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The advocate., 1896-05-06

Then wet another thick wooden cloth
and lay it over the corn. Set the plate
in a warm place, and conditions are as
favorable for termination as one could
wish. The upper cloth will keep moist
as long as there is any water in the
plate. 1t does not dry out so quickly
as the top soil in box of earth.
Another advantage is that you may
turn back the upper cloth ss often as
you please and see what progress the
corn is making, and no harm will be
done. The test may be carried on in
the sitting-room, If necessary, and
everything about 1t is neat and clean.
AS soon as q third or more Of the
grains are well sprouted, they may be
counted and thrown out, to make more
room for the others. When all the
seeds that had vitality have sprouted,
those that remain may be counted, and
the percentage Of growing grains easily
calculated. 1t should be remembered,
however, that one cannot expect so
large a per cent. to grow In the field
as In q test made under such favorable
conditions. Also that the poorer the
seed corn the wider will be such differ.
ence. If seed Is so perfect that 100
per cent will grow In the field, it can
not deVlate from 100 per cent. test.
But seed corn may have low vitality
In some of its grains, so that in q ia.
vorable trial so or 60 per cent. Of II
might sprOut, when not above 10 PEI
cent. Of It would grow In the field
The advocate., 1896-05-06
Testing Seed Corn.
lunnbia, Mo.

1t ls rarely safe to plant corn that
has not been tested for its terminating
quality. Farmers generally try it by
planting in boxes Of earth, but there is
more simple and better way. Take
a common dinner plate and ft two or
three pieces of thick woOlen cloth in
the bottom. Over this cloth lay the
corn to be tested--not less than 100
kernels-evenly distributed. Pour in
enough warm water to cover the cloth.
The advocate., 1896-05-06

Seed corn preserved over winter In the
ear is in the best cOndi ion for making
the test. Do not take all the test corn
from single ear, but take q single
kernel from the central part of 100
ears, and from ears taken from differ
eDt parts of the bin, and you have
fair sample Of the whole gtOck.-C. L.
HUI In Orange Judd Farmer.
The advocate., 1896-05-06

much raw or unrotted manure just
previous to setting bed. The crop of
white grubs that takes possession Of
land freshly msnured often destroys q
large portion Of the young plants.
MsnuriDg the land well the year pre-
Vious, and cropping with something
that will insure clean and thorough
cultivation, is the best preparation
that can be given.
1t is better that the land should be
plowed shortly before the-time for set.
ting. No trash should be plowed under,
and the work should be done when the
soil is neither too wet, 80 as to pack,
nor too dry, so as to turn over hard and
lumpy. PloW we'll and harrow thor
oughlV, and If Jumps appear work them
out with roller or Clod crusher.-Re-
port Of State agricultural College E1-
pertinent Station.
The advocate., 1896-05-06

Che soil was sterile and would not p
duCe anything even when wstered.
But having good reasons for believing
that the soil was all right, and rich in
organic matter, and having all mate
rial necessary to produce plant growth,
had all faith that with sufficient
water these lands could be made to
produce abundantly of both agriCul-
tursI and horticultural products.
Through want Of experience and money
combined, our building made
slow progress. 1t was not till the
spring of 1884 that we succeeded In
getting in shape to furnish water
for irrigating purposes. During the
fall of 1883 had succeeded in getting
three or four practical irrigation
farmers from Colorado interested'fsr
enough to come in and locate land under
our ditch, they taking government land
under the homestead act, this being
the first settlement attempted under
our ditch. l made q homestead filing
myself at this time, which Uncle Sam
has since given me a deed to, and is
where now live.
The first farming done on these lands
was in 1884, and this on newly broken
sod. I had secured few bushels Of
alfalfa seed and distributed it among
the settlers for trial; this, with what
garden vegetables could be planted,
comprised the farming operations for
1884, all of which gave very sstlSfac-
tory results, and encouraged more ex-
tensive farming for the coming season
of 1885, at the end of which season
the growing Of many crops ceased to
be an experiment. Alfalfa was an as
sured success; most all kinds Of vege-
tables planted had done 30 we'll that
we considered we were out Of the ex-
perimentsl stage in this line of prod
ucts. Having all faith that fruit.
growing could be made success and
profitable here, had tried to induce
some of my horticultural friends to
take hold of it and give it trial. Bot
all seemed skepticsl on the question
and declined to make the venture.
Failing to get anyone else to take hold,
determined to try it myself. Dlspos-
ing of my interest in the ditch, and
turning the management of the same
over to other hands, was left free to
give my whole time to my farming and
horticultural Work.-C. II. LongStreth
IN Irrigation Farmer.
The advocate., 1896-05-06

