Missionary Visitor, The (1912) . han paying ex-penses. The government, pleased with the suc-cess of the experiment, has never takenthe engine away. It was the first in Ma-dras Presidency used for irrigation, butnow there are hundreds in use. enjoys liberal grants from thegovernment for his school. He is con-sidered an expert in such matters and isconstantly sought for advice and counsel. Other missions, seeing the need of giv-ing more attention to preparing the peo-ple of the soil, are looking into the mat-ter, and some have sent boys there tolearn in the school, hoping to establish
Missionary Visitor, The (1912) . han paying ex-penses. The government, pleased with the suc-cess of the experiment, has never takenthe engine away. It was the first in Ma-dras Presidency used for irrigation, butnow there are hundreds in use. enjoys liberal grants from thegovernment for his school. He is con-sidered an expert in such matters and isconstantly sought for advice and counsel. Other missions, seeing the need of giv-ing more attention to preparing the peo-ple of the soil, are looking into the mat-ter, and some have sent boys there tolearn in the school, hoping to establish asimilar farm school in their own mission. SOME CHINA EXPERIENCES Geo. W. Hilton BOUT the middle ofFebruary Bro. Crum-packer and I startedfor Shan Si for thepurpose of renting ahouse for me to moveinto with my family,on our return to theinterior. As Yuan Shi Kaihad been declaredpresident of the new republic, and thesoldiers were being sent to their homes,we thought peace was at hand. On thetrains we met hundreds of soldiers who. had been discharged and were on theirway home. They were going in all di-rections and every train was full ofthem. Many expressed themselves asglad that the war was over. The newflag of the United States of China couldbe seen floating at every station alongthe railroad; although when we reachedPing Ting Chou the people there did notknow the war was over. The same even-ing we hired donkeys for our trip toLiao Chou the next day. After traveling south for two daysand a half we came up with two mission-ary doctors, who were taking their New June1912 The Missionary Visitor 187 * j^g .. g*3 tfMjfl 1 . M| —fc^ anJTjf a^^M y&gai&v | ^fl |M|. ^* • • : * fen ? *? J ^ 4&|| ? . A Section of the Chinese Wall. Years vacation in our field. We re-mained with them a few days and had avery pleasant time together. While wewere in the mountains our man was inthe city, twenty miles away, looking upthe properties that might be empty, andquietly making inquiries ab
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