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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1962-02-15, Page 7on a Plateau. in Nyasaland Game paths run everywhere, 'criss-crossing the rounded slopes and skirting the summits of high- er rockier hills, Duiker, reed - buck, eland, roan antelope and zebra leave their imprints on the marrow red trails. Some of the downs are pitted with small hol- lows of bare, earth where zebra have scraped away the turf. There they delight to roll at their ease, stirring lip the dust into small red clouds which quickly ,disperse in the wind, They are a kind of zebra found only on the Nyika, and as they graze placidly in little groups of five or six, their brown -looking stripes blend perfectly with their surround- ings. The heads and short -maned necks of these beautiful animals aro just like those of the knight pieces in a game of chess, espe- cially when they raise their heads to watch the movements of some passer-by on a distant ridge. Rounding a corner on a narrow track, the traveler may come upon a large herd of eland strung out along a steep hillside, all heads turned in one direction at the sight or sound of humans. No shooting is allowed these days, so the eland do not fear be- ing silhouetted against the sky- line where they form a striking frieze of handsome heads and slanting horns, The great bull of the herd stands watching the on - comer while the rest begin to move slowly away. He is the liv- ing counterpart of the old Bush- man rock paintings. These little people in bygone days drew el- and not only with surpassing skill but also with truth. What they saw, one sees today -the splendid bulk of the 'lord of the Herd, the twisting black horns, the beautiful head and heavily dewlapped throat, the smooth- ness of those pale gold flanks- all are there as the ancient hunt- er -artists recorded them long ago. In no more time than it takes to think these thoughts, the herd has begun to disappear from sight. When the last of the tall cows and pale -colored calves has vanished into another valley, the patriarch turns to follow with unhurried dignity. Up on a high slope, there may be a warthog standing to atten- tion, its tail held vertically like a lightning conductor, its curving tusks. resembling a fine pair of handlebar moustaches. It struts forward to have a better view of the intruder, thenit wheels sharply and dashes away in a queer stiff -legged gallop. There is always something absurd about a warthog; its air of 'truculence gives wayso abruptly to a head- long retreat. Just as amusing are the button quail which inhabit those high grasslands in large numbers. These plump, round, delightful little birds set up a musical squeaking and twittering when approached and rising up into the air a little way, skim over the grass to some safer spot. There they settle and hustle along be- tween the grassstems, all hunch- ed up as though they were not close enough to the ground al- ready. Such a pother and such a fuss when no one is chasing them at all! ' In the peaty marshes which,fill the winding valleys between the downs, wattled cranes stalk slow- ly from tussock to tussock. They thrust their sword -like beaks into the moss and mud in a diligent search for food. When disturbed, they spread great black and white wings and flap majestical- ly away to some far hillside where their privacy is not invad- ed by being observed. To pursue them in order to obtain a close look is often fruitless, for' the ground is so boggy that walking is slow. The luxuriant green patches of deep mossare to be avoided; they may cover thick fibrous mud and water. Tinkling ISSUE 6 1962 LUNCH - Jackie Rogers, 44 "cattleman" feeds his week- old Ayrshire calf. The calf weighs 60 pounds; Jackie, only rills flow in tiny channels through these yellow -green mar- shes and gush in miniature wa- terfalls over slabs of lichen - dappled roc];. The clear, amber - colored water is ice cold, There is a cleanness, an astringency about those valleys reminiscent of the Scottish highlands - in spite of the African strangeness of many of the mountain plants and of the tall olbelias which stand at the edges of the boggy ground like abandoned fence posts, writes Isabel. Talbot in the Christian Science Monitor, Over to one side of the plateau, there lies a small beautiful lake partly fringed with trees, Above its intensely blue surface, the black - shouldered kite hovers with wings poised aloft before beginning its thistle -clown des- cent, Round the sandy margin runs a pattern cf tracks, heavy hoofmarks of eland, dainty im- prints of lesser antelope, the round -toe pugmarks of lion and the continuous tracery left by rodents and small birds. Two fat yellow -billed ducks own that gleaming stretch of water in the nesting season. Though wild, they float on the limpid ripples with the complacency of domes- tic ducks. The air on that lovely plateau is clear and exhilarating and the views tremendous. A deep seren- ity pervades the rolling hills. Lions are few there; elephant and rhinothere are none. The roarings and trumpetings so of- ten heard in game reservesat low levels are absent. Instead, the sound of the wind, the rus- tle of grass, the solitary twitter of larks and pipits, all serve to intensify the sense of peace. An