HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1954-01-21, Page 7More and more the art of cat -
tie judging is coming to be re-
cognized as a real asset to the
modern farmer. So the follow-
ing article, taken from "Ameri-
can Farm Youth" may interest
some of you, as showing the
views on the subject prevailing
"South of the Border"
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Farm students taking their
first animal husbandry course at
the University of Minnesota us,
ually think they know all about
judging good breeding stock,
Dr. Raymond Anderson, ani-
mal husbandry instructor and
coach of many successful judg-
ing teams, soon makes them see
the light. He knows that most
of his students come from live-
stock farms and that some have
shown baby beef animals as 4-
H club or FFA projects, He also
knows that while some might
recognize outstanding animals,
few can give reasons for their
choices.
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Selection is the basis of all
successful livestock breeding. In
order to mate beef animals so
that the offspring will be super-
ior to the sire or dam requires
the knowledge of a standard ac-
cepted_ as ideal. Few students
know what this ideal is.
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This standard changes slight-
ly over long periods of tine be-
cause of market demands. At a
recent conference of judges at
Iowa State College, it was dis-
covered that medium-sized ani-
mals were most desired by the
modern breeder. Cows of this
type would weigh from 1400 to
1500 pounds.
Precious Image - Standing in a
glass case in the Church of Ara
Coeli, in Rome, Italy, is a life-
sized figurine of the Christ child,
considered one of the most price-
less items in the Eternal City.
Carved from an olive tree taken
From the Mount of Olives in Je-
rusalem, the age -blackened
statue is covered with jewelry
and precious stones from all
over the world, which have been
donated by people who have.
had requests granted. Tho figure
u placed in the center of the
hurch for the holiday season.
In the past, breeders and
judges favored the small, short -
legged, fine -boned, extremely
compact animal. Too many
"dwarfs" cropped up as a re-
sult. At present, breeders do
not warm this type nor the large,
coarse, open -shouldered, and un
evenly fleshed cows.
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A front view of the beef ani -
may often tells a buyer or
breeder all he needs to )know.
A slightly dished face, short
from muzzle to poll with a wide,
broad forehead is considered a
good start. Such a head is re-
lated to the short neck, wide
back, deep body, and short legs
Of the ideal beef type animal.
In beef cows the eyes should be
wide apart, prominent, and mild,
indicating the disposition of ,a
good• mother and feeder.
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Both dam and sire should have
short, thick necks that blend
smoothly with the shoulders,
Ideal beef animals have shoul
ders so thickly fleshed, or "laid -
in" as the judges say, that it is
hard to tell where the neck ends
e:rd the shoulders begit.. The
shoulder bones can be easily felt
on poorly fleshed animals.
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The chest of the beef animals
should be wide and deep with a
full heart girth, Such a chest
indicates the strong constitution
and feeding ability of good
breeding animals. Front legs
should be short, straight; and
set squarely under the corners.
of the body.
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From a side view the beef ani-
mal should appear symmetri-
cal. Its body, giving further
evidence of constitution and di-
gestive capacity, should be wide,
deep, and compact. The back
should be as level, wide and as
smoothly and uniformly flesh-
ed as possible. In breeding ani-
mals a depression just back of
the shoulders in the region call-
ed the crops is not serious,. but
a depression in the region of the
loin, just ahead of the hips, is
an indicationof physical weak-
ness, ;kir the kidneys lie just
below.
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The ribs of the ideal animal
should be long and widely arch-
ed or "sprung." This combina-
tion guarantees an animal with
a large capacity of roughage,
They should also be set close to-
gether. Animals with close -set
ribs mature earlier and are the
easiest "keepers."
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As seen from the rear the ideal
beef animal should carry out
smoothly at the tail head. That
is, the tail setting should be level
with the back. The hindquarters
should be wide and thickly
fleshed especially in the region
called the round. The hind legs
should be short, straight, and set
squarely under the body.
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Breeders must keep in mind
that while the region of the
round, rump, loin, back and
hindquarters represents only one-
half of the weight of:. the beef
carcass, it comprises approxi- •
mately two-thirds of its value.
These are the regions of the most
popular wholesale cuts.
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"It should always be remem-
bered," says Dr. Anderson, "that
grass is the foundation of live-
stock production. Pasture, hay
and forage crops supply 80 per
cent of all feed fed to beef cat-
tle." To improve the beef herd
then, beef animais'must be pick-
ed for a combination of eharac-
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ter able to produce top quality
beef from Youghage. Buying
animals from purebred herds
does not guarantee superior ani-
mals -they produce their share
Of inferior livestock.
