The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-03-13
Largest ID the City
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at last the mule is found somebody
I has him in a stable. Is this an ad
vantage or disadvantage?
w. P. Morris once gave it as
his opinion that hogs do better in
close pen than at large. How
ever, | wish to say that they 40
not. [ have seen hogs raised all
my life but have never known
them to fatten better in close
pen. If anything is really disgust
ing around farm it is filthy,
sinking, three cornered hog pen.
When, q hog is running at large, it
gets roots, herbs, ETC., which it
could not obtain if in pen. God,
in his wisdom, spread out this
green earth for the use of all the
created. In it there is medicine
for the hog as we'll as man. All
hogs running at large obtain this
medicine. For this reason outside
4 hogs are healthier than those in q
pen.
w. P. Morris claims that hog
in a tight pen will eat one-third
less than hogs running at large.
This statement / cannot dispute; it
is true beyond all doubt. The
',,.hog is not SO healthy when in a
pen and as result it eats less and
gains less. Ii a hog is healthy, 1t
eats much and gains much. AL
most any good hog raiser will
testify to these facts. Ii every
body were foolish enough to make
use of q four-wire fence the hog
raising industry would almost be
Knocked in the head. There would
evidently be no advantage by keep
ing hogs in tight pen.
Already there are enough dis.
putes about cattle and horses
breaking into the fields. BY hay
inc a four wire fence it would on
! ly be like jumping out of the fry
ing pan into the fire. One mans
hogs would break out and get into
} his neighbours cornfeld. His neigh
Dor would put them in pen anc
send for their owner to come anc
! pay the fine and take his hogs
, home. For some reason the owner
is delayed for about two days, hi
, neighbor then doubles his charges
! which ends in a lawsuit. AS | SCI
> it there is no advantage gaine(
! here, but disadvantage.
r Again: Mr.. A has severa
! Young mules running at large
They soon learn to get over ~
four. wire fence. B labors hard t.
, keep them out; finally, becomins
$ worried, he takes his gun, intend
ing to ''sprinkle the leader" but
; by = accident kills him. 1t ends il
! B having to go to the penitentiary
Is there any advantage gained!
Christ commands us to. always
q care for the poor. How could
Q four-wire fence be in harmony witt
/, this command? The poor farmers
: could scarcely raise enough hog
for their own use. They woult
have to rent their farms from peo
/ ple who would only care for tn
t rent money. OF course they woul'
& not keepfences around the farmer
! that would turn ont hogs. Woul'
= this not be making it harder on poo
people? Would this bean advar
T tage or a disadvantage to renters
Q AS / study over the question
& / can. only call to mind one clas
! of people to whom the four ,wir
fence would be an advantage
There are some people who resid
d at one place and own farms at an
It other. These would be benefte
i Eby having the cost Of fencing thei
: renting farms diminished. Fo
every one hundred men who ewi
J farms in this manner, there are
l. thousand who do not. Shall tn
hundreds rule the thousandss No
d a thousand times no.
: In conclusion, ] wish to say tha
Obion county has no four wiz
, fence law, needs no ofour-w fenc
= law. and / hope she never will nee
y a four-Wire fence law.
r PRowIER.