Fruit and Vegetable Growing Under Irri-
cation.
In the spring of 1880 went into
Kearney county for the purpose of con-
structing or helping to construct an
irrigation canal, taking the water from
the Arkansas river. The tract that
our canal covered and was supposed
to water comprised about $1,000 acres.
At this time these lands had little, If
any, mouey Value-they were simply
used for grazing and were considered
worthless for agricultural purposes.
1t was supposed by many people that
The advocate., 1896-05-06
VALUE OF CATTLE.

The diagram hereWlCn presenGSu WAS
prepared for the students Of the Mis-.
souri, Agricultural College for the pur-
pose of aiding them In the study OF
beef cattle from the standpoint Of the
consumer and butcher, but more par
tlCularly from the standpoint Of the
feeder and breeder. 1t 10 primarily
intended to show how q beef carcass
is cut up by the retail butcher, and
also gives the trade names Of various
butcher cuts.
In the first place let US consider this
illustration from the standpoint OF the
feeder. There are at least two meth.
ods Of making the feeding Of beef ami
mails more proftsble-fFst, by better
methods Of feeding, thus reducing the
cost of production; and, second, by
producing more valuable article, or
In other words, feeding better steers.
What advantage has good grade
Short.horn or Hereford steer over a
native or scrub? Surely not great ad-
vantage In the gain made from the
same amount of food, for careful ex-
periments lave shown that native
will often put on as much gain as q
grade. Wherein, then, shall we look
for the superior excellence Of the grade
over the native? Not now consider
ing the factor of early maturity, the
main difference lies In the increased
value of the fattened grade. He al
ways brings q greater price per pound
at the time of selling. He brings
greater price because he has q greater
proportion of the valuable butchers
cuts, as shown in the diagram. This
diagram represents good 1900 pound
steer, dressing about 800 pounds and
furnishing about 7O9 pounds Of mar
ketable meat. OF this 708 pounds
1862 pounds. including the neck, chuck
ribs plate, flank, shin and shank, are
sold for $16.4S. The remaining BAG
pounds, including the choice meat cuts
the ribs, porterhouse, sirloin, rump
and round, bring In the open market
S44.55. In other words, less than hall
the total weight brings nearly three
times as much money. But this differ
ence is less marked here because thiI
illustration represents a good grade
carcass. The carcass of q native
would show a greatly increased weigh
Of the less valuable meat parts and
corresponding decrease In the valuable
parts. The teaching Is plain. a
slight difference In the development o.
the lOin, for example, may cause con
siderable difference In the amount o.
the valuable porterhouse cut and, con
sequently, in the value Of the animal
We must pay more attention to tn
selection of steers for fattening
We must select that show a ten
dency to broad loin, long, leve
rump, a straight back, flank low dow
and thick, broad thigh extending vel
down to the hook, and al these shoulr
be associated with a mellow. velvet
skin of medium thickness. Such
steer will be an economical feeder an
when fattened will bring the top pric
Of the market.
But perhaps this diagram is of eve
greater interest to the breeder as ind
eating the road to permanent and last
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TX. THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION THE GEM.
TIRE OF MISSIONARY EFFORT.
Rev. l. Wallace Cate.
x, The WOMEN OF JAPAN,
Miss Margaret G. SchOuler
XII. CHRISTIANITY A UNIVERSAL, RrrYa
ION.
Edwin G. Sweetser, ID.
XII. The PHILOSOPHY OF MISSIONS.
Rev. F. W. Hamilton.
XIII. MISSIONARY ENTFRPRIsR AMI TN
REFLEX INFLUENCE.
John Coleman Adams ID.
XIV. THE LEGITIMACY OF MODERN Mrs.
sIoNs.
James M. Pullman, ID,
XIV. MOTIVE AND MOVEMENT IN MISSION
Henry w. Rugg, D. d.
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SIDE LIGHTS.

