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Killing Eggs of the Gypsy Moth on a Large Elm Tree f « K- 1 '.'/7 z-f - • • * \ « >/ / * 7 - j ■‘r. 1'Uj\ a I S i>’4 tr x r NT mm- 1 / i % \ '-3 A sf' 0 ! ^ • 1/ ; 9 " 1 E < – 1 y L '*V.* • / i ■T'-. X -7 « I ■ % m /x r ~< m, t r i t ~ V. A- 3 1A G mm V m V < [ c L m 9. as =5 • - , rSSSS • s mr V * l Utf// ' vj.-. .* # r The attempt on the part of the State of Massachusetts to eradicate the gypsy mbth has been generally considered as one of the most important attempts of modern economic entomology. The conditions involve the ex termination of a highly prolific species.well established over an area of more than 200 square miles. The introduction of the gypsy moth was made by Professor L. Trouvelot, the French savant, who was interested in the mat ter of raising silk from native silk worms. The manner of their subsequent escape is not clearly known, but the result was most unfortunate. Twelve years from the time of its introduction, the moth became a serious nuis ance in the neighborhood where it had escaped. The State of Massachusetts has expended in the annual appropriations for the gypsy moth work the. sum of $1,155,000. OOOGQGOOOOOOGOOOOQOOOOQGO _ . . _ , __ | ^ r3CK GI f Qtssli jy|3U Q ® Pause a World’s Famine 8 g Edward Atkinson's I»r„ Prediction. O OOOGOQOOGGQQOOQGOOOOOC006 J VERY now and again some scientific investigator, delving ^1 deep into the secrets of natural forces, has unearthed a menace which has seemed to threaten world- F’Yt- 4 •» !'■ 'y m \\ \\y \ // EDWARD \Vl a j — 1 ®® / v ATKINSON ymm -— JuMtira H m 1 ■ '>• •V I * *> *.gp adP ► 8 li N V, ,*e 5//4 rr.OSPECTING FOB POTASH IN ARIZONA. wlde disaster and destruction to the human race, says the New York Her ald. It would be hard to tell how many scores of times the people of the earth have ’been called upon to face the prospect, remote or immediate, of their own annihilation. They have been asked to consider the results which, in some future cycle, will come from the steady cooling of the earth’s surface, to prepare for mundane anni hilation through collision with some whirling comet and to give attention to dozens of other hypotheses equally unalluring. In the multiplicity of those theories N I Ok Va t A I it SC; 1 – i y/.v. ■ i m ✓o w ' w# J - t. i/im / m/T' . j / ^ 1 ' \ 1 ife- % AN AMERICAN FARM IF WHAT MR. ATKINSON SAYS COMES TRUE. It would seem that the possibilities had been exhausted, hut every now and then a new deduction is brought for ward to startle the world. It lias re mained for Mr. Edward Atkiusou, the scientist, essayist and political agita tor, to develop the newest and most surprising theory as to the nature of the embarrassments which will force “X £££ Atkinson believes with Sir William Crookeg and some other eminent SC1 entitle speculators that the great diffi cult}', when it arises, will come in the form of hunger—the exhaustion of the world’s food supply. But he does not believe this will be reached through over-population or the taking up of all the arable land. Mr. Atkinson’s suggestion, which is uique at least, is that the world famine is likely to come in the form of a potash famine through the using up of the potash iu the soil, and the consequent failure of the land to produce food crops. It is safe to say that most persons never have taken potash into consid eration as one of the food essentials of the planet. It is a fact, however, that it possesses real importance in the production of almost every food crop that grows. Potasli is present in every part of the earth’s crust, at least in every part presenting an ara- hie surface. Soluble potassium salts are found in quantities in all fertile soils. These salts are sucked up by the roots of plants and trees, which eagerly seek them out as necessities of life. It is a significant fact that ©ven where soda predominates In the soil the plnnts take up the potash salts lu preference. After taking part In the processes of nutrition and being transformed Into organic salts the potash salts may re sume their original form through com bustion. There Is a loss In quantity, however, and In the case of, plants which are used for food or iu the vari ous human arts there Is, of course, a nearly complete loss. The cause for concern In regard to the question of the world’s future food supply lies In the fact that potash is not renewed in the manner of some other elements of vegetable life. It Is a mineral de posit arising through the natural de composition of certain rocks. On tilled land there is no opportunity for re newal in the ordinary course of rota tion. It must be supplied, if ut all, from large mineral deposits. Not even Mr. Atkinson contends that a food famine from the exhaustion of the potash supply is imminent, hut the possibilities of such a famine are in teresting to contemplate. It would come about gradually, of course, the dwindling of the supply being accom panled'by a steady increase iu price. m to mm % n P, V m £ A HI III XiuT / ll 1 /Lx 'll i: O _• ^ \ l\ r /LINING foeCVoTASH t ^ m II The first result, therefore, would be to place this once humble product among the precious metals. As time went on it would rank, as Mr. At kinson suggests, even above silver and gold. Before this point was reached, how ever, the rise in the value of the min eral would cause it to be sought after eagerly in every part of the world, would lead to the conserving of the present sources of supply and to an attempt to find new ones. Men would prospect for potash with greater zeal than they now. put into the search a“ ter gold. The terrors of the alkali deserts would he braved and men would bore for the precious deposits all over the burning plains of the Southwest. At the same time, efforts would be made to