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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1957-01-24, Page 3Rabbit Hunting No Kid's Game Rabbit hunting is something that a fellow usually does when there'S nothing else to do. Nine times out of ten he goes rabbit hunting in the late fall Or winter, preferably when there is a slight snow cover on the ground. And nine times out of the same ten he is much more successful at rabbit hunting than at any other type of hunt- ing that be may do. Take my own case, for in- stance. My hunting companion of late is a slow riser. He would prefer to hear the singing of the birds and the sharp beams of the sun in his face as he arises from bed in the mornings, and sometimes it's quite a tussle to get him out in time to get in on the good hunting. And late in the pheasant sea- son last fall, when the birds were getting harder to find than teeth in a hen's mouth, I sug- gested a rabbit hunt. "Rabbits," he snorted! "Why nobody hunts them except kids. Forget it!" As it turned out he had never bothered to hunt rabbits before in his life, and had no intention of starting at that stage of the game. But after a few tninutes of persuasion, he consented to give it a try -but only on a trial basis. "If I don't like it," he said, "and I won't, we'll just give it up and spend our time hunting for something that is fun to hunt." On the strength of that I called a farmer friend and arranged to hunt the next day. That night it snowed. Not heavily, just a half-inch or so, but just enough to make it per- fect rabbit hunting. And about an hour before daybreak I used a crowbar to get him out of the sack and we headed for rabbit country. Rabbit country - that's anyplace in Nebraska where there is some slight cover and nearby food. Just as the sun came peeking over a wind-swept hill. we parked the car by a mile -long, brush -covered draw and hopped out to investigate. The head of the draw looked like the rabbits had been holding a camp meeting there. Tracks by the thousands ELECTRONIC WHATZIT - This whatzit doesz.it electronically. The "spatio-dynamic," design- ed by Nicolas Schener of Paris, France, turns itself on and off, 'naves backward and forward, and reacts to color, sound and light. "Cyspi," as the gizmo is called, isn't too useful, but for 'a whatzit with wowzit, it sure haszit. led in under the trees, and there the snow had been beaten down as if a herd of cattle had been stampeding through, writes Hob Munger in The Police Gazette. "Are you sure there are rab- bits around here?" my sleep - blinded friend asked, After assuring him that there was a strong possibility of en- countering Mr, Cottontail, he agreed to give the draw a try, At first we saw no game. We must have walked at least a hundred yards before the first cottontail hopped up and blasted off through the trees and brush. "Bang .. zing . crack!" Three .22 slugs went whipping into the snow around the rabbit's flying. feet, but none of them connec- ted, and the bunny went in mad leaps out of sight into a large patch of weeds. Well, to shorten this tale down a little, as the man said when he applied a knife to the puppy's: posterior, we finally got to hit- ting some of the flying bits of fur. On further down the draw rabbits were jumping out on all sides of us , . behind us after we had passed by places were we thought no rabbits could have hidden ... right beside us as we crashed our way through the weeds and brush ... and far out in front as they were scared up by our clumsy feet. It wasa day to remember. By noon we had four rabbits each, more than enough for our small fam- ilies, so we called it quits, We. had missed dozens of shots apiece, but we were exhilarated from a hunt in which game was extremely plentiful, all the shooting a hunter could ask for, and some meat to bring home to the cooks. 'And speaking of cooks, that was the part of., the proceedings, that really swung my friend around to rabbit hunting. We gathered our dependents around a communal board that evening for a small feast, and it was a sight to behold. The rabbits had been fried un- til nearly done, then switched to a stew skillet to steam for awhile in a barbecue sauce of sorts. The sauce had as its main ingredient tomato paste, but a sprinkle of garlic had been ad- ded, as well as chili powder, celery salt, lemon juice and a slice or two of onion. The newly -born rabbit hunter pushed his plate back at last with a sigh like a broken bel- lows, -^rapped a knuckle •on his oldest boy's head for silence, and announced in a formal manner that would have done credit to an elder statesman, "Friends, I want to say here and now 'that this is the best eating I ever had in my life . following one of the most enjoyable hunts that I have ever had . and I just want to say for all to hear that I can now be classed as a rab- bit hunter. Thank you." . After considerable ceremony the rabbit -eating meeting was adjourned, but I'm looking for- ward to the first snow. I'm ex- pecting a call from a certain EX -hater of rabbit hunting. NO SALE W. J. Makin, in his Caribbean Nights tells about the film sales- man who was trying to sell the latest Clark Gable picture to a cinema. proprietor in the wilds of Venezuela. '"Clark Gable is dead," he was told, "Yourecall the film Parnell?" . "Yes. A box-office winner." "Si, Sener, but the Gable he died in that." "Look here, I don't-" • "I tried:.to show another Gable Mm , after that," went on the Ven- 'ezuelan. "And what happen? Hell broke loose. Senor, my clients see the Gable die in one picture. Cannot one believe one's own • eyes? So far as this village is concerned, Gable is dead." A neurotic is one who believes the world owes him a loving. CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1. Pair 4. Carpenter's tools 8. Pedestal part 12. Sunken fence 13 -Wicked 