The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
MANS ANIMAL FRIENDS
THE DOG AND THE HEN MOST
WIDELY DISTRIBUTED.
Regions Where Horse Can't Live
Mules Most Common In South Amer.
Ica-oreat Range Of CattIe-cat's
Love Of civilizatIon--silk Worm
Girdles the Earth,

Ica-ereat Range Of cattle-cat's
Love Of CiviiizatIon--silk Worm
Glrdles the Earth.
The dog is the most widely distrib-
uted Of the domestic animals, declares
the New York Sun. He lives In the
lowly hut of the African savage and Is
the companion of the Greenland Es-
quimaux, the most northern inhab-
itants of the world. He is in fact the
inseparable companion of man and is
found wherever the human race ex-
lists. His habitat Is thus extended
further north and further south than
that OF any other domestic animal.
The horse has also a very wide hab-
itat. He lives north OF the Arctic cir
Gle only In the northern parts of Nor
way and Sweden the northern half
o. North America and the northern
third of Asia never see him. The most
northern part of his habitat in Asia
is around the north shores Of the Sea
of oshkotsk and in the neighborhood
of Yakutsk on the Lena river.
South of this latitude he is found
nearly everywhere except in very
moist and hot regions like the Amazon
basin and equatorial Africa and the
southern part of India. He thrives in
the dry heat of the Sahara desert in
many of the oases. but he would be
Gought for in vain in tropical Africa
between the latitude OIL the Cape
Verde islands and the Tropic of Capri
,orn.
When explorers pushed northward
from the Congo their native servants
were greatly surprised on reaching a
region near Lake Chad TO find the
horse in abundance. Their astonish-
ment was unboundcd when they saw the
horsemen of the Soudan on the feet
est Of riding animals that had ever
met their gaze.
The mule is more generally listrib-
uted over South America than any
other of the continents, being found
there everywhere excepting along
part of the hot. damp coast between
Pernambuco and Rio Janeiro; and he
Is also practically unknown in the
Guianas, the Amazon basin and Terra
del Fuego.
His home covers perhaps a fifth as
much area as that of the horse. There
are few mules around our Great Lakes
excepting along their southern shores,
but from the lakes the animal extends
southwark to the Straits of Magellan.
His hcme in all temperate and hot
countries, is practically coextensive
with that of the horse, but it does not
extend nearly as far north as the
horses range, and he is not found In
the deserts.
The range of the ass is about as
large as that of the mule but he lives
In Asia, far to the northeast of the
mules habitat, and his habitat
stretches across the continent as far
as lrkutsk on Lake Baikal.
The range of the tame reindeer has
been widely extended in northern Asia
by the tribes that number him among
their valuable assets; and now he is
In process Of being widely introduced
into Alaska. Civilization, therefore,
has done much to extend the habitat
o! this animal to the south, but the DO
mesticated reindeer has not been in
troduced into most Of the great regions
Of the Arctic. where the wild animal
roams at will.
The range OF cattle is practically CO.
extensive with that of the horse. Cat.
tie, however, are found more exten.
sively in very hot, damp climates than
the horse and are entirely absent from
dry desert regions where the horse
Is found in considerable numbers.
Cattle, for example, are wholly lack
ing in the desert of Sahara, but they
Craze in the southern part of India,
where no horses are found. They are
grown wherever grass thrives, except
in some hot regions Of excessive hui
midity, while the horse is important
only in regions where grain supple
ments grass as part of his food.
The hen embraces nearly all the
world, AMI its range would be as great
as that of the dog II it. extended far
ther north and south; but It is found
north Of the Arctic circle only in Nor
way and Sweden, and Is as yet lack
ih6 III thC oNOuliitih puiI VI
America, except where the Scotch
have settled in Patagonia.
Travellers throughout the most of
Africa and India and in many little
known parts Of the world can usually
add chickens to their food resources
without difficulty; but there are some
large islands, like New Guinea, where
the hen is. not found. and more than
half of Australia is destitute of this
animal.
We seldom think of the enormous
addition which the hen makes to our
resources. II is well known that our
country, year by year. usually pro-
duces more geld and silver than any
other country In the world. But the
last Year Book of the agricultural de-
partment gives facts to show that the
value Of the eggs sold in this country
has every year surpassed that of the
gold and silver it has mined since 1850,