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 codperate 
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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