Gene Tunney Has
Hereford Herd
At Star Meadow
“The Golden Boy of the Gold
en Age” now presides as a
gentleman farmer over 50 head
of commercial Hereford cattle on
his 250-acre estate in the roll
ing hills of Connecticut
As the master of Star Mea
dow Farm north .of Stamford,
James Joseph (Gene) Tunney
has added new lustre with
age to the “Golden Boy” .
Crown bestowed on him three
decades ago when he won and
defended the title of heavy
weight boxing champion of the
world in two 10-round deci
sions over Jack Dempsey.
Handsome, 58-year-old Tunney
a successful financier and
devoted farmer today strides
across his pastures with .ti
same self-assurance and deter
mination that he displayed when
he toppled the idol of the box
ing world.
Between his financial. opera
,tions in .New York City and his
periodic travels abroad, the
former champ has sandwiched in
enough time with bis Herefords
to spark the incentive to some
day own a quality herd of regis
tered Whitefaces.
The commercial Herefords
have teen thriving on his lush
pastures since 1946. it was
that year he sold another
farm on the eastern shore of
Maryland and marketed his
cattle of another breed be
cause, he says, “they were
just too wild.”
“My main reason for changing
to Herefords,” Tunney says, “is
because they’re such good na
■tured cattle and gentle to handle
both in the pasture and in the
feedlot.”
In preparing for the day he
will switch from commercial to
purebred Herefords, Tunney and
his farm -manager, Herman Zu
ern, have put a crew to work
removing a forest of ash, maple
and oak from several acres for
‘future pasture land.
Cattleman Tunney retains a
few head of calves each year
for Jtis own feedlot and home
consumption. He learned a
long time ago the value of '
good beefsteak as a ibody
builder as well as maintainer.
And Jbe has maintained him
self well as proven by his 210 ’
pounds, roughly 20 more than >
he carried against Dempsey '
for their second fight in 1927.
As the retired champ outlines
his -plans for bis future in the
cattle business, he convinces you
that he will put -the same type
of perfectionism in his herd as
he displayed in the ring, in his
mastery of Shakespeare and
,Shaw. and in his life that has
made him a pillar of manhood in,
both the .athletic and business
world.
Laundry Supplies, Uses
To Be Demonstrated
Chejstnut Level Home Makers
Club will have their first fall
meeting at 1:30 p.,m. 'Nov. 2, at
the Chestnut iLevel Church
House. The group is sponsoring
a program by Agriculture
Home Economics Extcntion,
Department which will fea
ture a demonstration .of laundry,
supplies and their uses. Every
one who comes is asked to bring*
one -cup of water from their,
wells, pumps, cisterns .or other,
sources to be~ used for testing
purposes. Everyone is welcome
to .attend.
REMINDED
An absent-minded man called
upon his old friend, the family
doctor. After chatting for a couple
of hours, the doctor saw him to
the door and, as he was shaking
hands,, said: “Come again soon,
old chap. Family all-well, I sup
pose?”
“Good heavens'” exclaimed his
visitor: “that reminds non, Wf
*wifo%4n -a fit ” ' r ’’
The Champ and His Cattle
Gene Tunney, former world’s heavyweight boxing cham
pion, looks over his herd of commercial Herefords on his
farm near Stamford, Conn. Mr. Tunney is looking forward
to the day when he can have a registered herd of quality
Herefords.
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state ,and represents a k serious
menace to all the residents in
the area.
Rabies, unlike most other dis
eases, when it occurs in hu
mans, almost always causes
death. In' addition, no satisfac
tory treatment is known for
♦ persons who develop this dis
ease. Rabies can however, be
prevented in humans by giv
ing rabies vaccine within a
short time after a person has
been bitten by a rabid animal.
However, since rabies vaccine
has at times been known to
produce paralysis in humans It
is used only after there is reas
onable suspicion or proof that
the biting animal had rabies.
The most satisfactory method
of determining if a dog has rab
ies is to confine him for 10 days.
If he has it he will usually die
before the ten days are up. If
the dog is killed after having bit
ten someone the head should be
removed and sent to the state
laboratory for examination. The
head must be kept at a low tem
perature after being removed.
Because the laboratory examina
tion is difficult and often time
consuming, killing the dog should
be avoided if possible.
Dr. Davis points out that in
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addition to dogs, such animals as
cats, foxes, cattle, hogs, skunks
and sheep may get rabies. Care
should be taken in handling any
of these animals when suspected
of rabies, because the saliva con
tains the rabies virus.
It is pointed out by Dr„ Davis
that if you get bitten by a
dog, wash the wound immedi
ately with soap and water and
then have the bite treated by
your family physician. Medical
.attention is essential in pre
venting rabies, as well as lock
jaw which may result from any
bite or other puncture wound.
If the dog is yours confine
him immediately. If the dog is
not your own, find out who the
owner is and tell your physi
cian. He in turn will inform the
District Medical Office, and
someone will be sent out from
that office to visit the owner
and ask him to coniine his dog
and report the death of the
dog as well as any abnormal
symptoms.
To avoid all these dangers,
worries and possible expenses.
Dr. Davis suggests you take your
dog to a local veterinarian and
have him vaccinated each year
against rabies. Experience has
shown that if 75 per cent of the
dogs are vaccinated against rab
ies, the disease will not occur
among dogs in that area.
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