The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-07
Domesticstion Of Animals.

NhiCSbiSatloN OF animals,
The next great contest of primitive
man was with the animal world-not
merely IN hunting and fishing for food
supplies, but in tanning them and max
ing them more available to his needs
either as helpers in his work or as more
permanent sources OF food and rairnent.
why was young Alexander so passion
ateiy fond of the manly sport of tanning
the steed Bucephalus? Was IL not that
the instinct to tame and direct animals
Is one of our strong hereditary i'm
pulses derived from the greater experi-
ences OF the race? Let the boy tame
or iced rabbit, chipmunk. or SQUIRREL.
OF Heed ana rear some of the farm ami
mas; OF milk the COW and drive or ride
the pony; or raise chickens or snuabs.
or nave pet dog 10 train. The mas,
terry Of an animal is a great lesson for
youth; and without such an experience
In some form a person lacks a thing ~
great value-a certain tact. skill. and
special knowledge of animal ways.
subjusation Of the Forest.
Next came man's COMMUNIST Of ~.
forest The uses of the forest should
De made practically familiar TO the
child by showing how his ancestors
derived a large part Of their useful ar
ticles from them; how the industries of
tanning, building, railroadinR and
how such products as charcoal and
other fuel, also turpentine, paper FIR
n1ture, etc, depend on forests: how
the groves regulate the flow of water
for irrigation and produce fertile soil
Tor the valleys; how trees temper The
wind. produce and protect the bisct
soil layer, attract the birds and game.
and make the earth beautiful Then
show how to conserve the forest bv
farming" it for profit, and get ready
to plant the best shade and forest
trees on ArboF day.
Nature Becomes Mans Servant.
Mans attempts to subdue the forces
of nature constituted the fifth stage of
his battle with the earth. When early
man discovered that he was without
hoof or horn for defense against the
giant stag, without strength sufficient
to face the vast bulk Of the cave bear
and without teeth or claws TO match
those OF the enormous sabre-toothed
tiger, that had such weapons nearly
six inches long; when he realized that
he was without wings to overtake the
wild duck or to fee from the eagle-he
yet found that alone or earth's living
things he could teach stone to fly
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a club from his hand, so as to outrun
the stag and to overtake the wild bird
in its flight Later he discovered that
he could use the water to turn a wheel.
the lever to lift a stone. Still later he
made slave of the wind to carry him
and his burdens over the sea: then to
harness the steam to do his work in
mills and to pull loads over sea and
land: finally to teach the lightning to
carry messages, light his houses and
turn his machinery.
4 similar sUbjugation OF the unseen
and more mysterious forces of eIectricf-
ty and magnetism. OF chemistry and
metaIlurgy, might be called the sixth
stage Of mans conquest Of nature.
The Battle With the Germs.
Last and greatest. man has entered
upon the most difficult and most dis
agreeable of all the contests which he
has yet eUcountered-that with the
germs Of disease He has for ages
known what diseases are--he has
known this only too well; but he is only
now learning what causes them. This
last battle is more disagTeeable, as well
as more vital. than any Of the others.
The fight for life-the struggle with the
forces of DEATHS always a serious
and appalling contest: but II adds
something to its distasteful nature to
know that the organisms which cause
death are the creatures of filth, and are
bred most freely in regions Of damp
ness. darkness and moisture. Our re-
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