This section is from the book "The Gardener's Monthly And Horticulturist V25", by Thomas Meehan. See also: Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long.
A curious lawsuit recently occurred in England. Some one wanted the hogpens of the poor removed, and the usual certificates of the doctors were to hand that hog-pens were very unhealthy. Legal advice was obtained for the poor people, and statistics brought out to show that that particular spot was the healthiest in the whole place. To clinch the case, a carload of chubby children was dumped down in the court room to show that they were the pictures of health. But the hard-hearted court ordered the pig-pens abolished.
 
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