What Clear Mind Thought-The re-
awakening of the dead Christ is so subiimely and
touchingly beautiful, that it it were a fable,
would need it, and the human heart would crave
it,-Herder
All Right Things are Possible.-No stone
is so great but the mighty Providence of God can
lift it-Starke.
ItRemains True.-Sometimes weak women
must be evangelists to men who ought to be so
stroDg.-Quesnel.
The Resurrection Diffuses Light The
resurrection of Jesus sheds light of brightest
dawn over this world and in this light the morn
ing of eternity beams kindly upon us.-Ho-
facker.
To Believe is to Live.-A man may possibly
throb of fai h-but to do that he must stop the
beating of his own heart.-Newman Smyth.
Immortality not Unnatural.-I hold in my
hand piece of dull, black unsightly charcoal.
You ,ientifc men who say that resurrection is
impossible. look at it and then at this diamond.
You your self tell me they a. the same substance
that the charcoal is simply the carbon in its hui
initiation, and the diamond is simply carbon in
its glory. What differe zee be .ween the two
this SO dun, so black. SO dead that bright and
sparkling as it corruscates in the sunlight! If
tture can transform the charcoal into dia-
mond. do you MT believe that Jesus Christ, the
Resurrection and the Life, can transform Your
dead body Sd that il will be come radlent and
glorious like his own body? That is what he
says he will do.-A j. Gordon.
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The Ant Eater.

Heavy body, thick. scantily haired
hide. snout of portentous length, huge,
erect ears, most muscular limbs, bear
ing heavy hoof claws-all these features
combine in a creature whose oddity is
further borne out by ridiculously
small mouth and a ponderous tail. To
be born, too, into world of warfare
without the remotest chance of ever
possessing more than the simplest apol-
ogies for teeth-and those SO far back as
to be quite out of sight-see terri
BILE disadvantage to rather large ami
NAL, with much flesh on the bones, in a
continent where great beasts of prey
abound. Yet the aardvaIk, in two
slightly differing forms, has managed to
occupy the whole of Africa proper and
to flourish there.
Two things have stood him in good
stead-viz his unequalled powers of
burrowing and his attachment to food
everywhere plentiful, the termites. or
white ants" which he alone can always
obtain. 1t is true, of course, that when
the winged termites stream forth by
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TEACHING POINTS.

INrRODUCTIoN.-The resurrection OF Jesus is
the basal historic fact of the Christian Church
That Christ re-appeared to his disciples,-not
necess aIily in his body, but in his unmstakable
personalities the only adequate key to Chris
tian history.
a. V. 1-3. The Women at the Sepulchre.
Women were last at the cross and first at the
sepulchre.-The spices they brought in their
hands symbo!izei the devotion of their hearts.
They found the stone rolled away from the
sepulchre; fact symboizing the clearing of the
mystery of the grave to all Christian faith
In serving the love of their hearts the women
were fulfilling a Provldental mission of good
cheer to the ages.
To- V. AT. The Astonishing Announce
ment. That wondering immortals should
be In the empty tomb of Jesus and that they
should.make themselves apparent to the inner
eyes Of the bereaved women, Is not incredible
nor unreasonable to one who believes in the
continued life of the soul. That others of the
immortals have become known to moTtals ac-
cords with the nature of things. Jesus had on
the Mount of TRANSPORTATION. conversed with
Moses and Elijah; under the same law be reap
peared to his disciples. Under the same law
other immortals may have become mani est to
the women. While we should at this point
be on guard against superstition, it can be only
the negation basel on confessed ignorance that
will arbitrarily deny objective reality to the an
gelic appearance atthe sspulchre.--"He is not
here, but is risen," is word to be spoken by
faith over every new-made grave.
(3) V. SIP. The Wondrous News Reported.
The disciples were in due time compelled to be-
leve that Jesus was raised from the dead. and
was still their Living Leader. They testified to
their faith. rather to their knowledge, with
their lives; in many cases at the price of mortal
life itself.--The chief present value of the fact
of Christ's resurrection, and of the Immortality
which it demonstrates, is the moral meaning it
adds to human life. If we could believe that we
are to die as the animals die, would we not be
justifie in living as the animals live? Heroism,
self-sacrlfice, unselishness, can have no justif-
cation if death is to end the heart-ife. Only i'm
mortality can. explain the prophecy of human
love and give it scope.
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The new Hymnal contains
7O8 hymns and SIS different
tunes. All editions have three
Orders ofService, several COM
mon Chants, and very full and
serviceable Indexes. The COM
plete Edition has in addition a
reprint of the P S a m s and
twenty miscellaneous chants.
The book is especially adapt
ed to congregational use, and
has several novel features of
arrangement which add great
ly to its availability.
Officers of parish organiza-
tons are invited to write for
the descriptive circular and
sixteen sample pages.
The edition with Psalms and
Chants has 456 PIP, the other
edition, 4OS PIP.
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LESSON STORY.

