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' Tllt'lUtllAV. M.tV C. I2t Here's a Real Argument For Philippine Independence s " J'' 94 ; I A Typical Philippine Homestead The United Stites Isn't the nlyJ country that has homesteaders those enterprising pioneers who leave thick ly populated districts and take their families into virgin territory to create homes (or themselves. The Philippine Islands have thousands of thrifty home steaders. The abore photograph shows pic ture of a Christian Filipino homestead er and his family Lear Plklt, Cotabato .province, Mindanao, P. L Five years so he was a cab driver working for low wages at Cebu, a thickly populated city. He went Into the then wilderness of Mindanao, planted hemp and cocoa nuts, paid for his land and has be come wealthy. Thousands of similar Instances could be cited. One Mindanao homesteader is worth ,200,000. 0. il. C. BOY SEES GRIMJRAGEDY (Starving Chinese Clamor For Garbage Thrown From Diner. ' Conditions too appalling for descrip tion and misery too awful to look upon were witnessed only six weeks ago in ?the famine districts of North China by 1W. A. Sellwood, T. M. C. A. secretary 'and graduate of O. A. C, who has Just .returned from 18 months' service in fftussia and China, and who travelled 110 days, covering 800 miles, through , fnminn-Ktricken section from Pekin near the northern boundary, to Nan We ern Up-to-date P RED 391 il ,ui. IF- Par f 0 The Philippine government Is encour aging the immigration of Flllpluo from the thickly populated sections In to Mliidanr.o. This Is the second larg est if the Islands of the -chlpelage. It Is still sparsely settled, although It Is one of the richest and meet pro ductive Islands in the world. Many Americans have established planta tions there and become rich. Filipinos are using the stories of tlie many suscessful Fillplne homesteaders as an argument for Independence. They make the point that a people that can go out into.i tropical wilderness with no capital save their patience, perse verance and energy and win homes jt themselves, have the necessary atuuilna to run their own affairs. king, near the TJhlnese coast. "That ten-day journey was one long horror," said Sellwood. "1 am haunted yet by the memory of the drawn, des pairing faces and the pitiable cries for food of the starving, half-naked men, women and children who crowded un der the train windows, lifting up their arms in desperate supplication to us, every time the train slowed up or stopped. There are' 46,000.000 Chinese confronted with starvation in the famine district, and the daily death rate is 15.000 a day. Typhus and pestilence are adding their toll to that of wholesale starvation, and condi tions are simply beyond any adequate description. "In Russia I have seen corpses stack ed up like eordwood, and many other things very shocking to people who live comfortable, well-ordered lives here in the United States, but these were nothing to the tragic things that wer? visible on every hand all along LJ W jJ Btti carry a complete line of .Drugs Cigars and Tobaccos, in. fact, everything you would expect in a pharmacy. Mail or telephone orders are given prompt attention Hot Roasted Peanuts and Buttered Popcorn always on hand Die lOO mTle Journey through Hie famine districts of north Chin. Ths corpses were not stacked up In orderly fashion as In Russia. The survivors re too weak and wasted to under take any such task, and those who perish are left to lie where they fall, or are rolled Into streams netirby. Almost t any lime we could look out and see bodies floating In the streams or lying about on the ground. It Is common thing for famine vic tims to succumb while digging tor roots to eat, and the mute evidence of this last futile effort to secure some morsel tht will sustain life little longer. Is visible on every hand: the dead bodlea of men, women nd chil dren may be seen lying beside the hole In the ground that has been dug with sticks, or with the wasted claw-llks hands of the starving, bong ago all dogs, cats and even rati have disap peared in this land of