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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1960-06-09, Page 3©©• ©©o® ctini70ci 1©IDDDI� gUIII1 I© 0©f iiliilZIUUD .'IJ© �© ©iii©Q© ', '©12 11111E1 CEO «°; ©E1 ©®oocA ©z kinin ] 1311101 1511:111- i * 3©®©©d ©©Ct , 131111Ek: W ' EJ11 ,1312 of -IUEIi C1©o C1111©100' , CIVE31 0© Elill1011010113 tr Ancient ed OF Cattle Through the great forests that once covered much of Europe roamed herds of wild cattle. These were the auroChSee-wild, dahhgerotts but magnificent crea- tures, the enormous bulls weigh- ing upwards of a ton, As ctvilizaticn spread east- wards in the Middle Ages, and the forests were cut down to provide more land for agricul- ture, so the aurochsen herds began to disappear, By the year 1600 the end was in sight -only one herd of auro- chsen remained, in the Jaktor- owka Forest on the outskirts of Warsaw, and their numbers were reduced to twenty-four head. What attempts were made to keep this last herd going we don't know, but they weren't. very successful, for in 1627 the sole survivor died. And with its death an animal species was lost for ever -or so it seemed. Abbout thirty years ago, how- ever, two distinguished German zoologists, Heinz and Lutz Heck, set out to restore the aurochs. The attempt was made possible by the fact that the various breeds of European domestic cattle had been at least partly derived from the wild aurochsen, so some aureoles' blood flowed in their veins. What the Heck brothers pro- posed to do was to collect vari- ous kinds of cattle that showed one or more of the aurachs' characteristics, and then by care- ful crossing try to assemble all these isolated characteristics in one strain. In this way they hoped to reconstruct an animal indistinguishable from the au- rochs, Their first taks was to get as accurate a picture as they could of what the aurochs really look- ed like. Mediaeval drawings and descriptions, skeletons in muse- ums and cave drawings from the Stone Age all contributed to the picture. The aurochs bull, they decided, was black with a red- dish tinge on the back and a narrow red line running along the spine, while the colour of the cow was chiefly reddish with some grey or black. Then came the search for breeds of cattle showing sone of these characteristics, however PLANE FUNNY - San Fran- cisco airline secretary Deanna Ledwith shakes a rubber glove on the end of an air condition- ing duct in a stunt put on to welcome the first Boeing 720 Letliner from Seattle, Wash. The face" was added by employ- es, faintly. They soon (Welded that there was little slope of finding what they wanted among the highly developed milk and beef breeds, They must look for prim- itive herds in out of the way places ---herds which (night still retain not only certain of the physical characteristics of their wild ancestors, but tlieir ferocity and speed as well, And so the brothers travelled all over Europe, buying a cow here and a bull there, until they had assembled a motley collec- tion of cattle. In Corsica they found a small Herd of primitive cattle wander- ing about in the hills and receiv- ing the minimum of human at- tention. Only for a period after they had calved did the cows come into contactwith their owners to be milked. At other times they roamed where they pleased, fending for themselves. It was selected specimens of these that provided the Heck brothers with the red coat colour they needed, For the primitive ferocity and speed of the aurochsen, and for their physical strength, they those selected specimens o f French and Spanish fighting cattle. Searching for and assembling the various cattle they needed occupied a whole year, but at last all was ready. Tho various animals were crossed according to a carefully evolved plan. Some characteristics had to be bred out, others accentuated, but each succeeding year's batch of calves contained at least a few which showed that progress was made in the right direction, how- ever slowly. After many years and the birth .of several hundred calves came the exciting day they had hoped for. One calf was born which, as it 'developed, showed all the characteristics they had been trying to blend, This was the first. of the new race of au- rochsen. But there was still a long way to go, for the Heck brothers would not be able to claim ulti- mate success until they had a complete herd of aurochsen that would breed true. To -day, at Munich Zoo, of which Heinz Heck is the direc- tor, there is a small but flourish- ing herd of aurochsen, showing all the characteristics and tem- perament of its ancestors. But these "synthetic" cattle pose a problem. Can we accept them as real aurochsen, or are they merely copies? Zoologists are divided about the right answer. If we could find a herd of genuine auroch- sen, the mystery would be solv- ed, though it seems practically certain that we would detect no difference between it and the new herd. Not content with having re- created a captive herd of auroch- sen, their ultimate plans are to build up sufficient stocks to en- able them to release small herds in suitable forest areas, The aurochs is not the only large wild animal to become ex- tinct in Europe in historical times. Another animal that roamed the forests was the tar - pan, a wild pony which, like the aurochs, played a part in the production of certain domestic breeds. So far as is known the tarpan may have disappeared a century or two before the au- rochs. After their aurochs experi- ments had been going for some years, and when it seemed that success would be achieved, the Necks decided to start similar experiments with selected dom- estic ponies in the hope of being able to breed back, to the tarpan. They were successful, A flour- ishing herd now exists at Munich Zoo. When the state is most cor- rupt, then laws are most multi- plied.