Sulmtaler Sulmtaler The Sulmtaler is an Austrian breed of domestic chicken. It originates in the Sulmtal, the valley of the Sulm river, in southern Styria, in the south-east of Austria, and takes its name from that valley. Like the Altsteirer, the Sulmtaler derives from the country chickens raised in Styria, particularly in the Kainachtal, the Lassnitztal, the Sulmtal and the Saggautal. In the second half of the nineteenth century these were subjected to massive cross-breeding with imported Cochin, Dorking and Houdan stock to create heavy meat birds for fattening. In about 1900 some breeders brought together the small remaining stock of
Frank Thomas Shaver Frank Thomas Shaver Frank Thomas Shaver (10 February 1881 – 11 December 1969) was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Osnabruck Centre, Ontario and became a merchant. Shaver attended the Morrisburg Collegiate Institute. He was one of the principals of the Jarvis and Shaver General Store. He was first elected to Parliament at the Stormont riding in the 1930 general election. After serving one term in the House of Commons, Shaver was defeated by Lionel Chevrier of the Liberal party in the 1935 federal election. Shaver made an unsuccessful bid as a