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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER. RANDOLPH. UTAH county reaper THE RICH Entered as second-clas- s matter Feti 8. 1929. at the pst office Randolph, Utah, tinder the Act of Mar. 3, 1879. 17m. E. Marshall, Editor and Prop SUBSCRIPTION S1J10 Per in Advance Economic Changes Affect Trade of Chinese Port Iw Finds Soy Bean v Oil Meal Is 0. K, Animal Specialist Says It Ranks High as Feed for the Hogs. By E. T. ROBBINS, Animal Husbandry Extension Specialist, University of Illinois. WNU Service, A large crop of soy beans combined with Increased stock feeding, activities on farms indicate that soy bean oil meal will rank high among the protein supplements used in feed lots this i winter. This standard of the large bean crop already has established Its merits as an all around healthful and suitable high protein feed. At present prices It has a low cost for each pound of protein as compared with other supplementary feeds. Hog raisers in particular will find soy bean oil meal an excellent protein supplement during the winter months. Tests have Indicated that hogs given free access to powdered limestone will thrive almost as well on a ration In which tankage is used as the protein concentrate. Ilog raisers are cautioned that the feeding of whole or ground beans will produce soft pork, whereas soy bean oil meal produces firm pork. Every shipment of soft pork from a particular locality hurts the reputation of that locality on the market. From reports it is believed that soy bean processors are willing to with feeders in the matter of exchanging soy beans for soy bean oil. This is a grtod trade because it gives the farmer more protein than he would have in his beans. ct . Demand for Products in Foreign Markets Drop Off. : Earliest Bible Mss. Found in Rubbish London. What was described officially as the oldest manuscript of any part of the Bible in any language was found In an old col- lection of papyri in the Ryland library at Manchester. It consists of part of the Greek manuscript of the Gospel of St John, written 200 years before the Codex Sinalticus. The document was lost for centuries in a rubbish heap of Egyptian material in .the library. "It probably was written before the ink of the original dried in the early part of the Second century" said Dr. Henry . Guppy, librarian, or even in the last part of the First century. Hitherto scholars thought St Johns Gospel was one of the last written. As soon as a typhoon approaches within 1U0 miles of the city two guns are fired from its signal station every five minutes night and day. In August, 1922, an unusually severe typhoon and tidal wave greatly damaged the ports shipping and property. But Climate Is 0. K. "One thing, however, Swatow does not have to worry about is its climate. It is ranked as the healthiest port in China by some authorities. Cholera is noticeably absent During the hot summer season, the heat is alleviated by cool sea breezes, while the winters are bracing. The city had an Insufficient water supply until 1914, when a modern water system was Installed.. "Swatow originated as a small fish ing village. Its name probably was de rived fr'ur swa, (a wicker basket for catching fish) and tow, (head). Today, a large percentage of the people in and near the port engage in fishing. They catch flying fish, sea breams and other varieties, and many of the fisn peddlers carry their wares in baskets on their heads. Swatows population was about 178--. G36 in 1931. Most of the citys resi phoons. Washington. The treaty port of Swatow. in southeast China, came to the world's attention recently as the scene of serious e disputes over customs duties on rice. Chinese ships entering the port had to pass down a receiving line of Japanese warships, and Chinese troops dug miles of trenches near the city as Japanese marines threatened to land. "Although Swatow Is one of Chinas most important ports, circumstances seem to have conspired in recent years to reduce Its usually brisk trade, says the National Geographic society Lessened demand for its products In foreign markets, especially in Siam and the Straits Settlements, have caused n diminution of the citys exports; and heavy local 'taxation, together with boycotts, lias affected Its Imports. Swatow residents have learned to economize by using Chinese-madmatches and hosiery Instead of foreign ones, artificial woolen yam Instead of the genuine. oil instead of Imported kerosene, cheap dried and salted fish in place of the more expensive sharks fins and cuttle-fish- . Destitute Coolies R:turn. A large part of Swatows former purchasing power was due to money sent home by Immigrant coolies working in lam, in the Straits Settlements, and in the tin mines of Netherland India. At present this source of wealth is failing as hundreds of coolies, destitute ard unable to find work elsewhere, are pouring hack into Swatow An added burden to Swatows com mercial difficulties is the frequent pres ence of bandits in agricultural regions of the hinterland. Parts of the Kwang-tunprovince, for which Swatow is an Important distribution center, are har ried by them. Europeans made a poor on Swatow. Early European traders kidnaped so many coolies from there to be laborers in other countries that Chinese hatred of foreigners raged in the port. Even for several years after the treaty of 1858. which made Swatow a treaty port, foreigners were not welcome in the city. This feeling has largely been changed and today Chinese. European, and