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Show Friday , Augu st 16, 1929 THE MIDVALE JOUR NAL Improved Uniform International Seek to Reduce Cost of Honey SundaySchool Page Nine Titan Queen \Vorld 's Large st Duroc -J ersey Scraps.~ of Interes ting Story of Growth Losses and Gains Shown to of Colorado Sow. 1 Be Closely Related to rrow the wol"l11's lar~est sow, Colony Yields. ' Lesson' (By TIEV. P. fl. FITZWATE R. D.O., Dean M uully Bl t>le I nstlt ute ot Cblcago.) ~ ((C). 1929. \VP.stern News!'Sf'er Union.} H'r.,pared by thE' United States Departmen t ot Agriculture . l •ritan Queen. registered Dul·oc-.Jer;;py owned by the Colorado Ag-ricultu ral collegf', was built up to h~r presPnt phenomen al weight ol' 1,1:..3 poundif In the past eight months is an Inter· estlng story as told by lt. n. Broad. ehief herdsman for the college, who has had pe1·sonal charge of the task. The huge sow is abo the largest Du· ro<•-.J ersey hog in the worl <1. Titan Queen was purchased at the Internatio nal Live Stock exposition i!) Chicago last December by the Col!l' ratio school wllh the idea of bulhhng her to a recoru weight. She weighed 840 pounds at that time, the same weight she had registered at the national swine show in Hl2i, when she was the lat·gest Duroc sow shown. Mr. Bc~d began feed!ng the big sow on n mlxtu!"e of 60 per cent corn, 2:) per cent oats, 71h per cent tankage, 5 p~r cent alfalfa meal and 21h per cent linseed tnf'al. Broad believes that Utf! alfalfa meal which helped to complete the balancing- of the ration was large· ly responsib le for re-startin g Titan Queen's growth, after she was brought to Colorado from Illinois, where she was raised. This ration ~ns continued until March 4, when It was ehnnged to all the wh0le corn she could eat, and all the skim milk she could drink. In addition she had access to a mixture or five pounds of tankage. two and one hnlf pounds of 11.1 fn Ifa meal, and two and onf' half pounds of linseed meal In a self-feede r until April li, when she weighed 1,02:> pounds. Broad sa~·s that no special treat· ment was given the sow. She measures 9 feet 4 Inches frotn the tip or her nose to the tip of her tall; 88 Inches in circumfer ence around the heart ; 8-! inches around the flank; 46 inches In height, and 10% inches around the smallest part of her hln~ leg. Beel;eepin g practices and manrrgement as well as the marketing of honey have been stutlletl <luring the THE RETURN FROM CAPTIVI TY past year by the bureau of entomolog y and agricultur al economics of the LESSO!II TEXT-Je remiah 29:10-141 j United States Departme nt of Agricul· Ezra;.l:l-6 ; Ps. 126:1-6. I ture with a view to formula tin;: methGOLUBN TEXT-T he Lord hath don( ods that will help the beekeeper pro· great things for us, whereof we ar• duce honey at a profit. ,glad. A prelimina ry report of the survey PRIMARY TOPIC-A Happy Home of apiary practices :n the inter-mou nComing. tain region-U tah, Colorado, ~lontana, JUNIOR TOPIC-A Second Chance. 1 INTElUlE DIATE AND SENIOR TOP• Wyoming, and Idaho-co vering the !(!-Makin g a Fresh Start. l data secured in Hl::!S will soon be YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP· Entrance to City of Saveh; Mail Stage In Foregroun d. 1 ready for distributio n. A similar study lC-Histo rfc Significan ce o1 the Re- I 1 will be started this y!•ll r in the clover· (Prepared by the National Geographic turn. stranger as fanatical Durin~ their honey-pro ducing region and both studSociety. W<tsblngton . D. C.) Month of ..:\Iournln~-t~at in wh1ch the , les will be continued until sufficient l~RSIA, long pract!rall y railroad!. The Return Predicted (Jer. 29:10son of All wa~ as,.,assma~ed-they put 1 data have been obtained to warrant less, bas laid down more than on deep bluck, throw th~tr shirts open advice being gh·en or. practl~es nnd H). 200 scattered miles of rails since False prophets were flourishin g In the \Vorld war, and is now con- at the chest, whether thrs lunar month 'managem ent tn beekeepin l! ns well as Babylon telling the people that they structing a real trunk llne from the is very hot or very cold, lacerate t~elr regarding honey housPs nTHl P(]uipmen t would speedily be restored to their Persian gulf in the south to the Cas- bodies, and go unshaven and . \\ ith th t h:ne been found to be e:liclent own land. To counterac t this the Lord plan sea in the north. Persia's awak· bar& feet through the street.'