Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-01-03
RECEPTION and EX-
HIBIT AT UNIVERSITY
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and the working OF a milk separator
was ON view. The large edible roots
OF the Cassava. varieties Of farm seeds.
photograph of station cattle. and Ia
blcs Of feeds. ratlOns and of milk
production. were displayed: while. In
q temporary pen before the door.
Shorthorn, Jersey, and native cattle
were exhibited.
The plant Psychologist, b. +. Floyd,
.aoved the stomata. through which
leaves take In air: the root-tips and
r'o-Eairs. 10y which plants take In
water; experiments I'm diffusion. os-
mOsis. and Transportation. There was
a complete exhibit illustrating physi-
illogical diseases of citrus trees, iu-
Guiding frenching. melanose. yellow
spotting. and dieback Il was also
shown that i'm cases where copper sui
phate had been inserted under the
bark. with the idea of curing dieback.
that the remedy was worse than the
disease. and the tree was seriously in
jured
The librarian OF the station display
ed books on agriculture. pamphlets
and publications Of the United States
Department Of Agriculture. and agri-
cultural periodicals.
The director of the station. Prof.
p. II. Rolls. showed enlarged photo
graphs Of silage. forage. and hay
crops and labOr-saving implements
used on the station farm, with tables
OF crops, rotations, etc. Typical ears
OF coin Suitable for Florida were also
displayed.
I'm the horticultural laboratory, be-
sides a series showing the life-histOry
Of the pineapple a course Of expert
ments with simple apparatus was set
up, TO demonstrate how green plants
form starch in their leaves in the
light.
The plant pathologist. Prof. II. s
FawCett. showed slices OF moldy brea
half OF each OF which had been treated
with a fungicide such as Bordeaux
mixture. potassium sulphide. or sui
phur, and the other half untreatei.
The bacteria from half n to1spConful
Of Gainesville water, and from the air
OF the laboratory. were shown grow
ing on jellies. The fungus which
causes lemon scab might be seen
growing ON sweet potatoes, on cook
ed sour orange leaves. and inoculated
into q living sour orange plant The
fungus which causes withcT-tip was
shown growing on nutrient jelly and
on cooked rice. Specimens illustrat-
ing otter diseases of oranges. peaches.
pears. pecans, and figs were exhibited.
Roselle mlldew. bacterial disease OF
lettuce. cabbage black rot, blaCkheart
10. c,,O.W and coN-peJ mi,dcw were also
on view. The red fungus of the white
ny was 90 he scDu ~rn~iro on cooked
sweet potato ana ou nutrient jelly. rs
was also the yellow fungus. The
brown fungus Of the Whiteny. and the
cinnamon fungus were shown grow
ing In testtubes. The black fungus
Of scale insects. the red-headed fungus
and the white headed fungus were %
be seen killing on scale insects.
The ontomolOgist DR. r. W. Berger.
had on view dissections Of insects
with the parts named; the transforma-
tiOns OF butterflies and moths; the
mouthparts OF an elrctric-light bug
and Of a grasshoppor; scales Of differ
ent kinds, such as peach scale, red
scale purple scale long scale, wax
scale, chat scale. The Whitony was
shown attacked By the red. yellow and
brown fungi on orange leaves. and
also less often. on Chlnaberry leaves
Photographs OF eggs, larvae, pupae and
adults OF the Whitedy were on view.
EntUmological books with ColOrcd o.
Iu-tratious suitable for school use
were to De- seen. Illustrating butter
flies, moths. beetles, otc. The brain
of the Whitedy was shown under the
microscope. together with the spores
of the fungus which attacks this noX-