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A tun in Zanzibar who con-
tenlled the electric light plant
el ENO tuled the world's most
comic railway - fifteen miles of
narrow gunge, from Zanzibar to
Bou Bou Bou, with one tiny
engine which pulled trucks
filled with laughing Swahilis
and goods,
Very proud of it, he had
visiting cards engraved "Direc-
tor of Government .,Railways,
Zanzibar." And when he went
on leave to England, via Japan
and the U.S.A„ he presented
one to a railroad president in
San .Francisco.
V.I.P. treatment was at once
accorded him, free travel, a
special coach placed at his dis
posal. Wherever he stayed of-
ficials extended hospitality. In
Chicago he . was banqueted by
th.e directors. In a speech of
thanks he ecmpared US. travel
"very farourably" with Zanzi-
bar's, and granted them the
freedom of the Bou Bou Bou
raliway.
Rex Tremlett, who now runs
e farm guest-house and cara-
van site in Cornwall, tells of
other unusual people he met in
a lively account of his gold -
prospecting days in South,
Central and East Africa, "Road
to. Ophir".
At Brandt, a ,Tanganyika vil-
lage hundreds of miles from
any sizeable town, -two Lupa
River diggers whom he knew
drove up in a car, Although the
temperature was over eighty,
one wore a suit of loud check
with "co - respondent" shoes,
the other a striped flannel suit,
flamboyant shirt and tie. They
resembled a cartoonist's book-
makers.
In the back were two pow-
dered, lipsticked, silk_stocking-
ed young women isosummer
frocks: an unbelievable sight in
that isolated spot. They got out,
laughing shrilly, opened the car
boot, and extracted numbers of
bottles and a cocktail shaker.
Just then a lion roared, quite
*lase. With alarmed squeals,
they clutched each other, jump-
ed back into the -,car, slammed
the door and remained there all
night, fed occasionally with
whiskey.
The men said they'd had a
'wonderful time in England,
thanks mainly to the girls they
had meet. One had asked his girl
to marry him; she consented,
provided the other married her
friend. So they'd had a double
wedding and hoTeymoon, Now
it was time to return to the
Lupa and make more money,
SWOON WITH iT, MAN -This
real cool daddy is gone,men-
et least halfway gone -in a
pool et the Paris, France, Vin-
cennes Zoo, Elvis Presley fans
should get so carried away. A
fres unseasonal heat wave a la
Paris sent Papa polar to the
welcome waters.
for "they <Yktre very expensive,"
both husbands confided.
One day, when Tremlett was
in Sanga, a native arrived .car-
rying in one hand a long stick
with a lettter stuck in a cleft
cut in the end, in the other a
bottle. The note was from an
entertaining fellow, Wallis Wil-
son, whom he had met not long
before on a ship sailing from
Durban.
As a young man, Wilson
made a fortune from Malayan
rubber. He spent four months
of each year in England, the
remainder a b r o a d. visiting
friends,
Passing through Kampala,
and hearing that Tremlett was
miles 'away "in the 'blue", he'd
bought the local hotel's only
bottle of Napoleon brandy as a
present for him, then hired a
local native, given him money,
and told him to travel until he
found Tremlett. He'd hitch-
hiked and walked nearly 300'
miles: it had taken him a
month,
Later that bottle saved Trem-
lett's life. He was drinking with
a mining manager, Howard, and
his bookkeeaer, Hodd, when the
latter picked up the rifle Trem-
Iett had stood against the wall.
onened the breech, glanced
down the empty barrel, then
closed it. unaware that this ac-
tion loaded it from the maga-
zine.
Suddenly there was a crash,
The hurricane lamps blotted
into darkness, the brandy bottle
burst and drenched TrernIett,
the siphon exploded, chairs
crashed over as he and Howard
ducked under the table -How-
ard with a bullet through his
thighs. '
Hodd, for some reason, had
pulled the trigger with the rifle
pionted at Tremlett's chest, The
bullet hit the bottle, ricocheted
to the siphon, burst it. and
ploughed through the three-ply
table top to hit Howard in the
legs. Tremlett had a lump of
glass embedded in his chest,
pieces in his hair, and but for
the bottle would instantly have
. been killed.
Tremlett mentions an inter-
esting South . African Dutch
custom. When the daughter of
the house has a suitor, a candle
was given her and placed in a
candlestick on a table near the
Bible. When the old folk went
to bed the lamp was doused,
the candle lit. By the time it
had burned out, whether in
two nights or twenty, the suitor
was expected to declare him-
self, and if not accepted, depart. .
But there seemed no rule
against 'blowing the candle out,
which not only prolonged" its
life but "made the nights more
cosy"!
His description of mining life
and the country is admirable.
The book records a most un-
usual and interesting career.
