Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-02-20

December -. 1919. will be admitted w
to January Is, 1914.
As soon as any country or district
can be shown free from potato disease
the quarantine will be lifted, and pota--
toes will be admitted under proper
regulation and inspection, as provided
in the other order. II Is possible that.
In the case o. certain provinces IN
Canada, and certain countries ard dis
tricts In Europe, the absolute quaran-
tine can be lifted In time to allow the
later movement Of the present years
crop under regulation and Inspection.
The weather bureau displays AT GER
tain points the information contained
in It's forecasts
How to Read and warnings by
Weather Flags. means q 2 system, ,,,,a
the flag system has the advantage Of
being comparatively inexpensive TO IN
stall and maintain. it Is not In gen.
eral use. since In large cities the nags
are quickly discolored, and on account
OF the prevailing smoke and haze It
soon becomes difficult to distinguish
them.
The Interpretation OF these displays
may be more easily mastered II IT IS
kept in mind that the meaning is con-
ditioned on the color and form OF the
flag; thus a white flag, II displayed
alone. means clear or fair weather,
with practically no change In temper
AZURE; blue flag alone indicates gen.
eral rain or snow with stationary
Temperature; dag composed OF
equal portions of white and blue
indicates local rain or snow. as con-
trasted with general rain or snow. A
triangular flag is used to indicate tenn
perature changes. When displayed
above ant one Of the flags already
mentioned it indicates rising temper
allure; when below, falling tempera'
ture. I'D
Forecasts OF decidedly lower tenn.
perature, or much colder. are indi-
Gated by the display of the cold wave
faR-a white rectangular flag with
black square as a center The colo
wave flag is always displayed alone.
It Is planned by the department OF
agriculture to put men In the winter
inc pro,nds Of the
Bird Law Put migratory water
ln+o Effort fowl in order to
WV take a rough CEN
sus of the Kinds that occupy each
main wintering area along the south
ern California coasts In the east and
along the Pacific coast in the west.
This scheme Is In connection with the
migratory bird law and to keep track
of the water fowl, so that 1t can be
found out exactly what benefit ts be-
ing obtained through the law.
without the annual census the ex-
tent Of the benefit derived from the
law will not be known. II 1t Is found
that from year to year the ducks are
increasing, 1t will. of course, show the
law is beneficial 1t will also furnish
data for necessary changes In the law
and regulation. II 1t is discovered
that some species are being wiped out
in spite Of the law, then more strict
regulation will be needed; but II 1t is
found that the several species are In
creasing largely, the shooting season
can be heightened.
Over 100000 drcfs died during
the last three years as the result Of
Mysterious causes
Millions OF ia the Salt Lake
nucke Killed valley. At first
II was thought
that the deaths were caused by some
bacterial disease, ard the biological
survey co.operated with the bureau OF
animal industry. department Of agri-
culture, in Investigating the matter
In some OF the birds, traces Of cocci-
diosis were found. but as rule. the
internal organs were in healthy con-
dition. As result the department au-
thorities arrived at the conclusion
that the cause Of the great destruc-.
ton was poison.
The mortality among the ducks Is
always greater after rain. showing
that possibly some poison. was washed
in the feeding grounds. Quite num-
Der OF the streams OF the locality are
connected in some way with the smell
tiers, and recently the Salt Lake city
papers have been calling attention to
the poisoning Of stock and the de-
struction OF certain plants along these
streams.
One thing IL known, that Is. the
cause Of the tremendous loss is not
bacterial disease, because It was
found in. not only ducks and geese.
but other birds and even muskrats
have been killed.
When 1t Il considered that ducks
are becoming 80 expensive 1t Ia q
| matter Of the greatets interest, be-
cause Of the fact that the millions. of
ducks that are killed annually from
this unknown cause would be worth
from $1,000. 600 TO 100000.
Under existing law. Is PEI cent. OF
the gross receipts from the forests is
| g. paid over to the
States are states by the fed
Coffinr Mnnev era1 government
'>%'' for the benefit Of
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