There was once a man from the city who wasvisiting a small farm, and during this visit he saw a farmer feeding pigs in amost extraordinary manner. The farmer would lift a pig up to a nearby appletree, and the pig would eat the apples off the tree directly. The farmer wouldmove the pig from one apple to another until the pig was satisfied, then hewould start again with another pig.

The city man watched this activity for some time with great astonishment.Finally, he could not resist saying to the farmer, "This is the mostinefficient method of feeding pigs that I can imagine. Just think of the timethat would be saved if you simply shook the apples off the tree and let thepigs eat them from the ground!"

The farmer looked puzzled and replied, "What's time to a pig?"