The Prescott daily news., 1909-06-30
THE FOG LAW

To the voters of Nevada County
 MT. Editor please allow me space in your paper and I will try to express my opinion on hog law l am strictly opposed to it The country would be more sick ly if there were nothing to keep down the vegetation. All the land that is outside would soon grow
 up in weeds if there were no hogs to keep it eaten down. The peo- pie have a hard enough time without having to feed hogs the year round. While there are some who cannot even have hogs at
 all the land lord would not give a renter pasture for his hogs, and
 he could not afford to keep his hogs in pen, and feed them The land owners do not furnish de- cent houses for the renters and
 some have to carry water a quarter of mile for family use
 and we know if the land lord could not furnish water for fam-
 fly use, he would not for your
 hogs. We have a pen already covered for thieves, and if they
 bother your hogs get them and
 put them in the pen instead of the hogs. Those that want their
 hogs in a pen are at liberty to put them in a pen as it is, but don't compell all to put their hogs up because some want theirs put upa Fix your fences and keep them fixed. and the hogs will not destroy your crops. What are we
 going to do with our fall pas
 lures if we have hog law the peas and wasted corn would rot when we don't have to feed the
 hogs but very little after get ting the benefit of the wasted corn and peas and other waste
 in the field, the hogs are soon
 ready to kill for meat And I never knew of anyone having to buy lard to fry their meat in yet. Some may have done this, but if he would raise the feed stuff and give them the chance he would not have to buy lard to fry his meat in. We can not afford to give what hogs we have away
 and paw big pr.ce for so-called pure bred or better hogs. MT. Mitchell may not try to raise feed stuff or his hogs, but l think if he would look around a little he would see that some were try ing very hard. I admit that if they would all put their time on something more than cotton they would have more feed stuff. Do not put the hogs in a pen to suffer all the year in the heat and cod, and so much grass in the pastures outside, going to waste You can give them the waste stuff off of the place as well out as in a pen or course It takes rain as we'll as range Il do not think Mir. Putnam mis- took range for rain for he knows it takes both.
 As for a man killing his hound he has as much right to keep and Iced a hound as any man has to keep and feed a bird or bull dog or Tea carriers. and his hogs are doing well outside This was once Tree state. but it seems that Fome do not want it to be a free tate. butt say ct it still b. free state. Those that want ther hogs in a pen, put them there, and those that want their hogs to run out can do so. Il say compel all to fix their fences It IS a mighty sorry man that has land and cannot fence it. without being compelled to. Mr Mitchell does your feet fly off the earth in the summer when you are blowing after eating those hogs that get so poor in the winter. In regard to hog thieves they have not yet begun to do what they will if we have hog law, for they will be driving hogs from one pen to another Tor that almighty dollar. can endorse every word Mr. sam Pitt man said on hog law, and also Mrs. Andrews too. They are the Kind of voters we need. Let us | study the matter over and II thlnk there are more that can see as they do. There are some that hog law would not hurt | Just think we have friends and nelghbors that have no place for their hogs to run, and could not buy feed for them not haviny en- 0ugh waste stuff to raise hogs for his family, and he would have to sell his hogs and buy b,s