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Show DO YOU KNOW HOW TO CATCH A HOG? . In tho current Issuo of Farm and Fireside appears n letter from a distressed dis-tressed farmer who wishes thoro 1 was Bomo way ot catching hogs that ' would ho bettor than that In uso on most farms. Ho says: "On nenrl)' every farm about this time, or a little later, thoro can be seen two or moro men nnd boys chasing after a hog which, when caught, after a frantic strugglo Is thrown nnd a sharp knlfo thrust Into In-to his throat Many a tlmo havo I helped at that Job. and much as I llko sparcrlbs and sausago I can't help pitying the unfortunate animal and wishing thnt a form less brutal might convert n living hog Into pork." "I am told that by a blow on tho I head with a hammer or tho back I ot an ax tho animal Is put In such j a condition it does not bleed well j and so tho pork does not keep. Will j ycu Invito farmers who havo had experience In any but tho old fash-I fash-I loned way to tell how they do tho distasteful Job? And Is thero not some form of hog catcher, that any igooil blacksmith can mako that will 1 catch the animal's leg and savo tho running which does neither hog nor mnn any good?" - |
