Cheyenne record., 1914-06-11

And Metchnikoff points out that par
Of the supposed Inheritance Of longev
ity may not be Inheritance, but simil
arity OF environment.
Natures movements are on so vast
scale and contain 80 many compiler
and never to be understood force,
that balance and counteract each 9th
er, that 1t now seems incredible tina,
the world for 30 long should have &C
cepted the authority of the past in
matter as vital to human happiness Al
the old idea Of heredity. Fortunately
we have finally evolved into the un
derstanding that the final court of ap
peal Is observation and experiment
and not authority. however eminen'
It may have been in it's day and gener
alton. The old axiom. Like producer
like" is now known to be incorrect
No two things can be produced ex
actly alike, and we know that abilit!
to change is the evidence of life.
A farmer selects as fine ear q
seed corn one in which each kerne
conforms in general type to desirable
ancestor, and from this ear he take'
the seed for new crop. Three factors
enter into the results from the plant
ing of this seed-heredity. climate
soil. Granting the first two factors t.
be ideal, there are ten elements re
quired in the soil to produce a de
velopment equal in type and vitality t.
the parent seed. Oxygen. hydrogen
nitrogen, carbon, phosphorus. calcium
sulphur, potassium, iron and magnesi
um are the necessary elements, ant
the absence of one of these ten chem
fcals in necessary amount will de
termine whether there shall be par
tial or even total crop failure. Corr
can be fed and bred up or starved ant
run down. One community will aver
age ten bushels per acre and anothe,
will average 100 bushels per acre. B,
the intelligent adjustment of all tht
factors, 239 bushels per acre have beer
produced.
The same principles and factors ap
ply to the animal kingdom. including
man. Heredity determines the type
but environment governs what the In
dividual shall be. In common will
the corn of the field and with all otheI
forms of life mankind reacts to thu
universal laws Of change and modifica
ton; and this is the hope of humanity
There being no spontaneous genera
ton of the human species, 1t follow
that all are of equally ancient lineage
and investigation will show only lit
tie way back material taint in thu
line of the best. judged by present da,
standards. This is proof that in al
life there Is an inherent tendency tt
adapt and advance.
The fundamental problem Of man II
/ to stay here on earth-"We don't
know where we are going, but were
on the way" and we might as well bt
comfortable about 1t. An intelligent
application of the laws of heredity al
laid down by Mendel, coupled with
rational adjustment of the individual
to environment, could make a new
race in two generations. We may be
ascendent or decadent just as we see
fit.
Type is matter of heredity and
counts for about s per cent Of the In
dividual-environme covers the re
naming 95 per cent. A phono
graph record disk may be large
or small, depending on the type Of
mold selected to make it. Its ca
pacity is determined by the mold, but
whether it shall receive and give out
a meaningless jangle of discord,
masterpiece Of harmony, or soul
stirring call to human achievement, de
pends on the impression received aftei
its creation. Whether 1t be used with
intelligent purpose or marred. cracked
| and scratched by Indifferent handling
depends on unknown factors. And
man, too. is the product Of the sum
of the impressions received in his ex
perience.
Like the corn plant, man too is the
product Of three factors covered by
the term anthropological, telluric. so
cial, and granting the first two to be
ideal, the third involves a complex
mass easily accounting for mos,
break-downs. The LLman body is made
up Of IA elements-oxygen, hydrogen
carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium
sulphur, chlorine, sodium, iron, potas
stun, magnesium, silica and fluorine
and to attain perfect development
must be supplied with all these ele
, ments in suitable quantity.
The now prevailing standard Of food
values which measures the heat units
produced from food and completely
ignores all other elements and factors
is not-only woefully inadequate In the