Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1918 — Pork From Garbage. [ARTICLE]

Pork From Garbage.

The following telegram has been received from J. M. Rommel, chief of the animal husbandry division of the U. S. Department of Agriculture : “In every city and village in your state a number of retired farmers are living. These men are practical hog men and know how to grow hogs at a profit. Many •of them would welcome an opportunity to keep one or more brood sows. “I am sure that if this matter were brought to the attention . of these city and village authorities they would gladly lend their assistance to the movement for increased production, by not enforcing ordinances prohibiting the keeping of hogs in the city limits, during the period of the war. “In this manner thousands of hogs