The devoted women of Galilee, who
had come to the Passover with the
friends Of Jesus, had at the nightfall of
the dreadful day of the crucifixion, care
fully observed the place in the garden of
Joseph of Arimathea where the body of
j esus had. been entombed. They had
even then begun to make preparations
for embalming the body. But the be-
ginning of the. Great Sabbath of the
Feast had forced them to suspend their
labor of love.
To the disciples and friends of Jesus
this Sabbath was one of outward yet
painful quiet. In their bereavement,
which had come.upon them as shock,
they were as men stunned. There was
now no employment to which they could
set their hands. {, They could. while the
tomb held their Lord, only indulge their
despairing grief.
But the enemies of Christ" as Farrar
tell us, "were not so inactive. The awful
misgiving of guilty conscience was not
removed even by. his death upon the
cross. They recalled, with dreadful
"reminiscences, the rumored prophecies of
his resurrection-the sign of the proph-
ct Jonah, which he said would alone be
given them Matt. u: 3S), the great ut
terance about the destroyed temple,
which he would in three days raise up;
and these utterances, which were but
dim to crushedl and wavering faith,
were read. like fery letters upon the
wall, by the Illuminating glare of an I'M
easy guilt. Pretending. therefore, to be
afraid lest his body should be stolen by
his disciples for purposes of imposture,
they begged that. until the third day,
the tomb might be securely guarded.
PLATE gave them brief and naughty
permission to do-anythiug they liked;
for, apparently in the evening when the
great Paschal Sabbath was over, they
sent their guard to seal the door and
watch the sepulchre."
1. The Women at the Sepul-
chre,-vs. 1-3.
We need to combine with Luke's &C
count tie stories of the other Evange-
lists. The essential story, at this point,
is fairly summarized by Farrar: Before
the first streak of dawn began to silver
the darkness of that first great Easter
day, the passionate love of those women
who had fingered latest by the cross.
made them also earliest at the tomb.
Carrying with them their precious
spices, but knowing nothing of the
watch or seal, they anxiously inquired
among themselves, as they CROPPED their
sad and timid way through the glim-
mering darkness, Who shall roll dtcay
for them the great stone achieh closed
the sepulchre? The two Mary's were
foremost of this little band, and after
them came Salome and Joanna. They
found their difficulty solved. 1t became
known then or afterward, that some
dazzling angelic vision in white robes
had terrified the keepers of the tomb,
and had rolled the stone from the tomb
amid the shocks of earthquake"
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THE Bishop of Newcastle, while
iourneying toward the North, lost his
bag. 1t was fortunately discovered be-
fore the train left, and handed into the
carriage by brother clergyman. The
bishop was absent mindedly thinking of
something else, but murmured his
thanks, and extending his hand, pressed
a coin upon the astonished curate.
LET us not forget that there are two
sides to dying-this earth side and the
heaven side. The stars that go out
when morning comes do not stop shin
ing; only some other eyes in some other
land are made glad by them.-Rev. II.
j. SdTaUe,
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regeuerate the morality of the world;
that on this belief OF the resurrection
were built the still universal observance
of tt first day of the week and the en-
tire foundations OF the Christian Church
these, at any rate, are facts which
even skepticism itself. il it desires to be
candid. can hardly fail. however reluct-
antly and slowly, to admit"
The tomb Of Joseph found empty;
a.vision of angels announcing the resur-
rection of Jesus; the disciples, not hav-
ing yet seen their risen Lord, and trem-
bling between a ravishing hope and q
disheartening fear, this point we are
brought by our present lesson.
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THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST.
April 8, 1896.
Lesson Luke xiv: 1-1%
INTRODUCTION.