Rainy Records
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to an official recording guage of
the U.S, Weather Bureau. For-
tunately it did not fall at that
rate for long, 'for in an hour
that would amount to nearly
three and a half feet of water.
A radar set fifty-five miles pick-
ed up echoes of the storm.
For a similarly high rate,
weather experts have had to go
back to 1926 when 0.65 inches
of rain a minute were recorded
it California, though in 1911
there was a doubtful claim for
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w a s based upon unreliable
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HAPPY PAY-OFF - Roy Kimball enthusiastic 4-H Club member,
has a happy grin as he bids farewell to the high-quality Here-
ford steer .he raised and sold for a record price. The average
price far 4-H beef at the Centro) Wyoming Fair was $30.31 per
hundredweight. . Roy's 916 -pound steer brought $42.75 when
bought by Caspar's Hotel Henning. So, with a deduction for
shrinkage, the 16-year;old youngster ; pocketed a check for
$372.
TIffI FMM FRONT
A variety of factors influence
egg quality and many of these
can .be controlled by the pro-
ducer. Strains of birds differ
in their ability to produce eggs
with good albumen, freedom
from blood spots and good
shells, so a £train of birds not
• tpable of producing eggs of
the desired quality should be
replaced by a better strain.
Good poultry management
must be emphasized because
good management is reflected in
egg quality. Only healthy pul-
lets in good condition .should
be housed and confined
throughout the laying period.
Confinement assists in disease
control and thus .has an influ-
ence on egg quality.
Egg storage temperature must
be checked closely as high
temperatures reduce egg shell
quality and change thick albu-
men to thin watery albumen.
If eggs are gathered three to
four times daily and laying
pens are properly ventilated
this danger can be partially re-
duced. Eggs should be cooled 'as
quickly as possible and this
cooling process should be thor-
ough before eggs are placed in
cool egg cases. Storage tempera-
ture should be from 50 to 60 de-
grees F., and humidity 70 to 75
degrees. Eggs take on "off" fla-
vors readily so should not be
stored in the vicinity of products
with strong odors such as onions.
Marketing eggs several times a
week helps maintain high qual-
ity. An ample supply of calcium
must be made available for lay-
ers "s egg shell is about 95 per
cent calcium carbonate.
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In swine breeding work, the
best possible parent material
must be selected. 'The only
method presently available
whereby meat quality of differ-
ent litters may be compared,
requires the slaughter and car-
cass measurement of a sample
of pigs from each litter and
appraisal of the different litters
on the basis of the carcasses of
their slaughtered litter mates.
By chance the samples slaught-
ere(d;Might include the bestpigs
of the litter, which not only
• represents a loss of breeding
stocks ..but also slows down an
improvement. program. If it
were possible to measure car-
cass'quality on a living pig,
more . pigs of the best litters
' would be available as breeding
stoc1r, Dr, H. T. Fredeen and
other members of the Animal
Husbandry staff at the Lacombe
Expreimental Farm, Canada
Department of Agriculture,, are
attesupting to determine carcass
)qualityon live hogs through the
use Of X-ray and measurement
of fat thickness.
* * *
;estled27td pigs are Xerayed and
from the film, the vertebrae
arid 'number of ribs are counted.
Eventually this Information
may give indications of the po-
tential carcass quality of the
animal. The hogs are X-rayed
once again at 200 pounds weight
and in addition to vertebrae
'and. rib studies, fat thickness on
the•back of the hog is record-
ed. ,This information is then re-
lateri: to actual carcass quality
after slaughter.
* * *
A Mere rapid and less expen-
sive Measure of fat thickness on
the live hog can be obtained by
the use of what is known as a
Lean Meter, This is a needle-
like apparatus consisting of two
electrodes insulated from one
another. The needle is intro-
duced into the animal and the
resistance of the flesh to a very
small; electrical current is
measured on a meter. It is pow-
ered • ,by' 2 pen -light batteries.
Fat, due to its composition, has
a greater resistance to electri-
city than lean meat, so when
the needle passes from fat to
lean it is indicated on the
meter, and the depth of fat re-
corded in this manner.
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The Lean Meter was develop-
ed by research men at Purdue
tJnl eersity and is used fairly
widely by research workers in
the United States, It is gradu-
ally replacing an earlier meth-
od of fat measurement where
the skin was slit with a scalpel
and the layer 01 fat measured
Wit) a small ruler. The Lean
fi;eter is practically painless
and can be used to measure the
fat anywhere on the animal's
body. At present it is in use at
several swine research units in
Canada,
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The use of X-ray was pro -
!leered by German workers and
their results were sufficiently
encnuraging so that Danish
Swine Testing, Stations have in-
.talled X-ray equipment in.
theitest piggeries.
