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Show AIDED ITS BLIND COMPANION Australian Stockman Tells of Bullock That Took Care of Another Which Was Sightless. Peter S. Mitchell, a stock raiser from Melbourne, Australia, says that the cattle cat-tle business is at present the best in the history of Australia. He says that his people are hard at work restoring the country to normal and that they are very anxious to get the world trade back to pre-war conditions. "My father was first to bring the Black Poll cattle Into Australia 40 years ago," said Mr. Mitchell at New i'ork,"and they have developed to be the best for our section. They are hardy, flourish on ferns, tree leaves and bark, where other cattle would starve, and they grow to great size, . with weight evenly distributed, and the fat running In hair lines through the rump steaks even. There Is a quick market for anything on the hoof that Is fairly fat, and prices are very good. "We discovered a blind bullock In one of the herds that came in, and another an-other bullock had adopted it and fathered it all the time. It was found to be blind only when we noticed that Its companion signaled to It constantly and led it to water, through gates and narrow runs. If at any time It got lost Its friend would never rest until he had located It. "None of the other bullocks paid any attention to the blind one and the protection pro-tection the foster parent gave to the uniortunate bullock was a never ending end-ing source of comment and speculation. specu-lation. When both, fattened after 18 months on bur place, were driven to the shipping station 60 miles distant the blind one was led through the dim-cult dim-cult places by his friend and generally cared for day and night." |