The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-12-14
OF Interest TO
Lawrence CO. FARMERS
sLPT. vARNEY WRITES ABOUT
THE WORK AND DUTIES
HERE.

, Hives nor mine when the cry OF III.
world was so plain as now for meat ans
meat prsdrcts There is world wild,
{ shortage of mat and meat animals
Even were the world at peace the sit
uation would be anything but encour-
aging Ne have in this country nov
! 26.O6Q, 900 more people than we had II
1900, ana vet have many millions few
er herd of cattle, hogs and sheep That
alone would make these things high
bit we have the world wide war stu
alton added to that. IT is profitable
and IL is patriotic to increase the num-
Der of hoga since that is very easily
done.
The hog is the greatest ally we have
In this contest greater than England.
greater than France, greater than Italy
Mo must have more hogs and then
more hogs Napoleon said an army
fought on it's stomach, which Is anoth-
er way of saying that its chief weapon
is meat. The government IS apDealirg
to you to breed every SOW you have
this month, irrespective OF race. colo,',
type. whether it be scrub. thorobred
or what If you have two scrub COWS
breed them both, and never sell therl
until you either have better sows. or
the country has more eat Above all,
do not kill your sows off. The man
who kills SOW now that could raise
a litter OF pigs, is doing a definite SER
vice for the Kaiser Do not sell for
the butcher, small understood hogs
! Make all the hogs you Feed tor hogs,
around 200 pounds.
| still hear OF farmers who win not
have their hogs vaccinated, either thru
Ignorance, pure bull-headness, or fer
some other reason that is not a reason.
Every hog that dies OF cholera now
lessons the amount OF meat that much,
and the repeating 1t over anc over in
various sections OF the country means
mighty big :tem OF loss. Vaccination
will net cure hog cholera, nor win airy
other thing known to mankind. Every
now and then some fellow bobs UP
with yafn about boiled roots and
herbs having cured his hogs, but /
generally notice that the same man
loses more hogs right along. Vacci-
nate hogs 20 keep them from having |
the cholera- III we continue to lose our
hogs. either one way or the other, pref |
ty soon 1t is going to be almost impos-
sihle to buy meat or lard 1t is so nigh |
ford 10 buy IT. nut what will be done
vi en- 1t Is not TO be hao
Also, waDt to warn everybody |
aIainst believing every tale that is
told. Some German lies have been cir
culsted all over this valley that the |
Cover nment of the United States ever |
f"cd ONT OF the homes. When did tile 4
Government OF the United States ever
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own citizens or the people OF any otf :
er lands: That is what II is fighting |
aeainst now. Home people believed |
these lies ana refused to sigr food |
pledge cards. thus doing the very thing |
that makes tie Kaiser laugh in his
SLEEVE. have heard few poor grad.
Americans say they were going to eat
what they wanted to eat, when they |
wanted to eat H. having no conception
OIL their duty to tacse gallant young i
men who are dying for them in the
trenches on foreign soil in order to
Keep the unaoly hand OF the Hun from
the threats of their women. their ba-
bies, the property and everything else
they hold sacred. Well such people
may live to eat what they can get.
's'ther than what hey want. tell yor
q" 49, Ne.ANDA hhot ~ ti.O tISdtitbN vi |
IL American Republic depend upon
such citizenship as that we would be
the joke OF ell Gods holy earth. If you
Lave not signed card to save food
and are not saving food, get busy and
q" 1t row. Time is always ripe for do
ing we'll
Let IT get into each CT our hands and
and into our hearts as well that We
must fight from the kitchen UP. You
and are the rear Of the army; thu
boys in Khaki are only the font Of IT,
And the boys in the uniform will only
DC able to fight as we fight for them
at home There arc men who have boys
IN the army, willing and ready to die
Tor this thing we call freedom, who
nave never helped the Red Cross bought
A Liberty Bond, War Saving Stamp,
Or anything else. There Is juat onr
question any man should ask himself
and mat is: Am | worth the price |
-hese boys are paying for me?" And
hat other personal question. "Am
ioing my share to prove that this
country is worth saving with all it's in
'titutions Of liheriy?" What about it?
Are we fighting at home with the same
Measure OF 'ndying devotion TO the
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