8 A MANUAL ON THE HOG. 



21. Have you reliable evidence that cholera is commu- 



nicable from hogs to other domestic animals ? If 

 so, please state the facts. 



22. Have your hogs, previous to taking the cholera, had 



free access to pure running water ? 



The answers to the questions on hog-cholera will be con- 

 sidered under the head of diseases. 



FACTS ELICITED FROM THE GENERAL QUES- 

 TIONS ON HOG-RAISING IN GEORGIA. 



The following breeds have been tested by the various 

 correspondents in Georgia, viz : 



The Berkshire, Essex, Poland China, Chester White, 

 Guinea, Corbet, Woburn, Grazier and common stock. 



Forty-one per cent, of the correspondents report the 

 Berkshire most profitable, twenty-nine percent, the Guinea, 

 twenty per cent, the Essex, and nine per cent, the common 

 stock. 



The Poland China has been but recently introduced, and 

 is favorably regarded by all who have tried them. Only a 

 few prefer the Chester White. 



Crosses of nearly all the above named breeds have been 

 tested : forty-six per cent, reporting in favor of the Berk- 

 shire to cross upon the common stock, thirty three per cent 

 the Guinea, and nineteen per cent, the Essex. 



Health, thrift, early maturity, and facility of fattening 

 at any age are claimed for each favorite. 



In answer to the sixth question : " What variety do you 

 breed at this time?" forty-six per cent, say Berkshire and' 

 its crosses, twenty-six per cent, say Guinea, eighteen per 

 cent Essex and its crosses, and six per cent. the^Chester and 

 its crosses. 



The average reported.cost per pound of pork salted down 

 in the smokehouse in 1875 wa s 8j cents. Some, who give 

 special attention to their hogs, and plant crops for them, 

 report the cost as low as five cents per pound, and a few 

 at four cents. * 



