European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              The last Shepherd of Berlin very few " by pet Kuhrt Slaff writer and i like Back to biblical times. A Shepherd straight out of the look of psalms. But the pastoral look is  is very much in touch with then Hrdi Blue eyes in a deeply the Shepherd squinted a Tate Fienia Sharp command Jet age. Soft excited dogs Back to his Tith his ankle length a coat my a l oppy Eye could Blakw. The 65-year-old Laepple surrounded Only a few feet from his flock air liners Are taking off and Landing in close succession on the runways of West Ber by his Herd has been a familiar if Dis Tant figure on the Airfield greens since 1952, and he says he s the last shepherding the divided City. The constant Roar of arriving and de parting airliners and . Military air Craft does t bother him or his , depending on the weather the exhaust fumes can get bad but that s All said Laepple a native of the Stuttgart area who s been Iberlin since 1936. His current flock he said in eludes 600 sheep of which More than 300 were born earlier this Spring me rinos German blackface and dutch bred  business in t what it used to be complained Laepple. At one time,60 per cent of our income came from the Wool and the rest from the  Wool is Down to 15 per cent hardly Worth  change in meat preferences also tends to Cut into the profits Laepple said. A stars and stripes � � French and British sectors respectively Laepple said. At that time i had four men work ing for me. But there was t enough grazing ground left after the Airport were expanded and so we moved  despite the comings and goings of air Craft All around him Laepple s Job is a lonely one out there on the  Don t mind. I m used to it. I rarely have company and i just As soon be without  Jet age grass cutters at Tempelhof Airport ignore the aircraft. S4s, Rohde Lutton is going out of style. Most people want Only Lamb nowadays an that Means slaughtering most of the Young ones Between five and  Laepple has a contract with the .air Force at Tempelhof air base which gives him the run of the Field i return for his Promise to keep the grass  the sheep Ever stray into the path of aircraft on the runways never. They la just go where they find something to eat and keep at least80 feet from the  and just in Case he can always de Pend on his two Veteran pure bred Shep Herd dogs 13-year-old Lux and 10-year-old Karo to keep trespassers in Check. During the cold season and at  and Kurt Stem ruler a Helper who s been with him 20 years keep the sheep in a big barn at the Edge of the  used to have herds grazing at the airfields in Tegel and gatow in the s4.s, Finnoe his is a Lone y life. By Roland Lindsey up staff writer Texas longhorn cattle on the rink of extinction 40 years ago Are now staging a comeback according to the owner of one of the nation s largest longhorn herds. Charles Schreiner Iii of the famed Oranch near Mountain Home tex., said there Are at least 3,500 registered Long horns now in existence in 35 states. He says there is no problem in Rais ing the cattle whose numbers were believed reduced to less than 100 in1927. They re very prolific Schreine said. They will calve when they Are two Yean old and we be had them continue calving up until they were 21. They prob ably produce calves 50 per cent Longe than any other comparable  Schreiner s longhorn Herd at the Oranch now numbers about 250 head making it the third or fourth largest in the world. In longhorns were originally introduced in Continental America in 1521by spaniard Gregoria de Villalobos who brought the first calves to the Mainland from Santo Domingo. In the period Between i860 and 1870,we number of cattle in the United states sned by four Mon. During that same period the number of cattle in Texas doubled. Drives took thousands of Long to Market until they trailed off by Peak of the drive As Many io28horns a year were being fax a11 the Thi were either toe a Ujj owed under according w historian j. Frank Doble. ?22 Dobie 8ald. Longhorns weret0 extinction than was shortly alter that time about 30 head ski wjhul8ha?1?j,lonhwn8 were put on set ssh Kutu refuse at c a 8 h sri.2lat Herd today is regarded As n or up Lon snores in tji nation interested i longhorns in 1im. My Grandfather had longhorns Here Long ago. And the Money he got from sending them up the Trail helped him buy this ranch Schreiner said. So it a subject that s real close to our  longhorns raised on the to ranch and elsewhere today Are used for various purposes. The Best judged according to characteristics set up by the newly organized longhorn breeders association Are kept for Breeding Pur poses. The surplus is sold to zoos or other breeders. Some Are also sold for  said but this is not the Pri Mary  horns of the cattle which some times reach a spread of nine feet a reprised for Wall mounting. But it s hardly Worth raising a steer just for the horns Schreiner said. There Are not enough authentic Long Horn horns in the country to fill a Bushel Basket now Schreiner said. All the horns now come from  the tall lean longhorns will never be come a threat to modern beef Breeds for a place on America s dining table but they have apparently been rescued from becoming Only a Page in the Book of Texas history. A wednesday August 21, 1968 � pc mbsTbwb"bpwnws1bwT to Cowboy Kkt a Snail  of in.  ion9no,n Coll. Who Horn  some toes spanned nine Lee. Page 11the stars and str Pis