PICNIC OF THE UNITED FARMERS’ CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, held at Ashurst near Palmerston.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1618, 4 March 1903, Page 41 (Supplement)

PICNIC OF THE UNITED FARMERS’ CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, held at Ashurst near Palmerston.

the Sahara desert, impales his many adversaries of the oat tribe .‘on his horns and dashes them to death on the sun-baked ground. The Russian white deer is devoid of horns and depends on razor-edged hoofs to protect his family and hiemself. Although very timid by nature, he becomes a perfect demon when aroused, and fights as long as life remains. The llama also uses his hoofs in the event of an attack.

The Danger or gorka, known as the wild mule of India, fights like the zebha, and does not possess near the pluck. The yak, from the highlands of the Thibet, butts and tramples on his enemy. He is a great fighter, and usually hunts trouble with lions and tigers instead of endeavouring to- avoid them. His coat of extra, long, coarse hair affords him considerable protection from their fangs and claws. The hippopotamus is not a fighter, except among his own kind. He is a born sluggard, and is a great glutton, and is continually getting into trouble with his mates over the food supplies. If he fails to reach the water when pursued, and his enemy should leap upon his back, the Hippopotamus trusts to his thick hide to prevent possible injury, and endeavours to crush his adversary by rolling over him. As a hippopotamus weighs from two tons up. one roll is usually sufficient to end the life of a lion, tiger, or other animal of the species. The great beast, the elephant, is supplied with an extraordinary thick skin for protection. That he will fight has been amply demonstrated in the-jungles of Africa and India. His common enemy, the tiger, always leaps on him from the hear. It is then the elephant turns to fight, and often he has been known to wrap his trunk about the body of a tiger, and dash the cat to death. against a tree.—“ Chicago Chronicle. 5 '