Dixon. — ^There  is  a  disease  among  the  hogs  of  this  county  that  has  prevailed  more
or  less  since  1882.    The  loss  has  been  very  severe.    I  had  itUmong  my  ho^  the
vrinter  of  1888,  ana  again  this  winter,  and  perhaps  can  give  no  better  description  of
it  than  to  explain  the  way  it  operated  on  my  herd,  which,  as  near  as  I  can  ascertain,
is  about  the  same  in  all  cases.    In  the  first  case  it  is  more  fatal  with  shoats  and
pilQs  than  older  hogs,  although  in  some  cases  the  older  ones  die  with  it.    The  pigs
that  were  bom  in  the  spring  of  1887  looked  very  tlurif ty,  except  one  or  two  which
were  removed  about  August.    Tliey  began  coughing,  say  one  or  two  of  them.    This
oough  seemed  like  an  effort  to  throw  off  something  from  the  lungs,  or  as  if  dust
were  in  the  throat.    In  some  cases  they  refused  to  eat  and  grew^in,  and  finally
would  die.    In  other  cases  they  would  seem  droopy  and  dull,  ^nd  would  die  verv
suddenly  instead  of  lingering  as  in  the  case  of  gradually  growing  poor,    ThejT  ^
seemed  to  be  thirsty,  and  would  drink  at  every  opportunity.    I  changed  feed  rrom
com  to  ship-stuff.    The  bowels  in  some  cases  would  be  very  loose  and  the  secretion
n^ould  be  uke  black  water;  in  other  cases  the  manure  would  resemble  that  of  sheep,
being  very  hard  and  black.    Some  fat  hogs  would  get  sick  and  refuse  to  eat  for  a
week,  but  would  come  aroimd  again  all  0.  K.    When  they  died  there  was  a  very
disagreeable  odor.    I  fed  some  of  the  advertised  remedies,  but  with  no  success.
