Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-08
ARTIFICIAL FEEDING.


and normal state of mankind. it
should not be difficult to preserve
ones health. And it is not. But be-
cause health is inherent in US. and be-
cause we are elastic and therefore
tend persistently to revert to the nor
NAL, whatever the provocation, with
very few exceptions we obstfnately
and fatuously cling to habits and prac-
tices certain to impair our physical in
heritance, until some sharp and severe
experience lashes us into conscious
ness of corporal limitations and COM
pels the recognition of natural laws
Without exception i'll health, phys
fcal debility. sickness and suffering In
general come through repeated viola
tions, either on one's own part or on
the part of others, of the laws of this
universe, Of which we are constitu-
ent part.
1t is said. Every man is either fool
or physician at forty" meaning, of
course. that every intelligent person
should develop sufficient powers of OBJ
servation and judgment in 40 years
experience to enable him to live sane
ly, and therefore healthfully. But the
appalling increase in deaths from the
degenerative diseases occurring among
those aged forty years and upward. d.
rectly the result of personal habits and.
indiscretions, raises a question as to
the soundness of the old axiom and of
the wisdom of depending solely on
ones ordinary personal experience as
guide.
Too often irreparable damage Is
done to vital organs before We become
conscious of the breakdown. and then
1t is too late to do anything worth
while.
As q matter of fact the problem OF
life itself can be solved only by the
study of what takes place in the mi.
mute portion Of the cell, for it is in
the "centrasome"-a roundish body
alongside the nucleus of cell that is
undergoing division-that the new for
nation Of an individual begins. Re-
member that cells increase by divi-
sion; there is no corpse; each cell
splits into two. indefinitely. We can.
not all become cytologists-cell ex-
perts-but we can easily acquire per
sonal working knowledge from obser-
walton of any one of the lower organ
isms-such as the chicken, for instance
sufficient for all practical purposes
as safe guide to better things II we
will but open our minds to the truth.
To begin with, we do not know,
here in this country. how many chill.
dren are born annually, because only
few states require birth registration,
and we are therefore unable even to
approximate the percentage of infants
stillborn as the result of conditions
identical In principle with those that
cause the death of the chick in the
shell. But we do know from statistics
returned on approximately GO per cent
of our population Of 100.000,000 that at
least twenty-five per cent OF all infants
born die before they reach one year
Of age. In contrast with this condition
we know that II a sitting hen is given
eggs from the same pens from which
the incubators are supplied and from
! which an so per cent hatch is consid.
cred highly satisfactory. the hen will,
with but few exceptions, produce
matches approximating 100 per cent.
The mortality in the incubator is in
significant compared to that which
takes place among chicks under artifi-
cial brooding and feeding conditions,
that is to say, during that period OF life
before the chick is sufficiently mature
to be able to look after its own needs.
II the death of forty to sixty or more
per cent of a given flock Of chickens
| ended the matter We might content
| ourselves with the idea that inasmuch
as each species tends to increase in.
ordinately, the check known always to
be in action, even though we are not
able to perceive it. which Is simply
natures method Of preserving bal
ance, must result in an improvement
Of the breed. But unfortunately, this
Is found not to be true; for invariably
those survivors of conditions which
produce these very heavy mortalities
are themselves so shattered physically
that under the same conditions only
few generations suffice seriously to de
teriorate fine strain and. II persist
emily followed, quickly lead to total
determination of the line.
On every hand we find these condi-
tions closely paralleled in the human
species Deficient food supply to the
pregnant woman gives the same re-
suits following lack of heat in any
other incubator. and an excess pro-
duces about the same effect as too
much heat in the machine; both inevi-
tably lead to deterioration In the
child; while artificial feeding is known
to be fully as disastrous to the child as
1t is so clearly proved to be to the
chick and Its descendants.
The solution is comparatively simple
and consists in nothing more than
| trimming women to have a Git apprecia-