Ameri can homes pnd offices are side by side Not only has the port had troubles commercially, but it has even had diffi cnlties geographically. Situated on low alluvial plains at the mouth of the Han river. It had occasionally been flooded by inadequately controlled tributary streams. After a survey in 1921, dikes were built which give the city better protection. Calamities which Swatow anticipates annually are typhoons, which fre qnently rage between August and October. Situated at tiie southern end of the strait between the China coast and Taiwan, and less protected from the sea than many other Chinese ports. Swatow is at full mercy of the ty Chlno-Japanes- e locally-distille- - dent are Chinese merchants, farmers or fishermen, but there are also several hundred foreigners engaged in trade. These are mostly Japanese, English, German, American, French and Iortu-gues- ? The citys modern improvements Include waterworks, a new telephone system, electric lights, a sugar refinery, and mills for expressing oil from pea nuts. Model of a Memorial to Mark Twain Legumes are natural nitrogen tories, but their production may be increased with the use of phosphorus and potash. Many farmers grow legumes as green manure crops because they collect nitrogen from the air and put it into the soil. Applications of phosphorus and potash to legumes stimulate their growth enabling them to produce more nitrogen than if they did not receive these fertilizer materials. These are not wasted as they are available for the next crop as corn or cotton when the legumes are plowed under and defac- . Student Styles Change, Says Missouri Veteran. It is possible for a colt to get too fnt. Some mares milk much heavier than others, and If the colt is still nursing and eats quite a bit of grain, it Is very apt to get overweight. When colts are too fnt. they are apt to go wrong in their legs, especially the hocks, even though they may get considerable exercise, says A. L. Harvey, Division of Animal Husbandry, University Farm, St Paul. Although a colt is rather young to wean. In this case yon wean it and turn It out where It will get plenty of exercise. After it gets rid of most of the excess fat. Increase the feed and see that it continues to get lots of exercise. twelve-weeks-ol- ! d Columbia, Mo. Wayne Allen Is rec ognfzed as official paddle maker of the University of Missouri He has been at It 32 years along with desultory work at piano tinkering. In, 1928 Allen advertised:. . "Allens paddles have made lasting Impressions rn Mizzou freshmen for ' the last 25 years." During that time Allen estimated he LABORS DEI.EGATE p llf 'V - hv Brown Rat Most Destructive The brown rat destroys wild birds and causes more loss to the farmer than nil the native mammal pests combined. The "United States Department of Agriculture estimates that every rat on the farm costs from SO cents up per year. They have been known to destroy a flock of Brahma chickens in a night The loss by these rats is estimated at $1.27 per year to every person in the United States. In the United States It eats the produce of the labor of 200.000 workers and 5,000, 000 acres are devoted exclusively to raising food that this rat eats each year. full-grow- f Fm t .. , . '; j j Only young bees reared late In Season live throughout the winter. . the x ..... Walter Russell, well known sculptor of.New York, pictured with a model of the center portion of his Mark Twain memorial which is to be erected In Hannibal, Mo the boyhood home of the creator of Tom Sawyer" and Huck Finn. The actual memorial Itself will be 60 feet long and will contain 28 figures, all more than life size has made many thousands of paddles. Ive made paddles out of every kind of wood that grows,, he says. Rosewood was the favorite in prosperous times. Some fraternities favored mahogany, but seasoned oak Is the favorite now. "I have made them out of ebony." Styles in paddles change, Allen deSome years students want clares. ones. Other years heavy they require- shorter, lighter blades. He has to be something of a draftsman. The engineers Bend the. paddle maker specifications drawn like archi' tects plans for a building. "Engineers paddles must weigh jnst so much and must be just exactly so s of an inch thick." many .Agriculture students want them tough and strong. One of Allen's masterpieces was an explosive paddle which concealed a percussion cap. When the wood was brought in forcible contact with luckless freshmen the resulting blast was r very amusing, He now is attempting to devise a set of paddles which will emit pleas ant tones when In use. Allens paddles for women are pop ular. They are made of soft wood and are considerably wider than the male type. , And he not only makes the dls clplinary woods but also for a paddle protectors for luckless frosh. The armor is made of piano felt. ,;r '' - ' VA GS Early-hatche- to pullets, subject d a molt, may be materially aided during this period by the use of lights. Extensive tests at Cornell and other Institutions long ago established many facts about the , use of lights. Those that apply to pullets are cited : Artificial lighting helps, to increase . winter egg production. Lights have little value after April L Abandonment of lights must be gradual to avoid a drop in egg production. Eggs can be produced more economically during the winter under lights than under natural conditions. Lights give greater and cheaper production of eggs during the winter, when egg prices-arrelatively high, but lower production in