Show CORN VS PORK oy by HAMLIN GARLAND of the vigilantes if tho war goes on aa as it seems likely to do wo we may come to doctor kelloggs way nay of tb thinking inking and cut out the ral ing of pigs altogether he ile es that it takes nearly ten rounds 0 of corn to make a pound of pork and that when we no get the pork we are worse oft off than if we me had none thie this I 1 suspect 1 true for 1 I under orders of my doctor have had no pork of any kind for three years kellogg Is nn an extreme vegetarian of course and his statements ments must be rend read in the light of that fact and yet he has logic on his tits elde side why continue to teed feed the most vital food of the human race to droves of animals whose flesh Is admitted to be un wholesome to many people and without m which all of us would mould be better off another curious reflection comes in when discussing the raising of any kind of flesh food how ilow much of the corn or oata oats goes to supply energy for exercise on the part of the animal every time a pig or steer takes a trot or a gallop around the yard a considerable amount of food is used up in a muscular action this sounds liko a joke but it it is a serious atlon on the part of vegetarians the ti I amans with their usual efficiency hae have taken these matters in hand they have debrea 40 the number c ell piga pigs not only to save food but to preserve prest n certain balance in the ration we may yet come to kelloggs point of view and begin tho reduction of pork raising to save corn retaining only enough pigs to act as us scavengers of the litchen refuse this much tich wo we can do we ran can feed our ho hogs with care I 1 wonder how western farmere farmers belll feed their pigs no they used to do by toy throw arg the corn com into the pea pen at that time with corn nt at IS 15 cents a bushel it matter how much was tramp tramped ld into the th mire but now the case Is different we bre careful to clean air ova plate and yet I 1 nm am not sure that the farmers are making their cattle feed go as far as it might by careful rationing animals ned n wed to be overfed on our farms are they being scientifically fed now corn and wheat can win min this war and when the final choice is ir made pigs in mist go cotton and wool be reduced in amount and cattle be rais raised without exercise and in the most economical way As I 1 write these things I 1 am and suddenly taken anew with tle wonder of the changes that have come to this america of ours oum that we of all na no dons of the world should be seriously considering how to conserve our food supply mikes clearer than any other measure the appalling blight which the bor with nith its destructive agencies has thrown over the entire earth it Is incredible but it Is true it Is r ot only true lint Is I 1 to each cacti day more vital in our thinking ilov shall wo we feed the allies ourselves and the waves of the north sea I 1 wo we must double production we must save and we no must ue with precision |