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The Blyth Standard, 1930-03-06, Page 4PAGE 4—THE BLYTH STANDARD -March 6, 1920 HISTORY AOF THE HORSE HOW THEY FIRST CAME TO AMERICA, Lead that tame Was Without o Horse Now Has to Kill Off Surplus— Four Hundred Thousand hilted In Montana Four ]:ears Ago. About four yearn ago four hundred thousand horses were doomed to die in a land that was once without a horse, It seems a dreadful pity that these beautiful creatures should have to be wiped out in this manner, hut, like the Australian wild brumby, which did such onormons damage In the north some time ago, killing them out was the only way to save the pas- ture lands tor the more useful cattle. Exactly five centnriea ago, Ferdi- nand Cortes, the coneuoror of Mex- ico, set lorth on one of the most dee- perate marches In history, through the fever-hauntel swamp; and for- ests of what we now call Honduras. He rode a groat black horse, and rode it till It could go no farther. Then he left It with natives at Taya- al, asking them to care for it till ho should return. ° Until his arrival horses had never been seen by men in America. It was horses which gained the first battle for Cortes. Twelve cavalrymen against thousands of enemies, at the beginning of the conquest, of Mexico, were hidden in a wood till the erisls of the fight arrived. Then they emerged. Seeing these animals for the first time, and witnessing their rapid gallop, the bright armor of their riders, and the wounds and death the riders inflicted, the natives thought the man and horse were ono; they counted them as gods, and, sore afraid, let certain victory turn to ter- rible defeat. Now, a little later, at Tayasal, lett with the care of Cortes' sick charger, they imagined they had a stricken god upon their hands. They took it to their temple and fed it on what their own gods were supposed to like —roast chicken and flowers. The horse cited, and the natives feared the wrath of Cortes, so they made a sta- tue of the home and worshipped it. Their descendants were still worship- ping it, atlll awaiting the return of the terrible Spaniard, when Tayasal was at last visited by a Christian missionary, more than a century later, So begins the history of the mod- ern horse In the horseless continent of America. Civilization there has ridden to victory on the back of the horse, or in wagons drawn by horses.e but tour yearn ago an amazing thing came to pass. Horses In the northwest ran wild and multiplied to such an extent that, in the state of Montana alone, no fewer than four hundred thousand horses were under sentence of death, like rabbits In Australia, like tigers in India, like rats 1n England, writes P. B. Pryor, In Humane Pleader. Horses taken over by the old Span- ish conquerors, and still more by the early British settlers, were abandon- ed when settlements were broken up or raided by Indians; nr they ntan- apd to secure their freedom by their own initiative, In 1537, for example, Buenos Ayres was abandoned and the horses set at liberty, They roamed end bred, and half a century after they were found to have ranged right down the continent to the Strait of Magellan! Down to the coming of the motor- car it was always worthwhile to go out and catch wlld horses, but now horseflesh Is rapidly losing its value; even the modern cowboy must drive a car as well as fide a horse. So the horses, wild as deer, have not only extended their zone, but have become armies, as it were, Mon- tana is a stock -raising state, and the food required for sheep and cattle was beteg eaten by the horses. For the horses did not keep to the prai- ries and the hills; they Invaded cul- tivated lands, broke down fences, ate crops, and lured away the domesticat- ed hdvsea. It was estimated that they con- sumed food enough each year to feed two million sheep or 800,000 head of cattle. Their contribution to human welfare was small, for at most Mon- tana could take over only eight thou- sand new horses a year, which was far below the rate at which the wild ones had been increasing, So the etate decided on a tragically drastic measure, The horses had been rounded up wholesale. Any horse which bore a mark proving to be private property was restored to its owner. But these were a small proportion; the buck of the four hun- dred thousani were wild and owner- less, and had to be killed. They were destroyed and their flesh sold to those who eat horseflesh, while their hides were converted into leather. There has never been en Incident before like this in all the long history of the partnership between man and the horse. Ancient men who were hunters lived largely on horseflesh captured in pitfalls or shot with flint - tipped arrows, but they had no such Lords as these. It is a sad and amazing story, but le the outcome of that terrible law of nature that multiplication must be governed by