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Show THE MIDVALE JOURNAL Page Seven Muskrat, Once Thought Nuisance, Now Valued MRS. HEN . I the good methods In building a pro Itahle poultry flock may be followed but if culling is not practiced, th~ results are disappointing. ''Culling is one of the most discussed phas:es of poultry work," says e. F. Parrish, poultry extension speclall,st at" the North Carolina State college. "There is a great deal of money lost each year on unskilled and ill-timed culling. Most poultry· rli'en nre elastic in their cullfng prac' tlces, lea\lng weaklings, short and round backed birds, deformed or uridersLzed chicks with the llope thnt these may develop into profitable birds. This Is bad. Such birds are always costly. Culling must start with the baby chicks and space may be saved and disease eliminated I! the. baby chicl;s are rigidly culled." This culling needs to be followed on through the growing stage and when the pullets are transferred to the J_a;ying house in the fall, the good poultryman will pull out the weaklings that may hnYe been overlooked earlier. If egg production drops suddenly, It may be a case of poor feed or iflsease but whenJbi.rds .have - gone · eight months and' have not laid, It eans that they are 1rom low-produdng stock and should be disposed of. The laying flock should be culled at least once each month, says l\fr. Parrish. Then when egg prices drop ffl the spring, another rigid culllng shoufd take place with only the best hens in the flock k'ept In the laying house. The virtue of this plnn is that t!R! hens are marketed as they be· come culls and no tJirds are kept that fi"FJ'! not paying their way in e~g pro· ductlon. Tn such cnses, also, the hens are not all !lumped on the market when pttees may tie low. To cull properly, Mr. Parrish suggests giving attention to tht comb, health, eyes, molt, pelvic bones, flexIbility of the abdomt>n, shank and beak, vent color and weight. M ANCHURIA, whose important east-west railway, the Chi· nese Eastern, has heen the bone of contention between Cl1lnu and Hussia, is an empire In It· self. The state uf Texas along with New York and Pennsylvania might be fitted Into Manchuria and still leave enough room for New Jersey. In this domain of vast size is a mixed population of Chil!ese, Koreans, Japanese :md Russians which numbers between 20,000,000 and 25,000,000. So near to China's swarming deltas and Japan's overcrowded Islands, It is still a land of great open spaces. This Is a signUlcant tact ln Manchuria politics. For a while Japan and China competed by sending In streams of Immigrants; but In late years the Chinese stream has become dominant owing to Jts lower scale of living. This northern dependency of China Is shaped like a giant jaw tooth whose roots touch the Great Wall where lt reaches the sea and whose crown forms the south bank of the Amur rh·er. This tooth is the wedge which sepnratts Russia and Mongolia on the one side and Japanese Korea and the narrow strip o:t' Russian territory along the Sea of .Japan on the other. It is a lanll where empires meet, and, having met, btllld railroads. Manchuria Is better sened In the matter of railway lines than any other part of China. After the treaty of Portsmouth, which ended the RussoJapanese war, the railways were diRape Sometimes Used vided. Japan took over matters In the as Green Poultry Feed root of the tooth and Russia those in Rape Is sometimes used us greell the crown. So it stood until a few feed for poultry and the field will weeks ago when the Chinese ousted proi1a1Jiy be all right as a goo,;e pas- Russian rail way officials and seized ture. In the fence cornt>rs and pos- the line. Japan still maintains her sibly throughout the field, there will own rights In the leased territory be more or Jess other green plants and surrounding Port Arthur and Dalren and along the railway concession run· pa~ture grasses which will serve to nlng north almost to Harbin. vary h ration. Duiren, Manehurla's chief seaport, Some poultrymen have cut\ ape and used It for green feed for penned has been largely Japanese built and flocks on limited ran!!es. They plant