Useful Idea Becoming Institution to Assist National Food Supply London, Feb. 6.
Britons hate the idea of giving up breakfast—war or no war. Hence there has been a surprising response io an appeal by the government-sponsored "Small Pig Keepers' Council" that a "pig or two" be installed in backwards throughout the British Isles.
In city, town and village, people from all walks of life have rallied behind the banner of the Council, whose war-cry is "Rear a pig and produce your own bacon."
"Little Men's Pig Clubs" are springing up like mushrooms and dealers who had begun a countercampaign behind the slogan "eat herring and oatmeal breakfasts" instead of the traditional bacon and eggs eye-opener, are being thrown for a loss, The pig-raising drive is no joke. It began with due solemnity following a conference in London of farmers and farm workers, young farmers and pig breeders, allotment holders and representatives of women's institutes presided over by the Minister of Agriculture. Out of that conference emerged the "Small Pigs Keepers' Council," an independent body charged with the task of assisting the householder to keep pigs.
"Converter of Waste"
"The pig is a great converter of waste into human food," argues the Council. "He can change waste from garden and allotment, from food shop and dwelling house into pig meat From the pig comes your bacon and sausages. The pig kept at the bottom of the garden will have a special part to play in this war, we want more of them."
The Council is rapidly growing from an idea into an institution, what with inquiries on how to raise pigs coming in from all parts of the country.
Four-hundred fresh pig clubs were started in Britain during the last war In the end they were providing nearly five million pounds of extra pig meat annually. The Council hopes te put that record to shame and is ad vocating porker-raising not only as means of assuring plentiful bacon and sausages, but as "an interesting and lucrative hobby—just as interesting as gardening itself."
A similar drive on behalf of increased poultry raising has beer started under government auspices but it doesn't seem as popular a the pig-raising campaign.
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