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YEARS FROM THIS SEASON'S
URN CROP
(By REV. P. B. FITZWATEJR. D. D.,
Teacher of English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.) -(Cdpyright.
1919. Wt6rn Ktwiptpr Union)
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 2
LESSON,
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TEMPERANCE LESSON.
(World's Temperance Sunday.)
LESSON TEXT Jer. 35:1-8, 12-14, 18, 19.
GOLDEN TEXT Whether therefore ye
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By JAMES P. RICHARDSON.
Dean of the Proso Preparatory
School, Houston, Tex.)
EVERAL years ago, In re-
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sponse to tne urge iueu
prevalent of "Back to the
Farm," I traded my large
city property for an 80-acre
apple farm In the Ozark
mountains. This farm had
oncevbeen exceedingly val
uable, but under a non-res-
adrtit owner and a very shiftless tenant
ft had been allowed to degenerate till
It was almost valueless. I took pos
(Bcsslon in July and the gross receipts
for sales that fall from the entire
(firm were less than $80 less than a
Uollar an acre in income.
! I had moved to the farm with my
family and I devoted that winter to
studying apple culture. I procured
.jflnd read all the pamphlets Issued by
jflie tiationar government and the state
jon this subject and corresponded with
successful apple growers. By spring
f felt myself competent to assume con
jtroL Under my direction we pruned
fcuod plowed the orchard and sprayed
at what we thought the proper time.
IWe had a large crop or what seemed
Ijta me a large one picking more than
H000 bushels of apples. They were,
tiowever, of poor grade and affected
iwith bitter rot and San Jose scale,
-phlle the curculio moth made heavy
avages. My net Income was $700.
I I rpalized now that it was jippm-
ary to appeal for help. I did so.
Upon the suggestion of the state
toard of agriculture I secured the serv
ices of a young man just graduated
'trovaf the college of agriculture, where
tic had spent four years in studying
fruit raising, particularly apples. He
came to the farm in January and I
At once put him in complete charge.
He knew his business. I believed in
film from the start. To watch him
prune the trees was an inspiration. He
took the utmost care not to Infect
tone -tree from another, using aseptic
solutions with his tools. He cut the
frees till I feared there would be lit
tle left. But most of all to be ad
mired was his method of determining
when and how to spray. From the
various trees he cut cultures which he
xorcea to grow in fruit jars, and
Watched them for the development of
the various kinds of diseases. With
this knowledge he set his time for
spraying, and mixed his Ingredients to
lit the special cases.
. The result was astounding; that very
year we harvested more than 8,000
fcushels of apples, and niore than thre
fourths of them were lof first grade.
My old farmer neighbors who had
laughed at the "college feller" who
Tan my orchard, now came and admit
ted that he was right and asked him
to give them suggestions with their
own fruit
But not yet had I succeeded; for I
learned that it was not enough to
.know h'ow to raisei superior apples. I
must also learn h)w to market them.
We sold them through the usual chan
nels of the jobbers in the large cities,
and our income for the whole season i
was but slightly more than $1,600 !
Just 20 cents a bushel on the average
tor first-class fruit.
The jobbers reported to us that our
shipments came at a time of glutted
markets, or were so badly damaged on
the way lhat they had to be sacri
ficed. One carload of Jonathans
which I had carefully selected and
packed myself, knowing that not a
mvir gnnla J i- 4.1 t
"cm, imu iuc uuies, was
turned into vinegar as being too small
and too poor to be, sold for eating;
at any rate that was the report sent
'TwasnH a Bird
Something-had gone, sadly wrong In
thie postoffice, and various employees
bustled hither and thither and knitted
their brows In attempts to ascertain
what was what and why.
Mr. Springsteen, postmaster, lost
Just a trifle of his customaTy calm as
be queried among messengers, car
riers, clerks and others to learn how
It might be that a poor little oriole
was injured' while in transit by parcel
AfHXW) city property for an 80-acre ffll -CITJ ,s I
givX apple farm In the Ozark J fWrwffil Jtfk&K lt II '
SJm mountains. This farm had j iAlfW J .
nr n . . " - i iiik- '7 zswi wKt f - :' - u sin
H ?rli .xj 'jw, r alii
us and upheld by affidavits. For this
carload we got; $160.