gather the product from the scatered sources of supply now in ex istence in some financially provable manner. According to Professor Ditt mar, the very greatest of all these sources is the ocean, and no doubt the brains of inventors and scientists would be racked to devise a means of separating this potash from the waves. In all primitive countries where the supply of wood is large pot nsh is obtained by the lixiviation of wood ashes. This source also would be brought Into use, and gradually the forest trees and such plants as nettles, wormwood, tobacco and kelp, all of which are capable of supplying potash In consid erable quantities, would be burned to rejuvenate the impoverished soil. Men would live more and more largely upon the food plants, requiring only a small amount of potash for their growth, and a complete change in the accepted sys tems of diet would result. To pursue the unpleasant transfor mation to its final result it is neces sary to picture a world growing grad ually more and more completely de void of life, farms barren of vegeta tion, houses and cities deserted and a race of beings growing steadily weaker and weaker, and, even in the intermediate stages of the change, entirely different from those who now Inhabit the earth. It is reassuring to note that the con census of opinion among scientists is that this extreme condition never will be realized. There Is one great prin ciple generally accepted as holding good fof all the operations of nature which scientists bring up In opposi tion to those who predict a final eat aclysm of the world in any form whatever. That Is the principle of the Indestructibility of matter. At a din* ner of scientists held In Washington at which the predictions of Sir Will lam Crookes and Mr. Atkincon forthed the leading topic of discussion, this principle was advanced as the chief argument against their conclusions. The scientists were confident In the belief that the potasli taken In a tliotl sand , forms .. from , the earth ,, would ,, in . some form return to the earth, and that In some way the conversion of potasli from varied sources Into shape by which it could feed the soil, would come about when necessity demanded it. CARING FOR THE FI \C. Some Valuable Suggestions From a Lien tenant in the Navy. Flags, In a certain way, are a coun try’s clothes, which It puts on in the morning and lays aside at night. This we see in symbolic pictures, where Uncle Sam, representing United States, is dressed in the Stars and Stripes, and John Bull, representing Great Bri tain, wears the Union Jack for a waist coat. A flag should, therefore, be laid aside as neatly as a valued garment, and when used it should be haudled so as not to be soiled or torn. A flag properly made has a light canvas binding along its hoisting edge, through which runs a piece of small rope. At the top of the binding the rope has a toggle, while about a fathom hangs out at the bottom and is called the "beading Hue." The name and size cf the flag are stencilled .oju one side of the binding near the toggle. To make up the flag, fold it length wise, with the name outside, two or more times, until it is in a strip about a foot wide. Lay the strip name-side down back and forth two or three times, each fold on top cf the pre ceding, the last fold being thus toward the binding. Then rooi the flag up to the binding; take one tight turn around the bundle with the bending line ‘or two tarns if the flag is large and the line long enough) and push a bight of the line between the turn and the flag as shown in Fig. 1. In this condition the flag is said to be ‘ made up,” and is ready for laying away, or for bending on to the hal yards. If laid away when thus made up, its name and number will be in plain sight, so that it need not be un rolled to be identified, and when it is unfurled it will lie as if newly ironed. When made up it can be carried about without trailing in the dirt, and will re main in a compact bundle so long as no strain i3 brought upon the bending line. This being bent to the lower part of the halyards, however, a sharp pull on the latter will slip the bight and “break the flag.” If the flag is a large one, a turn around its middle is not enough to keep it in a compact bundle, so it should then be secured by tying around it near each end a piece cf cottcn string. In this case the bending line is first laid along the side of the bundle in three bights, so that the upper string passes through all three, and the lower one through the first two, as shown in Fig. 2. A sharp pull on the lower part of the halyards will break the strings and unfurl the flag as before. It is not customary to hoist the flag all the way to the masthead made up, but only high enough to get it clear of dirty ground, or of obstructions such as rigging, trees, or the eaves of houses; then it is ‘‘‘broken,” and hoisted unfruled. Flags are cnly mastheaded made up 3 FBG. ; z s t i i£ ;o» l fi V I t \<s I IP 3 I : n €4 f : $ \Q J f. T r. FGGV' t ; 5 a - a when it is necessary that they should unfurl instantly, a 3 at the firing of a salute, cr at seme clistax in a public ceremony. Above all tilings, flags should be kept dry; and if they are wet when hauled down, they should be spread out under cover until there ii an opportunity to dry them in the sun. so that the white portions will keep bleached.—John M, Eliicott, lieutenant United States Navy, in Youth’s Companion. Where (.’lores Come From. The clove supply of the world is produced in the islands of Zauziba and Pemba, which constitute the principal producing territory of the sultanate. Cloves were at one time the only eco nomic product supplied to foreigu countries by Zanziba. ----- World to End this Year. 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