But though pigs will grow well enough upon waste products
of the garden and the household, they cannot be fatted up to a fit condition for killing without a final stage of meal. Unless the store pig can be turned into the pig fit for killing by this fattening process, the owner cannot possibly recoup himself for his expenditure. At this critical time the Food Controller has announced that after Christmas no oonoentrated food must be given to pigs. He has advised pig- owners to kill off their stock before then. The Director of Pig Pro- duction has resigned, and if nothing is done to alter the decision the promised increase in food production will disappear, and a great many people who did what they thought was right at the insti- gation of the Director of Pig Production will have lost a good deal of money. It may be said that the necessary amount of meal can be supplied only if it is brought across the Atlantic, and its shipment would mean a check in the transportation of troops. It Is difficult for any one who has not all the figures before him to strike the right balance of utility in this difficult choice. But we are quite sure that the Government ought to make every effort to secure that the Policy of the Pig shall not end in waste and derision.
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