And Now - A New Crisis in Farming - Part 2 - John W Robinson - May 1963

John W Robinson

This second and final installment uncovers a startling crisis in agriculture and little-known facts about the new problems confronting livestock breeders today. Synopsis: The spectre of a new crisis in farming is here. Government authorities, veterinarians and university departments of animal husbandry all tell us something is drastically wrong with our livestock. In the previous issue we saw the schemes men have devised to force unnatural profits out of livestock. We saw that dietary short cuts are bringing on mounting diseases. And drugs and medicines, instead of relieving these distresses, have increased them by lowering the natural resistance of livestock. The California Farmer magazine admitted that: "Recent changes in handling animals may have upset the NATURAL BALANCE." We also saw that health-endangering chemicals fed to livestock are rapidly increasing the sicknesses of consumers. Then there is the mounting problem of dwarfism, of birth difficulties and sicknesses due to bad breeding practices. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library