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hangs heavy in favor of poultry rather than pig. 
If for every pig kept by private families, a 
flock of hens was substituted, there would be 
less patent medicine required, and a general 
improvement in the health. 
Without denying the merits of the pig, espe- 
cially his contribution to the bean-pot, may it not 
be true that if he who drinks beer, thinks beer, 
he who eats pig often acts pig? 
The Jews, who taboo pork, are a remarkably 
healthy race. As a people they make great use 
of eggs, even the poorest giving them prefer- 
ence over other food. 
Many vegetarians allow themselves milk and 
eggs, and as a class are wonderfully free from 
illness. 
One of our best known poets, a country-bred 
man (Whittier) has said (Harper's Monthly, 
February, 188-): 
“I think that is the reason why the present 
generation is not so strong as the former. It is 
owing to the way the parents lived, eating so 
much pork and potatoes.” 
