Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

     Mr. Dodge, the Statistician of the Department of Agriculture, at Washington, reports, as the results of an investigation of the losses from diseases of swine during the past twelve months, the destrution of 4,000,000 animals of all ages, and a money loss of more than $20,000,000. One-fifth of the reported loss occurs in the State of Illinois; next in prominence are Missouri, Iowa and Indiana, which together lose $10,000,000. Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana have nearly as large a percentage of loss in numbers, aggregating in value a million and a half dollars. The reported losses are very small in New England, the country bordering on the great lakes, and the Pacific coast. Of the remaining districts. West Virginia comes nearest exemption, and Ohio and the Atlantic coast States stand better than the alluvial districts. The apparent loss is equivalent to a third of the sum of exports of pork products last year. It is somewhat greater than usual, eliciting demands from corresponents for a competent scientific investigation by the government.