Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1919 — PIG WISE, HEALTH FOOLISH [ARTICLE]

PIG WISE, HEALTH FOOLISH

Dr. John N. Hurty, secretary of the 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 that the need for meat at that time overbalanced any menace to health that may have been involved. Now, however, some Indiana cities aire issuing permits to raise hogs within the city limits. Health authorities regard the tendency 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." .