resembles other cities of Japan exit in drills nnd do not cut below the cept that it Is worked out on a more Its crown tro the gt·een feed can be har· modem and mugnificent scale. vested se,·eral times during the sum· docks and harbor equipment are com· parable with the great seaports of the Dler. world. Geese will thrive on almost any kind Harbin, the metropolis of the north, or pasture grass tlntt a cow will eat Is purely Hu~sian. It lies on the and will eat almost any gra~s or vegebanks of the Sungarl river at the point tahle or growing plant that chickens of change from trans-Siberian trains will eat. 1\Io?t goose bn•etlers do not nse rape for pasture, however, but to the southern connections with Peiplng and Tokyo. Harbin now shel· 1{ ep the geese on clover pasture !ann ters great nlJinbers 0f exiles from the ~r or1 low gras~y a reus not used for old regime In Russia. crops. Mukden the Focal Point. Profitable to Market Muk<len, the proYincial capital, lies In the plains of eentral Manchuria and Cockerels as Broilers is the focal point of three empires. Those who have been nclvocuting llere the Chinese and Japanese and putting the cockerels ol'l' as broilers Europeans each have their distinct rather than keeping them longer in cities, three in one. Modern Japanese order tCI get more we>ight on them will business and residential blocks surbQ. lntere~ted in the findings of the round the railway station where the New llnmpshire Agricultural college. traveler from Chosen {Korea) or After numerous experiments, they have Peiping alights. A disreputable ve· sutisfied themselves that it takes but hicle with lines reminiscent of old seven to eight pounds of feed to pro- Russia hears the tourist through a duce a broiler weighing two pounds, straggling European quarter to the while it takPS anywhere from 12 to 20 gate!! of the high-walled Chinese city pounds of feed for eaeh succeellln~ two miles away. Japanese, Hussians pound up to six pounds. It Is scl f. and, Chinese meet but do . not mingle.. evident then that It does not pay 'Ihe Japanese ~narte~ .'s a sp.leJ~<lld m'trket poultry men to hol<l their example of coloma! effictency. Streets .-o.ckerels to get the six pounds in 1 are straight, broad and hard paved. wc·i;::ht. Bazaars are filled with the latest pr?d: , The rwultry eU.itor has always been uct~ from :Japanese forms a~d fac advising j "OU to get rid of your cock- tones-luscious yellow persimmons, erf'ls Jonrr before they eat their head? dainty ten sets, and gorgeous tlowered 1'0ff, so to"'speak. cotton kimono cloth done up in one... garment bolls. 'l'here are hospitals, , Gains for Chick_s sch<u>ls and police stations, electric lighted and presided over by the latChicks make the cheapest and most est products of the imperial edu<'a· rapid gains when they are young. Tt tiona! sy!"tem. Over t!le railway sta· Js therefore e><sentiai tlutt an amr,Ie tion is an excellent European style amount of good wl10Iesome food he hotel, complete with brass beds and l;ept constantly before the birds. Mash tile batl\s. lwppers should be of sufficient size so A short drive In the rickety Russian that n large majority of the chicks can droskie and all is changed. 'l'he air eat at the same time. thereby avoiding grows henYier with strange odors. the C0115tant Oghling and crowding for Gray brick Russian houses straggle room to eat. The outdoor mash hop· along a bumpy road bordered by open per of adequate size is rery deHirnble drains, with millet and sweet potato fo devl'lopiug the young stock. All1 field!! stretching beyond. Occasional feeding utensils should be l>ept clean. recently built Chinese structures give the appearnnce of new patches on an ancient garment. Grasshopper Control This ls the so-called International Turkeys are a great aid in keeping settlement and is well named. g . ssh~ppers wnder co?trol. They re- Wretched looking white Hussian refu· ~tmre little feed a?d. little Investment 1 gees ubound. Korean women smol!e m the .way of bu•ldmgs. Their need . their pipes in half-open doorwuys. of a wid~, fi·ee range makes it ~_orne· Occas!onnlly European consular what difficult ~o grow them In thickly compounds form Islands of respecta· sattled countries. Grown turl!e;ys arc : bllity; the American consulate, ocextremely harJ'y, bnt you.ng Jooults j cup~·ing a series of large and gaudy need considerable care. A little water temple buildings, being particularly on _the feathers, cold feet, a b.