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Show VII Hour v o r~JR (\)f GJS ; LA.llORATORY During the latter part of ·· 1935, a fully eq~ip:oed Labora,,.. tory wa s establish ed at the re~ fuge Headquar ters. This Laboratory is ouil t around . two entirely different departmen ts the Disease Departmen t and the Food Habits Departmen t. Disease Departmen t - It is the duty of this section of the Laborator y to invc~ti gate th~ · many diseases that · are killing thousands of waterfowl yearly. Food Habits Departme nt-~ The duty of this departmen t i s t o find out what J:inds _·of ve r~e- · · t a tion the birds prefer rn1 d thei r nesting habits . so t lw,t the right k ind of food and cover-type may oe planted. These proce duros ma:ke the refi.ge more attra9tiv e · to the waterfowl on their jQurney either north or south. r . . SUPPLY STEWARD Harolcl Jason has taken over the Suppl y Room in the place of Charl~s Fi sch er vrho vras d ischarged to tal:e eoployment in the East. ~D~'i'IOH C31N1]R T? ic~ each : yea:, the camp . nets as a reception center fer Utah boys. An average · of sixty boys from Cache, Rich, and Box Elder Counties receive their phy~ical examinati ons, and have a . c:omplete set of r~cords made out. - These boys are then sent to ninth corps cn.mps. It does~ n 1 t round like much extra work, b.u t it keeps ·. the Army Office working day and night from four days to a week. OBJECTIVE TESTS A series of Objective Tes ts in Engli sh and Mathematics were given Sunday morning at 10:30. Those tests were sent out from District Headquart ers in order that the men could be ·. placeg. in definite , gr,;,,d.es , acc;ording to tho · rosui tst 6f their to~ts, Too often, a man . Who has completed the seventh grl;i,de will be i;:apable, due to experienc e, of eleventh or twelfth grade work, The tests will also show. tho men that they can benefit themselve s by additiona l study. |