horrors, except for a few wild, half-craied dogs that re dreaded by the emaciated human creatures because they fight so tenaciously for food and sometimes at tack the chtldren In their desperate hunger. Everything eatable hah been eaten except leaves, roots and grass, nd these re rapidly being exhausted. Where there are trees the bark from these Is also used, and most of the trees are dying as a result This vege tation Is ground up Into a sort of meal, and made into a kind ot cake by mix ing with water. It Is baked when fuel can be obtained. Millions of Chinese sre living on this diet alone. "On! of the most pitiable Incidents of the Journey was the wild clamor all along the railroad at points where the garbage from the dining car was dumped daily. Knowing approximate ly where to expect this garbage to be dumped, thousands of gaunt, starving creatures gather for hours In advance and await the passing ot the train. The railroad company, to prevent the frantic people from throwing them selves under the wheels in the strug gle for this garbage, have built fences two or three feet from the train, and the pails are emptied outside this fence. Policemen stand guard along the fence to hold back the older and the better-nourished people while the chil dren and the weaker adults are let through to get the first pickings." Sellwood also tells of a desperate Chinese mother who tried to sell him her little three-year-old daughter for SO cents. Recognizing the race or an American at the window of the train, this woman crowded to the front, hold ing up the child In her arms, and Im ploring him to buy It. It was explain ed to Sellwood that all Chinese mothers in the famine section are eager to sell their children, particular ly to Americans, as this means that the child will be fed and have a chance tn live, also that the returns from the sale will also mean a little food for the children that are left and for themselves. FARM LIVE STOCK FEED FOR WINTERING STEERS Methods Used and Results Obtained by Department of Agriculture at Lewitburg, W. V. (Prepared by the t'nlteit State Depart ment ot Agriculture.) Experiments to determine 1 1 most desirable rations and methods fur win tering steer were continued last year at Lewlshurg. W. Va by the United States Department of Agriculture, eo Mrattng with the state agricultural experiment stntlnn. Klxty two-vear-old steers, tivct-aglug 927 Hunds In weight, were divided Into arix lots of ten each am! wintered fur crlod nf 12ft days. I'.".- lining Ieeeuiher 23, 11110. The greatest gain Wl pound was made by the lot fed on dully ration of 25 pounds of silage, A.4 pounds of straw, an one pound .of cottonseed meal. Other rations and gains we're: Silage (40 pounds), gain. 71) pounds; A Good Bunch ef Steer. silage (.10 pounds) and cottonseed meal (one and half pounds), gain, 87 pounds; stlnge (23 pounds) anil mixed hay (eight pounds), gain, 6.1 pounds; mixed hay (20 pounds) and ear corn (two pounds), gnln, 25 pounds; silage (30 pounds), gain 22 pounds. The sti'frs used in the wintering ex periments at Lewlsburg were griised on pasture to determine the effect which the different ratlona fed and methods of wintering hud ou subse quent pasture gains. PUREBRED FEMALES FAVORED In Opinion of Specialists Number of Purebreds of Both Sexes Is Rap idly Increasing. According to figures announced by the I'hitecl States 1 epsrtiin-nt of Ag riculture, live stock owners in I lie United Hlates show a tendency toward purebred female animals lis well as " - , r " " " t j : : t, and Drug Sundries, Confections, toward purebred sires.' In fact, the use of well-bred sires appear to In crease the use of good females. I Mir ing the period October 1. "M. B March SI 11120, the ouallly of female stock kept In herds and Hocks headed by purebred aires, was 4M.3 l r oem purebred, and 2 lf cent scrub. The remaining number were grades of crossbred. Utter figure covering the period October 1, HMll, to liecemnct 81, 1H20. show that the number of nnrslirutt females In-lit under corre sponding conditions had Increased to 5(1.8 per cent and scrub hail