34. Above 5. Encore 16. Network t7. Italian name for Rome 18. Fatty fruit 20. Edge of a, dress 22. Light bed 23. Take offense at 25. Rd 'hie tuber 27. Trim 29. One who walks in water 0. Church recess 82. Fish eggs 35. Richness of flavor i6. Part of a coat. 8, W i d e - mouthed jar 0. Eiblieal Mountain 2. Titirlt Growth of trees 8. Prohibit 'r. I ooking vessel • 49, venomous serpent 0. Entrance 8. Magician's eltiok . Jap. barb . TablelanI 8.8'4rnring SA ' n,•ry 57. Feline 58. Grayish White 69. Tall coarse grass, 60. Abstract being DOWN 1. Small drum 2, Meantime 3. Fertile spot 4. ualln 5. Salutation 6. Accom- panying 1. Slumber' 8. June bug 9. Alligator pear 10. Reduced In grade 11. Eloquence ' 19. Light coating' 21, Cut down 24, Sailor 20. Knight's cloak 28. Also sv. southern state 31. Processions 32. Romance language 34. Sprite 37. Ripple against 39, Put on cargo 4L Rise high 43. Draw out 44, Closed ear 45. Jogs 48. Narrow binding fabric M. Scotch river 53. Ey birth 41111111111 MINN ®2 ®®E MINN WNW Whi AIM 11.11. Answer elsewhere on Will page; WELL, I SWAN! - A clean-up job that's also a life-saving opera- tion is being performed on this once ;now -white swan by Dr. Max Heinz Sy, right,' noted German bird expert at the R.S.P.C.A. in London, England. Swan was one of hundreds soaked with oil when a barge sank near them. More than 100 of the birds died before aid reached them. TIIL1'AIN FRONT Rt. Hon. James G. Gardiner, Minister of Agriculture, has an- nounced that a program of area testing and eradication of Bru- cellosis disease of cattle will be entered into by his Department. Brucellosis, or Bang's Disease, is a bacterial infection causing abortions and breeding difficul- ties in cattle. Losses from it' are estimated to cost Canadian cat- tlemen nine million dollars an- nually. Brucellosis infection in cattle is responsible for undu- lant fever in humans, both being caused by thesame organism. Procedure will follow the pat- tern which has been applied suc- cessfully in the.virtual eradica- tion of tuberculosis from Cana- dian . cattle, An area will be ac- cepted under the program on the recommendation of a provincial department of agriculture. All susceptible cattle in the area will be tested and infected animals will be disposed of, with com- pensation paid to the owners. A joint federal -provincial poi',- icy of calf:. vaccination against.' brucellosis has been in effect since 1950. This, along with sev- eral provincial control programs, is considered to have reduced the incidence of the disease to the point where a national' pro- gram of testing and eradication is. now feasible. In addition to 'reducing losses from the disease, the move will strengthen the position of Cana= dian cattle .exporters in foreign markets which increasingly are requiring freedom from' brucel- losis in cattle imports. - Operating procedures are now being drafted and the 'program will be in effect in 195.7. 5 5 5 Various seedling,' stem and root diseases afflict the oat crop. One of these, a root disease us- ually referred• to as common rootrot, is caused by the fungus, Fusarium culmorum,, or related species, states P. M. Simmonds, OfCi;er-in-Charge, Canada De- pertinent of Agriculture. • Common rootrot in oats was once a rather serious disease but the newer varieties appear to have considerable resistance. I o doubt this resistance was ob- tained by y the plant breeder through the stringent selection of the best lines during trials for yields. Past experience in disease control, however, has shown that new, more virulent forms of the fungus, causing the disease may appear, and so it is important for the grower to be able to ,recognize common rootrot s0 that. cntrol 'measures can be takes promptly. 5 5 5 The common rootrot fungi net only attach the roots but any part of the oat plant. They live in the soil or on the seed. Con- sequently seed and seedling blights may occur from seed that has become contaminated. In such cases the grower will note poor, uneven emergence of the crop in the spring and many blighted seedlings. In later stages of, plant growth, infections from fungi living in the soil or on contaminated seed usually in- -vade the crown or adjacent plant tissues. Once a plant i8 infected the diseased area per- sists indefinitely. Whether it en- larges rapidly causing serious injury to the plant depends on weather conditions. * e * There appears to be severe in- jury following periods of warm weather and a shortage of mois- ture in the soil. Alternate spells of dry weather and heavy rain- fall as the crop starts maturing increases common rootrot dam- age. The injury may show as bleached dead tillers on many plants, but careful examination of the crowns for signs of rot is necessary for complete identifi- cation of the disease. In slight and moderate cases the extent of injury cannot be determined readily until yields are available at harvest time. Occasionally plants .,will be killed by a severe invasion of the crown. They die early and are easily seen scattered here and there through the still green crop. * * * Complete control of this di- sease is almost impossible be- cause these fungi may be carried in the seed and are commonly found in most soils. If seed treat- ment is necessary, and this can only be determined after care- ful examination by a pathologist, any of the fungicides used for smut control should be satisfac- tory. Rotation of cereal crops with non -cereal crops where practicable may help, together with good cropping methods for the district concerned, and the maintenance of soil fertility. What no You Know about Bread? A product which had its ori- gin thousands of years ago is to - clay providing a livelihood for thousands of Canadians and food for millions of others. In.1954, the last year for which figures are available, the factory selling price