Two constructive Ideas have been formulated and put into practice during the present famine, The first ame from the City Government of Chungking, a decision to reduce its burial fees, usually $1 a corpse for beggars found on the street, by building two crematory furnaces in Chungking. The provincial government Train-Wrecking Attempt Hunger pills for preserving tite with the smallest possible expense have been distributed by the Sanchia experiment headquarters. 'These pills are made in 10-pint batches, of which seven parts are soyw beans, and three parts. sesame, First the' beans are steamed and the skins plucked off, Then they are steamed" three times more, and dried slowly In the sunshine after each heating. Finally they are mashed into a pulp, pressed into balls about the size of walnuts, and allowed to harden. One batch provide €00-700 people, and each pill will last, several. days (This highly concentrated food is similar to the nourishment for Aretle dogs, which is likewise eaten very sparingly. Peler Preuchen in his recent book "Arctic Adventure" says that dogs eating seal fat and working all day will be hungry only twice 4 week; dogs out of harness eat but once a week.)
"Another kind of famine pill is de-sumed as a laxative for the thousands of farmers who are eating tree bark and roots, green grass or while earth, With such a high roughage content, the stomach often becomes bloated, causing death. The special pills dis: tributed by the reconstruction leaders are based upon beans. A halt pint fof sesame seedy and a half pint of Lrown beans are boiled together and the skins plucked. "To this founda-lon one pound of native medicines Jo added, Including equal parts of dried ainger, pachyma cocos, glycyr= rhiza, and aspidium faleatuim, The mixture Is held together by a tittle honey. Bach pill is about the size fof a coin, and one a day Ix suMclent to counteract the dangers of grass ana earth.
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