HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1958-08-07, Page 5The Birds Conquer
Approaching Agra is an awful
thing, Fancy riding on a bicycle
to the Taj Mahal! .
Now it is strangely difficut
to forecast some things. If some.
one. had asked me what' things
would win my attention most on
a ride through India, 1 would,
never, never have said birds.
For 1 am a layman, an ignor-
umus on birds; but they have
stolen my mind, thought, heart,
attention, love and time, They
are not grey, brows or black
as in Europe: they are flying
flaines. The gold on their little
backs scintillates, the reds burn'
the eyes; the yellows are blind- ••
ing, the greens cloak the, mind
with emerald or sea, the white
of the egrets is like a lamp light
• and however silly 1 always think
of the Persil advertisements
when I see it,
Six wild peacocks strutted
across my path: with six jewel -
studded trains . . .
I came back from the brush-
wood and I came to a group of
mynas. Lazy, •perky birds with
a droll manner and character:
vehicles must kill many, they
have no intention of getting out
of the way. Much more parrot-
like than the parrot: mynas are
the real mimics and Indian child-
ren adore them . .
Then there was the smallest
fellow with a body looking the
size of a sixpence. How could
a bird be so small? It was as if
1 had binoculars and had turned
them the wrong way round. The
purple sunbird. A Technicolor
bird: for it had every color in
its tiny form and its was all
in the most violent. Technicolor
He sat .up as large as life and
certainly felt no inferiority, the
way, he bore himself, Then he
hovered like a loose, alive elec-
tric wire over a flower, wings
fluttering, and his long thin beak
sucked the nectar without alight-
ing: another settled, pulled a
flower right over arid upside-
down and went in after his
breakfast.
Then the bulbuls, the white-
cheeked, the red-talled; then the
sleek, pearl -grey grey -tits, the
BELL-BOTTOM BELLE - This eye-
catching summer outfit by
Brioni of Rome, ltalj,, features
a balloon skirt that's tightly
gathered at the knees. The
bodice is done in flaming red
to match the stripes of the skirt,
which has alternating panels of
embroidered silk.
temon-chesied wagtails, the blue -
backed fly -catchers, the ash -grey
shrike, the black-heded oriole,
the golden oriole itself . . .
It's all so endless it's diff,•
cult to get anywhere . . .
It is only 35 miles from Dholpur
tu Agra. Yet an hour and a half
before dark I was still 20 miles
outside. Such had been the
Conquest of the Birds.
--From "The Ride to. Chandi-
garh", by Harold Elvin.
Small Mice Cause
Big Trouble.
Exasperated f arm ere an d
outchers waited outside while a
public health inspector stripped
a weighing scale' in a Yorkshire
slaughterhouse a few weeks ago.
Then the cause of , their anger
was discovered -- a mouse's
nest.
It weighed only an ounce and
a half and was under a balanc•
, beam, which regulated the
pointer on a 500 lb dial.
But when the mouse walked
along the beam one way the ma-
chine over -weighed. And when
she returned, it under -weighed.
This c a used disagreements
about weights between the far-
mers a n d butchers and the
slaughterhouse staff. The inspec-
tor revealed that the mouse was
enough to throw the machine
out by as much as 12 pounds,
You never know with mice.
They constantly cause unexpect-
ed trouble. Only recently a
mouse caused a car to crash into
a telegraph pole at Jauiny,
France, It climbed out suddenly
from the glove compartment on
to the driver's arm then dived
into his sleeve, causing him to
ebream and completely lose con-
trol of the car,
A mouse which chewed
through a wire at s power sta-
tion caused a short circuit and
blacked out 6,500 buildings at
Painesville, Ohio. Another mis-
chievous mouse gnawed its
way through electricity cables at
Bilsborough, near York, causing
a cafe to catch fire, The mouse
was found with singed whis-
kers on the, fire engine when it
returned to the station and was
set free.
In Scotland, a mouse once got
oetween two 6,000•volt cables
making them short circuit and
disorganizing th e lighting and
power electricity supply. Out
went lights everywhere, machin-
• erysame to a standstill, business
men and women shoppers Who
were in elevators had to remain
• suspended in mid-air.
Celluloid Poison
J. Edgar Hoover, trum his fund
of experience as director of the
Feedral Bureau of Investigation,
denounced the screen and tele-
vision crime programs for "cellu-
loid poison" that glorifies crime
and criminals. He cited the case
of two brothers, 10 and 12, who
recently terrorized an Oklahoma
town, where one man was killed
and another wounded.' The boys
said they got their idea from
watching television and movie
crime stories.