No critic has seemed to us to deal
more rigidly and mercilessly with the
composite New Testament story OF
Christ's resurrection, than James Mar
tineau; yet it is he who, after an exami-
nation of the New Testament evidence,
declares, as DR.. Marion D. Shutter ("To-
day." October, 1885, quotes him: From
this review of the early Christian tradi-
tions we issue with one indisputable
historical fact; the intense belief OF the
personal disciples of Jesus and of their
auondam prosecutor. Paul, that in spite
of the cross and the sepulchre, Jesus
had passed into a heavenly life from
which he would visit or whittier he
would lift those who we're his by the
sure power of faith and love."--That
the rising of Jesus was in the spirit
ual body; that his re appearances to his
disciples were spiritual rather than ma
terial; that the historical fact of Christs
resurrection is indicative of what is now
possible between mortals and immortals,
are affirmations Of not few of the
modern scholars. In this intsrpreta-
ton DR.. Shutter finds relief from the
grosser and unspiritual aspects OF the
New Testament story. He says, as the
outcome of his rendering of the tradi-
tions: THE great miracle of the resur-
rection belongs not to far-otf shore
I;oko id
we take the experiences we know,-the
conscious presence of those between
whom and us the veil has fallen, and
carry them back to the apostles, we un-
derstand how they were assured OF the
presence of their Lord. Banished
forever then. be the fears and terrors
that superstition has conjured about the
tomb. Lower the precious form into its
silent depths; the friend we love is not
there, but is risen. The old robe is flung
aside for the new panoply OF the skies.
Corruption is exchanged for incorrup-
ton, weakness for power, and dishonor
for glory. There is no long and dreary
slumber in the grave; no waiting for
time when the material particles of the
body shall be terminated. That ghast
ly theory goes 'glimmering down the
stream of things that were.' The great
resurrection takes place at once. 1t is
the rising of the soul into more favora-
BILE conditions, larger life, and ampler
opportunity. 1t is the taking posses
sion, when the earthly house of our tab
ernacle is destroyed, of that building of
God, that house not made with hands,
eternal in the heavens"
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millions from their fortresses scarcely
beast or bird under heaven fails to COM
pete eagerly for the prey, but this is
only feast Of short duration at par
ticular season, whereas all the year
round the hardest "ant hills" of the ter
mites are but pie crust to the claws of
the aardvark, and their teeming inmates
the helpless captives Of his surprising
tongue.-Longman's Magazine.
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1. The PRINCIPLE OF MISSIONS,
Elmer ii. Capen, d. d.
II. POSSIBILITIES OF MISSION WoRK IN
THE UNIVERSALLY CHURCH
Charles Ellwood Nash, ID, d,
Ill. OUR WORK IN THE WEST.
Rev. r. A. White
~. HIsToRICVIEw OF FOREIGN MISSIONS
Richard Eddy, d. ID.
V. THE GENERAL CONVENTION AND Mis-
SIONs.
G. L. Demarest, ID.
vi. OUR MISSION IN JAPAN,
G. l.. Perrin, D. d.
VII. A JAPANESE VIEW.
Rev. Hisanari Hoshino.
VIII. IMPRESSIONS OF Opportunities AND
NEEDS.
Rev. Clarence E. Rice.
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IN CONCLUSION

we need only remind you that
but twenty-seven shopping days
are between now and Christmas.
That the Holiday stocks are now
complete and that every day will
lessen the variety. That all arti-
cles that can be engraved, carved
or stamped with initials will be so
done free of charge, and that those
selected for presentation will be
suitably boxed. That goods Sc
lected now will be delivered when
and where you say.