Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-18
From The battle-ground of Thought.

Father or just AZ the whole coun-
] American try IL stirred by the con-
Forestry. trovctsy between Sccrc-
tary Ballinger and Ma
| tional Forester linchot. Hampton 3
\ Magazine tells the interesting story uf
Tho man who inspired Pinchot 10 his
| present work. This man h. Dr. Bernard
p, Fernow. the true father OF American
forestry DR. FernOw was born under
the Prussian nag I'm little Polish viii
lage in the province 81 posen lie
came Of country stock and country lie
drew him 50 strongly that. upon his
graduation IN iSos from the Bromberg
gymnasium he entered the piussian
department OF forestry There was no
opening here for a forester when be
came over I'M 1876 After many vicis-
STUDIES he was for four years the man
ager OF charcoal works IN the back
woods Of Pennsylvania. There he add
ed TO his theoretical knowledge OF for
estry an acquaintance with American
numbering practice The waste and ex-
travagance he saw about him worked
50 strongly on his Imagination that he
resolved 70 return to his profession
" the country had no forester. all the
better reason why he should be the
first one. and he hung out his shinRlc
In New York, but the only client who
came was under the impression that
AhN NAAANN was rNllt rOIi OF NnAlllHDlT
Institution and protested Indignantly
against paying any fee clearly. the
young forester saw. n there was 10
business to come 10 him the first thing
10 40 was go out and crer4e the busi-
ness So he became prime organizer
and secretary OF the American Fore=
try congress, which later became the
American Forestry association. and IN
the following year as a result Of his
agitation, succeeded Ia having estab-
ished division OF forestry in the
United states departmert OF arricul.
ture. He was logically called upon TO
become its chief
Cost Of In an illustrated article
Feeding ON the rat pest in H.
The Rats. October number, Popu-
lar Mechanics makes tha
Following interesting statement: The
Drown rat rs practically omnivorous
Its OIL Of fare includes seeds and
grains Of all kinds. -four. meal and
iood products made from them. fruit
anu garden vegetables. mushrooms.
DARK OF growing trees bulbs. roots.
stems, leaves and noWe rs OF herbaceo,,e
plants eggs. chicks. ducklings. Young
pigeons, young rabbits. milk. butter
cheese, fresh meat. carriou mice asb
frogs ana mussels This great VARIETY,
Of food explains the ease with U-blcL
rats adapt themselves to almost anv
environment. Experiments show thai
tne average quantity or grain cOnsuni-
ed by full-grown rat la fully tu,.
ounces a day. and a half-prown "a,
eats about as much as an adult Eel
on gram, rat eats a. 10 90 hounds "a
year. worth about 60 cents In ,rh.at
or Sl.SO II oatmeal Fed on beefsteaks
worth 70 cents a pound. or on chicks
or SQUADS with a much higher prOspec-
i've value, the cost OF maintaining A
rat IS proportionateiy Increased Grant
ed that more than half the food OF
rats Is waste the average cost OF keen
ing one rat is still upward OF 25 cents
year. II an accurate census az tba
rats IN the United States were possible
reasonably correct calculation Of the
minimum cost OF feeding them could he
made from the above data. II tho
number OF rats supported by the peo-
pie throughout the United states ,yere
no more than equal 10 the number NJ
domestic animals on the farms-horses
cattle sheep and hogs-the minin,um
cost Of feeding them would he nm
ward Of 500 600 600 year. To some
such enormous total every farmer. and
every householder who has rats upon
his premises contributes a share.
In the September Wild
In the World Magazine Mr. Ed
Frozen ward Whymper concludes
North his diary Of the pul.e
u the Abruzzi's expedition to the
North Pole The expedition had posi-
lively reached the limit OF endurance
and the end of supply Of dogs flesh m
which they had become reduced. ana
on April 25th Il WAS decided to sion
return. and finally quit this region Of
suffering and desolation They had
then been out forty-hve DAYS. ana
reckoned TO get back IN much less time.
Return to the encampment. however.
actually occupied hfty-nine days. This
was owing to Cagnl miscalculatint the
drift Of the ice toward the west n
has long been known that the floating
ice Of the Arctic Ocean has con-