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far as possible, self-supporting at the earliest period of their 
lives. Suckling pigs, lambs, and calves come to market early, 
and at a minimum of expense. But to be healthful and of the 
best quality, yielding most profit, they must be properly and 
quickly fed and fattened up to the greatest weight possible. 
This holds equally true of poultry and eggs. Neither can milk 
or its allied products of cream, butter and cheese, be produced 
from other than animals of sound health, fed on nutritious food, 
having perfect sanitary environment. Sunshine, pure air, and 
pure water are as essential to animals and good animal products, 
as sunshine and shower are essential to the rich green pastures of 
June. And nowhere, and never can such perfect pailfuls of 
foaming milk, and such bowls of golden butter be produced out¬ 
side of just such natural conditions. 
Milk and cream must be home-made. They soon deteriorate, 
and must be produced near the centres of population, as transpor¬ 
tation over long distances injures their perfection and deteri¬ 
orates their flavors and food values. 
This objection also applies to young food animals, and fowls 
and eggs. And even to mature meat animals. For as soon as the 
change from the quiet and content inseparable from fattening 
for market, to the disturbance, worry, distress, privation of proper 
food, water, cleanliness and pure and abundant air, lapid im¬ 
pairment of quality and loss of quantity ensues. Stale live 
animals, like stale vegetables and fish, lack flavor, as well as 
nutritive excellence. 
Too much of the sound health from out-door life and the 
fresh, rich grasses and grains fed to our beef and mutton pro¬ 
ducing animals, are impaired by improper feeding and care in 
long railroad journeys, and lack of time for rest and recupera¬ 
tion in our city stockyards. The contusions and bruises inci¬ 
dent to transportation should have time to heal before slaughter, 
or the keen eye of the purchaser of such meat will give the 
market price the black-eye, just to the extent of the dark spots 
on the carcasses. As we pay prime prices for meat we should also 
receive prime meat. Indigestion too often hinges on a suspicion . 
