The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-01

/ pHot0SraN0S VI tne remarkable frull
resulting t,,,m the strawberry-rasp.
berry union. and Burbank agreed to
re:Nsa, the experiment under their per.
Ssaa, :ns9ee:;en. Just to show them
TIA; w esa.i.
Wonders ri the Nursery.
These scientific visitors to the work
st.oY i: $ :>.s::: "Eurseryn,an" lost all
;hs;: ;ae.e::,.,::y when they beheld a
p.U... ,:;.i hearing not one nor two. nor
hal: : Doe. Kinds Of fruit. but three
hu"t:.s.! A:.::S. ali distinct. yet draw
:.s :ss:. Ike from 4 common trunk.
They S.M Eu.hanA'$ famous raspberry.
Which s mo inches across: his Shasta
daisy. S:N inches i'll diameter: his fade
less :.>,we:$. Sp!neleSS cactus. Stoneless
! .cu.s> Ais: Y,ums. and all the other
r.a.yeiS which have been made known
~ the world.
Il know shall be regarded as a
crazy man when | tell you that the
work being done by this one man will
produce more wealth than the entire
endowment OF the Carnegie institu-
ton. which is $4,000 900" said Presi-
dent Woodward But l accept this
risk ana make the statement. go
further. and give i, AS my deliberate
opinion that Burhank's discoveries will
return five times $4,000. 900. His po-
tatp alone has been worth millions 10
this country. He is now AT work per-
.eci.ns i new variety OF potato that
is expected to be OF immense benefit
10 the country. He is not seeking to
invent a freak. but merely 10 develop
fine, large. palatable, vigorous potato
0: good keeping qualities. This. OF
course. is only one OF thousands OF
experiments which he is now making"
Intimately connected with one
branch OF Luther Burbanks work is
the desert laboratory of the Carnegie
institution, near Tucson, Ariz. Sew
eral hunired acres are being used as
a botanical experiment station, and
other stations are maintained on near
by mountains at various elevations,
this permitting study OF desert con-
iitions from sea-level TO an altitude
OF one mile above the sea. While Bur-
bank is at work perfecting his thorn
less cactus and other foliage plants.
which are adapted TO desert life. the
Carnegie scientists on the desert are
studying actual conditions OF life there
with reference 10 temperature. rainfall,
irrigation, etc. in the hope OF reclaim
ing the desert to vegetation The gov
eminent is assisting in this work
through the reclamation service and
the geological survey.
Close Study OF Man.
What is the relative efficiency OF
man as working machine? What
proportion OF energy does he develop
from the food he eats? What is the
best kind of fuel with which 10 fill the
human boilero Can man whose
energy and strength are below par be
restored 10 norma. efficiency by vary
ing the fuel that keeps him goingo
These are some OF the questions that
are being investigated by experts of
the Carnegie institution. An air-tight
chamber has been made, in which a
man has been placed and studied en-
actly as mechanical engineer would
study steam boiler and engine. The
air. food, and water supply furnished
TO the subject is infinitely measured.
and the constituents of each carefully
noted and compared with the waste
material. The subject is studied under
conditions OF fasting. normal eating,
over-eating, ETC.. and the proportion of
energy developed from the nutriment
ments are also being made with SUBJ
jects suffering from certain ailments,
in order to ascertain, if possible, the
exact effects of various foods upon the
bodily strength and welfare. By means
of a long series of these studies, to-
gether with examinations into the
properties OF foods. it is hoped that a
system of dieting may be devised
will In
restore sick, weak, or otherwise alb
normal persons to normal condition.
The greatest study of mankind is
man. said an official of the Carnegie
institution, in discussing these expert
ments. But We cannot hope to make
studies of the character which science
regards as NEST important and fruit
full OF great possibilities. We find that
society will not permit certain re-
searches and experiments. What
greater field is there. for example, than
studies in anthrcpo.ogy and phycho.-
ogy? Yet We must keep out of these
fields until society becomes Ia re-
ceptive to scientific truth. We LIQUID
like to study the American negro and
the Filipino. as we'll as to pursue re-
searches into the mystery of the hui
man brain. but the obstacles cannot
be overcome. These matters must wait.
Science would like nothing better than
to study the mysteries of heredity in
human beings, but there, too, We are
met by insuperable obstacles.
Study Laws Of Evolution.
"A lint of the wonders that might
be unfolded by the study of inheritance
is given in the work of our specialists
at Cold Harbor, n. Y, who are at work
upon animals, fishes, insects, and
plants. The laws of evolution are be-
ing studied there at first hand. The
three factors of evolution-variation
inheritance, and adjustment to environ
ment-are being weighed, with most
interesting results. Our investigators
are aiming to develop a better breed of
cattle, new fishes, and plants. The
products of hybridization of animals
and plants are wonderful. and new
light Is being thrown upon such OBJ
scure problems. for example, as the
significance of color markings"
Another enterprise inaugurated by
the Carnegie institution, at great ex-
pense. is that Of making a magnetic
survey OF the oceanic areas of the
globe. Fairly good magnetic surveys
have been made of land areas, but the
water area. three times as great, re-
mains unexplored. No one knows az
yet the cause and nature of terrestrial
magnetism. Why does 1t vary widely
at different spots. What causes 1t to
dip? What is the cause OF the third
mysterious horizontal movement, re.
Gently discovered? For the purpose Of
gaining light on these nuestionr fh<