Medford mail tribune., July 17, 1963, Image 17

Bigger Race Track
Due af State Fair
Salem-IUPB-A bigger horse
race track and a new floral
building will be among the
attractions at the Oregon
State fair which opens Aug
30.
The race track is being en
larged from a half mile to
a five-eighths mile permitting
wider turns and a longer
stretch.
The new floral l,iUi
.will replace one which was
oiown down in the Columbus
aay siorm and will provide
25 per cent more snarp
Added to outdoor exhibits
at tne fair this year will be
an arDoretum.
Smal1
worlds
Around
Us
By
Lynn W.
Watkins
Kecfeter It Tribune Syndicate, 196,
11 -
Most Captive Amman Can
Become Lazy Quite Easily
If captivity lasts any length
of time at all he can't
escape it; he will be as lazy
as a pet coon. There would
be no point in the animal be
ing otherwise, for as long as
he is a captive his main and
sole occupation is the busi
ness of doing nothing; he has
been forced to idle. He, like
any other animal, man in
cluded, becomes indolent and
lazy, so much so that "lazy
as a pet coon" becomes a
startlingly true axiom.
The pet racoon, having no
necessity for securing its
own living or escaping its
natural enemies, would just
naturally lapse into a state
of lassitude which, in an ad
vanced stage, is laziness.
The raccoon, in its pre
ferred and natural environ
ment, must at all times be
alert, active, and ready to
take evasive action if danger
threatens. Too, in the wild it
must strive always to secure
enough to eat. Every sound
of a baying hound is a dan
ger signal, and sends shivers
of apprehension up and down
its back.
Lets Down
But once captured and
forced into an inactive life
it lets down, showing strong
disinclinaton to work or
exert itself. This applies to
nearly all creatures on
which human beings lavish
attention, and offer protec
tion, shelter, and food. With
no living to make, or ner
nousness about would-be
enemies or inclement weath
er, they all become averse to
effort of even the very gen
tlest kind.
A pet cow or even a horse
doesn't get in the way as
often as a pet lamb nor get as
lazy as a pet coon, but they
do let down considerably.
Pet roosters hold a promi
nent place on some farms, or
even in city backyards. They
are supposed to be pretty stu
pid; nevertheless they often
show a reasonably high de
gree of affection to their
owner, even displaying
broad streaks of jealousy and
may become pugnacious to
ward strangers.
Guinea hens never become
too friendly, even as pets, but
seldom are they lazy. Many
farmers kept them as hawk
alarms, as the birds always
created a great deal of noise
whenever a hawk appeared.
Gained Reputation
They also made a terrific
to-do over any other incident
that occurred within their
visual range. They gained a
reputation of making a great
deal of noise, ofter when it
wasn't necessary. However,
unlike the .pet lamb they
were seldom in the way, and
it coludn't be said they were
as lazy as a pet coon.
Pet geese approached the
net coon in uselessness, but
they became good pets, fol
lowing their master like a
faithful dog. Those who
owned one had to admit that
the man who coined the ex
pression, "silly as a goose"
didn't know what he was
talking about. But a tame
goose, under the proper con
dition, or with too much per
sonal attention and easy liv
ing, became about as lazy as
a pet coon.
4-H NEWS
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The meeting of the Milk
Pail Wranglers 4-H club was
tha hnmp nf Mr. and
neiu
Mrs. Walter Herzog. We
judged lour dairy civc a
gave reasons for our choice.
Kathy Zapell and Linda
c mnr, av a demonstra
tion on how to show a dairy
i t ini Summers, oresi
aniinai. i"Mci w- .
dent, asked everyone to be at
the Grams rasa
n.f-.Achmpntx were furnish'
. . onH Mn Walter
Cahail. and Kathy Zapell
. . .- 0al
maae uui
The next meeting will be
at 7:30 p.m., Juiy m,
we will be shown how to train
and show a aairy aniniai.
Louise Herzog,
Reporter
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