* * *
No country as yet relies on
this equipment as a measure of
carcass quality to the point
where the slaughter test is
eliminated . Work is progress-
ing nicely at Lacombe and Dr.
Fredeen is hopeful that he may
come up with information
which will eventually eliminate
slaughter of potential breeding
stock. X-ray equipment is cost-
ly which, together with its size
and weight, makes it of unlike-
ly use for other than research
purposes: The Lean Meter, on
the other hand, is a compara-
tively cheap, uncomplicated in-
strument weighing but a few
pounds and may prove of con-
siderable practical value to
swine breeders who wish to im-
prove the carcass quality; spe-
cifically fat content, of their
pigs.
Pigs Arrested
As Drunks
The' effect of alcohol on ani-'
mals was discussed recently at
a meeting of veterinary surgeons
in Germany. One vet mentioned
the case of a young elephant
which visited a Kaffir kraal in
the Zambesi valley some time
ago and emptied six out of eight
large pots of beer which he
found in a native hut. He then
"staggered away" into t h e
jun'e.
A New York animal expert
revealed in 1949 that he had
treated twenty-five cattle for
drunkenness in a week while
visiting a farming . area. He
blamed it all on a sudden gale
which knocked down bushels of
green apples. The cattle ate
them and the apples fermented
in their stomachs forming alco-
hol, he explained.
Snorting, hiccupping, swaying
pigs flopped out of a railway
truck at Sarreguernines, France,
a week or two ago. "Blind
drunk", was the verdict of a
veterinary surgeon, after gen-
darmes had arrested six of the
disorderly characters -all pedi-
gree pigs. It turned out that
somewhere along the line the
truck was shunted and lurched.
Out of their cages tumbled the
pigs. And out of two broken
casks flowed fresh Bordeaux
wine. The pigs drank the lot!
NDAY SCIIOOL
LESSON
BY RNene R 4SAISCI AY
WARREN BA. 11.13,
The Shepherd I`sallxt
Psalm 23
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my shepherd; I shall not want.
The twenty-third Psalm is the
best known and the most loved
passage in the Old Testament:
David, the Shepherd who be-
came ' king, has expressed tha
musings of a sheep with deer
meaning for us in our relation
to God. Sheep instinctively know
when folded for the night that
the one who cared for them that
day will guide them safely or
the morrow, In the early morning
he leads them first to the rough-
er herbage and then to the .riches
grass. They lie down in green
pastures about 10 a,m. to chew
their cuds. They will not drink
gurgling water. The shepherd
will find a place or make ons
where the water is still. Eacl
day the sheep in the Holy Land
leaves its place in the feeding
line and has a few minutes com'•
=union with the shepherd.
The Valley of the Shadow of
Death in Palestine is a narrow
defile through a mountain. range.
Climatic and grazing conditions
snake it necessary to take the
sheep through this dangerous
passage for season feeding each
year. if a sheep slips from the
narrow path the shepherd will
raise him with his crook. If dogs
come near the shepherd will hurl
his staff at them with accurate
aim. In the Spring the shepherd
goes before cutting out the pois-
onous plants. Each night as the
sheep enter the fold the shep-
herd applies the oil to any cuts
and presents the large overflow-
ing cup of cold water for re-
freshment. The sheep gees to
rest contented.
As the shepherd cares for his
sheep so the Lord cares for those
who love him. At 2 a,m, we were
called to mother's bedside in the
hospital. I quoted this Psalm.
When I said, "Yea, though I
syalle throw h the valley of the
shadow of death, 1 will fear no
evil; for thou art with me," She
softly whispered her last words,
"Yes, Jesus is with me." If we
have fully committed our lives
to Jesus Christ, the Good Shep-
herd, we can enter in happiness
and contentment into the tuff
rich living set forth in the twen-
ty-third Psalm.
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IT RUNS ON PARAFFIN OR ANYTHiN` - The Rover T-3, Britain's
latest gas -turbine car, goes on display, following tests by the
British Motor Industry Research Association. Fuel consumption
of the car, not yet in production, has been described as "reason-
able", During tests at 40 miles per hour, the T-3 did 13.8 miler
per gallon of "paraffin", British terminology for "kerosene".
On a high-speed test track, the Rover was timed at 102 miles
per hour with plenty of power in reserve, The T-3 features a
four-wheel drive and a glass reinforced plastic body.
HEAVEN'S A SKUNK IN THE REFRIGERATOR
Life is lust a small boy's heaven for 10 -year-old Billy Hoffman. You see, his daddy owns a pet
shcp stocked with all sorts of interesting beds ties, What's more, Billy has the privilege of
taking home a different pet each tiny, if he wants to, from a waddling duck to a baby
alligator. Some of his unusual playtime friends are shown here.
Sku helps Billy raid refriaerator.
Just monkevina with Billy's homework.
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