-Tacitus. CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 6. Common 1. Serult vipers 7. Pillage 7. Used for 18. Word away signaling 24.1 nbl,c speaker 8, War god 15. Behold et aht 16. Inferred 10. A. Tablet 18. Tantalum symbol 19. Orfore none 20, Writing tables 21. Exists 22. ,7apnnese Porgy 24. Temnin sandpiper 85. Point In tents 26. Chemical compounds 2 y 9. tsenverad 82. 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WHY THOSE AREN'T EGGS! -- This rat -happy hen stole five four- week -old kittens from their mother and won't let her go near them. Rock Hill Evening Herald photographer Dean Wohlgemuth snapped the off -beat little family in a cardboard box. One startled passerby took a look and declared, "I've eaten my last eggl" The cats would agree, TIIIilAIN FRONT Joku Cyprex dodine 65 wettable. powder is a new fungicide of proved value for preventing scab infections in apple orchards. Tests in many fruit districts have demonstrated clearly its out- standing value for use in the regular protectant spray pro- gram. O 0 * At the Plant Pathology Lab- oratory at St. Catharines in 1957 it was the most effective mater- ial tested states G. C. Chamber- lain. Both foliage and fruit on Cyprex-sprayed trees remained completely free from scab while untreated trees in the next row were severely infected, 98 per cent of the fruit at harvest being worthless because of scab. In the following year Cyprex was included in both a full pro- tectant program and an eradi- cant, or after -rain, schedule; in each case excellent results were again obtained. o * o Fruit color and finish in the McIntosh variety at St. Cath- arines were good, but elsewhere there have been reports of rather extensive russet injury to the fruit. This kind of injury is at- tributed to sprays when applied under a combination of slow drying conditions and freezing or near -freezing temperatures. i * * Cyprex will find its greatest use on apples for scab control. It is included in the list of fungicides recommended in the Ontario spray calendar for ap- ples for 1960. The dosage rate of one-half to three-quarter pounds in 100 gallons of water is suggested. It should be point- ed out, however, that Cyprex will not control powdery mildew of apple. ;, Additional uses for Cyprex in orchard sprays have been found and others are being explored. Limited trials have shown it to be of value in protecting sour cherries against leaf spot disease and it has been used to good advantage in . preventing pear scab. On the other hand, Cyprex has caused considerable foliage dam- age to peaches and plums and therefore it is not recommended for use on these trees. * * * Canada has made progress in developing varieties of potatoes that are resistant to the leaf roll virus, reports J. P, MacKinnon of the Canada Department of Agriculture's Fredericton, N.B., Research Station. * 1 0 But until resistant varieties are introduced on a commercial scale, Mr. MacKinnon advises growers to take these control measures: (1) Plant virus -free seed. (2) Remove immediately all plants that show disease symp- toms. (3) Hill the insects by spray- ing. , * a The leaf roll virus, he explains, is maintained in a potato crop from year to year chiefly by planting infected seed and its spread within a crop during the growing season is mainly due to aphids, The virus Is not transmitted by mechanical contact as are the mosaic viruses, but has to be introduced deep into the plant tissue to cause infection. The green peach aphid, usual- ly found on the under surfaces of potato leaves, is well suited to spread this disease to healthy plants. The aphids feed by suck- ing juke from the inner plant cells and are a pale green color, which makes thein difficult to detect. Once they acquire virus from infected plants, they can pass it on to healthy plants as long as they live-in sotne cases as much as two months. Some genera- tions of aphids are wingless and spread disease by crawling from infected to healthy plants, while others have wings and are capa- ble of infecting distant fields. * o p Under the National Potato Program at Fredericton, new potato seedlings are tested each year in the field and greenhouse, where they are exposed to aphids that have fed on infected plants, Some of these seedlings have remained healthy after three or four years' testing and have proved to be more resistant than any of the