fallen to 2.1. TIimm fliriirmi ere tinned on a knowl- edge of the breeding of nearly W.0tKI head of animals and poultry. In the opinion of department live stoc spe iln1lMi th nwire ffencral use of pure breds of both sexes en farms In the United States Is Increasing. In about t year. If apiesrs, tlie Increase In the use nf pun-bred female by purebred sire users ha been at least 7 per cent. DEVELOP HORSES AND COLTS Protein Feeds Tend to Produce Muecls Concentrstes Are Necessary for Work Animal. For young horses and rolls muscle development Is very Imtwirtiint, Pro tein feeds tend to produce this. Bo do legtitulnojis hays, such as alfalfa, clover, rowpeas, soy beans and pea nut. The following roneeirt rates sr Valuable Wheat .bran, nittonseed meal, rloe, bran and shorts. From one tn two pounds of futlimaeetl uieiil a day with the grain have been found to be very economical and highly ilcslr able for horses doing heavy work. INSPECT STOCK FOR DISEASE Federal Speelallits at Various Msrkets Examine Many Hed of Cattle, Shefp and Hog. In the course of supervising the In terstate transportation of live stock to prevent the sprcntl of animal disease I'nlted States Department of Agricul ture specltirtsts at market renters dur ing the Inst fiscal year Insiierteil 22, (kC.2UU cattle, of which 24.B2H were dipped under the department's su'r vision, so they might roniiuue In In terstate commerce. Hheep to Hie num ber of 2.'1.-W2..128 also were lnsiected for roinmtinicnlile dlseasi-H, and of these 2.7-M.4M were d!eil to comply with the regulation of the department or of the suites of desttmitlon. Swine Inspected numbered ,'H),7.VMi70. and R7-l.ri.VI of these were vaccinated against hog cholera for distribution as feeding or Breeding anliiiiils. I'pon request of trnusxrtHtion com panies nnd alilpppcrs or to comply with Iiiwh of suites to which hlilpmciim wptp !P''"nM, drprrtme-nt veterinar ians li.sH-cied :MI,:ili;i horsi-N nnd mules, of which 2.'t.742 were lesled with mal loin, ii showing reactions. hwmacy SELLS HIS POOR PUREBREDS Undevised -and Poorly Conformed An. Imal old lor Beef by Nebrsek Live Stock Man. "I sold s beef two purebred Short horn bulls, one underslxed. the other of poor conformation." This state ment to the riiltiil Htale Impart nmnt of Agriculture from Nebraska stucknmn Riding In ""' letter Stock campaign. Indlcsles growing underslaiiilllig theO-deslralil sire must he of good Otmllty lu ad dition to being purebred. DEVELOP AND J-ATTEN SWINE Term Are Often Mlsueed In tpeaklna. ef Hog Som leeenlisl for Development The word develop l often misused for the word fallen. This Is a mistake. In order to develop a pig be must have sulinble food to keep up a good growib of bone and muscle and regular eier clse to give hUu strength and vigor, SHELTER NEEDED FOR SHEEP. Damp, Cold Weather Is Espeelslly Bad for Young Lamb and De erv Some Protection. Hheep will, as a rule, require shrl ter In very bad weather. Iiup, cold weather Is especially chilling to yimiif lambs, and sheepmen always strive lo have them sheltered, They will do well If given some green food In con nection with roughage and grain. superioTfeed F0RSTEERS Wet Pulp or Com Si lege Oo Long Way Toward Keeping Cattle Healthy and Hearty. Wet pulp or corn silage should al ways be Included In the ration for sleera. The succulence which Is fur nished by these B's-lllng feeds goes long wsy luward keeping stock healthy and hearty on full feed. Oo to Class by Underground Tunnels. An unilergroiind tunnel system that hss all the fascination nf the cata combs, althotiKh It serves the less dra matic function of conveying heating pipes, Is one or the chief attraction at Wellesley college. It has Just Ih-i-u completed and un dergrnduiiles are being permitted to nimble nmuud under the SUOarre campus. The tunnels sre six feet high snd wide enough for comforlnble walking, (llrls have found that no mnttcr how cold the weatlier, It Is a good plan lo atiiiiulon ennta when taking this long adventure. The temperature from (he heiitlng pipes Is about that of a Turk ish bath. mod - I; PRINEYILLE, OREGON