1 40 THE JVA TURE-STUD V RE I 'IE W U = 4-apr., .908 



we are to abandon that comparison and classification which is the basis 

 of all our knowledge, we must call it by another name — we must call it 

 blind instinct. It does not see the why of anything which it does. 



"Touch the spring of an animal's instinct or inherited habit, and it 

 responds; but appeal to its power of independent thought, and it is, 

 for the most part, as helpless as any other machine. 



"There are but few things we could teach the animals in their own proper 

 sphere. We could give them hints when they are confronted by new pro- 

 blems, but these new problems in the ordinary course of nature rarely 

 turn up. When the animals are confronted by conditions made by man, 

 then man could give them valuable hints. 



"Animals know what they have to know in order that the species may 

 continue, and they know little else. They do not have to reason because 

 they do not progress as man does. They have only to live and multiply, 

 and for this their instincts suffice them. Neither do they have to have 

 any of our moral sentiments. These would be a hindrance rather than 

 a help, and, so far as I can see, they do not have them." 



Molasses as Feed. Experiments on horses and cattle show that molasses 

 has a high value as stock feed and also increases the digestibility and 

 palatability of hay and grain feeds with which the molasses must be 

 mixed. [Exp. Station Record] 



Staff-tree. It has often been stated that in times of famine some tribes 

 of North American Indians have made use of the bark of this tree. Recent 

 experiments made at Harvard University show an abundance of car- 

 bohydrate food in the bark. [American Naturalist] 



Peat for Paper. An English company using American patents has 

 started a large factory in Sweden for making pasteboard and wrapping 

 paper from peat. This will tend to lessen the enormous demand upon 

 our forests. The world's supply of peat is so large that it will not soon be 

 exhausted by this new industry. [Gardoi Magazine] 



