Show W S progress or 0 egv re 85 s h 1 B wa science annual report of smithsonian Smiths onlan institution covers wide range of subjects 28 authoritative ARTICLES deal with recent advances of inter esting phases of every branch of science figures on army supplies Wilt washington hIngton the smithsonian institution ution title hua just mado made public its an report which among other things contains a 11 general appendix of articles covering recent advances advant 08 of interesting phases of nearly every branch of science including astrea alstn duty ciny physics chemistry geology zoology entomology and anthropology the rho articles have been written tie far its as possible in a style intended to interest tit the general reader rather than tile scientist and nd as the report states eln in this way carries out ono one of it its 3 principal objects namely tho the dlf diffusion fusto of knowledge one article la 19 by dr arthur D little tind entitled natural Ite sources in their It relation elation to Allitt military ary sup pit in ili tills this article doctor little gives figures us its to tho the number of vitriolic articles used by tile american ardiles in tho the world war illustrating its is lie points out tho the importance of tile hie economic factor in ino modern derit war rule rare for instance were provided for our soldiers 4 unit and ICA 1000 OCO yards of cloth was vas used in ili milking their uniforms and overcoats while tile tho square yards of cot ton ion text textiles lles used hy by the united states during the lie war totaled if tills this enormous amount of cotton to tfx wes iero laid out in ili one yard width ti 55 globo globes the size of tho the earth could cound bo be placed upon it what our soldiers used daring tit the war period tho american soldiers sold lers ate more than lounds l of hour flour pounds of lieff and pounds of jam nod and other foods in ili proportion miscellaneous Items for tho the aminy ili included safety razor hladka spoons pairs of rubber hoots boots and brushes of various kinds doctor little also dis dl acnes in ili connect connection lon with military operations erat ions coal metals explosives anti and elior other resources concluding 1 by show ing that scientific rese research la Is ingils pe genable not only in ili achieving military but also alao as rn no assur tince of peace fluie prosperity the influence of cold to in seimu stimulating tile the growth of planed is 13 tile tho subject of till nil ny by dr Fredr idt V coville Cov doctor coville shows that tho the general belief ns lie tp tile causes of dormancy of plants III the fall and of their heir now growth in the spring la Is erroneous iio seeks to prove by numerous experiments ments that alint dormancy in trees and shrubs sets beta tit in before cold weather and that cold leathor Is not necessary for tile tho establishment of complete dormancy that after dormancy has begun the exposure of tho the plants to oil nn ordinary growing temperature Is not Buffi clent to start them into growth and that these plants will not resume normal growth in the warm weather lier of spring unless they hayo have been subjected previously to a period of chilling doctor coville says bays a n statement by tho the smithsonian institution to Is of tile the opinion that a complete understanding of tho the results of the process of chilling willbo will bu of tho the greatest ben allt to agriculture especially in transferring plants from one part of tho the world to another in growing various plit ilits lits out of season in grafting and other processes of modern agricultural practice urges protection of wild birds bards dr wolter walter IS E collinge collonge in in an article on 0 lie o I 1 necessity of state action for the protect protection ion of wild birds gives many reasons why the country should jealously guard these feathered allies which he adds are among the great est enemies of the insect posts that annually destroy millions of dollars worth of american farm products the report allty contains three papers on the study of insects two of them the division of insects of the united states national Blu museum seum nod and the seven year locust containing mun many beautiful color plates while the third by dr L 0 howard chief of tho the bureau of entomology of tile lie department partin part ment e nt of agriculture reviews the wartime war time work of government ento in overcoming tile the insect pests vint that warred on the crops nod and animals of the country the various branches of tho science of anthropology anthrop olgy are arc represented by articles th lem by dr J walker fewkes who describes two types of pro prehistoric historic cliff houses of the southwestern part of the united dr W 11 holmes olmes II who discusses tho the race anee history and racial characteristics of at the american andl ans ana while the origin of tho the czechoslovak people la Is treated in a translation by dr A alca lea the total number of articles article included in tile the report Is 28 nearly all of them illustrated with plates and text test figures |