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Keowee Courier
Walhalla, Pickens, Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina
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Hog cholera devastates parts of Kentucky, with a Middlesexburg farmer losing 88 of 40 hogs and neighbors over 100. Herds rushed to Covington for Cincinnati market. Statewide hog production up 150,000 despite disease, which also appears in Indiana. Symptoms include diarrhea, loss of appetite, prostration, and rapid sinking.
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The hog cholera is said to be very destructive in parts of Kentucky. A farmer of Middlesexburg, has lost 88 out of 40 hogs, and others in the vicinity over one hundred. The large herds were pushed on to Covington as fast as possible, for the Cincinnati market. The hog "crop" will be very large in spite of the disease—returns to the State Auditor, from each county, adding up 150,000 more than last year. The sickness is not general. It has appeared also in various parts of Indiana. "The manifestations of the disease are very similar to those in the human body. Diarrhoea, loss of appetite, prostration and rapid sinking."
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Kentucky
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a farmer of middlesexburg lost 88 out of 40 hogs; others in vicinity lost over one hundred. hog crop up 150,000 from last year despite disease.
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Hog cholera is destructive in parts of Kentucky and various parts of Indiana. Large herds pushed to Covington for Cincinnati market. Sickness not general. Manifestations similar to human body: Diarrhoea, loss of appetite, prostration and rapid sinking.