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Selection of a sire is most
important since it means esta-
blishing the very backbone of
the herd. He must be a better
individual than any of the cows
because he is going to influence
every single calf produced. A.
very good sire and "grade" cows
improve the herd faster and
more profitably thanice versa.
Herd sires should be icked for
characters found lacking in the
cows, If the cows have a ten-
dency to be long-legged and
rangy, a short, compact sire
should be selected.
Mad Gunman Starts
Reign of Terror
With a stetson hat pulled well
down over his black mask, the
young man kicked open the sal-
oon swing doors with a forty-
four in each hand. "Watches,
jewellery and money on the
table; and add a bottle of Scotch,'
he said grimly. In panic-striken
silence, the inmates crept to the
table and laid the gunman's boo-
ty on it. With one gun back in
its holster and the other covering
his victims, the young man shov-
elled his booty into a sack and
backed out the doors.
A Hollywood Western: No, It
happened the other day in Ken-
ya's biggest seaport - Mombasa
- and it was nothing to do with
Mau Mau terrorist gangs. It start-
ed a thirty -six -hour reign of ter-
ror that left four dead and doz-
ens wounded. The gunman - a
twenty-one-year-old European -
left the saloon and held up a
passing car with three Asians in
it. They lost their money, their
car; but the blood lust hadn't yet
gripped the outlaw, so they
didn't lose their lose their lives.
"I'm Buffalo Bill!" he yelled
at them, as he smashed the neck
of the whiskey bottle against the
car. With one hand on the driv-
ing wheel and one holding the
jagged neck to his mouth, he
careered off down the street. The
liquor was doing its work. He
stopped at a native shop; kicked
open the door and shot dead the
first person he saw. "Now you
know," he said; "give 1,18 food,"
Again he grabbed his loot and
screeched oil' down the street.
Darkness was falling; the bot-
tle was empty, but the Devil
looks after his own. The gunman
crashed but escaped. He lay low
for twenty-four hours. Then, in
a small African village, about
thirty miles from the city, he
was recognized as he boarded a
bus. He jumped off and ran
down the street, but an African
woman and her little boy were
in the way. He shot them :dead.
An african constable led the vil-
lagers in a wild chase after the
madman, who was frantically
emptying his forty -fours into his
enraged pursuers, One by one
the natives fell in the cloud of
shot, The gunman darted round
the corner of a shed. The con-
stable told the crowd to go back
and tend their wounded, and
crossed the street to get a clear
field 'of fire, The gunman shot
and missed. The constable shot.
In a weird contortion the gun-
man fell -- a bullet through his
head,
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CAUSE AND EFFECT?
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The list of prizewinners at a
church picnic included the fol-
lowing: "Mrs. Smith won the la-
dies' rolling -pin throwing con-
test by hurling a pin 76 feet, Mr.
Smith won the 100 yards dash."
After The Title -James A. Martin
is out to cop the champion flag-
pole -sitting title. Perched on a
tiny platform atop a 40 -foot
pole in Miami. Martin aims to
stay one year. The flagpole -sit-
ting record, set by a woman, is
152 days.
On Other Planets?
nes Life Exist
A book has recently been writ-
ten stating that Venusians have
arrived on the earth. True or
false, it has brought to the sur-
face a problem that has been
with us for many years. Does
life exist on our two neighbour
planets, Mars and Venus? Before
you discard the theory, consider
the evidence.
During the present century,
and more frequently during the
past twenty years, famous astron-
omers in various countries have
recorded strange fiickerings from
Mars, as though signals were be-
ing made to Earth.
Recently the Japanese astron-
omer, Dr. Triune° Saheki, report-
ed what appeared to be the flash
of an atomic explosion on the
planet, followed by brilliant flash-
es of light of several minutes
duration.
He also announced the recep-
tion of radiation which appeared
to be of artificial origin on ultra-
sensititve electronic equipment.
These electronic waves appeared
to be signals.
There is plenty of other evid-
ence that the Martians, if they
exist, might have attempted to
signal Earth by other and simp-
ler means. By constructing enor-
mous geometrical signs on the
planet's Surface, for instance.
Such signs have been observed
frequently from the Eate.lr.
They sometimes take the form
of a triangle, a perfect circle with
a triangle inside it, and crossed
lines in the form of an "X "
They speak a universal language
which would be understood, by
intelligent life anywhere.
