Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-03

hygiene, or conditions during lffe.
And Metchnikoff points out that part
of the supposed Inheritance of lonesT
ity may not be inheritance. but SIM
arity of environment.
Natures movements are on so vast q
scale and contain so many complex
and never to be understood forces
that balance and counteract each 9th
er, that it now seems incredible that
the world for SO long should have &C
copied the authority of the past in a
matter as vital to human happiness as
the old idea of heredity. Fortunately
we have finally evolved into the un-
Outstanding that the final court Of ap-
peal is observation and experiment,
and not authority, however eminent
it may have been in its day and gener-
alton. The old axiom. Like produces
like" is now known to be incorrect.
No two things can be produced ex-
actly alike, and we know that ability
to change is the evidence of life.
A farmer selects as a fine ear OF
] oCCu NOl III Vic III WhiNh CoNh hCi hSi
conforms in general tyre to desirable
/ ancestor, and from this ear he takes
the seed for a new crop. Three factors
enter into the results from the plant
ing of this seed-heredity, climate.
soil. Granting the first two factors to
quired in the soil to produce de-
velopment equal in type and vitality to
the parent seed. Oxygen. hydrogen,
nitrogen, carbon, phosphorus, calcium,
sulphur, potassium, iron and magnesi-
UNI are the necessary elements, and
the absence of one Of these ten chem
icals in necessary amount will de-
termine whether there shall be par
tial or even a total crop failure. Corn
can be fed and bred up or starved and
run down. One community will aver
age ten bushels per acre and another
will average 100 bushels per acre. BY
the intelligent adjustment of all the
factors, 239 bushels per acre have been
produced.
The sane 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 with
the corn of the field and with all other
forms of life mankind reacts to the
universal laws of change and modifica-
ton; and this is the hope of humanity.
There being no spontaneous genera
ton of the human species. it follows
that all are Of equally ancient lineage.
and investigation will show only lit
tie way back a material faint in the
line of the best, judged by present day
standards. This is proof that in all
life there is an inherent tendency to
adapt and advance.
The fundamental problem of man is
to stay here on earth-"We don't
know where we are going, but we're
on the way" and we might as we'll be
comfortable about 1t. An intelligent
application of the laws Of heredity as
laid down by Mendel. coupled with a
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 a matter of heredity and
counts for about per cent of the in
observation-disclosures 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, a
masterpiece Of harmony. or a soul
ponds on the impression received after
its creation. Whether it 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
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 most
break-downs. The LLman body is made
up of IA acknowledgement. hydrogen,
carbon. nitrogen, phosphorus. calcium,
sulphur, chlorine, sodium, iron, potas-
SUM. magnesium, silica and fuorine,
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.
s not only woefully inadequate in the
light of modern science, but consti-
-utes grave menace to the health, to
he morals, to the sanity, and to the
life of any people.