Perhaps the most insidious
thing about such portrayals is
the fact that life is held so cheap-
ly. Even in the 'stories that show
criminals in their true light -
wretched, unglamorous leeches
who bring nothing but degrada-
tion to themselves and human
suffering to their fellow men-
the quick draw and trigger hap-
py massacre,, give yuung minds
a perverted idea of the value
of human life. Even when they
emphasize that crime does not
-pay, they still furnish weak, un-
formed adolescents with false
values that lead them to rampant
delinquency.
• -Sandusky Register.
MUST BE THE -HUMIDITY
More murders are committed
during the summer .than at any
other time of the year. •
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147. Russian river
48. Keel -billed
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PRIVATE JOKE - Judging by,the expressions on the faces of Messrs. Diefenbaker, left to right,
Eisenhower and Dulles, someone recently cracked a joke. They're shownat the Country. Club
in Ottawa,
TIE FARM FRONT
Small and off -grade potatoes
unsuitable for domestic use can
be disposed of profitably throtigh
livestock feeding.
Dr 1'. Whiting of the Leth-
bridge Experimental farm re-
ports that experimental evidence
indicated that 500 lb. of potatoes
were equal to 100 lb, of grain, in
feeding value for milking cows
and fattening lambs, when fed
with alfalfa -hay and, grain. How-
ever, he says, for good results,
potatoes should be fed to live-
stock with care, as they do have
their limitations as a livestock
feed.
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Potatoes are about 80 per cent
water and therefore are some-
what similar to silage. They are
lower in protein, essential min-
erals and vitamins than most of
the commonly used feeds. For
these reasons potatoes should be
fed in conjunction with high
quality feeds such as legume hay
and cereal grains, or a protein -
mineral supplement should be
added to the ration. Potatoes
should be included in the ration
gradually as they are sometimes
;unpalatable to stock at first.
* *
Potatoes are usually fed raw
te cattle and sheep, but should
be cooked 'for pigs. • Sprouts
should be knocked off them be-
fore feeding. Sunburned, frozen,
or decayed potatoes should not
be fed to any class of stock as
they sometimes are poisonous.
Large potatoes should be sliced
or pulverized before feeding to
avoid danger of choking.
Fattening cattle or milking
cows should not be fed over 30
pounds of potatoes daily, while
fattening lambs and breeding
ewes should not be fed over 3
pounds per head daily. Pigs may
be fed up to .6 pounds per head
daily depending upon the size of
• the pig. If more than these quan-
tities are fed to swine, scouring
may. result. Unless a large
amount of potatoes unsuitable
for sale are available, they will
be of more value as a feed if
approximately half of the above-
mentioned amounts are fed. Po-
tatoes should be fed to dairy
cows immediately after milking
to avoid off -flavors in the milk.
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Livestock specialist. .1. W, Gra-
' ham of the Canada Department
of Agriculture says Canada has -
an open market for the two main
sheep products, lamb and wool.
This country, he says, could quite
easily support a national flock of
10 million head, roughly six
times the present sheep popula-
'tion of about 11/2 million head,
Mr, Graham is Head of the Live-
stock Section of the Livestock
and Pound Products Division,
Production Service.
At the present time Canada
uses about 60 million pounds of
wool, of which no more than
eight million pounds is produced
here. This country also imports
up to 15 million pounds of lamb
and still consumes only about 2
lb. per person. Not many years
ago Canadians ate more than
four times this quantity of lamb.
* * *
So far as synthetic fibres re-
placing , wool in Canada is con-
cerned, Mr. Graham says this is.
very unlikely because of the long'
period with freezing tempera-
tures •each year, Synthetics are
for warmer climates and at best
can -be used successfully. in Can-
ada only in combination with
wool. It seems highly improbable
that the Canadian sheep industry
will run into any serious com-
petition from that source.
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A considerable area of land in
Canada now cropped is marginal
in quality and according to Mr.
Graham could be put to better
use under pasture. Furthermore,
he says, large acreages under
rough grazing could be improved'
considerably. On such land, sheep
could readily compete with cat-
tle thus bringing the livestock
industry into better balance,
* *
The history of livestock di-
sease in Canada provides an elo-
quent testimony to the effective-
ness of the control policies of
past governments. Bovine tuber-
culosis, once widespread, is now
rare. Brucellosis is under con-
• centrated attack and should soon
be reduced to negligible propor-
tions. Occasional outbreaks of
rabies, hog cholera and other
• diseases periodically attract at-
tention because of their infre-
quency, and other ailments form-
erly common are now practically
forgotten. While this is a gratie
tying situation it has not come
about, by chance. Sound control
policies have been linked with
• intensive research. Work carried
on in the Department's' Animal
Pathology Laboratories continues
to shed new light on the nature
and cause of these diseases and
points the way to effective con-
trol measures.