During the winter I formed a new
campaign. , I moved to the city, leav
ing the farm In charge of my tried
and true assistant. The week before
the Jonathans were to ripen I visited
every grocery store In the city, large
and small, and offered to deliver to
them such apples as I showed as sam
ples, for $1.90 a bushel box, prepaid.
As that grade of apple was then sell
ing to the retailer by the Jobber for
$2.50 at the least, they were pleased
by my offer, and within three days I
had sold three carloads 1,800 boxes.
I wired to the farm to ship them, and
gave the express company the names
and addresses of the consignees.
About ten o'clock in the morning of
the second day the express company
telephoned miff to come downat once.
I did so, and there found all my ap
ples but 100 boxes, piled in the. hot
depot. Every shipment except one had
been refused I by the dealers. They
had not even opened them for Inspec
tion; and In most cases had refused to
let them be unloaded from the delivery
wagons.
I started out to learn the cause of
this extraordinary behavior. My first
Inquiries were unsuccessful, the deal
ers evading answer. But after a while
I found an old German who was will
ing to talk, and he told me that the
jobbers of the city had sent an agent
to see them the day before and told
them that if they took my apples as
agreed, the jobbers would refuse tbem
further "courtesies" which meant
they could buy no more fruit from
the regular wholesale dealers. In self
protection, therefore, the retailers had
to decline my shipments. The one who
had dared to disobey this drastic or
der from the overlords . was the
largest retail firm in the city, which
also conducted a wholesale depart
ment, and had taken the apples in that
side of their business.
Still unconquered, but feeling mighty
weakened, I went to the Jobbers direct.
The first man who learned my name
turned on his heels from me and
slammed the door of his office in my
face. The next one told me with an
oath that he couldn't do business with
me. So it went along the row till at
last by giving a fictitious name and
even denying that I was myself, I
found two jobbers who would take the
apples, to be sold on the morrow on
commission.
The next morning I attended the
sale of my own apples on the sidewalk
in front of the wholesale house. I
saw the apples sold at prices ranging
from $2.50 to $2.80, and I felt quite
reconciled to my fiasco. But when I
came in for settlement their books
showed that no box had sold for more
than $1.50, . and their clerks all de
clared that to be the case. I was of
fered and had to accept that sum, less
their commission of 25 per cent.
The other dealer reported that he
post from his office. And, furthermore,
he must learn how it happened that
the little oriole had not been duly in
sured as directed by the owner and
consignor.
"Indeed," said Mrs. M. (said owner
and consignor). "I surely told that
man to insure the oriole, and now I
ought to be paid."
"I certainly am sorry the poor thing
got hurt." humbly replied the post
master. ,.
"Xou know what an oriole is, don't
jou, Mr. Springsteen?"
had found no sale for my apples and
had shipped them to an adjoining town
oo miles away, where they were sold
at a price, which after deducting two
commissions and the additional freight.
left me 55 cents a bushel.
Naturally this took all the fight out
of me and the rest of our crop was
marketed through the jobbers. The
total sales for the 8,000 bushels were
$4,500. But these apples cost the
consumer more than $20,000.
I had a new scheme for the ensuing
year. I advertised In the papers of
several towns that we would deliver
fancy No. 1 apples to the homes of the
people, with the privilege of inspection
before paying, express prepaid, for $2
a' bushel. At that same time the usual
retail market price was more than $4.
We also sent circulars' to the people
whose names appeared In the tele
phone books. As a result of this cam
paign we sold less than 600 bushels,
which did not pay for the cost of the
advertising. Evidently the housewife
is not anxious to save money, or else
she has little faith.
Since then we are going on raising
the best apples we know how to pro
duce. We prune and plow and fer
tilize. We spray carefully. We pick
by hand with the utmost solicitude.
Our apples are large and free from
bitter rot and other blemishes.
But we sell them through the Job-
bers, and we receive an average of
$2 a bushel even now with the prevail
ing high prices, and these same apples
cost the retail dealers twice that sum.