\t of imposing, whlle & stately Georgian SDOIIed food, or even one Ions&, will structure upholds the dignity of Great kfll them at this stage. Poults sltould Britain. be watched until well feathered, Sudt14W-l• u... OSirr!all& wwds throWl:b ! I I "I saw something so absurd just now," said Mrs. Ben. "What did you see?" asked Mrs. Henry Hen. "I saw something so absurd," Hen Said Mrs. again. "So you told us before," said Mrs. H en r I e t t a Hen. "Yon have not yet told me what H was that was so absurd." "Nor have you told me." said ~Ir-s. Henry Hen. "That's rIg h t. hens, get excited. don't wait for any· "What Did You one to he given a See?" chance," said Mrs. Hen. ''Well, if you don't want to tell us, you needn't," said !\Irs. Henry Hl'n. "No, of course, you needn't," said Mrs. He.n rietta Hen. "Now hens," said Mrs. Hen, "don't get angry. There Is nothing funny about It and I meant no offense. "I only want you to be quiet and calm 11nd patient." "Well, as you're Mrs. Hen and we're Saint on Postcard J only Mrs. Henry Hen and Mrs. Hen"Good King Wenceslas" has joined rletta Hen, we had better be patient, the very select band of stamp saints. I suppose," said Mrs. Henry Hen. which ranges oil the way from the She ba'l always wished she could be as fin~ a hen as Mrs. Hen, for Mrs. archangel Gabriel to St. Vltus. lt is Hen was quite fine, and was quite I the little country of Czechoslovakia which has paid him the honor, tor he superior in her ways and actions. Mrs. Henry Hen was quite a little Is their patron saint, ano It is just a thousand years sinee his death. This bit jealous of her at times. event Is shown on the two high \'alU(-S_ "This was what I saw which was so the three and five korony, In so lively absurd," said Mrs. Hen. a manner that the design Is unique lr. She paused, cleared her throat, philatelic annals. cackled some more and then began wi.:h her story. . . Silk Coated With Metal Some of the chtldren were havmg Silk, wood nnd cotton used in the nn autumn picnic. It was being held construction of airplanes ore made by yonder brook. "They left there only a few morn · more durable and more etHclent hy a metal coaloing process which has heen ents ago. . . "Now 1 know enough ahout ptcmcs recently discovered. The thin (llating to know that crumbs are left around, of metal on these materials malws them so I walked down in stately splendor more readily withstand the rough treatment they are Iikef.v to encounter to the pond. ''I was hoping nothing had gone in the air sen·lce. Into the pond for tha.~ would have been far from pleasant. ' Armored Tractor in Orchard The other two hens listened attenA new design of armored tractor is th·ely, and only wished they could not for use In warfare, as might be walk in stately splendor, or at least suppose(!, hut for service In the or· say that they had and not have a chard. Shields for the driver and trac· creature smile at the thought. tor treads permit of passage under "I found, as I hnd thought,'' con- low-hanging hranches of trees in tinued Mrs. Hen, "so!lle very nice citrus groYes. crumbs, some delicious crumbs, well seasoned, with a good tast~. and wei· Come and Get It come to m.v appetite. naymond-\\'hat would you say if "But I saw something very strange. I were to throw you a kiss? I saw a knife and a fork which had Cathleen-I'd say you were the lazl· been forgotten. est man I'd ever met.-Belfast Xews "I've noticed when the children.have Letter. . tllat tlley often gn·en o th er p'cni'cs 1 eat with knives and cut with forks, oh, no, they cut with knives aud eat with forl>s. "They eat with spoons too - and sometimes just with fingers. "But they left the knife and fork. A BABY REMEDY "I thoug!It I'd APPROVED BY DOCTORS try to copy them fOR COIJC.CON$TIMT!ON,DIARRII£A ~nd use the knife and fori> bnt J Better Retreat found my 0 ,\·n hen She-Why, your heart sounds like tl1e ways were a drum beating l best, an<l I had He--Yes, er, that's the ealf to arms. a delightful little _:Boston Transcript. 