The border vidette., 1931-10-31
OF ARIZONA NEWS

University of Arizona (Tucson)
The industry that Solomon so
greatly admired in his busy ant
finds small endorsement with any
Arizona farmer. For this same
industry results in pasture lands
and alfalfa fields being generous
~ splotched with bare areas; in
dead citrus trees both in nursery
and orchard in defoliated cotton,
vegetables and other crops"
With this introduction to his
subject A. A. Nichol, assistant
chronological of the University
of Arizona. has proceeded to
write q comprehensive bulletin
on the Control of the Harvester
Ant" This research, bulletin
No. 1873. is now available thru
the agricultural experiment sta
tion Of the university.
Mr.. Nichol has made q thor
ough study of the methods used
in controlling the pest and Of
the items bearing on the poison
practice. In addition the ma
jority of the bulletin covers all
reliable ant poisons, control
methods and applications.
Considerable space is devoted
to precipitated calcium carbonate
and sodium arsenite. Other con.
troll methods taken up include
calcium cyanide, chloropicrin,
white arsenic, carbon bisulphide,
London purple, Paris green. lead
chromate and sodium cyanide.
Pima. Hopi. Papago, Yuma
and Maricopa Indians have con
tributed to the famous pottery
collection of the Arizona State
Museum in the, stadium building
of the University of Arizona.
1t is estimated by DR.. Byron
Cummings. director of the mu
scum, that the state has approx.
imateiy 1000 pieces of pottery in
the collections.
The earliest collections we're
baked without color or decora
tion, however, 9 later develop
mems shows q more perfectly
formed article decorated in black
and white. Another group con
tains = number OF specimens
from prehistoric Indians in south
ern Arizona. This group is di
vided into two periods, the early
Gila Polychrome and the late
Gila Polychrome.
The first group shows decora
ton in the interior while the
latter has both interior and ex.
terror decorations. Pottery was
used for multitude of purposes
by the Indians. Included are
elaborate drinking cups, large
and small ollas, cooking utensils.
strainers and beautifully decor.
ated burial urns.
Creation of new department
of entomology and economic
zoology at the University of Ari
zona has been approved by the
board of regents. The new de.
partment will have staff of five
men.
The department will be headed
by DR.. Charles T. Vorhies, pro.
fessor of entomology and will
include DR.. Elmer D. Ball, pro.
fessor of economic zoology, Law
renee P. Wehle, assistant of
entomology, A. a. Nichol, assist
ant professor of entomology and
D. M. Gorsuch, research fellow.
Mothers and fathers of stu
dents in attendance at the Uni.
versity Of Arizona will be guests
of the institution, Saturday, No
vember z, and will witness the
football game between the Uni.
versity and the Flagstaff Teach
ers' college.
The mothers and fathers day
is planned ia order that parents
may become more closely &C
quainted with the problems con
fronting the student at college
and to give a better insight into
the work that is being carried
on.
Contrary to previous plans, the
Arizona-Flagstaff game will be
played at night. 1t is planned
to begin to play at 7:30 o'clock.
In the opinion of Miss Jane
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