African forester crossing the pla- teau is but an insignificant speck in the .landscape. What villages there are, lie tucked away on the treeclad sides of the escarpment to escape the bitter cold of up- land winters. High above the troubled world of men and under the sparklingblue of heaven, an- telope graze like sheep, small brown foals play around their zebra mothers and the 'sunbird, its breast ablaze with scarlet and shimmering blue, drops its little pearls of song from the top of some ancient tree in a sunny valley. It is hard to go down and leave those untrammeled heights, Q. Do you have a suggestion on the snaking of floating flow- er arrasgementst A, Insert the stern of each flower through a disc of waxed paper cut to the size of the blos- som, The blooms will last long- er, because the waxed paper will protect them from the water. VIOLENCE ANEW -Violence flared anew in the Congo. U.N. jet planes were fired. on in the Kongolo area, see one, by troops believed responsible for the massacre of 19 mission• dries, according to a U.N. spokesman. The planes were fired on, sold the spokesman, by troops marching toward Kohgolo along the road from Kilubi, see three. He said the Roman Catholic mission and college at Sola, see two, was believed udder attack by marauding Congolese troops. RESTING HER DOGS - Mrs. E. Williams and her seven dogs rest their collective 30 feet after a stroll along the Thames River where it runs through Twickenham, England. The top or surface soil on a farm is often taken for granted - until wind or water erosion wakens the farmer to a realiza- tion that one of his chief assets is disappearing, When levelling land or selling fill for construc- tion, farmers are advised by the Canada Department of Ag- riculture, to remove the topsoil first and replace 11 after these operations. 4 4 4 It doesn't matter to sheep how cold their drinking water is -as. long' as it isn't frozen. Dr. C. B. Bailey made tests at the Canada Department of Agricul- ture's research station at Leth- bridge which led him to conclude sheep do not'need warm water, even when wintered outdoors, There is reason to believe that further studies will show the same • thing applies to cattle wintered outdoors. * • a Dr. Bailey found that wethers kept in a room at 10°F. drank about 11%4 lb. of water daily re- gardless of its temperature, which was at various times 32, 50, 68 and 88°F, They .drank twice as much in a room at 55°F., as they did in the cold room. Digestibility of the feed was not affected bythe tempera- ture of the water or that of the room, and the body temperature of the animals was only one de- gree lower in the' cold room than in the wanner one - this being within the normal variation. It was clear that the sheep did as well when their drinking water was just above freezing as when it was warmer, Dr. Bai- ley said. 4 4 • . In 1948 there - were approxi- mately 295 cheese factories in Eastern Ontario alone. Today there are only 310 cheese factor- ies in all Canada yet production has grown from about 90 million pounds to 112 million pounds per year in that period. More significantly, domestic consumption has gone up sub- stantially as well, relieving the industry to some extent of its dependence on the export of cheddars to United Kingdom. * 4 • The conversion of the Cana- dian cheese industry from hun- dreds of small and sometimes uneconomical units to relatively few but large, well-equipped plants is largely the result of government money flowing into the industry through the medium of the Cheese and Cheese Fac- tory Improvement Act. In five fiscal years beginning 1956-57 this subsidy has amounted to $2,2 millions for new buildings and for modern insulation and Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking 1 3 N 3 Se, -Q 3 s s a 3 2i e 1 7 A 3 S v 3 11 I' S lb BAV31110d"' yf OJ.O 3QVNad 9 91. 3233A09 2:1V0 1"132,";1b3,,,'3d'd§ 03 1b 1NaC1`a.iSV '83dd I -1S 1 400'1 ,^do O I tj_Lt 1 I_a3 J.v3S,ti'S1OQ 0 Sr'u W3a.l 03a }cad 9014 refrigeration installations, and $3.9 millions in premiums on cheese. scoring 93 points and bet- ter. * • 4 The original legislation was drafted around a framework of assistance to cheese factories with the intention of stimulat- ing improvements in the quality of cheese and maintaining a high reputation on world markets, particularly in Britain. That a higher percentage of quality has been achieved is indicated by the steady rise in premium pay- ments from $640,612 in 1956-57 to $851,519 in 1960-61, The prem- ium is one cent per pound for cheese with a flat or score of 93 points and two cents per pound for cheese scoring 94 and better. This money is paid to the factories for distribution to milk producers and is their incentive to provide high quality milk. k * 4, An official in the grading ser- vice of the Canada Department of Agriculture, which is respon- sible for setting grade standards, said the past fiscal year showed the wisdom of a quality policy as cheese made with the best milk was worth 34 cents per ib. against 28 cents per pound for the pro- duct made from lower -grade milk. 4 • * The amalgamation of many small factories into single econ- omic units was made possible by the legislation but other factors have contributed to the health- ier condition of the industry to- day. * 4 4 