!. Using ~ rofitable. moved Jeremiah to send a letter to en!ng, In the matter of communic a- their swords th~y beat the tops of an P Beekee ers Kee Records. the captives in Babylon (vv. 8, 9) ln tloos as well as in other senses, can their heads unt1l the blood streams Beekeep er/ co-ope:Ut ing with the this letter he advised them to settl(l be ascribed in large part to the World over their faces and on to their gar- d t t i th se surveys keep epar men n e . • down and quietly .oursue their regular war. The higher price of silver that men t s. L arge sums are pa td by prin• daily records of labor and expenses. callings of life, and not to be led followed the contllct doubled Persia's cipal personage s In the celebratio n make invoices, and report on the manastray by the false prophets (vv. 6, 7). capital, and the world sought her raw for the blood ·drenched robes. agemen t prae t"1re.d •m rler a ··nrfety ... . of 1.: The length of the captivity materials and so removed her from Crude Theatrica l Performan ces. conditions . This ·informati on \\'ill he (v. 10), comparat ive isolation to a place of 1mDuring that month the only theat· of interest to all bPf'lteeper s who deTheir coming back wus to be "aft- portance among commerci al nations. rica! performan ces of Persian take sire to compa1·e ~hPir munagem ent er seventy years." Frotb Daniel 9:2 Persln Is one of the oldest empires place. They are manif~stat1ons of practices with those of other bee· lt is clear that seventy years means in existence. It has been a kingdom Persian patriotism in which the keepers. a etlnlte time. lt dates from the time for 25 centuries -ever since Cyrus the Shiites show their hatred for other Forty apiaries were included in the when the first company, among which• Great, about 550 B. C., conquered Mohamme d sects, particular ly for the 1928 sur-vey, ranging lv size from li>O )anlel was round, was taken captive. Media and united that country to his Sunnlte!', and are somewhat llke the to 1,800 colonies, and covering a total , Reco~ered by God (vv.l0-14) . under the name of Persia. It_ has had early English miracle and morallty of more than 24,000 rolonles. Gotl's purpose In the Captivity wa& many glorious episodes in Its long plays. They are performed in the The results of this survey, accordln~ to cure them of their Idolatrous prac· histo?; has produ<·ed the great teach· courtyar<l s of the houses of the rich, to E. L. Sechrist of the bureau of enti ces. H e assure d th e m that n•hen er, Zoroaster ; such world-fam ous the stage manager announce s to the tomology and R. E. Kifer ot the bU· " ''I ccompl!sh ed He poe t s us t!"'l r d aws1,· 0 mar I~h " ayyam, audience where the scene Is laid, a reau of agricultur al economics , ahow ... s pur_vose was a :::;and! and Hafiz, and such great sol- suspended lion skin represent s the that the great variance in labor and woul.ll nslt them and convince them d" d D 1 I Sha I 1 of Ills good purpose toward them. desert, a sliver bowl of water the investmen t costs, as well as the yield tedrsSnlnh 7beb:s as ar us • pur 'l'igrls, and the parts of the women are per colony, have a marked influence I I, The P re d .tete d Cap tl VI"t F !filled an Ja as. Y u Again and again the empire has taken by boys or young men. on the beekeeper 's profits. (Ezra 1 : 1-6). been a prey to unarchy · a~ain and The crudity of the performan ces Is Co-Opera tion Necessary . 1. The Proclama tion of Cyrus (vv. again conquerin g hosts hav~ swept amazing to the average American who Such ln\'estigat ions cannot be ear- Combines Require Much 1-4). through the country, Alexande r the ls familiar with the elaborate settings ried out successfu lly without the (1 > This was not b-' accident, but Great having many a successor, the Skill and Attention of the modern moving-pi ctures. When active co-operati on of the Yartous state that the word of the Lord might be most destructiv e conqueror being Combines that have become so popu· fulfilled ( v. 1). What God has prom- Genghls Khan with his hordes of sa v- the actors are supposed to be oft the agricultur al extension ag-encies, . the lar In the last few years require more stage they merely sit down, and a bee p-ess, beekeeper s' organizatwn:~, Ised He will do. skill and alert watching thav do the age 1\longots -a leader who boasted "corpse" sits quietly on the stage and particular ly the bee'-eeper s them· (2) By rllvine Initiation (v. 1). that he had sluln 30,000,000 of his felold threshing machines, o.