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EDITORIAL. 
Hog Cholera continues to prevail more or less extensivel 
throughout the country, Nebraska especially losing largely by 
yearly. The Regents of the University of Nebraska have a] 
pointed Hr. Billings to investigate the disease in that State, an 
a series of questions has been prepared to be submitted to tli 
farmers for information on the subject. Why not appeal to ve 
erinarians at large for the expression of their views? We giv 
the questions below, to which answers can and ought to be givei 
not only from Nebraska, but from every portion of the countr 
where the disease prevails and has been observed by veterinar 
surgeons: 
1 . How many hogs did you raise in 1885 ? 
2 . Hid you have hog cholera in 1885 ? 
3. How many hogs did you lose from it in 1885 ? 
4. What was their market value at the time of death ? 
5. What breed were the diseased hogs ? 
6 . Have you noticed that any one breed of hogs was moi 
likely to acquire hog cholera than another, and which? 
7. Are rough, native hogs more susceptible to hog choler 
than the improved breeds ? 
8 . At what season of the year was your loss the greatest ? 
9. Please state your opinion as to the effect of hot and col 
wet and dry seasons on outbreaks of hog cholera, especially wit 
regard to severity ? 
10 . Have } r ou noticed that high or low breeds have any effe< 
upon outbreaks of hog cholera—that is, does it appear earlier i 
the season or with more severity in hogs kept on high, dry lac 
than on the low and wet ? 
11 . Have you any ideas as to how the disease got into yoi 
herd ? 
12 . Ho you think that there is but one disease known as ho 
cholera, or several; if the last, please give your practical reasoi 
for thinking so ? 
13. Hid you have hog cholera in your herd in 1884 ? 
14. Were your hogs kept in the same place in 1885 as thoi 
of 1884, and did they have disease in 1885 ? 