The difference goes Into the rapacious
and never-satiated maw of the men
who do nothing to raise fruit or to
sell It or-to put any real value Into It;
but who live on the efforts of the other
two real laborers. I think that they
ought to spell their names with an Ini
tial R Instead of J.
But they have on their side antiquity
and religious prestige. For even 'way
baqk In the time of the Garden of
Eden there was there an apple tree.
Eve tended this tree and watched its
fruit When it was ripe she presented
it to Adam. Thus Eve was the pro
ducer and Adam the consumer. But
that was not all. Even there was to
be found the middleman; the Bible
calls him by ar more characteristic
name.
Educated Clerks.
Two Terre Haute school teachers,
both college graduates, spent a week
recently clerking in a Chicago bakerv.
One day they sold several articles to I
two customers. The bill came to .
actly 93 cents and both were elated, be
cause of the size of .the sale. They
were further elated hen they heard
one of the women remark to the other
one as they left the store: "They
must have educated clerks here now.
Did you notice that they counted up
the, bill in their heads instead of us
ing a piece of paper as the old ones
"Oh, yes, I know, It's a bird," came
the proud reply.
"No it isn't either," said Mrs M
"It is one of those baby carts that
fold up."
Strangers Prepared For.
Does this dog growl?" asketf'the
lady of , the dog dealer. "Oh, yes
ma'am,- was the answer. ,MWelL f
want a dog that doesn't growl." "Don't
you want something that will grow1
when strangers come around?" "No
My husband will attend- to that"
eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, dr all
to the glory of God. I Cor. 10:31.
PRIMARY TOPIC A true temperance
tory.
JUNIOR v TOPIC What alcohol does.
Prov. 23:31, 32. - i
INTERMEDIATE TOPIC The clean
strong life. - -:
SENIOR AND ADULT TOPIC-Our per
sonal responsibility for temperance re-
iurm.
I. The Rechabites Tested (vvl-5).
In the days of Jehoiakim the Lord
charged Jeremiah to bring the Recha
bites Into the house of the Lord and test
them regarding the drinking of wine.
This he did In a place where the" people'
might behold them, the aim being to
teach Israel by, example. The father
of the Rechabites had given command
that they, should not drink wine. The
filial obedience put to shame the Is
raelites for their, lack of obedience.
Jonadab, the father of the Rechabites,
was only a man. but the one whose
commands Israel were disregarding
was the Almighty God, their Creator
and Savior. It Is God's plan that every
man be tested. Being a free agent he
onty can have, character through test
ing. It was for this reason that God
placed Adam and Eve in Eden and per
mitted the devil to test them. While
we should be concerned with the re
moval of temptations from men. we
should be more concerned with teach
ing them their responsibility and show
ing them how to ovescome.
II. The Filial Loyalty of the Recha
bites (vv. 6-11).
Though they were out of their own
country. In the midst of a foreign peo
ple, they refused to drink wine, declar
ing that they had been true to the in
struction of Jonadab all their lives.
Obedience to his instructions had been
practiced by all men, women and chil
dren. It Is a fine thing when children
keep in memory their fathers and rens
der obedience to their commands.
III. The Loyalty of the Rechabites In
Contrast With the Disloyalty of the
Israelites, (vv. 12-16).
1. The appeal (vv. 13, 14). He made
the appeal on the basis of the filial
loyalty of the Rechabites. He remind
ed them that the Rechabites were obe
dient, though their father was dead
long ago. He also reminded them that
he had spoken to them in person, rising
up early to do so.
2. The ministry of the prophets (w.
15, 16), When the people failed to ren
der obedience to God, he sent to them
the prophets, who plead with them to
amend their ways by turning away
from their idols.; Matthew Henry Indi
cates the points of contrast somewhat
as follows: (1) The Rechabites were
obedient to one who was but a man:
the Jews disobeyed the Infinite and
eternal God. (2) Jonadab was dead
long since and could not know of their
disloyalty or correct them from it. God
is all-wise and lives forever and will
punish for disobedience. (3) The Rech
abites were never put In mind of their
obligations, but God sent his prophets
who rose up early to remind them. (4)
Jonadab left the charge, but no estate
to bear the charge; but God gave the
people a goodly land and blessed them
in it. (5) God never tied up his people
to any hard task like Jonadab did, yet
God's people disobeyed him fand the
Rechabites obeyed their father.
