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Various Breeds. Looking for heavier, meatier animals, the rancher turned to the foreign breeds that were trickling into the country as early as 1783: first the Shorthorn (Durham), then the Hereford and the Aberdeen Angus from Britain, and from India the hardy Brahman. But no breed possessed all virtues. The Shorthorn-for a time the most popular-is massive and placid but critics say it suffers from heat and a tendency to sterility. The white-faced Hereford-its successor and still the leading U.S. breed-is hailed by many ranchers as a hardy forager and the best beef animal...
Cattle for the Reds. The genetic experiments have produced some interesting new breeds: the Brangus (⅜ Brahman, ⅝ Angus), the Braford (½ Hereford, ½ Brahman), the Charbray (13/16 Charollaise, 3/16 Brahman). The famed million-acre King Ranch has the Santa Gertrudis (⅜ Brahman, ⅝ Shorthorn), claiming that it is the best beef on the hardiest animal. Last summer the Russian agricultural delegation visiting the U.S. took a look at the Santa Gertrudis and said, "This is one thing we very much want...
...Seshaji Maharaj, a Brahman priest from northwest India, has worked out a new way to be happy in marriage. His formula: husband worship. Last week, only three days after India's Parliament granted Hindu women the right of divorce (TIME, May 16), Sri Seshaji had enough success with his idea to give Western marriage counselors a lot to think about...
...Pleased Brahman Seshaji, whose own wife was not seen during the ceremony, contemplated the requests for similar ceremonies that were coming in. The children born of such spiritually reconstituted marriages, he said, "might restore happiness and peace to this unhappy and troubled world. Hindu society can be reformed in no time if the meaning of husband worship is properly understood . . . I am confident of converting at least 100 couples in each town...
Dave Jordan (137), Phil Brahman (147), Jim Dale (157), Bob Gilmor (167), and Captain Ken Culbert (177) will start in today's line-up, and Pete Morrison, whose pin gave the varsity its 15-14 win over Cornell last week, will wrestle in the unlimited division...