Show CORN VS PORK by GARLAND of the vigilantes if the war goes on as it seems likely to do we may come to doctor kelloggs way 0 of thinking and cut out the raising of pigs altogether he estimates that it takes nearly ten pounds of corn to make a pound of pork and that when we get the pork we aro are worse off than it if we had none this I 1 suspect Is true for 1 I under orders of my doctor have had no pork of any kind for three years kellogg Is an extreme vegetarian rif of course and his bis statements must be read in the light of that fact and yet he hns has logic on his side why continue to feed the most vital food of the human race to droves of animals whose flesh Is admitted to be unwholesome to many people and without which all of us would be better off another curious reflection comes in when discussing the raising of any kind of flesh food how much of the corn or 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 like a joke but it it Is a serious observation on the part of vegetarians the germans with their usual efficiency have taken these matters in hand they have decreased the number of pigs not only to save food but to preserve a certain balance in the ration we may yet come to kelloggs point of view and begin the reduction of pork raising to save corn retaining only enough pigs to act as scavengers of the kitchen refuse this much we can do we can feed our hogs with care I 1 wonder how many western farmers still feed their pigs as they used to do by throwing the corn into the pen at that time with corn at 15 cents a bushel it matter how bow much was trampled into tile the mire but now the case Is different we are careful to clean our own plates and yet I 1 am not sure that the farmers are making their cattle feed go as far as it might by careful rationing animals used to be overfed on our farms are they being scientifically fed now corn and wheat can win this war and when the final choice Is made pigs must go cotton and wool be reduced in amount and cattle be raised without exercise and in the most economical way As I 1 write these things I 1 am suddenly taken anew with the wonder of the changes that have come to this america of ours that we of all nations of the world should be seriously considering how to conserve our food supply makes clearer than tiny any other measure the appalling blight which the war with its destructive agencies has thrown over the entire earth it is incredible but it is true it is not only true but blit is becoming each day more vital in our thinking how shall we feed the allies ourselves and the waves odthe of the north sea we must double production we must save and we must use with scientific precision |