competition. There is ne type of animal which, if left to in- crease unchallenged, would not in time cover the earth and starve every other form of life. It is for the greatest good of the greatest number that the numbers of wild creatures meet be kept down, cruel in many eases as it may seem. Mendicants. A small change harvest of more than $125,000 is estimated to be reaped -daily by professional beggars of all types In New York City, an- ' cording to the Bureau of Metidi- cancy, What Britain Will Pay the U. S. Including principal and interest, Great Britain w111 pry to the United States $11,100,965,000 during the nest 62 years. France will pay over tee came period $6,847,574,104.17, SEs EDS BEST THAT GROW EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN AND FARM CATALOGUE TO WENDING Pt8104ASVIS WM RENNIE C4mom TORONTO ALSO AT MONTREAL VANCOUVER IN TI112 SURROGATE COURT OF TIIE COUNTY OF HURON IN TIIE ESTATE OF JEAN HENDER. SON, DECEASED Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against the estate of Jean Henderson, late of the village of Blyth, widow, deceased, are required to send the same to the undersigned, duly verified on or before the 13th day of March, 1930, after which date the Executor will pro - proceed to wind up the estate, having ref- erence only to the claims of which he shall have received notice. Dated at Goderich this 17th day of February, A. I) 1030. Loftus E. Dancey. Solicitor for Executor. FARM FOR SALE Ch ce 50 acre farm for sale—west li lot 27, on. 12, Hullett, one and one half mil• es from Lontlesboro, one } mile from achoo good S room house, barn. hen house and garage. Geo. II. Barr, 12, R. 1, Auburn Phone 20.7 Blyth, FOR SERVICE Registered Yorkshire boar, also a num- ber of sucking pigs, Apply AIL Haggitt. int 13. con, 9, Morris, PATE PALMS IN ALGERIA. g55511 Million Trees Give to Desert Shade and Food. Cultivation of the date palm in Al- geria is conetantly increasing with the result that larger tracts of the desert are lying under the shade of their leaves and exports abroad of the fruit are mounting. Facto pub- lished by La. Journee Induetrlelle snake interesting reading. For hundreds of years the Arabs hare been nourished in part by the fruit of these trees, and the French occupation has led to the develop- ment of this natural industry. 'At- tempts to introduce the palm to the civilization of the coast tailed eignal- 1y In one respect. Though the trees retained their artistic form they yielded no fruit. They required the constant refreshing of subterranean waters, an habitual beat, and com- plete dryness of atmosphere, and these the desert supplied. At Flgulg, on the Algerlan-Moroccan frontier, is an oasis with 300,000 date palune, and at similar places 1t is possible to utilize the shade for the planting of market gardens and fruit groves. The sweet "Degel-Noor" date Is the variety which le almoet solely ex- ported. The name means, poetical;y, "finger of light," after its amier color and succulence. Of the 110.000 qutntala of dates sent each year from Algeria, slightly more than 100,000 are Degel-Nours, and of these the largest and finest come from Souf. The date called "Ghars," or "robust," Is produced to the extent of 600,000 qutntale, as compared with the total of 250,000 of the Degel-Nours, but the Ghats is consumed almost entire- ly In the oases of the Algerian Sa- hara. It is an abundant fruit of a bay color and teeming with a fluld from which is made the "date honey" of the desert. The pulp left after this is extracted le sold to the caravans under the name of "date bread." The "Degla-helda," or "white fin- ger," 1s a date that goes to the north and central parts of Algeria and is bought by the city dweller and no- mad. The quantity grown almost equals that of the Ghana. In Algeria, altogether, there are some 7,000,000 date palms clustered into olive -toned masses here and there over the yel- low sands, almost sure signs of water and human habitation. France ale. sorbs to -day more than 90 per cent. of all the dates exported, and efforts are being made to educate the na- tives to Improve their methods of sorting and packtag the fruit. Spain and Morocco take a fair amount of what Is left, also Tunic, and relative- ly small shipments find their way chiefly to England, Germany, and the Balkans. The date palm not only yields its fruit for commercial purpoeee. The leaves are used In making the native ceilings of their dwellings, and aro woven for cradles and baskets; with the thorns the wool is carded; from the stalks wood for carpentry is fur - Mailed, and even the twigs are burnt or have their other uses. The date palm le the best tree -friend of the Arabs, and the French, are taking pains tp insure the progressive aug- mentations of its cultivation. In a quarter of it century exports have quintupled. Onions as Weather Prophets. Almost every animal, bird, insect, tree, and