62 The Truth About the Poultry Business 



There is no one, no matter how clever, who can feed hens 

 or human beings as well as nature can. Nature is greater 

 than the mind of man. 



Some particular foods and fruits do not agree with some 

 people and should be avoided by them. If you have a con- 

 tinued craving for the harmful food, a fruit of the same 

 flavor should be tried. If you feel like eating meat, eat it; 

 the lack of it may cause a craving, but you must be sure 

 that it is not the seasoning you put on it that has caused 

 the craving. The Jews, recognizing the harmful results of 

 eating pork, do not eat it at all. Years ago on the farm we 

 had pork constantly, and it soon showed its effect upon my 

 system. I began to have eruptions and boils and this con- 

 tinued for years. All the humiliations I have experienced 

 through my failures in the poultry business do not compare 

 with the suffering I went through as a result of eating too 

 much pork. Pork causes eruptions and is very bad for 

 eczema, etc. I was looked upon as something to be shunned 

 or as though I was a sufferer from leprosy or from some 

 other dreadful disease. I went to many doctors; I took this 

 blood purifier and that, first one thing and then another. 

 This went along for years until I finally began to believe 

 it was due to pork; I stopped eating it and I got well without 

 any medicine. 



Take a hen that is running out on soft ground where she 

 can scratch and get plenty of bugs and worms and excellent 

 results will be obtained by giving her a sack of wheat, oats 

 and corn, which are natural foods. She obtains other natural 

 foods in the ground and her instinct tells her what to eat. 

 She knows far more about it than we do, and if we attempt 

 to shut her upf and put the grains in a sack in front of her, 

 she, being unable to obtain her other natural foods, will 



