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Zurich Herald, 1957-12-12, Page 3Bred Aimee 'Then „"raL washet Most visitors to the Tower of London, or the Bastille in Paris, shudder at the sight of the old instruments of torture designed to loosen the tongues of those suspected of treasonable activi- ties, "Thank God, people are civilized to -day," they murmur, But are they? In Hungary, when the more, usual methods of "softening" a suspect's resistance have met with failure, he is liable to be taken before what he believes Lo be a secret Court of Justice. Here the president tells him that despite his denials, his guilt is known and the verdict of the •court is that he is to be buried alive. The unfortunate prisoner is then dragged away to the dungeons below the Secret Po- lice headquarters and is shown a catacomb, with niche after niche of named coffins. He is then compelled to select his own coffin and to paint his name and the date on the out- side. A guard "persuades" his colleagues to "let the poor devil have enough brandy to knock hint right out." But the liquor is drugged. One sip, and the prisoner is out cold for about half an hour. When he recovers consciousness he finds himself in the inky blackness and utter silence of he sealed coffin. It is useless to struggle as his hands and feet are tied. Imagine the agony .of mind in such circumstances as a man realizes he is to die slow as- phyxiation! But fastened to the outside of the covin is a glass tube, like a thermometer, in which the fluid changes colour according to the oxygen content of the air in - vide. When the oxygen Calls to a certain percentage, a further supply is secretly pumped in, and the prisoner revives. Then the mental torture begins all over again. After the third infusion of oxygen, and asphyxiation point approaches for the fourth time, the coffin is opened. By this time even the strongest character, assuming that he is still sane, 3S usually willing to confess any-. thing true or false. The mediaeval practice of bricking -up erring nuns and their illegitimate babies within the convent walls was more civilized. At least they were al - D FFERENT--It's Sputnik, not St. Nick, charming French children in this Paris department store. Keeping close tabs on current events, Santa Claus is display- ing an earth satellite toy and a little dog representing "Laika", Russian space dog. lowed to die once consciousness was lost. They were not revived periodically to prolong the agony. Another form of modern tor- ture, known as "The Widow," is practised to -day in the prisons and concentration camps be-. hind the Iron Curtain. The Wi- dow is a small room, each wall of which has a swiftly revolving wheel attached to it. To the spokes of the wheels are fixed scores of powerful electric lights of violently contrasting coluors. The prisoner is fastened to a chair, his eyes are injected with atropine to enlarge the pupils and make them more than usulaly sensitive to light. The lights are switched on and the wheels are set revolving at e terrific speed. Closing the eyes brings no relief as the lights are bright enough to pentrate the thin flesh of the lids. In addition to appalling pain in the optic nerves. The Widow produces hideous nausea. Few prisoners subjected to this form of treatment have been able to resist questioning for more than an hour. An equally devilish contrap- tion is called "The Bee" because it produces a faint, persistent buzzing through earphones' clamped to the prisoner's head. Such is the peculiar pitch of the buzz that it results in the most agonizing headache. Even the inquisitors realize that questioning is useless until the victim has been prescribed a certain quantity of heroin. The threat of a second session with The Bee is generally suffi- cient to make a prisoner talk. Unlike the tortures inflicted during the Middle Ages, none Of the more scientific modern va- riety leaves any permanent physical trace - crushed bones or deformed, dislocated joints - to bear witness of man's in- humanity to man. There is, how- ever, one method of "soften- ing" a prisoner in Central Eur- ope which produces effects not easily distinguishable from rheu- matoid arthritis. The prisoner's hands are forced into "gloves" not unlike those worn by deep-sea divers. By means of a machine the at- mospheric pressure is slowly in- creased - and then suddenly lessened to below normal. In- creased again, and again sud- denly lessened, the process be- ing repeated for about a quarter of an hour. Only those who have suffered (or witnessed) the pains of "Div- er's Cramps" can imagine the agonies produced by such a dia- bolic device. Is the world more civilized than it was 500 hundred years ago? Or has the knowldege that "progress" has brought n'iade it even less so? Make Money That Can't Be Spent Gold sovereigns are still being made in small numbers at Brit- ain's Royal Mint, although the minting of gold coins for