IV. Judgment Upon the Jews for Dis
obedience (v. 17).
God declared that he would bring
judgment upon them according to what
he had said. Judgment is determined
upon those who disobey and rebel
against God.
V. Reward of the Rechabites for
Their Loyalty (vv. 18, 19).
Because they had been true to the
commands of Jonadab they should
have continued representation before
God. God has such regard for filial
obedience that he lets no act go unre
warded. ' .
God Knows His Own.
The churth must keep herself pure.
Neither false doctrine, nor false life,
is allowable. The searching eyes of
God see every corner of his dwelling-
place. Nothing is hidden from his
search. "The Lord knoweth them
that are his, and them that are not
his cannot decelv-hlm.
So, "let ev-
erypne that nameth the name of Christ.
depart from iniquity."
The Miracle of Divine Grace.
The miracle of divine grace is too
great for our understanding. . The most
dreadful thing about sin is the terrible
feeling that the sinner can never again
be as though that sin had never been.
-Rev, -Reginald J. Campbell in the
Churchman.
. , Power of Prayer.
prayer is the summing up of the
Christian life In a definite act, which
Is at once Inward and outward, the
power of which on the character, like
that of any other act, is proportioned
tp Its intensity. -Benjamin Jowett ;
What We Will and Must.
There Is no contending with neces
sity, and we should be very tender
how we censure those that submit to
it. ' Tis one thing to be at liberty to do I
wuai we wmana anotner thing to be
tied up to what we must.L'Estranga
Save Two Years' Seed From This
Like It
(Prepared by the United States Depart-
mem or Agriculture. J
The 1919 corn crop is a wonderful
crop 'from which to select seed corn.
Over most of the country it is well
developed, fully matured, hard and
sound Just x the sort of corn that a
fellow can bank on for a good stand
and big yields.
But it takes time to select seed corn.
You are busy. 'Some other job is call
ing you before you finish the one you
are at You guess you will not take
the time to select any seed corn to
speak of.
All rightit's your business. , But
think ahead a little. Imagine that it is
the spring of 1921. The year 1920, say,
was a poor corn year. Frost came
early and nearly all 'of the corn was
soft. You haven't any that is fit to
plant. The busy spring season Is at
its busiest. A score of things are call
ing to be done at once. You have to
hitch up the horse or crank the car
and start scouring the country for
some man who has a crib of Old corn.
Probably you fall to find him and hare
to wait while the county agent or
somebody ends down South" and
gets you some hard corn to plant.
Some waste of time connected with
the process, Isn't there? , After yon
get it, perhaps it is nnadapted to your
locality and yields a poor crop of im
mature corn.
Save for Two Years.
This is one of the reasons why the
corn experts of the United States de
partment of agriculture urge farmers
to select oat of this year's crop enough
seed corn to meet their needs for two
or three years. No farmer, particu
larly in the northern portion of the
United States, has time not to do It.
Still, the mere saving of time is not
the only reason. By getting two or
three years' supply of seed corn out of
FIREWOOD PREPARED
FOR WINTER SUPPLY
Labor Requirements Reduced by
Use of Machinery.
Where Co-operative Plan Is Not Feasi
ble Many Farmers Prefer to Hir
Work Done Rather Than Buy
Individual Rig.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Use of power machinery in prepar
ing firewood will reduce labor require
ments to a point where the farmer
should be able to get his wood ready
to burn without seriously neglecting
other work. A great many farmers al
ready have gasoline engines suitable
for furnishing the power for wood-sawing
machines. The sawing machines
themselves are .comparatively Inex
pensive and the labor one saves will
be sufficient to pay for it long before it
is worn out. One outfit can do the
work for several families each year.
