Savory Meat by Levi Turney

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 3, 1903

“Savory Meat”

LEVI TURNey

I RECENTLY talked with a stock-raiser, formerly in business in Wichita, Kan., now in Kansas City, Mo., who stated to me, without any hesitation or reserve, that when cholera or some other disease prevailed among his hogs, he kept a man with a lantern among the herd all night, watching to discover the first symptom of sickness. Whenever such a discovery was made, the beast was immediately slaughtered, a large kettle of water being kept hot all night, and everything in readiness for scalding and dressing the animal at once. He also stated that the same night-watch was kept up among other animals, especially sheep, whenever there was any suspicion of disease. When asked what was done with these diseased carcasses, he unhesitatingly replied, “Sold for people to eat.” I had just been giving him my reasons for a non-flesh diet; and after his statement, I told him that he had refreshed my mind with another reason, which I had known for years existed to a greater or less extent—usually to a greater.