public circulation ceased in 1917. They are being made so that the Mint can preserve the in- herited knowledge and crafts- manship of gold coining which requires a different technique from coining in other metals and greater precision in workman- ship. There is no question of issuing these sovereigns for,cir- culation; they will remain part of the gold reserves. When the sovereign was first issued during the reign of Henry VII its value was sometimes as high as 30s., but under Charles II the value was fixed at 21s. The sovereign, which our par- ents and grandparents used, dates from a royal proclamation of 181.7 "that certain pieces of gold money should be coined which should be called 'sover- eigns of 20 -shilling pieces'." CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS ' 2. I3rother 3. Cheap apartment 4. t3xisl 5. Poker strike 3. 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The Canadian sheep industry has had a checkered career,• part- ly because it has never adopted a standard. practice for the pro- duction of high quality market lambs .similar to that long fol- lowed in Scotland, and other sheep -raising countries. The use o! cross breds by breeders in these countries to obtain the maximum of hybrid vigour is probably the chief factor contri- buting to a profitable sheep in- dustry. * * At about the end of the last war, Canada's sheep population was roughly four million head. Very shortly afterward, this fig- ure dropped to about one -and - one -half million. In addition, 40 per cent of the lambs coming froin the surrounding territory to Montreal, one of the country's largest 'sheep and lamb market- ing centres, were grading "cull". This was an economic loss not easily cverlooked. a1 * e, As the first step in initiating a program to reduce the large number of culls, J. W. Graham, of the Livestock and Poultry Division, Canada Department of Agriculture, went to Scotland in 1949 and purchased a small num- ber of sheep for use in cross- breeding. This was followed by a joint program with' the Quebec Department of Agriculture. Since then, increased interest has been shown in both that pro- gram and the industry generally, * 'y ' For example, a .high level of performance was revealed by the recent annual inspection , of the North County Cheviot sheep flock at Normandin, P.Q. This flock, owned by the Canada De- partment of Agriculture, is used to multiply breeding stock for the Quebec cross -breeding pro- gram. Ram lambs used last fall for project testing had not only developed into excellent shear- iin.gs, but had also indicated their worth as sires. A similar program is being followed with top performers for the current breeding season. Selections of ewe stock were made for the breeding flock, which now con- tains 87 females, with the objec- tive of 100 head to be attained next year. 9 e ' Satisfactory progress with the use of cross -bred ewes for im- proved market lamb production is reported from the many dis- tricts in the province where the program is developing. Several selections of rams were made for breeder* outside of Quebec and the balance 01 the current year's ram crop will be sold to the Quebec Department of Agricul- ture to augment the program. 4< e Increased interest in sheep in Saskatchewan, is indicated by inquiries from farmers wishing to buy ewes. The first 4-H sheep club in Saskatchewan, consist- ing of 18 members, was recently formed, tach member will re- ceive 10 range ewes. The Cana- dian Co-operative Wool Growers are financing purchase of the sheep, and rams will be loaned by the Department through the. Sire Loan Policy. * * 41 In the Bluffton and Rimbey districts of Alberta, a new ram club has been organized. This is a marginal farming area and sheep production is important to the economy of the area. About 20 farmers have sheep flocks and deposits were received for eight rams of the North Country Cheviot and Corriesdale breeds for use in crossing with the ewe flocks, which are predominant- ly Suffolk. These farmers had been convinced, at a meeting held earlier, of the value of cross -breeding in market lamb and wool production. Members of a ram club or- ganized in Sangudo, Alberta, in 1955 were pleased with cross- breeding results. Corriesdale and North County Cheviot rants were used on grade and pure- bred Suffolk ewes. Most of the lambs from this cross went to market at four and one-half months, weighing an average of 85 pounds. Some members of the club are now exchanging their rams among themselves or with Upsidedown 'to Prevent Peeking 11[JW VIEINGElgolgED ®©©gip®©Erdti o® E ®lir, ©i�79QI lII[ FASO, IBINIEWIIISEI k] ®II IOMEN/ F1®®rl® PUL E©MI EERIE ®®® ? ®1111iffigelEtTlIAMLIZOM 41 k®i' "M®®©®®®EIM ®®EI s,EIH®C7EI:: ®©D farmers in the surrounding dis- trict, * * The "broiler -fowl" competitive price relationship .has tended to focus attention on the wider use of the Leghorn }freed for egg pro- duction in the Maritime