Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-31

A ten-million-dollar war was waged
against the European corn borer in
the Corn Belt States by the Depart.
ment of Agriculture and declared sue
cessful.
Three botanists, DR.. A. b. Stout,
DR.. Ralph Mckee and K. j. schreiner.
announced the development OF a fast.
growing hybrid poplar to meet the
demands for wood pulp.
Cells, usually assumed to be short
lived. were found still living in the
heartwood of redwood trees a century
old, it was reported by DR.. d. T. Mac
Dougal Of the Carnegie Institution Of
Washington and DR.. q. NJ. Smith OF
Stanford University.
Small amounts Of copper were
found to make iow-grade muck lands
highly productive. according to L. L..
Felix of Cornell University.
The Tennessee State Supreme Court,
in a decision on appeal In the famous
Scopes case. declared the anti-evolu.
ton law constitutional. but % werded
its decision a. virtually 70 nullify the
law. John Scopes was excused from
violating the statute, because of an
error on the part OF the Judge presid'
ing at his trial.
Efforts made in 10 States to pass
authorization statutes were unsuc.
cessfui.
x.rays applied to the reproductive
cells Of animals and plants were
found TO speed up the rate Of evoiu.
tionary change over ] 200 per cent.
This work was done on fruit flies by
Prof. III. ]. Muller Of the University OF
Texas. and on tobacco plants by Prof.
r. II. Coodspeed and Prof. 4. X. Olson
OF the University Of California.
Natural evolutionary changes In
shellfish within so years. producing
distinctly recognizable animal varie.
ties IN a lake In Wisconsin. were re.
ported by DR.. Frank G.. Baker, curator
Of the Museum OF Natural History OF
the University of Illinois.
Chemical affinities between the milks
! Of related animals were discovered by
Prof. II. r. Marston Of the University
Of Adelaide.
Eggs Of the marine worm, Neresis.
were fortified without fathers by the
use OF an electric current. in the
| laboratory OF Or. Ware cattell OF
Memorial Hospital. New York City.
Dr. Barnett Sure Of the University
OF Arkansas has shown by expert
ments with rats that poorly nour.
ished mother. whose bodily stock Of
vitamin D In subnormal. becomes un.
able TO pass along this necessary food
element 10 her nursing offspring.
The female sex horTnone. or gland
essence that causes typicaIly feminine
reactions and development in animals.
war discovered In male animals AZ
well as female by DIR. Otfried o. Fell.
ner of Vienna
The tuberculin testing of fowls 10
weed out avian Tuberculosis was advo.
Gated by DR. John X. Mohler. chief of
the United States Bureau Of Animal
Industry. al the third international
poultry contest held at Ottawa.
Canada.
Mathematic studies Of athletic rec.
ords show that the one for the $50.
| yard run should be most easily broken.
| DIR. Earle X Hedrick Of the Univer.
sity 0f California stated.
DIR. Raymond Pearl. director OF the
Institute for Biological Research at
tbs JohnA Hopkins University, an.
nounced a theory. based on laboratory
| observation Of yeast. bacteria and
fruit fiiea. that biological and human n
| populate rise and fall In accorda nee
with a universal law.
Congress has passed a bill Ia pro.
vide for the collection and care Of a
herd OF the neariy extinct Texas long