5iw 5iL a e. 3< eoor d V O L. 4. L A N S I N G, M I C H I G A N, T U E S D A Y, M A R CH 28, 1899. N o. 28 M. A. C. at the Michigan Academy of Science. Prof. Carpenter an Authority on Seepage. A striking discrepancy exists be tween ancient and modern popular ideas concerning subterranean water. As far as can be gathered from old stories as legends—specially such have sprung from the imaginative mind of Germans—it seems to have been generally held that the " foun tains of the e a r t h" were fed from reservoirs existing under- mighty to rise frequent indebted gave litigation. This is a narrow and a special case, but, being practical in its effects, has served to call attention to the ques to L. G.^ tion. We are Carpenter [ M. A. C. ' 7 9 ], of the State Agricultural College, F o rt Collins, Colorado, U. S. A., for col lecting in a convenient form most that is known upon the subject and it availahle to the profes making Cal sion.— Indian Engineering, cutta, India. T he annual meeting of the Mich igan Academy of Science will be held in Ypsilanti next Wednesday and Thursday. M. A. C. pro fessors will present five papers as follows: " T r e es as dwelling places for animals," "A study of our native elms and poplars in winter"—Dr. W, J. Beal; "A jumping gall—Mr. Rufus H. Pettit; " T he g e n us Antennaria boreal igan"—Prof. C. F. Wheeler. in Michigan," " Some in Southern Mich islands A Strange Case. A very interesting case came to the last Friday. veterinary department A short time ago Millard Slate, living near Bath, noticed a worm in the front part of the right eye of one of his horses. He brought the horse to -the College to be treated. Dr. Waterman readily recognized it as what is commonly called a " s n a ke in the eye." T he worm could easily just be seen in the aqueous humor in front of the pupil. It was fully two and one-half inches long and about the size of a common sewing needle. It was very active in that abode and by its motion so irritated the front of the eye that it became quite opaque. T he operation of re the worm was performed moving before the class in veterinary science. An incision was made in the upper portion of the eye and the aqueous itide - track to the Boiler House. for weighing the coal the future, in the College the Further, that shall departments of order requisi independently upon tion, as now, said requisition to con tain list of supplies wanted, together with the number of items, rate per item and amount. Requisition to be made out in duplicate and signed the department, by the College and the President of Secretary. the head of to sent T he duplicate of this requisition to be filed in the Secretary's office, the original to be sent to the firm furnishing the supplies; all bills for supplies furnished to be sent to the Secretary's office for payment and the first be checked with there requisition and imme then the head of the depart diately ment ordering same, there checked as to the receiving said goods, rate per item and amount, the heads of departments to O K all bills found correct and put classification upon said bill, returning the same to the Secretary's office for payment. At the end of each month or possibly the first or second day of the suc ceeding month, the Secretary's office will have what will be known as " V o u c h er D a y" when all bills rendered by any one firm regardless of the department purchasing goods into one general ' will be grouped voucher and paid by one check. From this voucher the classification will be made in the respective books of the office. It will readily be seen that this will reduce the number of vouchers passing through this office and through the Auditor General's office at Lansing, very appreciably. In my opinion the seventy-five per number at it will reduce least cent, and reduce Secretary's office the work of the correspondingly. Pres. Snyder reported that he had rented the present quarters for the to the Postoffice Depart postoffice ment for a period of one year, from J u ly 1, 1899. T he Finance Committee reported that the bond of Secretary Bird had been approved by them and placed on file in the office of the Secretary of State. Prof. Vedder was authorized to purchase certain apparatus for his department. Upon motion five hundred dollars was appropriated for mounting the R o c ky Mountain goat skin. T he Secretary was authorized to revise the bulletin list at his discre tion. Adjourned. T H U R S D AY M O R N I N G, M A R CH 23, IO A. M. All members present except the Governor. T he following report from In spector of Nurseries, Trine, was read, adopted and ordered to be placed on file: March 13, 1899. To the State Board of Agriculture, T. F. Marston, President: . T he State Inspector of Orchards and Nurseries makes the following business statement of the work of the past year: N u r s e r i es inspected, 135 1 s u s n e c t ed of O r c h a r ds inspected, 105 j s u sPe c t ea ot G r o u n ds of d e a l e rs i n s p e c t e d, . Places to be inspected, F e es received for inspection F e es . . to S t a te T r e a s ., . 10 6 $239 126 s c a le s c a I e- t u r n ed in . Balance in my h a n ds $103 R e p o r t ed cases of scalej 22 E x t e r m i n a t ed or s u p p o s ed to b e, . 18 Balance or . Colonies of scale found d u r i ng the r e m a i n i ng cases, . 