Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-28


uraiiy they are ua1r
aud mone amrnai,.r fH
this years eXl-rlu,u.-
controlled Strain n ...
in poultry. Gfl,'u r
In crirkcis. suiuc i.u....-.
insects aud SCI in fuv-r...
some 81 his insects a. I..
the herrdity FOR tNrur -....-
The mysteries Of rr-.
inquired into In the ..f.-...
series OF investigate .-..
menced by the Institute ...
OF the newly hatglpJ .--.. o..
directly toward the SEA r-....,
time cropping Ia u .anl . de-.
has been one Of the p.,.. ........
stinct long a puzzle 10 s..... ,,.
Institutes new labora'u-r .s -...
biology at TOriugas. Fla. ...- ,.-...
has been lately attacked .. r....,..-.
Hooker Of the laboratory -.r a..
experimenting with ln 8. ..u..t -
he finds that they ar. N.. nr. ...
instinct 10 20 down hill ..,I .r r.....
recti0n OF the greatest .-.r T....-
stinct leads the animals rr -.. $50, -.
the shores Oh which ja.l ... s...r.r
always slope down Iuwa.I r.. .....
and as the reflected lis.' from. ,r..r.
ter Is always greater f... ..., ,....
the land Neither tie SQUAD .s ...
surf nor the smell OF t., SD. ggr-.
them.
\ study OF the my>trn-- 4t gs.-.
tive coloring' In insects U.> r..a. -.,.
menced at the TorlugaS So. .u4 BIS pa
fessor Charles Il. Stut.nI IL. 10,
begun with that unglu.y r..-a-. ,.
walking stick. which uan.e l.,. ,o,
only colOred. but formed % deceive r..
enemies. for when hidira ID. g.. 3s. p,
looks like a slender tWlg with branch.
es. Professor Stockard say, ,gf /,
feeds and breeds 10y ulglt a..l Hy d.v
remains motionless IN protective ~
tltude among the stem, Oh. J., ,gl
plant, from which 1t is lFics.t tod.
. tlnguish lis form. HOrh rur STEM, ..5
the insect vary considerably 3D. ..yr
, but the latter gcnera.y fails 70 >a..t
1 branches matching lis own Shade
When disturbed il usually 1run> LyIfy
To II branch below or 20 f.u --pgrl
where it feigns death Ia lrw >rgr,
Of experiments with these aa.alg, M.
sects Or. Stockard hlarEeu, 'hp.r cres
and removes their fcr.rr> at... W,.p
he subjects them 10 various au.,r> .rl
colored lights TO test ,Ar ..H! f..I,ng
nf their behavior" lie v. .uunr,r.
his results later He has 81 IS, sci ,r,g
wire legs dummy figure u.de gp o.
parts of the bodies Of dead wa kgs
sticks and has studied .ar Behavior
of live specimens toward ,lru
To determine what economic plants
can be made Ia Tourist ll The great
deserts OF our arid Southwest ,ae lies.
ert botanical Laboratory Wa.. The 10.
stitution has built at Tucson Ar.z. IS
doing intcreStim" work under the gld.
ance of y. T. MacDouga. director i
the department OF hOtaura research
\ boat lately. built for this laboratory
/ Is now circumnavigutIHG Tie great in.
| land "Salton sea" OF California which
| has an area of 500 square mics Nr.
/ MacDougal estimates that the greater
part of this lake will disappear il ten
/ years. and this expedition : tracing
movements OF vegetation Ous It's
shores. He also is directing explorations
! OF the Pattie basin. IN California Ole
. Of North Americas most arid regions
Luther Burbank. the wizard Of Santa
Rosa, under grant from the iusti.
tute is developing new fruit and t0l.
| der plants. notably many new species
of berries obtained by crossing two
| plants Of the solanum or night shade
| family. one from. west Africa bearing
an insipid black fruit ana The other
| from Chile producing sinai. hard
I green and equally in>ipH berries
From these night shades Eurb0nk a.
I ready has developed delicious and alb.
solutely new fruit. resembling the CIV
bush BURBERRY of our eastern states