~ccordlng to dressed in 11 shirt, stuck through with selves. All these have done excellent ''The Lord stilTed up the spirit ot low creatures ! arrows and smeared with blood, or in work in the past, nor! help given by A. L. Young of the farm mechanic s Cyrl1s." How this was done we do departme nt. University of Illinois. The center of the country is a great not know. Posslhly Daniel brou~ht to plateau, rising from 2,000 to 6,000 feet, some similar outfit to Indicate the · them in personel contact has been "Unless the operator ls entirely of great value, the bureaus say. his attention the prophecy of Isaiah and crossed by frequent chains of manner of his death. familiar with the operation of the mal\Iany Persians have no home life tn The work undertake n In the clover chine he should get the ~atalo~:,'1H~ and Jeremiah (!sa. 44:28; Jer. 2i'i :12). mountains , whlle a lofty mountain and the usual sense of the word. A Perregion this fall will depend to a con· directions and go over them carefully, (3) The content of the king's proc- barrier bounds lt on the north and " sian house is divided Into the blrooni; slderable degree on the assistance and lamntion ( vv. 2-4). says Mr. Young. The numher of days south. • or men's apartmen ts, and the an de- co-operati on of loca! beekeep~ng . spe· (a) "'l.'he Lord God of !leaven hath of operation Is an huportant factor in In the whole Persian empire there roon, or part consecrat ed to the worn· ciallsts and beekeepm~ orgumz~ttlons. the cost chan~e!l me to build Him a house in of overhead t'peratlon . In o1·· were in 1910 only six miles of rail· en. A strong door, set in a high blank Any organizat ion able to asstst In der to Jerus&lem " (v. 2). This makes clear way; a fact which casts the progress make these as many as possible wall, gives entrance to a narrow pas- theRe surveys is Invited to communithut he had some impr·essio n of God's of the lust few years Into strong reand to prevent the loss of any valuable sage that leads into a square court· cate with the division of bee culture hnn!l upon him. time in the field it will ~e necessary to lief. There Is only one navigable yard on which open several rooms. investigat ions, bureau of entomol.og y, (b) Appeal to Jewish patriotism river, the Kurun. 1t flows Into tl~e checl' oYer tht! entire machine so then1 HP.re the men live. and here they usu· United States Departro.e nt of Agncul(v. 3). He invokes upon such as pos· head or the Persian gulf, and on thrs will not be any delays and breakdow ns sess th otttional religious feeling, thf' sea the so-called ports are merely ally entertain their men friends, while ture, Washingt on. in the harvest. -------blessing of God, and command s them j open roadstead. s, at which cargo can- their women dwell in rooms set round Cutting the grain too low should be an inner courtyard , the entrance to to r:o and build the house of the not, be landed m. stormy we_nthcr. guarded against as It will overload the Paradic hlorobe nzene Is which is through the biroonl. Lord Ood. machine and make repairs more neces'Ihe mer·chand rse of Penna Is even As a Persian Is Instructed from Useful to Control Pest sary, l\Ir. Young warns. The operator (c) To lend assistance (v. 4). largely carried on the backs of cam.. els, mules and donkeys; a slow and earl!est youth that a woman's advice An effective method of controllln;:t should watch his machine for loose l\Inny o the Jews were establishe d expensive mode of tr;nsport, and the is of no account- in fact the priests the plum tree borer that is also inex- nuts and for places that show excesin huslne!'s and therefore were not traveler usually rides through the tell him that he had better do the pensive has been developed by the sive wear. The machine should be frft..e to g-o. .