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7. Were they, during that time, fed regularly, and kept 



in a uniformly thriving condition, or, were they 

 alternately fat and lean ? 



8. Were they fed constantly on the same food, or did 



they have a variety ? 



9. Did they, during said six months, have a large range 



of woods or old fields, or, were they kept within 

 enclosed fields? 



10. Did they, at regular intervals during saicj six months, 



have any of the supposed preventives, tar, ashes, 

 copperas, sulphur, etc.? 



11. Had your hogs, when attacked, been bred in-and-in 



for several years, or, had new crosses been intro- 

 duced ? 



12. At what season of the year has cholera generally 



made its appearance ? 



13. Has it appeared more than once in the same year ? 



14. What disposition do you make of the carcasses of 



those that die of cholera ? 



15. Have you any reliable evidence that preventives 



have proved efficacious ? 



16. What per cent, of those attacked by cholera recover 



without medicine ? 



17. What per cent, of those treated with supposed rem- 



edies recover from cholera ? 



18. If you have satisfactory evidence of the efficacy of 



preventives, please state what such preventives 

 are, how prepared and administered. 



19. If you have conclusive evidence that cholera has 



been cured, please state the remedy, also, how- 

 prepared and administered. 



20. Do you regard cholera as contagious, infectious, or 



sporadic ? Please state the facts which have led 

 to your conclusions. 



