The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-06-24

An investigation by the New York
Geological society into tho destruction
Of bird and animal life In tho United
States has shown that IN four-nftha
OF the area Of the United States. ex-
elusive OF Alaska. bird life 10 being
annihilatod. edible birds are rare and
on the point OF extinction. and plume
birds are practically extinct. W. T.
Hornaday. director OF the New York
geological Park. In a paper read boz
foro the section OF biology OF the New
York Academy OF Sciences. referred to
the aociotyu investigation. and used
considerable OF the data 10 be- pub
llahcd In the report. He said;
"a series Of questions regarding the
decrease and its oauaca was sent to
correspondents In all parts OF the
country Answers were received from
nomo 200 observers. including guides.
collectors, aportAmon. aud taNider-
mlats, from every state and territory
In the union Ninety per cent OF the
answers showed that they had been
compiled with great care. and tho
eloaoneas With which the estimates In
different states agreed was surprising
a. well M important In determining
the scientific value OF the data fur
nlahod.
Eighty per cent OF tho correspond
outa declared that the decrease In bird
life was unmlstakable With regard to
the causes OF destruction. the majority
agreed In attrlbutlng the blame to
aportamon nrat OF all. 20 boys who
shoot second, and to the clearing OF
timber for cities az the third aud most
important cause. Scarcely less dead
ly to the birds were the feather hunt
era."
The decrease has been largest in
Florida. being 90 per cent la fifteen
yoap: Connecticut. Indian Territory.
and Montana. each 70 per cent. Indl-
ana. 60: Illinois. 3S. Wisconsin, ", and
Nebraska only 10 per cent
Testing Soils for Aclds.-A CORE.
spondent OF Rural New Yorker who
believes In aweotenlng acid solls by
the use OF unslaked lime tells how he
knows when his soil needs lime. II
test II with blue litmus paper. which
can be had at drugstoros. Fill a small
bowl half full OF soil from different
places In the field. add enough water
TO make a Htin paste and let Il stand
fifteen minutes. Don't handle the pa
por whom wet with the fingers with
table fork punh strip Of lltmua
paper 1 by inches into the soil and
let Il stand four minutes. then with
the fork take Il out. rinse on the mud
from the paper and dry H. II after
drying the paper stays red there Ia
evidence that the soil needs lime. Tho
redder the paper the more limo the
soil needs, II The paper ON becoming
dry turns back quite blue. then the
soil does not need lime"
Vaccine Tor nlacklcg-A few months
ago a circular letter was distributed
Offering 10 supply vaccine prepared In
the bureau Tor experimental purposes
upon application OF tho owners OF cat
tie. providing a report were made "a
10 the losaea from this disease and tbs
AN'AAn 70 AHN haANNNNANNNf no luIur=
nation thus received has been vary
surprising, Il appears that blackleg
causes greater losses In some OF tho
Southern aud Western states than an
other diseases combined These losses
are placed at from 10 TO 90 per cent Of
the young stock. About 100 900 doses
OF the vaccine have b0on distributed.
and reports show that IL can be safely
used by the owners OF cattle ana that
the deaths from blaekleg soon stop
after the herd has been yaccinated.
where Poultry paya.-There Ia n
poultry man in sidney Ohio. who has
$4,000 invested In the chicken busl-
ness. He keeps 5000 laying hens. runs
thirty 300 egg-slze inouhators. ana
markets daily from 200 to $50 brollers.
His hrooder pens contain on an average
OF about 10000 growing chicks and he
estimates the profits OF the plant al
$4,000 per annum, With such a bust
ness carried on by a practical business
man, we wonder where the fellow "a
who says chickens don't pay 10 bother