HEALTH OF SHEEP.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 170, 19 June 1936, Page 5

HEALTH OF SHEEP.

COSTLY AILMENTS. In an address in-which he likened the hereditary characteristics- governing the make-up of an animal to the orderly arrangement of bricks composing a building, Dr. F. W. Dry, of Massey College, discussed the application of Mendelism to the breeding of live stock in an address at the annual meeting of sheep breeders at Ma.ssey College last week (writes 11.8. T. in the Auckland Herald). Dr. Dry showed how breed characteristics, and particularly dominant features, were inherited according to definite laws, and could be mathematically computed hv breeders who were thoroughly conversant with, the Mendelian laws. A thorough knowledge of the factors influencing inheritance is of vital importance to those who are breeding livestock if they are to achieve a full measure of success, and to such Dr. Dry’s lecture must have revealed extensive scope for interesting and profitable study.

Sixty-five Texas farmers have pledged themselves not to shave for one month. Those who do will be fined £l. Bearded men are wanted for a jubilee pageant of pioneering days.

The number of insured persons employed in Britain during 1935 was the highest ever recorded in the 12 years for which the Ministry of Labour has kept comparative figures.

Fiftv swallows, apparently exhausted i by the flight over the Alps and surprised by a sudden cold spell, sought refuge recently in a bed in a house ne.'ir Lindau, on Lake Constance.