AGRICULTURE DEPT BULLETIN SAYS SOME HUMANS EAT CATS
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On May 8, 1925, The Evening Star reports on a bulletin issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. The bulletin states...
"The cat crop ranks third in importance. Cats traditionally constitute the banner horse feed of the world and 3% is used for human consumption."
The only problem with the bulletin is that the Linotype* operator "consistently hit the letter 'c' instead of the letter 'o'."
The bulletin about oats thus became a bulletin about cats.
There can be no doubt that if this Linotype operator were working at the DOA today, DOGE would fire him.
JFK+50 COMMENT
JFK once said "an error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it." By that reasoning, this repeated error by an employee of the Department of Agriculture justly qualifies as a mistake.
*Linotype, a typesetting machine that cast entire lines of type from molten metal. Invented by Ottmar Morgenthaler, it revolutionized the printing industry.
SOURCE
"Error Places U.S. In Role of Saying Humans Eat 'Cats'." The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., May 8, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