WHAT ABOUT F1DO?
The first single-handed pas-
sage of the Atlantic was by Cap-
tain Josiah Shackford, in 1786.
He was a New England ses.man,
stranded in Bordeaux, France
and started for home in a fifteen
ton cutter -sloop, a dog his only
companion. After a passage of
35 days he arrived, not in Ports-
mouth, N.H. but in Surinam,
South America.
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A cruel and sudden crisis,
charged with feeling, confronted
Cecil Poole, Assistant District
Attorney, one morning recently;
at its peak, Poole fashioned a
few short words into a declara-
tive sentence that for aptness
and eloquence no novelist, no
professional builder of phrases,
could far excel after long
thought and much revision.
Poole is a Negro. He lives in
.atgleside Terrace, a "white"
neighborhood, Thus shock and
resentment and bewilderment
and reret and mixtures of a doz.
father emotions must have surged
through him when his 6 -year-old
daughter came running into the
house to report t "There's a cross
an our lawn, all burned." With
the news, she brought a troubled,
question: "Why is it there?"
Such a question under such
conditions needed a meticulous
answer. Poole found it. "Some
Christian," he said, "has lost his
way."
. . . "Some Christian has lost
his way," Six short and simple
words that bespeak charity in-
stead of anger, that well and
truly explain the kind of bigotry
that fashions and plants fiery
crosses, that raise no iears and
Inflict no hurts and leave no
scars on the mind of a small
child who first sees racial hatred
and asks about it.
We do not know where Poole
found his answer. We think it is
the perfect one. It invites thought
and bears frequent repetition:
"Some Christian has lost his
way." -San Francisco Chronicle.
1INDAYSC11001
LESSON
By Bev R. Barclay Warren
B.A., 8.1)
Justice in Community Life
Leviticus 19:15-18; James 2:1-9
Memory Selection: Love work-
eth no ill to his neighbour: there-
fore love is the fulfilling of filo
law. Romans 13:10
After our consideration. of jus-
tice in the home, .ast week, st
is natural that we turn to jus-
tice in the community The Chf/-
elm of Israel were frequently
reminded that they had been
strangers in the Land of Egypt.
They were now to be kind so
the strangers in their midst.
They must not be talebearers.
How easy it is for an unkind re-
mark to grow into an unfounded
and ugly rumour! Poul wrote to
the Ephesians, (4:29), "Let no
corrupt communication proceed
Out' of your moot ta but that
which is good to the use of edi-
tying, that it may minister grace
onto the hearers," If we can't
say something that will help
people it is better to keep quiet.
We must not bees a grudge
against our neighbour. In the
book of Leviticus you will find
the command, "Thou shalt love
thy neighbour as thyself." Many
centuries later Jesus Christ call-
ed this second to the Great Com-
mandment.
We do not have the racial
problem in Canada that exists
in some areas of southern USA.
it is true that imm,grants from
central European countries tend
to live in areas where others
from their own country reside.
But they are not compelled to
do this. it is a matter of choice.
However, we need to watch that
justice is meted out fairly to ail
in every regard.
James wrote, "Ye have des-.
pised the poor." Are we gui,ty
of this? Officially, No We are
very kind to the poor, Lawyers
will give their service freely.
Welfare .eagencies are ready to
• help the needy. Schularships are
available f o r worthy students,
Canada is really a wonderful
country.
Jesus said, "The poor always
ye have with you." John 12:8,
He also said, "Unto everyone
that hath shall be given." Mat-
thew 25:29, There will always:
be a tension between the rich
and the poor. We must guard
against respect to the rich in the
courts of law and everywhere.
We must help the poor to help
themselves. We want justice for
all. Let no individual despise the
poor!
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AFTER THE BLOWUP - Interior decorator Gregg Juarez, hus-
band of British heiress Fredericka 'Bobo" Slgrist, 18, is sitting
with his sister Roberta and his baby daughter at a New York
airport. Juarez and his wife had a battle at the airport and
•he snatched the child from her when she attempted to fly
"home to mother."
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CROSSING ABOVE -A traffic jam developed when hundreds of autos lined the Mackinac
Bridge following the dedication ceremonies at St. lgnace, Mich. Traffic on the span, which
Was built at a cost of one million dollars, Was tied up for two hours. The new bridge, the
costliest and longest suspe von laridge in the world, links Michigan's upper and lower
peninsulas.
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