The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-06-26
PART vITAMlNS
PLAY IN FOOD
Smithsonian Institution Report
Gives Facts on NutritionaI
Value Of Foods.
TELLS OF BIG DINOSAURS
Fossil Remains of Big Reptile Found
Only in America-Agricuitur
Insect Pests Sometimes En-
tirey Suppressed by Birds.


treIy Suppressed by Birds.
aShington.-ln lie annual report
of the Smithsonian Institution an
article on vitamins by W. ID. Halli-
! burton describes what is known to
date on this new discovery relating
to foods and their nutritional value.
In comparing the building of the body
to the building of Il house, the well
known elements of our food, proteins.
fats, carbohydrates salts and water,
correspond TO the brick which are use
| less unless held together with mortar,
| to which the vitamins are compared.
When the chemically purified ele-
mcnts mentioned are given to young
i animals growth ceases and can only
be induced by adding to the diet nat
ural foods rich in the accessory fac
tors or vitamins. The author then
cites three known kinds of vitamins.
with the deficiency diseases" which
lack of each kind brings on. He con-
cludes by saying: THE field is fruit
full one, and one can only trust that
Will lItSll Gil w OthCl NOihShS
our knowledge in this direction may
be amplified and thus rendered of
even greater benefit to mankind"
DR. Edgar 7. Wherry describes his
experiments in determining the rela-
tion of soil acdity to the distribution
of plants, and gives in detail a field
method which can be used by any one
j. Il, Of. Il
sired soil Through his researches
Doctor Wherry has shown that GER
tain native plants which have been
considered impossible to cultivate in
some localities can be made to grow
by giving the soil the specific acidity
WIN has been found to be the best
for this particular plant.
Great Horned Dinosaurs.
The great horned dinosaurs of the
upper cretaceous geological period are
described and illustrated by c. w. Gil
more Fossil remains of these prehis-
toric reptiles so far have been found |
only in America. The striking feature !
of the horned dinosaurs is the enOr-
nous head armed with horns and a
bony crest projecting backward over
the neck, the skull in old individuals
sometimes reaching a length Of eight
feet, although the brain is in proper
ton the smallest in any ANIMAL being
only the size of mans fist.
Regarding the disappearance of
these animals, Mr.. Gilmore says:
"The ceratopsians (horned dino
saurS) made many attempts to perfect
heir skeleton organization, to bring it
nto harmony with their changing sur
-oundings, and it seems pity they i
should nave been so suddenly exter- {
but all things have their
lay even the horned dinosaurs
An article that will be of interest TO ,
,1rd lovers is one by w. l.. McAtee !
describing actual instances in which I
many different species of birds have I
realty reduced and sometimes sup G
ressed entirely agricultural insect c
ests. The instances given, which are
Ii from reliable correspondents, re-
ate to thirty-two different insect pests
nd include more than seventy cases
I which these pests were exter-
linated locally. In many of these
asses the saving of a crop from GER
ain destruction from insects seerns
holly to be the work of birds and
lere is no doubt that birds have been
[ great value to American agricul-
1rists. The cases cited show, more
yer, that even greater results may
2 expected when more organized and
idespread efforts are made to in {
ease the number of birds.
Senses of Insects.
The senses Of insects are discussed L
i Dr. A. e. NcIndoo, who states that L
sects, like all other animals, acquire is
cir information concerning the world *
rough their senses. To human IL
,ings the world is chiefly world lE
visions or sights, all other senses lie
ing secondary; to the bloodhound lE
e world is one of scents or smells; iE
such insects as ants and bees the X
)rld is not only a world of smells IE
It this sense is SO very important to Is
EN- that should it suddenly be de-
royed, these insects could no longer
list. K
Doctor McIndoo then describes his
on all OF the senses Of ~ :
cts and their reactions to certain
null. In conclusion, the autnDr
Us: LET us cease looking with scorn
on insects. Instead we should
lrve at the things they have ac-
mplished. Comparing their organiza-
n with ours. they have perhaps ac-
nplished comparatively more than