Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-12

leo pig has come into the barnyard
:, The horse is one of the most recent
iva OF domesticated beasts, but his mme-
date ancestry and the date of his do
mestication are still matters of dispute.
u Entirely contrary to his present reason
for existing, the horse originally
a choice item Of food. At Solutre. in
France, where Paleoithic man apparently con-
vened periodically about 5000 years ago, the
remains of thousands of horses have been found.
THERE are drawings of donkeys In Egyptian rec
ords of at least 5000 B. c., but the horse does
not appear in Egypt until about / 700 B. c. Greece
found the horse to be useful much earlier, and
there records Of horses hitched to chariots
there long ago 1000 B. c.
AS breeding gradually increased the size and
strength of the horse. his potentialnies became
greater, but il was not until about $50 d. G. that
mounted warriors first appeared.
The elephant, the camel, the llama, the rein
deer, the yak, the water buffalo, have all been Of
great help to civilization all over the world
More than any other animal, perhaps, the ele-
plant demonstrates that only those beasts that
want TO share mankind's fortunes can be tanned.
II is not known when elephants were first put TO
use, but records show that at the dawn OF history
Asiatic pachyderms We're being utilized TO enhance
the state of princes and further the art OF war.
Although the camel has been for ages one of
the most serviceable of all the creatures man has
from the wilds il is still only partly domesti-
Gated. II has never acquired the least affection
for its master and offers only dull submission.
1t was not until comparatively recent times
that birds began to play any part In making man
what he is today. The hen is not mentioned in the
Old Testament although in the New the Growing
of the cock reproaches Peter for his faithlessness
Up to about 500 B. c., the only fowls in the
world were jungle denizens in India and Burma,
where they undoubtedly were first domesticated
Although pigeons have been bred for pleasure
for 1000 years and hawks were used for hunting
In the Middle Ages and singing and talking birds
have been kept pets for many centuries, the
barnyard fowl Is the only species of the bird
family which has been truly domeSticated. The
last important addition TO the bamyard is the
turkey which has the distinction of being the only
widely used animal form contributed by the
Americas. The turkey was domesticated in Mex
leo and southwestern United States before 1892
Insects are becoming increasingly valuable
tools of mans progress, now that we have learned
10 subdue inimical varieties by importing friendly
ones but of 1000 kinds discovered, only two
be called domestcated-th bee and silkworTn
Bees originated in Asia, but they have been
taken to almost every part of the world They
brought TO America by the early settlers but only
rarely wandered more than few miles beyond
the frontier. In Mexico the native stingless bee
kept for honey and wax before Columbus
Skworms which only few years ago were
providing employment for from 10 10 20 million
people, have probably passed their zenith and may
before long, be reegated TO their wild state
The staggering store of knowledge man has
accumulated since animals launched him on the
paths of glory may soon enable him to dispense
with all but those he keeps for food or pets