  ice-water.  It  spread  nearly  everywhere  in  the  county ;  and
even  in  summer,  when  turned  into  the  clover  fields,  they  did  not  stop  dying.  But
hoes  fed  some  milk  will  recover;  indeed  they  will  not  have  the  cholera  when  thus
fed,  but  not  many  have  that.  Many  remedies  have  been  tried,  but  still  frequently
whole  herds  will  die  under  the  best  care.  Almost  all  sickness  among  ho^  is  usually
called  cholera;  but  the  cholera  has  its  peculiar  features  which  are  unmistakable  to
those  having  experience.
Ness. — ^No  cholera  exists  among  the  hogs  in  this  county.  I  have  not  heard  of  the
prevalence  of  disease  among  any  class  of  farm  animals.
Neosho. — ^There  has  been  no  cholera  of  any  account  in  this  county.  Some  few
cases  of  pigs  dying  with  swine  plague.  I  could  not  get  the  statistics  in  full  in  regard
to  stock  as  our  assessors  failed  to  do  their  duty  in  tl^t  respect,  and  did  not  make  re-
port.   Many  cattle  have  died  by  being  allowed  to  nm  on  stalk  fields.