4 year, T he nurseries of , 2 state are apparently free from San Jose scale. Wooly Aphis and Black Peach Aphis has been found in six nurs eries. the Amount of stock infested with the above: Peach, about 300,000. Apple, about 100,000. T he above stock has all been fumi I gated with Hydrocyanic gas. superintended all the fumigation. Shipments not bearing certificate reported by the rail inspection of road companies, 51. Investigation of the above reports revealed only four cases from nurs eries having no certificates. I was called several times to de cide on cases of Yellows, where the owner and commissioners were in dispute. I have been instrumental in hav ing appointed a number of commis sioners under Acts 2 and 109 L a ws of 1897 and 1895. I have a record of a number of orchards that last year were infested with canker w o r m; these will be looked after at the proper time. I have the list of sales of the Day ton Star Nursery Company of Day ton, O., for 1895, 6 and 7. Some time during the above years they I have infested stock here. sent found but one case from them so far, but have not examined all places. I have corresponded with some of the purchasers of stock; I am mak ing preparations to make.as thorough an examination as possible. H o w ever, a thorough search is impossible as a great deal of the stock was sold to dealers and they have no record of it. T he clerical w o rk connected with the work has been hampered some w h at by the lack of office facilities. I have sent out over 3,400 letters, about 1,000 circular letters and over 2,000 copies of the law. T he above work has taken all of my time. Respectfully submitted, D. \V\ T R I N E, Inspector. T he adopted: following resolution was Resolved, T h at in the future stu dents be paid for labor other than that required by the course study at the rate of ten cents an hour, except for special such ability or skill. requiring labor A communication was received the from Pres. I. H. Butterfield of State Agricultural Society request ing that the College make an ex hibit at the annual state fair at Grand Rapids, September 25-29. Communication laid on the table un til the next meeting. On motion of M r. Monroe, the resolution was adopted: following the Whereas, there is a bill before the Nursery Legislature amending Inspection L a w, by doing away with the furnishing of lists (on de mand of Inspector) of the names of persons, companies or dealers to whom nurseries have sold or deliv ered any trees or nursery stock; and the Whereas, it is the opinion of Board that such change in the law would greatly weaken its efficiency, therefore, Resolved, T h at we protest against the Upon the passage of said amendment. of recommendation F a rm Committee, the Board author ized the purchase of a first-class pair of grade, general purpose horses, at a cost not to exceed three hundred seventy-five dollars. . Upon recommendation Finance Committee, the Board ac cepted the suggestions and recom mendations of the Secretary regard ing plans for future work the Secretary's office. the of in M r. Gladden was promoted to the position of Assistant Professor of Horticulture at a salary of $1,000 per year. Adjourned one o'clock p. m. to meet April 26, at Noted Cranes' Nesting Place. the statement A Battle Creek paper is authority that naturalists for have become interested in the cranes' nesting place in Calhoun county, and propose a visit and investiga photographing of tion, and the It is the only known nest place. ing place for cranes in southern Michigan, and is located in a black ash swamp on the banks of Battle creek in the township of Convis. Ever since pioneer days the cranes have come here annually to nest. T h ey come in J u n e, and the place at that time of the year being inacces sible on account of the swamp, they have never been molested. T he spot is in the middle of the swamp. It that the place can be visited. T he nests are built of large sticks and twigs, are not artistic in their construction, and are as large as a bushel basket. T he nests are from 15 to 30 feet from the ground. T h e re are from one to 10 nests in a tree, and it is estimated that there are 300 nests on the loca tion. As the crane has become a rare bird in Michigan it is a mystery where they come from when nest ing and how they all congregate together. the winter is only in M A R CH 28, 1899. T HE M. A. C. R E C O RD At the College. Miss Keller visits in Detroit dur i ng vacation. Mrs. Blunt is spending a few days in A nn Arbor. We had fine sleighing for several <3ays last week. Miss Ronan's vacation will be spent in Ypsilanti. N e xt Monday evening at 8 o'clock we begin the short term of the year. R. L. Bigelow '01 has been very ill with appendicitis for nearly a week. Prof. W. O. Hedrick went to Harbor Springs Friday to spend a part of the vacation. T he legislative committee on the Agricultural College spent a part of F r i d ay at the College. the Mrs. T. F. Marston was the guest of M r s. Snyder during meeting of the Board last Wednes day and Thursday. for Saturday evening, March 18, the Adelphic Society elected the follow term: i ng officers President, O. L. A y e r s; vice presi dent, H. D. F a y; secretary, L. Car r i e r; treasurer, W. R. Calbert; mar shal, R. Southwick. the spring T he members of the Union Lit erary Society enjoyed their usual term-end party last Friday evening. A the large fish net draped over west wall and part of the north wall of the assembly room gave a very pleasing effect. Dancing, the prin cipal amusement of the evening, was interrupted at 9:30 by the serving of warm maple sugar on snow. Mr. furnished music, and all Westcott present enjoyed a pleasant evening. A large excursion of high school students from Mason, Leslie, Jack son and other towns along the Michi the College, gan Central visited Wednesday. Miss Bertha Wellman "'96 accompanied the students from Mason, where she has charge of ninth grade work. F r om Ponce to Lares, from Ponce, on In his last letter Bronson Barlow with '99 gives a few incidents of