Judge, 1901-01-26 · page 16 of 16
Judge — January 26, 1901 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This satirical page mocks farmers' poor agricultural judgment through absurdist scenarios. Each panel presents ridiculous farming "solutions": 1. **Top panels**: Using pigs to till cornrows and rabbits to harvest crops—suggesting farmers waste labor on inefficient methods. 2. **Middle panel**: Feeding grain to crows instead of saving it—satirizing farmers who don't protect their crops from wildlife. 3. **Bottom panels**: A farm "for sale" sign and a farmer surrounded by excess livestock, illustrating the broader problem: farmers keep too many animals and make economically unsound decisions. The subtitle—"Judge Suggests That Farmers Should Use Judgment in Farming"—frames the satire as practical advice. The cartoonist criticizes rural inefficiency and poor resource management, implying farmers' poverty stems from foolish choices rather than circumstance. This reflects Progressive-era urban attitudes toward rural Americans as backward or incompetent.
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Pigs are intelligent animals. Why not save the labor of cultivation by Some farmers are always complaining that they can never get a cent ahead. training them to root along the corn-rows? For root crops this sort of cultive- _If they will plant the above crop, surely they can get at least a cent a head, tion would be out of sight. ‘The above picture shows how full crops can always be secured, even in the Crows have stomachs; so why not save your planted grain in this broad- worst of seasons. spirited manner? V9 not ign like the above; for while ere is not the least doubt that many farmers keep entirely too much live supply of : re bent on owning a farm is stock, as experienced by our own artist. “JUDGE” SUGGESTS THAT FARMERS SHOULD USE JUDGMENT IN FARMING. COPYRIGHT 1901 Br JUDGE COMPANY CF NEW YORK. herd widelms tho 8 Prg (0 New Yorn comicbooks.com