\Iany,. ~ 0 doubt, had lost country following the tracks made by exact opposite of what a woman coun· zoology-e ntomology departme nt of the oiled regularly rather than when therf thel.r nnt!onn! spmt und were not the pllssage of caranns during the sels-it can be understoo d that as a South is nothing else_ to do. Dakota experime nt station. anxwus to 1!_0. A II such were to lend centuries. rule he has no exalted opinion of his The new remedy Is simple and It;; friendly ass1stance with slher, gold Persians Are Handsome Aryans. wife or wives, and seldom turns to estimated cost ts not In excess of 3 and bPasts. The Persian is of Aryan stock, and them for compa"olonshlp. cents per tree, according to Prof. Pasture s Are Improv ed ~~- The response to Cyrus' proclama- has the same words as ourselves for When death approache s, It he bas George I. Gilbertson , of the depart· by Eradica ting Weeds t!on <vv. 5, G). father, mother, brother and daughter performed his dally prayers, kept the ment. Ordinary paraffin is melted and The chief or the fathers of Ju!lnh (pldar, madar, bradar and dukbtar), Fast of Ramazan, visited the mosque Where more than one-fourth of the paradlchlo robenzlne , or P. D. B., ls and Ren.Jnmin and the priests and and the constructi on of his language on Friday, and given alms to the poor, stand of vegetation in a pasture is added at the rate ot one part to nine l.evites presented themsel\·e s as will· is like that of English. a Persian has no doubts as to his re- parts of paraffin. A thin coat of this comprised of weeils, it usually indiing to ~;o. The company whlcb r~cates tlult the land is either overHe is a hnndsome , well-built man, ception In the next world and dies in turned was largely made 11 P of repre· with regular features and fine black a happy confidenc e ot attaining to the solution- one pint to every four or grazed, premature ly grazed, or a comfive trees-is then brushed on the sentati\·e s of Judah and Benjamin . bination ot the two. In planning to · eyes, his complexio n being no darker paradise promised by the Prophet to trunks and larger branches of the improve the 3. The royal favor (vv. 7·11). pasture. considera tion than that of an Italian. In manner he all his faithful followers. trees. CFus returned 5.400 ves!<els of the is most courteous should be given to correcting the Despite Per!lta's traditiona l con; he Is quick, alert, When it hardens, the paraffin-P . D. house of the Lord which Nebuchad · fond or co01·ersat causes responsib le for the weedy ion and discussion , servatism in governme ntal a.!'falrs B. combinati on forms a protective coat nezz:1r had bruu;:ht forth out of Jeru· and has rightly growth. On smooth pastures, most been called tbe Teheran, its capital, is the city of which does not chip oft In summer salem nnd put Into the house of his Freoclu.aa n of the kaleidosco pic contrasts. Visitors may temperatu re and which allows the dis- weeds may be successfu lly eradicate d East. goods. ~his was a great encourage Persia is the home of many re- enter through any one of its twelve solved P. D. B. to vaporize slowly and by mowing. If such a method is used, ment to every loyal Jew whnse ligions, beginning with the Zoroastria n beautiful gates, whose glazed tiles enter the tissue of the borer and kill the ;weedS should be cut about the heart hnd been grle\"ed over the now represente d by the Parsees, and glisten in the sunlight, and find It. The fumigatin g nctlon continues time they are in flower-be fore any profana tlon nf these sacred vessels. several sects of Christian s down to spread before them a dingy collection tor several days until the larvae of seed is matured. Ill. The Gladness and Rejoicing of Mohamme danism In Its many di- of mud houses rubbing elbows with the borer are dead. the Returning Exiles (Ps. 126:1 6). visions, Shiite Mohamme danism being palatial residence s enclosing flower· •• ••••• • •• This method is believed to be the 1. The proealama tion of Cyrus as a the state religion of the country. The filled gardens. A lumbering camel, ·first practical and effective control dream (v. 1). Shiites have their own tmditions , the seemingly just stepped out of a price- ever produced during two decades of Til recognize d that their goinJt most marked being an inordinate re· less old Persian rug, may draw aside research. •• • • • • •••• • ••••• back was through the favor of the spect !or All, nephew and S()n-ln-law to allow the passage of a high-powLord. Sentimen tal regard for a bull Is alof the Prophet and probably his first ered motor car bearing a wealthy Per· 2. oll'helr laughter and singing (vv. mule convert. They believe that the sian en route to his villa on the out- Preven t Horns Growing ways misplaced . 