of bread in Canada was $173,000,000. The same year Canadians consumed 1,500,000,000 pounds of bread - an increase from 900,000,000 pounds in 1936. Tn the post-war years the con- sumption of bread for every man, woman and child in Canada has been slightly more than 100 pounds. In spite of the food value of bread, most Canadians know Little ' about it. They drop in at the corner bakery for a loaf, or have it delivered to their homes wthout a thought about the story behnd the loaf they buy. For the first 10,000 years of bread's existence it was unleav- ened - a solid cake of crushed l;l ain with water, salt and per- haps fat added. Leavened bread originated in Egypt only 6,000 years ago. The story goes that bread was baked in the same community factory where beer was brewed. Then one day a bakery employee snitched a brewing trough for his kneading and accidently mixed brewers' yeast with the dough - the re- sult, leavened bread. In mediaeval England white bread was reserved by law for royalty, nobility and the clergy, The great middle class ate bread made of mixed white and whole wheat flour. Third -grads bread, with all the bran in It, was "for servants, slaves and the inferior type of people to feed upon." Everyone owes a debt of grati- tude to John Montagu, a man turn between his loves for food and gambling. One day, hungry but unwilling to interrupt his game, he had a servant place a slice of meat between two slices of bread. Thus was born an invention which perpetuate the name of John Montagu, fourth Earl of Sandwich. Early Canadian and Alaskan gold prospectors were called sourdoughs because they saved a small piece of dough from each successive baking. The dough became sour as time went on but, mixed with water, it be- came the leaven for a new batch of bread. For years nutritionists urged people to eat whole wheat bread. Yet white, bread remained the top seller. As far as we know, enrichment of white bread (ad- ding vitamins, iron and non-fat milk) now means that white bread has all the nutritional ad- vantages of whole wheat. For a fairly active man aged 25 of average height and weight, six slices of enriched bread will supply 21 per cent of the iron he should have daily, 16 per cent of the calcium, 19 per cent of the protein, ' 22 per cent of the thiamine and 20 per cent of the niacin. On Writing Essays Down with essay contests, say high school principals. Of 200 principals who gave their views in a survey made by their nation- al association, only two found any merit in many national com- petitions to determine which stu- dent can write the best essay about politics, patriotism, pickles or what have you. The high school principals find these contests lead to dishonesty. Some students would submit un- blushingly, as their own, an es- say on honesty which had been written by Ralph Waldo Emer- son merson or Adlai Stevenson. One girl a few years ago won a national contest in this way and the plagiarism was not disclosed un- til she had gone to Washington to receive the award. Most of the dishonesty in essay contests isn't this raw. But frequently essay contestants will appropriate a lot of material without credit- ing it to its author. In essay contests, students write to please sponsors and judges. If the pickle people spon- sor the contest, the students ex- toll pickles even though they may be allergic to them. Con- tests are not likely to promote critical thinking. They just put a premium on hypocrisy. Essay contests also put an in- tolerable burden on judges. Most of the essays are just plain awful. The remedy for this is not to have more essay contests. But the quality of essays might im- prove if there were more of the essay writing tests in classrooms, where students are on their own, and fewer of "right or wrong" tests which are so much easier to correct -and easier to read, too. -Des Moines Register. .. .. IIMY SCllOOL LESSON By Rev ft. Bareias Warren 3.A., B.D. Needs that Jesus Meets Matthew 9:143 Memory Selection: Son, be al good cheer; thy sins be forgiv- en thee. Matthew 9:3. Four kind men had borne the palsied man to Jesus. Jesus dealt with his greatest need first. He said, "Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee." Then he healed him o2 the palsy. The critics could see that the man was healed. To many it confirmed the fact that he had the power to forgive sins. Some people need medical attention, some need better hous- ing, some need better food, but all need the forgiveness of sins. When people receive that for- giveness other benefits follow. The new birth gives a new out- look. Wherever the gospel goes, hospitals, slum clearance, health education and the like soon fol- low.. The Gospel is indeed Good News in itself and the forerun- ner of other good. The next act of Jesus was to call Matthew from the receipt of custom. Matthew, who later gave us a gospel record, was collecting from his own people for the hated Roman govern- ment. One can understand why he and all his fellow Publicans were despised by the Jews gen- erally. It was a daring thing for Jesus to take a recruit from this group and choose him to be one of the twelve men to accom- pany him. Certainly it wouldn't help his prestige with the re- ligious leaders. But Jesus was the Friend of sinners. He went to Matthew's home and ate with his friends, the Publicans and sinners. When criticized for it he said, "They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick." Jesus did not cater to social snobbery. He loved the rich young ruler and sought to win him. He loved the thief on the cross. He loved everybody and still does. Jesus is the Friend of sinners. He does not stoop to sin but he stoops to lift the sin- ner. He has power to break every chain of sin that binds. Jesus Christ can meet your every need. 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