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6 THE RURAL VOICE
Scrap Book
Rare White Park bull imported
Ontario's small herd of
Ancient White Park cattle
has just been augmented
by a new bloodline.
Rare Breeds Canada
received "RBC Myrrdin"
from a small herd in
Montana and placed it on
the farm of Bryce and
Margo Belle at Balderson,
near Perth. There are only
400 Ancient White Park
cattle left in the world.
The cattle are believed to
be the sacrificial white
Myrrdin ar
cattle of the Druids in pre -Roman
times in Britain and in the 13th
century were kept in large
enclosures and hunted by the
nobility.
More than a historical curiosity,
the animals may prove an
important genetic source for beef
improvement. "White Park cattle
are primitive, yet they have
proved superior to commercial
breeds to a weight of 400
kilograms," says Lawrence
Alderson, executive director of
Britain's Rare Breeds Survival
Trust.
Analysis of White Park cattle
lipids showed they are low in
cholesterol and high in
polyunsaturates. They can survive
on much rougher forage than
commercial cattle and are greater
browsers.
Rare breeds societies have
rives.
taken on the
preservation of these
unique gene pools
available in breeds that
are no longer kept
commercially and
otherwise might die out.
Changing conditions
and consumer trends
might make the very
traits that today make an
animal undesirable, very
worthwhile again. In
cross -breeding, White
Parks maintain their
colouration and provide ease of
calving and dependable growth.
There is a herd of 200 White
Parks near Warwickshire in
England. The British government
sent some of the cattle to the U.S.
for safe -keeping. The first White
Parks were re-established in
Canada from the U.S. in 1987.
RBC Myrrdin (the name is the
ancient Welsh spelling of the
name Merlin, the legendary
magician adviser to King Arthur),
replaces RBC Farley which has
been shipped to a farm owned by
Carl Harder in Dundern,
Saskatchewan where he will be
part of a commercial cross-
breeding program.
Rare Breeds Canada works
preserving heritage breeds of
domestic livestock. It can be
reached at General Delivery,
Campbellford, ON KOK 1H00
Canola comes up smelling like roses
Looking for love? Maybe a little
dab of canola behind the ears will do
the trick.
The French have always been
leaders in fashion, but it's hard to
believe the rancid smell of canola in
bloom could be considered attractive.
But that's what John Postnikoff
discovered. He was browsing
through a magazine when he came
across an article about canola grown
in France for fragrances. The
president of a Saskatoon -based
company that makes laundry
detergent decided to take a closer
look.
If Postnikoff can find a partner, he
hopes to built a plant to extract
fragrance from canola blossoms and
from native prairie plants.
"It's not a very complicated
process," said Postnikoff who has
worked in related fields for more
than 10 years.
Once canola blossom extract has
been refined, it has a more pleasant
smell, Postnikoff says.0
Source — Western Producer