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droughts come the trees need no water¬ 
ing, save an occasional one in dry times. 
— Florists' Exchange. 
FORESTS OF STONE 
S TONE forests are found in various 
parts of the world. In many 
cases they are hardened by some pecu¬ 
liarity of the atmosphere and are found 
standing just as they were when clothed 
with green foliage thousands of years 
ago. The little Colorado River, in 
Arizona, has long been famous as a 
locality for such finds. At one place 
more than 1,500 cords of solid stone, 
tree trunks, sections, limbs and logs, 
were found by the government sur¬ 
veyors. Most of them were silicified, 
many seven to ten feet in diameter and 
from twenty to eighty feet in height. 
Geologists say that the petrified trees of 
the Little Colorado were once covered 
with marl over 1,000 feet in depth. 
Some of the trees have been changed 
to jasper and have assumed various 
hues; others resemble opal, and when 
broken open the core is often found 
lined with crystals of the most beautiful 
tints.— Exchange. 
SWALLOWS AS ALLIES OF THE 
FARMER 
I 'HE Department of Agriculture of 
the United States Government 
has issued a bulletin, setting forth the 
great value of the swallows to the far¬ 
mer. The following excerpts make 
interesting reading: 
The Biological Survey of the United 
States Department of Agriculture has 
hit upon a somewhat novel method of 
aiding the Southern cotton planter in 
his war against the boll weevil. As is 
well known, this insect invaded the 
State of Texas several years ago and has 
damaged the cotton crop to the extent 
of millions of dollars annually. Despite 
efforts to stay its increase, it is spread¬ 
ing at the rate of about fifty miles a year 
and unquestionably in time will extend 
its ravages into all the cotton States. 
The Survey has been investigating the 
pest in Texas for several years and finds 
that no fewer than thirty-eight species 
of birds feed upon the insect. It is not 
claimed that birds alone can check the 
spread of the weevil, but it has been 
demonstrated that they are an important 
help which the farmer can not afford 
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