The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-07-05
PART WTAMlNS
PLAY IN FOOD
Smithsonian Institution fe2e'
Gives Facts on hUtritlonal
ValJC Of foods.
TELLS OF BIG DINOSiu.13
Fossil Remains Of Big Reptile Found
Only in America-AgrlcultUral
Insect Pests Sometimes En-
tirely Suppressed by Birds.

Washington@In the annual report
u the Smithsonian Institution an
article on yitamins BY W. -. Hall
burton describes what is known 10
date on this new discovery relating
10 foods and their nutritional value.
In comparing the building Of the body
10 tie building Of a house, the well
known elements of our food, proteins.
fats, carbohydrates, salts and water.
correspond 10 the brick which are use
less unless held together with mortar.
70 which iAe yitalnins are compared
When the chemically purified eie
mems mentioned are given 10 young
animals growth ceases and can 0nis
De induced By adding t0 the diet mai.
ural foods rich IN the accessory fac
tors or Yitaiains. The author then
cites three known kinds ~0f yitamins.
with the deficiency discusses" which
. lack Of each kind brings on. lie con.
eiudes by shying The field Is ii fruit
fui one, and n can only trust that
with fresh research by other workers
our knowledge In this direction mny
NV bilHAilAtV Nhu mus ifi'NNlib VI
even greater benefit 10 mankind"
Dr. Edgar 7, Wherry describes his
experiments In determining the rela
ton Of soil Hcidity 10 the distribution
of plants, ana gives In detail II hele
method which ean be used by any one
for determining the acidity Of any de
sired soil. Through his researches
Doctor Wberfy has shown that Ger
tain native plants which have been
considered impossible 10 cultivate IN
some localities can be made Ia grow
by giving the soil The specific aeidits
which has been found 10 be the best
for this particular plant.
Great Horned Dinosaurs.
1Yie great horned dinosaurs Of the
upper oretaceons geological period are
described aud illustrated by q. ". Gil
more, Fossil remains Of THESE pfehis
loric reptiles So tHr have been fouGa
only IN America. THE striking feature
of the horned dinosaurs h tie mo
nous head armed with horns and u
bony CREST projecting backward oven
the neck, The skull In old individuals
sometimes reaching a length Of eight
feet, although The bruin Is ia proper
ton the smallest Ia any animal, being
only the size Of "A mans fist,
Regarding the Disappearance OF
these animals. Mr.. Gilmore says.
''rhe %cerutopaians thOrned dino
saura) made many attempts 10 perfect
their skeleton organization, 10 bring II
into harmony with their changing sur
roundings. ana IL seems II pity thes
should hnye been so suddenly exter
minated but all things have theli
day, even the horned dinosaurs"
An article that Will be of interest Il
bird lovers is one by w. l.. MeAtee
describing actual instances In which
many different species of birds have
greatly reduced nnd sometimes sup
pressed entirely agricultural Insect
pests, The instances given, which NJ,
all from reliable correspondents, re
late TO thirty-two different insect pests
ana include more than seventy eases
In which these pests We're exter
minated locally, In many of these
cases the saving of II crop from Ger
tain destruction from insects SEEM
wholly 20 be the work of birds and