2, 3). angel Gabriel visited Mohamme d on skirts of the city. on Very Young Calves Try some of the newest sweet corn. The;J not only rerognize d the favor his last p!lg1·image to Mecca and inRhages, Old Capital, In Ruins. To prevent horns :from gr log on It may be better than the oldet· type of tile Lord upon them, but testltiecl structed him to proclaim All his suc· Teheran has not always been the youo"" calves secure at a drug store you've grown. thereof In the hearing of the heathen cessor. capital of Pensian. Rhages or Rei, its roun nhout them. .. So thoroughl y are they convinced predecess or, the ruins of which are a stl~k of caustic potash. When the calf is two or three days old and as 3. 'l'ttelr prayer for prosperity ln the that the caliphate belongs to the nearby, Meal time with toads often begins was a bustling city of one and land (v. 4). bouse of lllohamme d alone, that to the a half millions in the Middle ages. As soon as the buttons where the horn before sunset and continues tiu·oughgrows can be felt, clip the halr close • out a greater part of the night. They were not only going back with confession , "There Is no God but God the birthplace of Harun al-Rashld , ~ the skln just where the horn wlll 0 the conscinu!' Oess of the good hand and l\1ohamme d is His ambassad or," Caliph of Bagdad, the fifth • • and most grow. of the Lord upon ttJem, but were they add, "and All Is the vlceregeo t renowned of the Abbasslde Millet can be put into cocks for s, Its name Then \'Yet the end of the stick of curing where there is plenty .or labor, trustltr'g Him for the fruitfulne ss ot of God." But AU while on earth had is forever llnked with the "Arabian caustic potash and rub the button until time, and not too large an acreage. the land. some powerful enemies, chief among Nights." This city, also called it turns red but not until it bleeds. Do 4. l=;o\' in:,: In tears (vv. 5, 6). whom was Ayesha, the favorite wife Rhagae, was destroyed by Jenghiz thls with both horns and no horns wlll The seeds which they were to of Mohamme d and the only one of his Khan and Timur. Care should be taken that the sweet grow. snw on the land were so precious that harem who had never been married clover is not pasturf'd too closely at Modern Teheran's position, 70 miles Be careful not to use too much of the the beginning of the pasturing sea· ' they seeme<l to have hesitated ns to before, und they succeeded in putting south of the Caspian sea, command · !<owing, and yet they recognized that him aside and choosing three caliphs !ng the highways or the extensive up- caustic potash. If any of lt runs off son. jny would follow their sorrow when before him. He finally succeeded in land plateau and the entrance to the 1t will burn the hide Also use paper they sh~ld bring in the sheaves of obtaining the caliphate, but was mur- Elburz Passes, has made it the cen· in your hands so as not to burn your Volunteer wheat is one of the greatthe harvest. est sources or Hessian fly infestatio n dered In the mosque of Kufa after ter of a considera ble caravan trade, fingers. he had served only four years. to fall wheat. It 1s the only food though it does not rank high as an In· available Fabulous at the early emergenc e of are the stories which have dustrlal city. Its populatio n Is rough· * Gaining Fragranc e Co-Operative Market ing grown up ahout his name. the pest. In fact, he ly estimated at 300,000 in winter, but 1,\·e IH'H'r miss an opp!)rtun! tv of of Different Products • g-iving innol"ent pleasure, or of help· is said to havP. out-.Toshu aed Joshua In in summer this number diminishe s The ensilnl!;e cutter should be put Co-operat