1 me.1. "I decidecl. too, "I Found." that a hen should not copy mere- people. A hen should keep her dignity an<l not copy. ''All, it was too ausurd to think thnt I would copy them and usc their tnol~. "I know bow to eat in my own heo ,,,ny." Bridge of Chinese Eastern Railway Over the Sungarl. (Prepared by the Natlono.l Geographic Society, Washington, D. C.) In the early days of the fur trnde h was the practice In Canada for trap· pers to keep foxes or other wild fur bearers, caught in '"arm weather. un til the fur was prime, and from this custom bas arisen the modern Industry of fur farming. In recent years the development of muskrat farms has progressed rapid· ly, particula,.)y In western Canada _ Marsh lands hitherto considered al· most worthless have suddenly In creased in value. I At one time the muskrat was lOIJ]H~d upon us a pest and wus disregar<led by the trupper unless a :;:reat nurn· ber could be taken with little trouhle Today this little slough dweller ts one ' of the chief factors In maintaining tt high total value for our annual fur Children's stomachs sour, and nee& production and In commercial impor an anti-acid. Keep their systems tance heads the list of fur· hen rt!r!' sweet with PIIillips Milk of Magnesia! When tongue or breath tells of Hid taken in <'unada. This growth in pop ularity Is due to two \'a Iuable wop- condition-correct It \Yith a :spoonful erties-namely, the pelt's lnn:.:·wPar- of Phillips. 1\fost men and women have Ing qualities and 1ts ~uitnhility for been comforted by this universal sweetener-more mothers should lndyeing.-Exchange. I \"Ol:e its aid for the!r children. It Is a pleasant thing to take, yet neutralizes Complicated Street Marking Count Maxenee de l'oliguas was more acitl than the harsher things too discussing the traffic regulntlon~ of often employed for the purpose. No llonseliol!l should be without it. America. Phillips is the genuine, prescrip"They are excellent," he said. "but tional product physicians endorse for a foreigner at first flnds them rnther general u><e; the name Is important. complicated and hard to umlerst :mrl "11ilk of Magnes ia'' has been the U. S. "One foreigner said to another: regi:;;tered trade marl;: of the Charles " 'In some Americnn towns the H. Phillips Chemical Co. and its prestreets are murked ofT In white decessor Chflrl es II. l'hillil)S since 1875. squares. What does that menn ?" "The other foreigner, who was a joker, sh1·ugged and answered: "'I guess maybe It means that If you get hit outside the linE's it doesn'f count.' "-Springfield Union. a towered and tortuously curved gateway In the wall of the Chinese city. Uneasy smells increase into a distinct malodorous certainty. One-storied gray brick, gray tiled honAes line a deeply rutted roadway. mue cotton clothes are worn with the monotony of uniforms. Cheerful, unwashed yellow faces tlow post in continuous streams. Perpetual and strident bargaining fills the air. Coal balls, sweet cukes, fly swatters and bo!ling tea water are hawked with shrill cries and ringing bells. Given Up to Trade. Such Is the ancient .Manchu capital from which the dynastic throne was rnoYed to Peiplng In the Seventeenth century, after the Manchu conquest of China. The huge palace of the suecessors of Genghis Khan still dom!nates the city with its gaudy emptlness, and tombs of :Manchu rulers with columned balls and curving eves brood In lonely magnificence in torests outside the city walls. These :t'ew heirlooms :t'rom a historic past lie like solled jewels in the mud-colored monotony of a dirty commercia! city. Modern Mukden is who!ly absorbed In trade. Lying in the center of a rich agricultural plain, it forms the meeting point of two great One, running east 1-ailway systems. and west connects Tokyo and Chosen (Korea) ~ith Peiping; the other north and south joins Port Arthur and Dairen to the Trans-Siberian raUway. A monument to its commercial lmportance ns well as to fallen soldiers is the modest war memorial o:t' the Japanese heroes who fell in the his• toric battle