Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 176, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1919 — ADVISES AGAINST KEEPING OF HOGS IN CITIES. [ARTICLE]

ADVISES AGAINST KEEPING OF HOGS IN CITIES.

Dr. John N. Hurty, secretary of ithe state board of health, advises town boards and city councils not to permit the raising of hogs in towns or cities. During the emergency’ the state board did not oppose the war plan to increase the pork supply. It was believed fihat the need for meat at that time overbalanced any menace to health that may have been involved. Now, however, some. Indiana cities are issuing permits to raise hogs within the city limits. Health authorities regard the tenderfcy as

one to be deplored. “Let us not be pig wise and health foolish,” said Dr. Hurty. “Hog raising ought not to be attempted in a closely populated place.”