Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 263, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1914 — Salt a Polson. [ARTICLE]

Salt a Polson.

Salt in measure is wholesome, but In surfeit is a deadly poison. Rascally amateur drovers, to make hogs weigh more, sometimes heavily salt and water them just' before selling; this often kills the hogs before they reach the scales.