The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-30
N. D. Agricultural College

/ thena--the opposing force or power
that destroys the action Of the germ
and makes IL harmless. And the effort
OF science today is to discover, for each
specific germ disease. It's anti-toxin.
Infantile Paralysis.
1t has lately been announced thai
the germ of infantile paralysis has
been isolated and the antitoxin for II
is known. This will make 1t possible
within the near future, to control that
disease, as now the world knows how
to control such diseases as have been
mentioned.
ziehs Repeats Lecture Monday.
If you. are interested thus far you
will be glad to learn that Professor
Ziefle will give a lecture next Monday
at 10 a. m. In the armory, covering In
the main the ground crudely gone over
here. The slides will add very largely
to the interest of the lecture, and all
visitors are welcome. The lecture will
begin sharp at 1910. and last about
so minutes.
A Debt to Chemistry.
TIL eadvance that has been made in
the industrial and therapeutic world
as well as in lines of agriculture, has
been, in a larger degree than most OF
us realize, due to the work of the
chemist. Modern medicine is based
upon chemistry wherefore the demand
for the pharmacist, and his chemical
knowledge. The seemingly simple mat
ter Of the baking of loaf of bread is
largely chemical, and the chemist can
tell you, by taking the composition
and baking test into account, which of
two strains OF wheat will be the better
to reproduce, 1t may not do to say
that he can tell which will have the call
one the market. But in the experiment
tai mill at the agricultural college,
which is, taken altogether, a great
chemical laboratory, is being worked
out problems which are just as i'm
portant TO the farmer as are any of
the more easily seen matters of good
roads, freight rates, or the like.
The chemistry OF bread making is
cited only as an example. The physi-
cal conditions are not forgotten, nor
are they left out of the account, but
when they are the same the chemist,
seeing the difference between the good
and the poor loaf, can weigh and meas
ure that difference in known terms Of
chemistry. And so, finally, back of
the open market and its demand for
the wheat grown on the farm, Is the
miller, the banker, the chemical expert,
to test the quality OF the product, and
in the long run that which stands up
to the best chemical standard will win
svS "a In
stance, here are two samples of wheat,
one is equally good, SO far as the eye
can see, to the other They sell for
the same price. They are milled; one
gives a little more -four than the 9TH
err; the other a little bigger loaf to the
pound of flour. II is easy to see that
here is a question that vitality con-
Germs the profits of a large milling
concern. Where can it obtain the
wheat that gives the best baking test
Other things being equal this demand
for the best milling wheat will be heard
on the board OF trade, and the farmer
will pocket, or lose as the case may
be-. the difference. 1t goes still fur
Their. 1t is matter that concerns the
ultimate consumer
This man has had a lot OF abuse and
good natured raillery thrown at him,
one time or another. But after all he
Is the fellow whose check pays the
bills If he buys a thing of inferior
food value for the price at which a
better may be obtained, not only may
there be a menace to his health. but
there is also distinct economic waste.
BY the difference in value between the
good and poor article he has thrown
away his months earnings, and is so
much less able to purchase things for
the home or for enjoyment. The ag-
gregate of this loss to the people at
large is something appalling, and here
again the chemist stands as a neces-
sary and indispensable servant to the
public
The fact seems to be that most of
us are decidedly negligent of what
goes on, so long as we do not per-
sonally see it. For example, but few
people took occasion to protest against
the exposure OF fruit to germ laden
street dust until under the pure food
law the matter Of protection Of the
public health was pushed and the en-
forcement Of the law taught the gem
eral public that cleanliness had a mar
ket value. One has but to compare
the neat clearly looking fruit display
of today with those Of the past to
recognize the measure OF advance that
has come in this one line. And the
advance has come, the law was oc-
casioned by the chemists knowledge
OF the impurities existing in street
dust, and the menace that 1t held to
the public health. Just what effect II
may have had on the fruit market,
where the law is effectively enforced,
might be hard TO say. Personally. the
writer is inclined to believe that the
average man will buy more OF good
clean, well-handled article than OF one
where lack of such essentials is shown
Paints Are Case in Point.
without entering into the detail OF
the matter the public is very well
aware that cheap paints are in the
end most costly, and therefore in ef-
feet fraud upon the buyer. The es
sentials Of paint, based upon the stan
dards OF the user, are preservative
| quality, and endurance You can paint
your house, and in time can determine
for yourself which does the better OF
two brands Of paint. That is too slow
The chemist can tell you through q
chemical analysis what the makeup OF
la good wearing paint is, and, findins
a poor paint, can determine what II
lacks, or perhaps what IL has that
makes 1t fell under weathering cOndi-
tons. The public deserves return fol
its money, and the chemist plays q very
direct and practical part in the econ
omy Of the every day world when hi
stands as sentinel against the Ill,