The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-28

A&AA "a III lCkENIGIe 10f f
half a minute. It was recognize as
a or the sparrow1. The birds were
moving generally southwark. but fire.
Quently one or more of them would
De seen going in some other direc-
.1on' once during the nigh two |
pirds crossed the line OF vision al
the same time, apparently some dis
lance apart
In his report the ~rnitholocist sum-
Inarlzes his observations as follows.
Brief as was the time each bird an
peared IN the circle Of vision. a num-
Der OF species were identified. More
OF the red-winged blackbirds were
recognized than Of any other kind
and next in abundance were meadow
lark, OF which several fiocks we're dis
cern1ble. The purple grackie. spar
ro" naWk, yellow hammer and one
species Of luck were distinguished.
Wnlie several hocks Of birds resemb-
ing gulIs We're seen. the identity Of
which could not be determined.
Inc purpose Of the government in
~Vestlgatlon was to ascertain the things
ana manner of bird m~igrations.
whether they were governed By
storms or other meteorological condi-
tons, and such other facts as might
be revealed. The conclusions reached
We're that birds nest in succeeding
years at or near the places where
they We're Matched. hat they go
south III autumn. pass the winter
there, and return 10 the same locaIi-
ties in spring, the female birds often
bringing a different mate. The au-
tunn and spring migrations are fixed
by the Noting periods Of tbs birds
and not by the weather. The fight
OF birds in following their migratory
instinct, often displays a stupidity
that woul be inexplicable or any
other theory than that they do not
profit by reason and experience.
THE Alto. KINGDOM.
Its Bacillus Has Affected Nations in
a unnber OF Ways.
The bacillus Of cooperation. abroad
IN the world, has affected nations in
a variety Of Jays: in sor1e its activi-
" has been directed chiefly to prob
lens Of distribution, in others tri-
u~mphantly applied to financial credit.
and in still others to agriculture. II
every new country is invades. the So
clal effect differs quite as markedly as
the practical application. Denmark
and Italy, to select to countries whose
conditions are opposed and whose
methods IN a name complement
: each other, have especial success il
production, further manufacture, ant
, marketing Of the things which ar
I natively grown: three fields in which
= III - dohaitS ilA1iI WdolC anu los
: from the limitations Of the farmer
: not always caused by ignorance o
: iEexperience, but often hy eConomi
, factors which are not clearly under
StOdd.
Denmark, using cooperation onl
in such manner as to separate all tn
interests OF the farmer, helping t
= maintain his entity, has taken goo
care to make her citizens individual
lists on the land and keep them SO
; the several forms Of society, eac
provided for a single detail. are quit
= different from the many-purposed col
lectivist association Of RaiffeiSen'
ideal. Dennark presents today tn
= unique example of a governmer
: which draws a large part of its sus
- tenance from co~-Operatlon. 1t is We
- called the Cooperative Kingdom. TIL
%.country has long been pre-eminent j
= dairying, and the Danes have spe
. cialized with great ucces provldin
England with butter. bacon. andeSg
= and reaching out toward a create
g export trade. The farmers have ais
- erected a large cooperative beet-St
gar factory and a considerable u
- Der of cooperative preserving-factt
: ries. This entire business, includir
the immense WELD of root and graz
:. crops and the export of fine live stOC
at fancy prices, is cerried on by a POI
- ulatien no larger than that of Chicag
.e and in an area two and q half tim
the size of New Hampshire. Der
~ mark has solved her human probe
8. by means Of proper ~educatlon: she h;
solved her land problem by means
cooperative mortgage credit and go
. aid, and, best Of all, h h
,,i0 attacked the most troublesome diff
y ~cuities between the farmer and r
eo market with notable sucCesS-John
Mathews. in Harperts Magazine t
November.
~ Diaz Expecting Arrest Any Ninut
III Vera cruz Oct. 25.-ENpectlng &
> rest at any minute. subjected to I
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