Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-14
The Friendly Hog-Give Him q
. Chance

The Friendly Hog-Giye Him
Chance
In this day and time, we hear u
cies which have been at work to de-
velop and mold our modern civiljza-
ton into its present form. All sorts
of forces hive been credited with eX-
ercising a more or less important
influence on what has occurred, but
4 ] have yet to see the claim OF the
hog for substantial recognition in
this field championed, Naturally,
there are those who will take violent
issue with me for even making such
suggestion relative to so profound
matter While this may be unfor-
tunate, l feel certain that a calm
review of all the facts in the case
will only be found to substantiate
and fortify my position.
In the beginning, man was a saw
age animal living in the caverns and
4lolloW spaces in the ground which
Rcture provided. AS he multiplied
upon the earth, the issue Of an album
dant food supply became more and
more ln.portGnt to his continued sue
cess and welfare. Prehistoric man
fed largely upon raw meat, and, to
this day meat in some form remains
the staple food of the most yirile and
progressive nations. Probably this
will continue to be the situation so
as time lasts. Our forbears, in
Sing about for food, early recog-
t7zed the merits of certain animals
Is best adapted to supply them with
|what they needed. Thus, through
slow, evolutionary, and selective
plan Of procedure, the cow, the hog
the sheep, the goat and the hen were
all finally domesticated. When this
fundamental undertaking was fully
accomplished, there began an ex-
pansion and development of mankind
not only in regard to numbers but
intellectual attainment as we'll that
shas finally enabled him to complete
~ overrun and dominate the earth.
Have you ever thought how inn
poFtant a matter the domesticati0n
of the animals enumerated above.
has been to humanity? Have you
eyer realized that they furnished the
backbone upon which our modern
civilization rests today? Have you
ever fully appreciated that the larg-
est of these, the COW, was in truth
and fact the foster mother of man
kind, while the sheep provided not
sonly meat, but clothing as we'll? OF
1.-THE hog and the hen, little needs to
be said, for they have always con
stituted mans most important and
best food-providing friends.
In the Americas, in Europe, in
Asia, pork products are very extern
sively used and represent a funda-
mental part Of the food supplies of
the nations concerned, The hog, next
to the hen is by far the most wide
~ and generally disseminated of our
domesticated animals. He provides
more people with delectable break.
I fast than all of our quadrupeds com
bined. In proof thereof, who, as
matter of fact, has ever partaken of
anything finer than a choice quail
ity of. nicely Drowned and crisped
breakfast bacon? The ham of our
porcine friend is more generally util-
lied when humanity goes on a frol-
ic than that of any other animal
What finer thing does the lunch bas-
ket contain than a good ham sand
wich? If the housewives Of our coun-
try and those of the other nations
which so to make up the world were
Asuddenly deprived of the use of pork,
Vit would completely upset the home
life of our people and strike the
f1ercest blow at the maintenance of
our present type of civilization
which the world has ever known
The great World war with all it's
ATROCITIES and irreparable damage
to the moral stamina and sobriety of
the nations irrespective of the prodi-
glous destruction of wealth which it
brought about would fall into insig-
nificance beside it.
You doubt the sanity of this CON
clusion? You question the veracity
of my statement. Sit down and think
the situation over, and the more you
study it, the sooner will you be con.
WINGED that the hog today constitutes
one of the greatest factors in sustain
ing our modern life activities upon
an even keel. His merit and serv-
ice to humanity have never been APP
preciated at their face value We
have built monuments to commence
rate all sorts of events in the history
of the world but we have vet to do
honor to the hog, which has supplied
the s1neWS of war not only to the
soldier of the legion but to the mari
ner, the explorer and the pioneer,
and today satiates the appetite of
more people for meat than the food
derived from all other edible quad
rupeds. So l think the time has
arrived in the history of our coun-
try and in the march of economic
thSrees' let in the sunshine of prosper
paYs1long enough to recognize the
in&Ntaut contribution that his
n&esty. the hog, has made towards
the uplift of society and the advance
ment and permanency of our present
day institutions.
There is an old saying phrased as
follows: Go to the ant, thou slug
gard" In other words, learn from
this insignificant insect the impor-
tant fact that conscientious indus
try holds the key to success. Does
the hog not teach us the same les
son? Noted for prolificacy, for in
dustry and adaptability, he does the