Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday February 'V 26 19S4 g t f - 't ?: By Barbara Stinson Lee correspondent V best of the breed to Europe They searched out native herds in Syria and Egypt and ’ shipped them back to England They passed on their love of the Arabian to their daughter Judith -- Wentworth who furthered the interest Arabian by insisting upon pure breeding as well as careful handling Under her careful man agement groups of Arabians were exported to Egypt Australia Spain Russia South Africa '4? - Bob Jones has always loved horses More specifically the Richmond man has always d loved the Arabian For the past 12 years Arabians have consumed his life and been the basis for most of his decisions He bought land in Cache Valley for the sake of pf-th- e big-eye- his horses And it is for the horses again that he now locdu toward leaving that land "I love Cache Valley and the people here he said “But 1 Just can’t make a living with my horses here Utah is just not the place to andAmerlca Revered for centuries for their tremendous endurance good conformation and agility Arabians have continued to pass these traits on to their offspring But the Arabian seen in the show rings today is often not the strong agile animal the Blounts and the Wentworths so carefully bred Jones said explaining one of his goals is to breed horses which do justice to the ' original desert runners ' an for crosscan Arabian touch “Nothing country riding and trail riding It was originally a working horse" Jones explained “But unfortunately now most are toed for show for pretty so that now' even the stallions are very refined and feminine looking The Arabian stallion should be a powerful masculine horse with an emphasis on body structure and transportation” do this" Jones does more than raise and sell Arabians He candidly breeds them with an eye to maintaining the purity of the breed which originated in the deserts-In this Jones is continuing in a tradition set not only by the aneient nomads who loved the Arabian for its beauty and endurance but more modern breed enthusiasts such as the 19th Century Blunts and Wentworths whose singular purpose and devotion kept the breed alive and according to Jones formed the foundation of the Arabians now fo America r of In 1177 Lady Anne Blunt the poet Byron and her husband Wilfrid Sea wen Blunt traveled to Syria to took tor horses of the Mood of the Barley Arabians a founder of the English thoroughbred breed Jones breeds for pure Mood and a strong fow true remained desert Arabians Although pedigree Among the ribbons and trophies his the Blunts were determined to introduce the 14 : horses have won are detailed tracings of their ' ' °‘r : n t '' grand-daughte- r :- v No clear-cu- t Editor's iwto: This Is mu sscond part ol a two part articia an Ms conflict batsmen mo benefits and harmful affects of wtin chemicals to product feed By William H Inman UPI farm writer Nearly half the nation's antibiotic supply goes to cattle hogs chickens and turkeys but the practice of putting penicillin and tetracycline into animal food is not without controversy The measures are called preventative medicine for animals bred under crowded “sub-therapeut- k" Some scientists believe the drugs eventually Ingested by humans account for the fact it takes increasingly larger quantities of antibiotics to cure disease The bacterial pathogens have built up resistance A number of European countries including Britain have banned the practice On the other hand groups like the American Council on Science and v -- w' Mood lines fjme line He is proud of the Bask blood in Silverdrift in another He traces f£his horses to the Crabbet Stud and to the strong Polish lines as well1 Jones also breeds for intelligence and good disposition in a horse thought by some to be $?' skittish and hard to handle A bachelor he still worries about the wandering children who might find their way into his horses' v Urn r c “I want an animal I don’t have to worry about being around other people" he said “The horses are like my children but they’re different because they are better behaved than most children" Arabians he insists respond well to kindness They are bright and with a little instruction and discipline I are easily trained Raising Arabians in the "style to which Jones is accustomed is an expensive busk ness Some stud foes are run into the thousands of dofiarsAnd horses especially stallions need room to run “Most Mg breeders have their stallions confined in stalls Many are not allowed to be arpund mares unless they are breeding But horses are social animals like people'’ Jones saM They need companionship and && warmth They need J to be ' together to - : 'soctaiiiev:- - The horses take a lot of caring for Jones said Although Jones wnks the night shift at 'k-- focal cafe he sUU gets the horses and the t a - 'v- - ‘ Emperor’s Collies