of Mukden -during the Russo-Japanese war. Although In the same latitude as Chicago and Boston, Mukden has a rather severe climate of the so-called "continental" type. Winters are long and cold; summers short but torrid. The hot season, however, ripens surrounding miles of beans and giant sorghum, making Mukden the bean cake and bean oil market as well as the alcohol distilling center of• North China. Cold winters bring a season o:t' Intense activity in the fur market. Buyers from the New York fur houses bargain with traders from the North for all sizes and grades of skins from dog to marten and from Siberian squii·rel to l\Ianchurian tiger. Surrounding coal mines furnish abundant supplies for a bustling rallway center. On the other hand water is comparatively star('e for a large part of the year. 'fhe relative disproportion between these two elements Is probaloly rl'~<ponsible for the grimy complexion of Manchuria's somber but seething capital. Land of the Soy Bean. .Manchuria, like new England, ls tlle land of the bean, tllis time the soy bean. Beans, bean oil, and bean cal:e, or leavln!!s from the oil p1·esses, are ~ chief exports. The soy bean's rise from obscurity, only 20 years ago, to its present im(!ortance, is a wonder of modern comwerte. Today its products, manufactured by the wholesale at Mukden, are shipped all ove1· the world. Not only does the soy hean provide a sauce which is the worcestershlre of China, but It also masquerades as cheese, candy, fertilizer, flout·, and oll for lighting nnd lubricating. The Japanese use 1t widely as the basis of confectionery. In this form RIDDLES it is highly palatable and the Japanese consider their candies and pastries What has a head but does not think 7 more wholesome than om·s-indeed A head of cabbage. they are appalled by the quantity of • • • sugar which Americans consume. What goes up when the rain comes Dalren, just north of Port Arthur, down? An umbrella. on the Liaotung peninsula, exported • • • In one year nearly 150,000 tons of b~an What stretches but Is not rubber or oil, and most of this came direct t() a neck? Crepe paper. the United States. Many (}f the ulti· • • • mate consumers thereof probably were j Why is coffee like mud? Because no n1ore aware that soy bean oil was they were both once ground. the hnsls of a del!cious mayonnaise l • • • dressing than that hair-seal oil was an · What never asks questions but has important Ingredient of the bonbons to be answered1 A door bell. 1 they ate after dinner. • • • Tbe region generally referred to as What has four legs and a back but .Manchuria really comprises three cannot mov(; itself? A chair. provin~ce~ of Chinn, which are Tsltsik·j • • • bar. Klrm an<l Llaotung. The latter, 1 Why Is the letter "T" like an Island? which also Is known as Shing-King or Because It is in the middle of water. l•'engtien, Is the most soutl'lerly and • • • gives Its name to the peninsula where Why Is a false friend like the letPort Arthur and the Japan<!se reser- ter "P''? It is first in pity and last vation are located. It was llere that in help. the encroachments of Russia, In 1898, • • • brought on ber war with Japan. FiYe men were under an umbrella. Chinese In Manchuria are, as a rule, Why didn't they get wet? Because it not native sons. They have lmmlgrat- wasn't raining. ed hither from all parts of Clllna, • • • driren from their homes by war and What Is the difference between a famine. Tlle recent shortage of food summer dress in winter and an exand political turmoil In Shantung have tracted tooth? One Is too tJ.:tJt, UHl sent millions of farmers and labore~a other tooth ,ut. trom that province alona. I I ChildrenCry Makes life Sweeter BILLIPS Milk of Magnesia For Barbed Wire Cuts Try HANFORD'S Balsam of Myrrh All dcalen ar• aathoriucl to refud yov lltllQ' for U.. fintlooul• if aol oaileL Kill Rats Without Poison A New Exterminator that Won~t Kill Li11estock, Poultry, Dogs~ Cats~ or eJVen Baby Chicks K-R-0 can be used about the home,bam orpoultr~ yard withabsolutesafety as it contains ao deadiJ polson. K-R-0 is made of Squill, as recommended by U. S. 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