The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-19
Expert Scientists of the West
ern Hemisphere Will Gather
At Omaha to Hear Reports
Of Committees.
EVERY KIND OF SUBJECT
WILL BE INTRODUCED
Delegates Know More on the
Question Than All the L.
braries, Prior to the TWEEN.
tieth Century, Contained.
(American News Service)

| (American News Service)
Omaha, Neb., Nov 19.-One thous-
and men who have given the world in
few years, more knowledge of here
dity than all the libraries contained
before the twentieth century; scien-
fists from the United States, Canada.
Hawaii, South Africa and the South
American republics will participate in
the annual meeting of the American
Breeders association. which opens
here December and continues four
days.
A dozen years ago the subject of
heredity was not usually taught in col
leses. because not enough was known
of the subject to justify touching it,
Divided in to more than a score of
committees, the leaders of the Amer
lean Breeders association have been
making sweeping investigation of
the laws OF nature as applied to here
dity. While one committee is inves-
ugating fish breeding, another expert
ments with roses; still another COM
nittee of scientists seeks information
on breeding fur-bearing animals:
while David Starr Jordan heads a
committee on Eugenics to investigate
and report on heredity in the human
race.
A Valuable Asset.
At the meeting to be held in Oma-
ha next month these committees will
report. They will show how heredity,
like electricity, is coming rapidly in
to mans hand to increase production
They say 1t is an energy, which when
harnessed will give the United States
two billion dollars of new wealth each
year on the farms of the country
alone. Electrical energy has given the
world Enthusiastically is force ca
pable of giving the world more wealth
than electricity. say the committees
of this association.
Secretary of Agriculture James viii
son. heads this organization, while
Wiflet NJ. Hays, the assistant secre-
tary, gives it his influence and finan.
cial support: Luther Burbank contri-
butes to the reports while James J.
Hill. builder of the northwest is one
vi Vic SpCdhCio Tic SoIHIHS HlecC-
ing.
Some Who Will Attend.
The following are some of the COM
mittees which will report and the men
who will be in attendance to give the |
reports to the association: The Breed |
ing of Corn, DR.. L. S. Klinck. Quebec. |
Canada; Hereford Shorthorn Crosses,
P. E. Fogle, jefferson, n c.; Biblio- |
graphy of Animal Hybride, Dean F. r. |
Mumford, Columbia. Mo-; Cow Test |
ing Associations. Collins C. Little, |
Coppersville, Mich; Breeding Milking |
Shorthorns, DR.. Andrew Boss, ST. |
Paul, Mimi; Types to be followed in |
Breeding for the Meat Production, |
Professor W. r. Graham, Guelph, Can |
ada; Facts about Breeding for the |
Hen, DR.. Raymond Pearl, Gro |
no, Maine; Some Principles of Here |
dity, Prof. w. I. Spilman, Washing
ton, D. c.: Problems in Plant I'M |
provement, Dean H. ]. Weber, Ithaca,
N. Y; Influence Of Nutrition on Ami
NAL Life. DR.. H. J. Waters. Manhat- |
tan, Kan; Breeding of Barley. Prof |
]. Shepard. Fargo, N. D.; Plan for
Breeding and use of Three Crops,