ive mllrketing of farm unot r soul on l'he path to God. the following manner: One day while one-third. For, although the district products ls one way of increasing the ln order. If there are any extra part'! we lll'e taldng away from our· In Kufa he 11 as so bu~y that he did lies In the approxim ate latitude of not have time to say his pt·ayers. Just farmer's bargainin g ability. Co-opera- needPd they shoultl be ordered and Cape Ilntteras, and nine months ot sel>e rorpvcr what might have been as he finhshed his chores the sun ti've <lismarketing has bC'en getting on a fitted to the machine before the day the year b1·ing it cool nights and suna happy memory, aud leaving in its appeared behind the horizon, so he sounder basis in recent years, and of silo filllng. shiny days, the three months of sumu remorse. -Frances I'o\ver rulsed his hands toward the sl,y, made mer are uncomfor tably hot and dry. :fllrmers will probably find It an ima sign, and the osun retracted Its steps A machine that hns recently been 1.'he palace of the shuh is located in j portant way of safeguard lne their to the position It should occupy at the the "Ark." or former citndel, In the de\"eloped Interests for conservin g straw is a in the future. The tendency Victory moment of prayer and waited while mlu!lle of the city. baler which in II takes the straw directly buslnef's is toward concentra Here Is the vlctory won ove1· self Is the only the g'.""eat man ol}"cred up his petition. tion of bargainin g power. Co-opera- from the threshing machine and bales Salaam court. containing the lnrge lctory aecet•tal.lle to God.-Ch arle' 1 reislan p:-ocesslon~ impress the Takht·i·K haneb, tion Is the farmer's most effective way It without Its l1avtng to be hl'ndled or Throne room. Dnuglu:t. of accomplis hing this end. a second time. , Lesson for August 18 i P I I ...... Agric ultura l Notes .. .. . . .. • • • • • • • • • • • • H SALESM ANSHIP PLUS The new salesman, although very enti.Juslus tic, could not be described as altogethe r convincin g. "1.;hls," he said, "Is one of the finest blankets produced tQduy. In material and ln constructi on it ls tar above anything present on the market. For the price there is nothing to touch it." "\\'hat Is the price?" his customer inquired. ".Just a minute nnd I will lnqntre," was the reply.-Ve terans' Service Magazine . EXPER IENCE NEEDE D She-You say Tom, who has just returned from Africa, is going to open a beauty parlor? Why? He-Well the tales he tells of bls experienc es makes their hair curl naturally. Monotono us Repetitio n Life Is a gloomy grand parade Of bills sent by the <~core, And even when you have them pa!4 You merely get aome more. Ample Proof He bad been the vlctlm of a tar and feathers party. "Did you recognize any of the men?" be was asked "Well, they were nil masked," be said, "but I know that one of them was Jenks, the barber." "What I'' "Yes ; when they bad finished with the feathers he asked me lf I would llke a slnge." WHY HE MARRI ED HER She-Wha t would folks say lf they saw me tn tights at that amateur performan ce? Be-Proba bly say I married yo..t tor your money. You The But Will Useless Effort may paint, you may powder face as you will, the back of the neck show the age stili. Much Leas Pa:r for It A visitor to the small town was chatting with the small-tow n editor. "Do tell rue," be said, "why did you ever call your paper The Pleasant· vllle Blame? Why the Blame?" "Because, " said the editor wltb a sigh, "nobody seems witting to take It." Serves for Two Parties say a fat peri!On may reduce by dancing the modern fa111t dances. Blbble-l' es, and a thin person may put on weight laughing at fat people trying to do them. Ishka-Th~y -----Explained Mrs. Benham- ! notice that the farmers alwa~·s have a mao for a scarecrow . because Benham - 'rhat's couldn't afford t!? dress a woman scarecrow . A Complete Alibi The Captaiu- 1 heur you arrested Buffalo r.Iike and then let hlw go. The Patrolma n-That's not so. 1 had the wrong mnn. Ue showed me conclusive ly that be wasn't rrom Buffalo. He'd just come from Troy. Double Trouble 'A mother tlyin;; fish must bn>e her worries.'' u\\'hS StJ ?" "Has to tenrh her little ones to fl,y us well as swim '' |