The purchase of a complete outfit, in
cluding an engine to furnish power,
may be profitable for a group of farm
ers or for one who has an opportunity
to do custom workor his neighbors.
Where the co-operative plan is not
feasible, many farmers (prefer to have
their wood cut with a hired outfit rath
er than to purchase an individual rig.
The machines are sometimes hired by
the day or hour and sometimes by the
cord. .In cutting poles or heavy wood
that has not been put into cordwood.
the outfit is. usually hired on a timfl
basis. When the saw owner furnishes
the fuel for the engine and his own
time, $1 or less per hour is usually
charged in the eastern part of the
country. If the saw is kept busy, wood
can be cut at the rate of at least
two cords per hour. Thus the use of
a hired machine for cutting wood will
cost the farmer less than 50 cents per
cord. In cutting cordwood the outfit
Is often hired at a fixed rate rer rord.
Where the saw owner furnishes - the
fuel and only his own time, the price
is usually 35 to 50 cents per cord. If
a custom rig has a great deal of snw-
in& to do every year the charges for
depreciation, interest, and probable re-
pairs will be considerably less per
cord than on the individual outfit Con
Kind of Field There
May Be Nothi
Next Year.
ing
a crop like
this, the farmon x.
an insurance nrn v es
out
n- j mai IIP Mn .
tinue raising n van,, can
proved its nerits. If he n
opportunity lof providing himse 5
a good supply of the right kind of 2
he may have to start over with rS
riety that he knows nothing about C
may not be adapted to his locali ,j
his land, that may bring with it H
disease or insect pest, and that h
W event, he will have to expert
with for several seasons before i
knows what It will do for him an
what he must do with it.
Where Every Day Counts.
The sowing of seed corn from a cm
of the right kind is a matter of im Z
tance everywhere, but more particular,
ly so in the northern portion of the
country. That is where the vicissitudes
of the seasons are most likely to brlnr
about a soft crop. There, also, low ti
tality means the heaviest handle
The South, with its long-growing sea
son, might sometimes afford a com
crop that gets away to a slow-start
but in the North every day counts
from the time the corn is put In the
ground until the crop is safely har
vested. Anywhere, however, the say
ing of the right kind of seed has a
direct and Important bearing on pro
duction. The department of agriculture be
lieves that every farmer can better af
ford to take the time, however much
his labor may seem to be needed else
where, to select at least two years'
supply of seed corn from this year's
crop, than to run the risk of belnr
caught, spring after next, with no suit
able corn to plant, with the resultant
delay, annoyance, and actual reduc
tion of yield. The day or so that the
farmer puts in selecting his seed corn
will probably be the most profitable
day's work he does in the whole year.
sequently, the custom outfit can do the
work at a price equal to or below the
cost of doing it with an individual out
fit and still return a profit to the
owner.
WASTERS OF SOIL FERTILITY
Gullies Between Corn Rows Act ti
Channels Which Wash Deep and
Dq Much Injury.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Gullies are wasters of soli fertility.
In many corn-producing sections the
rows between the corn sometimes act
as channels which soon wash deep and
carry away much of. the best soil of a
field. Although it is not a simple mat
ter to reduce these gullies, it is prac
tical to attempt it. A successful
scheme practiced throughout the corn
belt by many farmers consists in
thrashing, settings of grain where
grain follows corn in the crop rota
tionat intervals along the guJlv so
that the hv-nrodnrt straw will "be de
posited in such a manner as to block
ade and Drevent further soil erosioa.
Even though wheat and rye straw are
valuable for bedding purposes, it is
advisable to sacrifice some of the lat
ter as the farmer will eliminate a ma
terial source of loss and an eyesore
from what probably is otherwise an
attractive field.
AH seed corn should be tested.
A well-filled silo will yve feed wr
ries next winter.
A concrete walk from the oose o
the barn saves many a kitchen
scrubbing.
By using a hay press many fa
are able to store a great qu
feeds without erecting new bmia
Uirht 13
A barn without piemj - hut
' -a horn, i
not necessarily a wholly nau
it Is a long way from being a
-A half hour spent each day PDtfcl8
the work will shorten tne doDC.
needed in which to get the wor