Provin- ces, Comparative egg -production performance tests conducted by the Kentville N.S,, • Experiinen- tal Farm, have shown some strains of Leghorns to be def - finitely superior in egg -produc- tion, These superior Leghorn stocks are not pure strains but are crosses of one kind or an- other, which have been develop- ed by crossing specially bred pure strains. These special beed- ing methods for the production of commercial stock are being conducted by relatively few breeders, all of whom are work- ing with large poultry popula- tions. * , In the test work at Kentville unculled flocks of these superior Leghorn stocks gave perform- ance records of 240 eggs per hen housed, in 350 days, with a feed efficiency of 4.5 pounds of feed per dozen eggs laid and laying house mortality in the vicinity of 5 per cent. Admittedly these birds were kept under good housing and management con- ditions; nevertheless these rec- ords should be attainable under commercial production condi- tions. Some of the other advantages of Leghorns are that they re- quire less floor space per bird than birds of the heavy breeds and their white shelled eggs may be 'more adaptable to "electronic egg candling" if this system of candling is adopted by the in- dustry in the future. But it should also be recognized that the meat salvage value *of the Leg- horn is generally lower than that of the heavy birds (current- ly amounting to about 50 cents per bird in the Kentville area), and small egg size can be a prob- lem with some Leghorn stocks, particularly when the price dif- ferential between Large and Me- dium eggs becomes as wide as it was this, past summer. Leghorn chicks also appear to be more sensitive to adverse brooding temperatures than birds of the heavy breeds and more atten- tion must be given to this detail of management. Intensive breeding ttechniques are being used on some large populations of the heavy breeds as well, but, in most instances the emphasis is on the develop- ment of stock for the production of broiler chicks. As in egg pro- duction stock, the commercial broiler stock is also usually the progeny al crossbred parents. of crossbred parents, It would seem that heavy and epRIHonYSal ,€i LESSON By Rev. R. Barclay Warren R.A., B.D. Living With Christian Joy Philippians 4:1-13 Memory Selection: My God shall supply all your 'need ac- cording to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus, Philippians 4:19. I said to a doctor friend as we drove to the hospital, `I presume many of your patients are psy- chosomatic." His reply was„ "About 90%." Perhaps his estim- ate was high.' At any rate, many of the illnesses today, - real and imagined, - are emotionally in- duced. People become sick be- cause they are unhappy and they remain unhappy because they are sick. But the origin of their illness is in the mind rather than in the body. Their stress toler- ance is low. Small frustrations upset them. Our lesson is one of the finest Scripture portions to read when life seems to be getting too much for you. Remember that Paul is chained to a Roman guard as he writes from prison. He calls for the workers to cooperate. Failure to do this is one of the main causes of mental uneasiness. Then he calls for rejoicing in all circumstances and for sweet reasonableness. To say to people, `Don't worry," only aggravates unless you say or do something further. Paul urges prayer with thanksgiving. The result is God's peace keeping heart and mind, We must carefully guard our thinking. We should concentrate on the things that are true, hon- est, just, pure, lovely and of good report. That will free us from the sordid and obscene that is featured in many magazines and on the radio and TV. We need to learn contentment It takes constant learning but Paul was enjoying this state of restfulness even in prison. But how can we achieve this happy tranquil state. The answer is, 'I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth me. We need Jesus Christ. We need Him to redeem us from our guilt and our sin. We need Him tO Cleanse us from impurity c a heart. We need His strength mo- ment by moment. He will give ua His joy and we can live happily in the midst of a troubled world, Jesus Christ is the answer to our need. light poultry stocks are each be- coming more specialized, with the heavy breeds being develop- ed mainly for meat production and the Leghorns for commercial egg production. WHO IS THE FAIRER? -Ancient art provides a nice contrast to the beauty of Olga Orozco, who pauses in native costume by a relic of pre -Spanish culture in Medellin, Colombia. One of many in the country, the statue was' erected long before the Conquistadors as a memorial to a tribal chieftain of the Andes. SMILE. FOR THE .CAMERA -This 21 foot reticulated python must be camera shy because seen men are needed tomake it pose during a science television show. The big reptile held the spotlight: as "Animal of the Month" on the program. -