Suggestions have been made
that we should co-operate by dis-
playing some sort of light signal
in return, perhaps also arranged
in,,the form of a geometrical fig-
ure that would be visible to Mars
The Russian government some
years ago planted fir trees in Sib-
eria in the form of an equilateral
triangle, with sides fifteen miles
long, but a telescope more pow-
erful than any in use today would
be needed to detect such a cont.
paratively small shape from
Mars,
As far back as 1907, Professor
A, E. Douglas, another great as.
tronornor, observed on. Mars an
enormous octagon outlined in a
dark colour which was probably
geometrically planted vegetation,
A few weeks Iater the octagon
had vanished, It was replaced by
a five -pointed start
The star shape, according to
astronomical measurements, was
at least 1,200 miles in diameter. A
similar five -pointed star shape,
outlined in dark colours and hav-
ing a diameter of at least 1,000
miles, was observed on Mars by
Harvard University astronomers
in 1924,
In March, 1939, Dr. E. C. Sli-
pher, of the Lowell Observatory
in the U.S., went to South Africa
to view Nears under the best peg-'
sible conditions. Among the many
photographs he took of the planet
were several of a region known
as the "Solus Lacus." It is a dark
area of presumed fertility, about
the size of Europe. These photo-
graphs proved that the shape of
"Solus Lacus" had altered great-
ly, perhaps through deliberate in-
tent of the Martians.
Were the changes another at-
tempt of the Martians to attract
the attention of the Earth? Some
astronomers thought so.
In 1924, when Mars was very
near our planet, radio engineers
picked up signals which could not
be traced to any transmitters on
Earth. These signals were receiv-
ed simultaneously in places as
widely separated as Vancouver,
B.C., London, Eng., and Newark,
New Jersey.
Said one scientist: "They were
clear and distinct, but so weird
in their formulation and modula-
tion that they resembled nothing
familiar to human ears or ever
received by radio before,"
Other scientists in Newark in-
sisted that the signals had come
at regular intervals and resem-
bled "someone tearing on the bass
strings of a piano." They appear-
ed to come from Mars, since they
varied in intensity as the planet
approached and receded from
Earth and finally faded out com-
pletely.
We know that Mars and Venus
are the most likely planets in
our solar system --apart from the
Earth itself -to support intelli-
gent life. Most of the others we
can rule out as almost certainly
lifeless. Carbon dioxide has been
detected on Mars, a gas which
is essential to the survival of
plants.
That creeping green that ap-
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Jesus and Nicodemuo
John 3:1-16
Memory Selection: God he
loved the world, that he gave his
only begotten Son, that whoso-
ever believeth on hire should not
perish, hut have everlasting life.
John 3:16.
Nicademus will always be re-
membered as the man who came
to Jesus by night. But at any
rate he came. That required
courage. Later he boldly called
on the chief priests and Phari-
sees 20 withhold judgment On
Jesus until they had given Him
an opportunity to speak for him-
self. (John 7:50). It was Nicode-
mus who brought the spices tor
the body of Jesus after He had
died on the cross. There he is
mentioned as, "Nocdemus, which
at the first came to Jesus
by night." (John 19:39). Some
see here an intimation of con-
trast to the boldness with which
he now came.
Jesus taught Nicademus the ab-
solute necessity of the new birth.
We need a revival of teaching on
this theme today. We have heard
so much of the good inherent in
man that many of the rising gen-
eration think that a new birth is
unnecessary. Some rely on reli-
gious education. They assume
that if one has been brought up
in the Sunday School and taken
into the church he is naturally
alright, Others rely on the sac-
raments administered by the
church to procure their salva-
tion. But Jesus Christ said, "Ex-
cept a man be born again, he
cannot see the kingdom of God."
This is accomplished in man by
the Spirit of God. It is a miracle
of God's grace. Man must turn
from his sin and fully rely on
Jesus Christ as his Lord and
Saviour. We receive eternal life
when we believe in Jesus Christ.
That believing is not merely a
mental assent but an exercise of
the will in obedience to Jesus
Christ and a trust in Him. Those
who persist in their own way
shall perish. But God's gift of
His Son is for all, "Whosoever
believeth on Him shall not •per-
ish, but have everlasting life:"
pears on Mars at certain seasons
is now believed by some to be
a kind of lichen, similar to that
which grows on Earth.
Creatures adapted to live on
Mars, thinks Dr. R. S. Richardson,
of Mount Wilson Observatory,
"might look like anything be-
tween a grasshopper and a yak."
It would be foolish to suppose
their physical appearance would
be like ours.
The famous novelist, H. G.
Wells, pictured the intelligent in-
habitant of Mars as a strange, in-
sect-like creature which, like our
own spiders, grasshoppers, and
ants, is able to flourish on a min-
imum of air and water.
(Upside down to prevent peeking)
Herr s Wl t. It's sound Although ibis pose is just for laughs,
"Suds," pudigrea unknown, is much happier in the beer glass
that, he was a while back. The puppy was found in a park
during a cold December night. He has since b'on adopted by
a kind citizen,