his the south march side of Puerto Rico, to Lares, which lies thirty miles by map to the north west of Ponce. Some of these will he interesting to our readers. "About the second hour out from Ponce we halted in the shade for our ten-minute rest, when a native warned us from under a certain large tree, saying "sombra m a l a" and making signals of sleep and death. Our captain gave the order, in," and marched us safely <'fall from the "sleeping tree." I looked carefully; it was a tamarind tree, about as deadly as a maple. " O ur first camp was in a green field at a coffee plantation. T he mountains rise on all sides. We built a fire of palm leaves and dry sticks, got water for supper, pitched tents and turned in. I went up the stream at sunset and had a plunge in the cool water. Y ou can walk up the riverbed on great and small terrific when stones. t he streams rise in the rainy season and sweep these masses along like pebbles. It must be " I wish I could make you see the t he beauty of mountains tropics. T h ey are not bare at all; the wooded valleys are very green, t he slopes and ravines are clothed with verdure, and the highest and sharpest peaks are crowned with in it trees. T h e re are so many streams of clear water and they murmur and glisten over rocky beds. T he sky is beautiful; is bright blue by day, with white clouds floating, and stars gleam more by night brightly Pict than in Michigan. uresque native houses, built of palm or other trees, are perched the most impossible places. the in T he next morning we had " T he reveille at four, broke camp by light of moon and star and candle, and marched natives off. travel much by night; we heard their pack trains and ox-carts going by all night, loaded with coffee for P o n c e; we passed them on the road, six to eight oxen on each cart. T he tiny donkey carries a great sack of coffee, almost as large as the animal itself, one on either side. Here we rose and went over a ridge and you might hear the boys below calling out: ' H e r e, you fellows, leave those stars alone and come down out of the sky.' We often marched up into dawn and down into valleys where night lingered. All along the way were steep places where it was remarked any of us might get our discharge. Their twenty feet " Groups of tree-ferns grow all graceful along the way. long stems are often and crowned with fronds twelve feet long. As we passed a certain plantation I noticed that species of red striped leaves tradescantia with in green which is such a favorite the States. T h e re were houses in the ground acres of it covering under the most squalid hovels by the roadside have the choicest flowers. There are roses not seen outside of green in Michigan, and houses coleus, salvia, begonias, and tropaslum, plants of the spurge family with red floral bracts. A pretty red amaryl- lis blooms in the woods and cannas grow wild everywhere." trees. Often the coffee College Steers the Best. in two of T he following clipping from the Buffalo Review of March 13 needs to no explanation: "Included day's shipments were the primest steers of their weight and age that have been sent to this mar ket the this season. T h ey were property of the Michigan Agricul tural College, near Lansing, Mich., and were shipped in with a load of cattle sent in by H o me and Rounes- ville, of Lansing, old-time and regu lar shippers to this market. These steers were very finely bred, both sired by a pure bred shorthorn bull, the dam of one of them being a pure bred Angus cow; the other one from a pure bred Hereford cow. T h ey were raised and fed on the agricul test tural farm, as an experimental of what the farm feeders could do in the way of raising and breeding cattle for market, and were in every way an unqualified success. T he steers averaged 1,390 pounds, and were bought by Zimmer Bros, for Eastman & Co. exporters, and sold at the strong price of $5.75 per cwt. being the top price for any cattle selling this day." A letter from the firm who sold the cattle says: " T he steers were plenty large enough for the export trade. Do not want them as heavy as a few years ago. The}' sold at the highest price of the day and do not think of any way that they could have been bettered. We sold one straight load of Polled A n g us cattle and good ones too, at $5-55-" H A VE J U ST R E C E I V ED A N EW L I NE OF TIES SE-EASTER Some Yery Handsome Effects. Foar- in-hands seem to be the best for Spring: wear. A complete line of H A TS Including: DUNLAP'S, MERTON'S and YOUNG'S. , Also the swell things in Golf Caps and Hose* 3 s IMONS Dry Goods Co. We announce the opening of our SPRING LINES IN... Dress Goods, Silks, White Goods, Wash Goods, Gloves, Etc. READY MADE WEAR DEPARTMENT. You will find New Jackets, Skirts, Shirt Waists, House Jackets, etc. ...OUR... Carpet Department is displaying new lines of Students patronage solicited. ORIENTAL RUGS ELGIN MIFFLIN. A LL M E A T S . . .. M ay look alike to you, b ut t h e re is a v e ry g r e at difference in the quality we han that sold by s o me o t h er m a r k e t s. dle a nd t he v e ry best. L i ke We h a n d le n o ne b ut the p u d d i n g, the proof of good m e a ts in t he eating. A trial will convince you t h at you ought to t r a de with u s. is BOTH P H O N E S. Careful attention given to phone orders. GOTTLIEB REUTTER. Washington Ave. South. Students are invited to see our line of Carpets, Mattings, etc., for Spring. Alsdorf & Sonse. THE DRUGGISTS. Everything First Class, Fresh and Up to Date. Lawrence & VanDiiren PRINTING CO., Ottawa St. E. Lansing, Mich. R. B. S h a nk & Co., Leading Grocers and Confectioners. j,r.t',r,i'u'\.nj\i>,r\i%i>\.>i.p,t',i-u-\t'\,t\,rww>