current com- mercial varieties. insurance Paid For Ghosts' Pranks Combined efforts of police, firemen, neighbours and the householders themselves failed recently to find a solution to mysterious happenings in a Bal- timore family's home. The first occurred when fif- teen miniature pottery pitchers suddenly "exploded" on a shelf in the dining -room. After that, flower - pots "leaped" through windows, pictures fell from walls in unoccupied rooms and ashtrays startled members of the family by jumping off tables and chairs. The incidents continued for four days and then stopped as suddenly as they had begun. Some psychical experts attribute them to poltergeists, the German name for "epirits that throw things about. Poltergeists, according to :Polk who believe in their existence, are often responsible for knock- ings and rappings in old houses. One poltergeist investigator reported: "Small objects rise up into the air and fly across the room, or are thrown from an unoccupied room through an open door Into the presence of witnesses. "Sometimes the objects, if picked up, are too hot to hold. Sometimes bells ring mysteri- ously and furniture is displaced, but the actual ghost - if there Is cne - is never seen." An insurance company paid $1200 for damage alleged to have been done by a poltergeist. A mansion of twenty rooms was set on fire, furniture was heap- ed about the house and ewers of water were poured over the beds, it was claimed. An insur- ance inspector was ertain that the fire had not been started by the occupants and that it had not been caved accidentally." So the claim was paid. Mischievous children have sometimes been blamed for pol- tergeist manifestations, said Mr. Neil Cow, after studying what he described as the "unexplain- ed phenomena of these rackety ghosts." He added that there were, however, many well -authenti- cated instances in which the phenomena have occurred in circ cumstances which seemed to dis- prove this explanation. "At County Wexford, some years ago, a heavy iron bed was dragged across a room appar- ently without human agency," he said. "In Portland, Oregon, chairs rose up from the ground a.id fell, a glazed picture hang- ing on the wall was seen to slide slowly down until it rest- ed upon the floor, the glass re- maining unbroken." Mr, Gem added a word of comfort to nervous people who might !tear the arrival of `these "mischievous ghosts." Polterge- ist phenomena were generally harmless, he said. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking 11110 SC11001 IISSON fly Rev. R. B. tt` wren, t9.A., The Gotten Rule Matthew 7:I -I3 Our memory selection is, "Alt things whatsoever ye would that mien should tto to gent, do ye eve.) so to therm. MVi'>ttthew 7:12. 12 we should all do this, what a different world this would be. We would be much more happy. I've just tried It on a stranger who came to the door with complaint. Some clay dug up by the side of the church, and now very wet with this rain, makes it difficult for him to make the sharp turn necessary to get into his garage. First I phoned to make sure that the clay was go- ing to be moved soon. Then I went with him to look over the situation. I said, "Until the clay is moved you put your car in my garage and I'll put mine in yours for I can easily make this turn with my small car." Ise was de- lighted with the gesture. I've made a friend and that makes me happy, Some day I may be able to talk with him in a per- sonal way about Jesus Christ and His claim on our lives. Jesus warned us not to judge other people. Alas, how often we have been guilty of it! We don't fully understand the other per- son's motive. We don't know his hereditary tendencies, the frus- trations of his childhood and his present problems, spiritual, men- tal and physical, Let us think: kindly al him. Believe the best until the worst is proven beyond all shadow of doubt. The more I learn people, (No, that's not a mistake, I don't mean teach), the more charitable I feel toward them. The people who are the most critical always seem to hevm the most wrong with themselves. The lesson urges us to pray. Ask, seek, knock. Notice the in- creasing intensity suggested by these expressions of Jesus. God invites intense and earnest pray- er. James reminds us, "Ye have not, because ye ask not" Also in the lesson is, the story of the Good Samaritan. The despised man proved to be the kindest to the man in trouble. It is often so.' Who was so de- spised as Jesus? And who could be so kind to sin -stricken man? So often the ones we tend to de- spise turn out to be our benefac- tors. Let us use the Golden Rule as a guide to our thoughts, words and actions. ISSUE 23 - 1960 NOME FOR RAMESES - Rameses XVIII, Fordham University's mascot, looks around his new home on the campus. it was built through the efforts of John B. Kelly, father of Princess Grace of Monaco, when he learned that the ram's former shelter burned down. It took 36 hours to complete. IIALF PUP, HALF BABY CARRIAGE - A Son Antonio veterinarian rigged cast and carrioga f Yogi after on auto ran over his back legs, breaking them. He's doing all right.