Before and After

1900's to Present

In the 1900's farm life was different then today. Back then technology wasn't very used. In the farm land they still have to grow wheat, vegetables, hay, and many more crops but it wasn't as easy as today. Back then every chore had to be done by hand, tool, or with some animal. For example, lets say you had to get milk from the cows. There wouldn't be any machine to help suck out the milk, you had to milk the cows by hand. Not just one cow but possible hundreds and then bring it all the way to the local market to sell them. There wasn't any cars, just horses and wagons.

Figure 1: In this picture you can see how use to prepare the holes in

the ground for the crops. They would have this stick in the ground so 

once the animals start pulling it would leave a line of dirt to plant the 

seeds. Then they would cover up the hole and wait for it to grow. 

It would also be similar with the crops. For instance if the farmers wanted to plant a whole acer of carrots you didn't have a machine to help you dig. You just had your animals and some wood. So the way the famers would do it was they would have these wood or metal digging into the ground, so once that was made, it would help them put the seeds into the holes for the crops. (Figure 1).  During the 1900's the animals were as happy as they can be. They had eaten a normal, natural diet. Even tho we still killed animals to eat meat. It was in a less human way. They just killed them and ate there meat for them selfs or sold them to a local market. Instead of living in a small cramped place with lots of animals they would have a healthy life style. They would help the farmers with their work, get some exercise, and they would go out into fields and actual eat grass.  In the article "Changes in Agriculture, 1900 to 1950" it had said, "During the last 50 years, farming in the United States has been revolutionized by the widespread use of machinery and by the direct use of scientific knowledge and improved methods in agricultural production. " The reason why its called the era of technology is because all the new technology that was created has change farm life as we know it. Tractors started to be developed (Figure 2), transportations was being much faster, and according to the article, "four out of five farms had electricity. " So the more electricity the farms had the easier there lives would be. Once the tractors started being used by the farmers, the number of animals being out in the field started to decrease rapidly.

Figure 2: The tractor was a machine very used in the farm like 

It had made farming much more easier than before. With this

With this machine it had help farms produce more crops than before. 

As time passed, animals were the number one item on there menus. Although the population started to increase and more cities were being developed. They needed to find a way to feed there people and animals were the first things in there minds. This was the time period were the animal slaughter houses were being created and how we feed our animals. As I mentioned before the animals in the 1900's had a natural diet but unlike today we feed our animals an entirely different diet. According to the article "'FOOD' Documentary - A Revealing Look at the Sourcing of Our Modern Food Supply" from Mercola.com, it said, "Fish no longer eat other fish, and cattle eat very little grass, which is their natural food source. Instead, cattle eat corn, chicken eat corn and fish, and fish eat byproducts for cow and poultry. " Now the farmers are not just making crops for us but for other the animals too. The way it works is that we feed the cows a lot of corn to fatten them up. Although since we don't like the to eat pure fat, we also inject them with hormones. The hormones are to help the cow produce more muscles tissue so if we eat the animal we wont just be eating cow fat. Nevertheless lets not forget the fish, we don't feed them smaller fish but a concoction of soy protein (to make them fat) and then beef or chicken byproducts, including cattle blood, bone, and chicken feathers.  after reading both this article I would concluded that sure technology has help make things easier but in the past they had a much more healthy food supply then today. So the next time you eat something remember what they feed the animals and what you may be eating too.

Work Sited:

• ""FOOD" Documentary: A Revealing Look at Modern Food Supply." Mercola.com. N.p., 11 Jan. 2014. Web. Feb 2015. <http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/01/11/food-documentary.aspx>.

• "Changes in Agriculture, 1900 to 1950." Agriculture (n.d): n. pag. Census. Web. 1 Feb. 2015. <http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/41667073v5p6ch4.pdf>.

How We Get the Food

In the Beginning:  Humans would always hunter and/or gather food. For the gathers they would look for berries and other plants for a source of food but that isn't the only source of food we eat. That's when the hunters do their job. The way the hunter gathered their food was by hunting in groups, killing the animal as quickly as they can, without making the animal suffer. As we go through time we continue to see this technique working. There is still a group that gathers fruits and vegetables and then there is another group that hunts. Both of this groups do provide food but one of them has  passed the line.

Present:  As we continued to move through time, we continue to see our population growing which means we have to provide more food. Ether we grow more food or we increase the number of slaughter in the world. According to the video "Earthlings" directed and produced by a animal, human and environmental rights activist, Shanun Monson. It claimed that every year more animals are being slaughter then the year before.  Not only that but the people in the slaughter houses have an enjoyment towards killing this animals and making them suffer. Life is literally drain from the animals in the slaughter house. Basically the human will choose how they will die, when will they die and where will they die. In addition the way they fed the animals is unimaginable.  According to the article, Meat Production Wastes Natural from the Peta.org, it says "It takes up to 13 pounds of grain to produce just 1 pound of meat, and even fish on fish farms must be fed up to 5 pounds of wild-caught fish to produce 1 pound of farmed fish flesh." Can you imagine how much grain we have to produce to feed all the animals just so we can feed our nation.  Only 70% of the grain that we grow go to these animals. Not only that but some animals are eating other animals around them because not all the animals are fed enough. I know killing animals isn't a pretty site but if you click on the link below(in blue) it will show you a video on how inhuman we treat this animals. We can not make them suffer no more because they are also living things. Animals who understand and feel everything that is happening to them.


THE VIDEO BELOW CONTAINS GRAFIC IMAGES AND VIOLENT SCENSES.

Work Sited:

• "Meat Production Wastes Natural Resources." PETA. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Feb. 2015. <http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/meat-wastes-natural-resources/>.

• "Earthlings - Full Length Documentary (multi-subtitles)." YouTube. YouTube, 13 Dec. 2010. Web. 30 Jan. 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce4DJh-L7Ys>.        

The 5 Big Questions

         The topic that I choose is animal abuse. The reason why I choose this topic was because I am a person you likes animals. During the recent events I have seen on the news police killing innocent dogs, how different country's make other animals suffer just so they can satisfy themselves, and and I have seen the suffering for this animals. It all started in September. I have token a class at Roaring Fork High School in Carbondale, CO and we started to talk about the environment and the living things around us. After having discussions and watching videos, I realized that we have been living with no worries while innocent animals have been ripped out of their skin or grind up alive. Why do we continue this?

 

• Why are animals being so abused to help satisfy our needs?

• Is there a kinder way to feed our nation?

• What can the government do to decrease the animal curate?

• Do other countries do a better job to feed their nation?

• Are there any solution on the horizon?

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