The border vidette., 1931-03-07
UNIVERSITY or ARIZONA NEWS

III <AIIZOu0 ouU Otu0E CltCUS pro
ducing states in the south west,
have been responsible for shift
ing the path of recent storms, is
refuted by Prof. G. E. P. Smith,
specialist in irrigation of the
University Of Arizona.
Recent maps have pictured the
southwest as being indirectly
responsible for the frozen grape
fruit, tangerines aud oranges of
the Florida peninsula. 10 rela
tion to this, Professor Smith
states that the sequence of
storms and their tracks varies
from year to year, but over q
long period of time there can be
no important change.
1n addition, Professor Smith
points out that Idano has more
irrigated land than Arizona. New
Mexico, Nevada and the Impe
rial Valley together. According
to the irrigation specialist the
rain clouds do not stray from
the beaten path to move over
Arizona.
I. r. Tannehill of the United
States Weather Bureau does not
give much credence to will-o
the wisp forecasting aud be
lieves that often forecasters let
their enthusiasm for some pet
idea run away with them. He
states that these forecasters hit
upon some contributory cause of
weather conditions and try to
bare forecasts on it as the chief
or only cause. The new high
way for rain storms is cited as
an example.
"A belief that the year 1881
will Of necessity be q year of
conservation so far as the ex
penses in the poultry business
are concerned has been express.
ed by G. F. Rowe of the Agri
cultural Extension Service.
| Ia addition Mr.. Rowe believes
that the best way to exercise
conservation in expenses is to
Igrow q maximum number of pur.
chased baby chicks to maturity.
He urges that exceptional care
be taken of all that the poultry.
man does buy.
| The specialist has called at
tention to several common mis-
takes, which if eliminated, would
save thousands of chicks each
year. The majority of the mis-.
takes are said to be traced di
rectly to weather" conditions
as they locally affect the brood
er coops inside and out.
First" states Mr.. Rowe, too
many poultrymen close the brood
or houses so tightly that the
chicks are practically suffocated.
They seat under the brooder,
and with the first good dash of
cool or cold air they contract
brOOder pneum0nla.
| Second, keep the house dry
and the air sweet. Crowding or
closing up the house is probably
responsible for damppess more
often in Arizona than is rain,
moist atmospheric conditions and
snow. Faulty. drinking foun
tains sometimes cause trouble
and should be repaired long be
fore the chicks arrive"
Mr.. Rowe emphasizes the fact
that cleanliness is one of the
most important phases of poul
try raising and recommends care
in planning the brooder so that
it will not be responsible for the
sacrifice of the baby chicks.
Plans for determining Ari
zona's best high school creative
writer are again being formulat
ed by the Manuscript, quarterly
literary magazine Of the Univer
sity of Arizona.
| The contest between state high
school prose writer's was insti
tuted last year by the members
of the editorial board of the ma
gazine and representative ma
nuscripts from nearly every high
school in the state were receiv
ed. The award for the winner
was a silver loving cup with a
certificate Of merit going TO the
student placing second. 49,
Under the. rules of the tenta.
tive contest the student entering
the competition will be allowed
to submit as many specimens of
work as desired and these speci.
mems may be in any prose style