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Show ..jilYF.KSITY H10KKSSOU j COLLECTING SPKCIMKNS j IN MAPI.K CANYON j IV'tV-'!' 1 laiol.l K. Hawaii, j ,, (u. ruiviTMty of I'tnli, is , ,KcA'n-A 1 1 l i i summer tlu Iviuniu- of :ni oeoloieal of I stati'. Keoloy j,,,',. of tin Slll'jeets in ..oolo ' vul botany that i wry now, 1 I iuj. only a few yoars old. It U iviu'ontol w it!i finding out ivlatioiisliip l'teeu tin i j,...;s itu'luilin- insoots, and (i t.ir oii iroiunout of plant life, ltlr soil, and elimatie eoudt ,jlllls. Attention this summer ; boiiU' eoneeiilrated upon lyU and lv oanyous near j'avJom, Sanpete Comity, uhii'lt bavo wry limited veo yaou and a comparatively ix amount of animal lit'o. T'y season has boon spout havK' in collecting, to find oil oxaotly what plants aiul animals live- thoro. Xho collections wore made ;l;?o with a iow of .start ins; ri..iiYM'ntatiw collodion of juimals aiul plants of I'tah for (w state univorsity. Several L.uuhvd specimens haw boon ailed to the collection. Tiio factors infliioUi-im; tho I'l'Voloj'iiifiit aiul lifo ot insect-, are so H 1 1 lo known that such studies aro apt to le of grout he'.p in lea ruins; what conditions condi-tions produce an abundance of uects of an injurious or bono i;oial sort. Mosepiito elimina lieu l:as been thoroughly dis ctissed, yd the problem of controlling con-trolling these posts is oiio o! chancinjj the I'liviromnont, so lust the nios.piitoes cannot lr.-ed aiul live in the place. According to Prof. Hawaii, the study of ecology is tho most im-portaiit im-portaiit i'ha-e in the clinnn.i-tiou clinnn.i-tiou of harinful animals from a locality. As the fanner has learnel ' what conditions of r-oil aiul moisture are most favorable to red ace farm crops, so wo must eventually learn what eondi-; eondi-; iious control the distribution of : tLe living things which so i l-r-vly infuence the welfare and comfort of the state. V. of P. News Bureau. |