The extension of the grading period from 10 to 21 days with a compulsory regrading of cheese for export was a comparatively recent step taken for the main- tenance of high standards in Can- adian cheese production. The policy of encouraging ageing, under specification, of cheese made from raw milk in order to develop a distinctive Canadltlla flavour for the export market has also helped the domestic WI. ceptance of cheddar, despite title preference of many CentralI Buropean immigrants for special., typroducts from "home." Subsidies and premiums aro paid only tor cheddar cheesh manufaoture, 4, 4, • The Aviculture) Stabilisation Beard also pays znilk producers delivering exclusively to manu- facturing plants including; cheese factories - a subsidy pay - merit of 25 cents per 100 pounds to bring them into a competitive position with other branches of the industry, The Choke Ig Yours And Yours Alone Adolf Eichmann has been sem. tensed. , . , In his role as chief of the Ges- tapo's Bureau for Jewish Affairs, he was directly responsible for shipping millions of Jews to their death in Nazi extermination camps under the infamous Hitler regime. , The court ruled; "The laws of humanity are binding on indivi- duals, The guilt of Germany as a state does not detract one iota from the personal responsibility of the accused," And therein lies a thought that every civilized citizen in the world ought to ponder seriously. No person, as a free moral agent, is bound by any power outside himself to violate his own conscience. If he is caught up in some sinister movement or plot, he has allowed himself to go with the tide.... Young people, especially, should seriously think this issie through. It is so easy to follow the crowd, when one's better judgment says not to. It is so easy to set aside the principiles one has been brought up to be- lieve in, and submit to the pop- ular notions and patterns of the group.... Many an individual who alone would never harm another per- son has found himself commit- ting violence in a mob. Never- theless, such a one is individually responsible. He cannot blame the mob for his participation. • . The beginning of Eichmann's downfall was the day he ex- changed his individual judgment for the notions of the crowd he was traveling with, the day 11e sacrificed his status as a free moral agent for that of a cog in a machine. And the choice was his and his alone to make. - The Boulder (Colorado) Daily Camera BM SOON LESSON By Rev. It, Barclay Warren, B,A., B.D. Respect for Human Life Exodus 20:13; Matthew 5:21-24, Luke 12: 4.7. Memory Selection: Love your enemiees, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate yuo, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and perse- cute you. Matt, 5:44, The command, "Thou shalt not kill," is the first in the second series of five, This series has to do with our relation to our fel- lowmen. It does not forbid the killing of animals, capital pun- ishment or killing enemies in battle. For most people there is a natural shrinking from killing an animal Yet, if an animal is about to kill one of our loved ones, we take action speedily. As for capital punishment we read in Genesis 9:5.6: "At the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of a man. Who - so sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made he man,' Any alternative to it and the murderer may have the oppor- tunity to take yet another life, As for war, we all hate the thought of it. As I write this, we are passing through Richmond, Virginia, where Patrick Henry made the notable speech con- taining the expression, "Give me liberty or give m edeath" To- day, we are inclined to take a very careful look at -the liberty before we will risk our lives to achieve it. Jesus points to the sin in man's heart that always precedes mur- der, He pronounces pudgment upon it. He points out the prop- er way for religious persons to solve difficulties with their bro- thers, Better to negotiate than have someone hold a grudge against you. The drinking driver is the chief agent in today's fearful slaughter on the highways. More emphasis should be placed on punishing the man who drinks and then drives, rathre than waiting until after the tragedy. Life is precious. Once it has fled, it cannot be recalled. The man who shortens his life by al- cohol, nicotine, drugs or any other reckleses way of living, is his own worst enemy. He should surrender himself to Jesus Christ and then he will spend his life happily and for the glory of God. CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS DOWN 1. Emporium 2. Ger. river 3 -Portends 4. Reduce In grade 6. Smell 6, Sesame 7. Star-shaped 1. Unruly crowd 4. Periods 3. Command to a cat 12, Confusion 13. Redact 19. set of three 16. Pi ushted 16. Burrowing animal 17. Hoarfrost 18. Shake 20. Crochet stitch 20. Toper 23. Fort covering 26. Like 28. of the teeth 30. Constellation 31. Yawn 38. Consume 9. Barbarous 35. Paddle 36. Stern 88. Pronoun 39. Explosive device 41. Amer. Indian 43. Register vote 44. Tear asunder 97. Alack 49. Malignant 61. River In No. Carolina 62. Parent 55. Location 64. Worm 55. Pay attention 56. Prophet 67. Meshed fabric 8. Razor sharpener 9. Lame 10. Purpose 11. Drive a nail elan tingly 19. 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