fifteen] happy animals 



all the natural mental training which wild animals 

 receive. In the state of nature pigs are among the 

 most sagacious of all creatures, and trainers have 

 found them more apt in receiving instruction than 

 any other of our animals. Given a decent chance, 

 the pig is more cleanly in his habits than the cow. 

 He will always use a corner of his pen as a closet, 

 and never soil his bedding. There is no feature of 

 our civilization more horrible than the herding of 

 hogs in close quarters, without proper exercise, and 

 feeding them on garbage, until they become huge 

 bulks of poisonous meat, to be sold for human 

 food." 



Frances E. Willard used to say that she consid- 

 ered teaching kindness to animals a sacred mission 

 of Christianity, next to that of teaching kindness 

 to human beings. We have altogether too much of 

 positive cruelty on our farms, but what I desire 

 this chapter to accomplish is to teach the value of 

 kindness. It is curious to note in how many ways 

 an affectionate animal will manage to cooperate 

 with us in making a happy home. The collie dog 

 is not satisfied unless he can be doing something 

 in the way of helping us about the barn and with 

 the animals. I pity a collie that has never had a 



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