spring. Annual pullet production is Increased r slightly by lights. pullets mature earlier under lights. Annual income Is definitely Increased by lights. In general, lights have more effect on flocks of low or medium ability than on high producers. Of all methods, probably , the use of lights in the morning and In the evening is the most satisfactory. d g A fast working hen not only lays more eggs than the loafing hen. but her eggs usually hatch better. Hatchahliity, the United States Department of Agriculture has learned, is closely linked with high egg produstion. It found that eggs which remain In the hens oviduct 24 to 27 hours before they are laid are more likely to hatch than those retained longer. An eggs hatching qualities apparently are affected by the hens body temperature when they remain in the body more than 27 hours. Eggs incubated In an Incubator at a temperature of 105 degrees to 107 degrees Fahrenheit, the hens normal body temperature, seldom hatch. When kept warm by the sitting lien, eggs never reach the same temperature as the hens body. Lazy hens which lay, say, two days a week often keep the eggs in the oviduct and uterus as long as 30 hours before laying them. On the other hand, the tests show hens which lay six days a week seldom retain the eggs more, than 27 hours. ructs g paddle-proof- , e was appointed D Iresideni William Green of the'Anier inm Federal Inn of Labor ns that or gaulzut ion's delegate to the lorincom Baby Omaha. Latest ca.olitlnte fo: child ing international labor conference In (idle. The selection was said to be prodigy is seventeen-month-olCarolyn shocking to Secretary of I at hot Ier Kutler, who lias a stock of 200 words kins, as Mr Hutcheson is an outspoken In addition t speaking English, Caroopponent of the New Deal. lyn also chats in Jewish. made-to-measur- a! Feeding Mash and Grain The amount of grain fed to chickens depends upon the season of the year, and the condition and production of the birds. The proportion of the grain to the mash is as Important as the amounts of either. If tiie mash mixture fed Is low in protein, less grain should be fed titan witen a mash mixture high In protein Is being used. The amount of. mash consumed is regulated to a great extent by tiie grain fed. At the beginning of the laying year the birds sltguld consume slightly more grain titan mush. Tiie proportion of grain will be decreased as production increases and as tiie season advances until the birds are eating nearly equal parts of grain and tnnsh. As a general rule, feed the layers so as to have them eating slightly more mash than grain per day during tiie period' of highest egg production. Los An' . geles Times. Why Pullets Are Poor ing . sum-const- L Hutcheson CARNEGIE PIPER two-hande- d form-fittin- W. Woolen mills are using wool at the highest rate since war times. w ' j. - n Agricultural Notes ' Artificial lights In the poultry house do not harm the health of pullets. . sixty-fourth- s Col- Busier Hens Eggs Hatch Better Than Loafers Man Works 34 Years as Maker of Paddles Colts Can Get Too Fat By Prof. L, E. Weaver, New York State WNU Service. lege of Agriculture. egg-layin- ' 0-8- Winter Program. , . corn and other crops than if the same fertilizer Is applied directly to the crops, tests of the United States Department of Agriculture show. In the and South, fertilizer mixtures of applied at the rate of 400 pounds an acre are generally satisfactory for increasing the growth of the Austrian winter pea and other legumes grown as a green manure crop preceding corn and cotton. No Danger to Health From . - cay. By this method the farmer gains the use of three fertilizer materials for other crops although he applied only two. . Phosphorus and potash applied to legumes when grown as a green manure crop help to produce heavier yields of ARTIFICIAL LIGHT Late-hatche- g Fertilizer Makes Legumes Better Nitrogen Factories PULLETS AIDED BY To take part In the American celebration of the centenary of the birth of Andrew Carnegie. Hugh Grant, official piper at Skibo castle. Scotch home or the Carnegie family, came over and showed us how the pipes should be played. He Is seen here being greeted, ns he landed from the Anchor liner Caledonia, by Roswell Miller, son-ilaw of the late iron master. n Many pullets 'are poor, and scrawny because they do not get enough to eat. And the reason they lack feed is that, they are crowded out at feeding time by tiie bosses of tiie flock. Tills bossing is quite common in flocks, rutting such bossed birds by themselves will give them more of a chance to get at the hoppers and therefore eat ' more feed. Tiie other way to correct tills condition is to put more feed hoppers in the pens. Montreal Herald. Strains More Popular The prominence given the word purebred" is a hangover from the earlier days of the poultry business Cow Plows Field witen pttrehreds were tiie exception Flanders, Conn. Locked out of het rather thnn the rule. In those days barn, one of State Representative Wil- pttrehreds really meant something; fred Scotts cows spent the night plow- they were a liig improvement over the ing a portion of his field. The bell vast mintliprs of mongrel chickens that rope around the animal's neck became cluttered up tiie countryside. Today, caught on the handle of a plow. In people give more attention to strains trying to get loose the cow pulled the of a givpn breed or variety than they plow around the fleld'tntll dawn, cut- do to purehreds. A strain Is merely'' family of birds. ting deep furrows. , , ... I |