6 A MANUAL ON THE HOG. 



15. What was the average weight of your last killing ? 



16. What diseases have proved most destructive ? 



17. What remedies have been successfully used ? 



18. What per cent, is annually lost by disease ? 



19. Are you troubled with thieves ? 



20. What per cent, of the hogs in your county are an- 



nually stolen ? 



21. What are the principal obstacles to raising hogs in 



your county? 



22. What remedies do you employ to overcome these 



obstacles ? 



23. State, as briefly as possible, your plan of raising 



hogs, giving their treatment through the year. 



24. Have you tested the plan of keeping your hogs 



penned through the year ? 



25. Give the results of such experiment ? 



26. State the results of your observation as to the influ- 



ence of color on the health of the hog in our cli- 

 mate, especially its influence on the mange. 



As eighty-five per cent, of those who answered Special 

 Circular No. 13, on " Hog Raising in Georgia," reported 

 cholera the most destructive disease, the following 



QUESTIONS ON HOG CHOLERA 



were sent to farmers in this and other States : 



1. Describe as accurately as possible the symptoms 



accompanying cholera. 



2. Have you made a post-mortem examination of a hog 



that died of cholera ? 



3. If so, please state the results of the investigation. 



4. Has any particular age or sex been peculiarly sub- 



ject to cholera ? 



5. Are hogs more subject to this disease when poor, 



than when in a thriving or fat condition ? 



6. State the treatment your hogs received for six 



months previous to taking the cholera.' 



