104 GARDENING WITH BRAINS "8 



grew cooler, were all torn out. I asked an old 

 farmer about it. 



"What do you feed them?" he asked. 



"Nothing but meat," I replied. 



"Drop it," he said, "and give them crushed 

 grain." 



I did so, and the war ended promptly. 



Is this an argument for vegetarianism? If 

 so, it might be well to incorporate vegetarianism 

 among the commandments of the League of 

 Nations. 



A PROHIBITION ROOSTER 



Some of the boarders that same summer 

 hatched out an original plan for celebrating the 

 Fourth of July. Fireworks we didn't care for, 

 but wouldn't it be great fun to get the old 

 rooster drunk? We imagined him strutting 

 about and making as great a show of himself 

 as any drunken man ever seen on the stage. 

 There was nothing cruel about it. He might 

 have a headache the next day, but who cares 

 whether a rooster has a headache or not? He 

 had to fast on the third day of the month and 

 the next morning he eagerly ate several slices 

 of bread soaked in whisky. Then we waited, 

 waited, and waited. Nothing happened. Evi- 

 dently that wasn't his idea of properly cele- 

 brating the glorious Fourth. We ought to have 

 had sense enough to reflect that a Maine rooster 

 wouldn't get drunk, because he knew he mustn't. 



