The subject of hog cholera is such an important one to the people of Iowa that a brief article in these pages setting forth some of the main facts that have been observed in our work here, and elsewhere by others, seems warranted. While we have nothing to offer in the way of a specific cure and cannot point out the way by which the disease can be easily eradicated, a careful study of the facts herein set forth will enable the painstaking swine owner to more successfully deal with the two prevalent epizootic diseases of swine—hog cholera and swine plague.