he also raises fed and their quarters cleaned before 9 am each day- - “I raise good horses and good dogs" Jones said “But we all still haveioeaL And I can’t Just throw the horses a little hay each day They are all on diets of feed with added' vitamins And the dogs must be specially fed too This is an expensive and risky proposition Luckily the dogs have helped me finance much of the horse project" Jones also has to cope with the never-endin-g cycle of upkeep and grooming which is part of raising prize winning animals V The work would be worth if Jones could made a good living But he said Utah isn’t the place for a business like his His horses which carry prices of $10000 haven’t attracted many buyers buyers generally look closer to their homes for horses And while the market for horses is generally good in the state Arabians aren’t what Utah horse buyers seem to wanL So the summer will find Jones packing up livestock and afi and heading home to lthica NY where an 17 acre farm is waiting ' “The East doesn't have a lot of my type of : breeding and I'm hoping mine will flourish there" Jones explained Even if I do nothing but start a stud ranch I’D have stallion power that the East eoast won’t see unless 1 bring IL “It’s been a tough decision" he said wistftdly’but I think it’s time togo home" it Out-of-sta- te answers in problem of chemical use Health a group that calls itself a national consumer education association contends the use of antibiotics as animal feed additives haas not been shown to be a threat to human health Consumers would pay "substantially more" for meat and poultry if the use of antibiotics were prohibited contends the group which points out low doses of antibiotics have been routinely added to livestock and poultry feeds foods for 30 years “because the drugs promote the animals' growth and permit them to be brought to market more economically" The Food and Drug Administration has proposed banning most uses of penicillin and tetracycline in animal feeds but Congress has ordered FDA to postpone action op this Issue until more scientific evidence is available Antibiotics in domestically-produce- d aren’t the only worry of with the purity of concerned people the food supply Less than a third of all commercial fish and fish pro ducts sold in the United States are government inspected "Fish are a huge problem" said Ellen Haas director of the Public Voice for Food and Health Policy “one of those categories that falls between the cracks — lobsters molluscs all types of seafood" Vet fish represent an Increasingly important segment in the diet of Americans More than 3 billion pounds were sold last year a 40 percent increase in a decade "Look at tuna fish” she said "There are at least 17 brands and only one is inspected and that's voluntary Often by the time a problem is found the fish products have already been eaten” The Food and Drug Administration conducts spot inspections of processing plants usually to check sanitation labeling and health vio- lations she said If chemical hazards are identified the agency authorizes tests In 19SL the FDA ran tests on a thousand fish for the presence of pesticides and metals particularly g TCDD and the the contaminant mercury Records indicate similar tests were conducted for mercury in swordfish and tuna and Kepone and Mirex in fish and riiriHUh But the FDA has neither the resources nor the legal mandate to go much further DDT a powerful insecticide banned 12 years ago has long been detected in Texas’ Rio Grande dioxin-containin- Valley Recent accumulations forced health authorities to issue warnings against eating types of fresh-watfish Federal wildlife officials said the contaminant is now drifting into the Gulf Coast’s Laguna Madre one of the nation's most extensive fish and wildlife breeding grounds In California heavy contamination has been found in the Salinas g area a region south of San Francisco Previously DDT contamination was believed generally limited to southern California er lettuce-growin- i Scientists in New Mexico and Arizona also found elevated levels of d residues in the wings of DDT-relate- starlings Federal pesticide enforcement has improved considerably since the forced departure last year of EPA Administrator Anne Burford waste program assistant Etta Lavelle later convicted of lying to Congress and pesticide chief John Todhunter Registration standards have It now takes a projected toughened commercial investment of $25 million and 19 years of laboratory field and environmental testing to regis-tan agricultural product But legacies die hard Hundreds of products gained approval in the years before tests could discern er long-ter- m chronic effects Scientists concluded more than 10 percent of pesticides on the market were never tested for cancer 90 percent were untested for genetle damage and 90 percent unchecked for birth defects - i |