plant Is regarded as a a-ea- ther portent of some sort In different parts of the world. In the autumn moles prepare a kind of clay basin In which they store their winter's supply of worms, When the winter will be mild, there are few of these basins, but many basins indicate a hard winter. It is also said that moles leave the valleys before Wide come, and that their presence in meadowa promleea fair weather. A hard winter is said to be coming when leavea are late in falling, when sparrows get busy with their nests late In the year, and when berries are plentiful. When an onion skin le very thin it is said we will have a mild winter; when thick and tough the winter will be cold and rough. !1gtti I w1icutlhura1 anon.. .rrcie#� elutes [iiia 'c�e1 •Un per uexr. Members are entitled to $1.25 worth of any of the following list of premiums. Please mark your choice with an X, giving your name and address and hand this list to the canvasser or return to secretary with Vg membership fee, not later than March 10th. PREMIUM LIST FRUIT Apple 'Trees 60c. each Yellow Transparent McIntosh Red King Delicious Spy RASPBERRY PLANTS OOc. dozen, Columbian (putple) Cumberland (black) STRAWBERRIES 80c, per 100 Senator Dunlop. - ASPARAGUS (roots 2 years old) 50c. par dozen Martha Washington NUT TREES 65c, each. Japanese Walnut SHRUBS Butterfly Bush, 35c. each New Japenese Red Leal I3arberry, 45c. each Hydrangea Grandiflora, 35c. each. Spirea Van Houtlei, 30c. each. ROSES 45c. each. Edel (large white) General McArthur ;crimson) Rev, F. D. Roberts (copper red) George Arends (soft pink) Dr. Van Fleet (pink climber) PERENIALS Delphinium choice hybrids, 20c, each. Phlox, mixed varieties, 15c. each. Gypsophyla. Baby's Breath, 40c. each. TUBEROUS BEGONIAS Double, 7c. each GLADIOLIS Mixed Gladiolas, splendid varieties, 5c. each. Members may buy any other Trees, Bushes, Plants or Bulbs, they may desire, through the secretary at cost price. Your membership and kind co-operation will aid the society to beautify the park and would be appreciated. REV. GEO. WEIR, FRANK METCALF, President. Sec'y-Treasurer. R4 0 .. ...---+oc-a..oer11..uca..t-.o „v AUCTIO 0111 A Mother's W=r. is Never Done— but it can be lightened con- siderably by the installation of an Empire Duro Water Supply System in the home. A kitchen sink, laundry tube, both with Emco faancets—and best of all a modern bathroom completely furnished withFixtures and Fittings of guaranteed Emco construction, Suclt a bathroom is a joy and will give lasting satisfaction, An Empire Duro Water Sys. tear will serve all these improve- ments with a constant pressure water supply. Models for deep or shallow well operation, suitable for farm, suburban or country homes with a capacity of 250 gallons or more per hour. See your local dealer and ho will be glad to show you the system most suited to your needs. For sale by MUNRO BROS. Blyth, Ont. Pressure Water Systems and Bathroom Fittin¢s, llllllll ll➢IIIIYAINII hulhh 111„„„,III„'IIIIIIIIOiIIA�IIIIN���......... .,,,. IIIn'tiIiIIIINBINi%IN�NIINNIININNNINNIIIIIII1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111101111111111111111ulllilllnlmlllln�l� °"nnnm�, d!IiI!!!iiIIIINNNIIINNI1Nll%11NIIIINIINIINNullllllllllllllllllll 1E:1EaDirION With the NEW -45 Tube OF Eilrm-SIock & Implements The undersigned auctioneer has received instructions from Mr. G. F. Yungblut, to sell by public auction on lot 31, con. 1, East Wa- wonosh, commencing at 1 o'clock p. m. on Wed„ Mar. 12, 1930 the following that is to say: HORSES 1 bay horse 9 years old over 1600; 1 bay mare with white markings, 6 years old, in foal; 1 black driving horse 7 years old, big enough to do any kind of work. HOGS, CATTLE Red cow 6 years old, due in April; red cow, 6 years old, due in May; grey cow, 5 years old, due in April, red cow, due in October; blue cow 7 years old, due in Nov. These are all good Durham grade cows, 2 two year old steers, 9 yearlings, 2 calves. 11 young pigs, 2 brood sows due in June. IMPLEMENTS Massey -Harris binder, Massey -Harris mow- er, Massey -Harris hay loader, hay rake, Massey -Harris manure spreader, cultivator. set diamond harrow, Quebec sulky plow nearly new, Fleury walking plow, corn cul- tivator, small cutting box, potato moulder, wagon, sliding hay rack, sleigh with flat rack, cutter, set double harness, pig crate, gas tank, 240 egg Peerless incubator, gravel box and other articles too numerous to men tion HAY & GRAIN 100 bushels mixed grain, 100 bushels oats and a quantity of hay. EVERYTHING WILL BE SOLD AS THE PROPRIETOR IS GIVING UP FARMING. TERMS OF SALE All purchases of $10.00 and under, cash, over that amount 7 months' credit on purchasers furnishing ap- proved joint notes. 4 per cent. straight off !for cash on credit amounts Hay and grain cash. G. F. YUNGBLUT, THOS. GUNDRY, Proprietor. 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