Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-12-11

that Solomon made pools 10 water
The wood" Then Sitton goes on 10
'ay that In Saline County there Is
wonderful peach tree, the prize win
ner NJ several great fruit shows that
grows just below n pool The farmer
had me pool dug close to the roots Of
that tree for the purpose OF water
ing the stock, not for the benefit Of
the tree; but the peach tree got the
benefit mono the less, and taught
valuable truth 10 the fruit grower.
The farmer who looks askancc up-
on the horliculturlst who attacks tho
tree with his murderous pruning
knife, * given ample biblical author
ily for tho practice, Christ said
every branch that hcnrcth not fruit
H. takon away and he added
every branch that heareth fruit,
! he purgoth II that II may hrtng forth
moro fruit" Here we have hoth
pruning and spraying Another val
have overlooked follows this state
ment. II IL this: "If q man abide
not IN mo he is cast forth as % branch
aud is withercd. and men gather
them and cast thcm into the fire and
they are burned" II is the burning
Of the pruned of branches that is Of
greatest significance. Only in recent
wears have even the scientific men
begun 10 realize the danger Of allow
ing decayod wood to lie in the or
chard To infect the healthy trees,
Yet before the time Of Christ II was
the universal custom to cut off an
diseased cr dead branches and burn
them. Spraying for insect posts wls
also universally practiccd, and was 50
commonly accepted rs necessary
part Of frull growing that it Is re-
fcrred 10 In Tic most ofrhand man
ncr NJ least q dozen times. in the
Bible.
Mr. Suon was once challenged hy
n suhoorn old farmer. who demand
ed concise biblical authority for this
here new tangled ldear Of plowin' ana
fcitiliziu fruit trees" tie was tolcr-
ably sure that tho preacher could
not put his fingcr on tho spot, How
eyer the preacher was "thore with
The goods" He opened his Bible 20
the thirteenth chapter Of Lake ana
road the parable OF the fig tree
which for three years had horne ma
fruit and the master OF the orchard
said "Cnt il down; why cumborctN
il The ground " And tho dresser Of
thc orchard said. Lord, ler II alone
this year also, TN shall dig about
II ana dung IT, And II II boar fruit
we'll; ana II not, then arlor that thou
shalt cut it down" The farmer was
convinced.
There arc many little dc ails ol
or proper farming methods which
the evangelist finds in the Rhlc
such MS, ole that puucth his hand
to the plow and lookch back is not
III for the Kingdom The man who
wonld plow properly must look ahead
50 that his furrow will not he crook
cd. Crooked burrows make irregular
fields that cannot he successfully cul-
tivated and freed from weeds.
Ilc ends his sermon with the
prophecy in Revelations OF tree
growing hcsidc the river of life
which shall hear twelve manner OF
fruit. "Thc science Of fruit graft.
ing" he says has not yet been de-
volopod to this degree, hut AT ou
fruit experiment station we have seen
c1c trce bearing four distinct kinds
of Cruit and we cannot doubt that
the righteous man is doing th,
,nohlest kind Of work ana work that
IS most pleasing 70 his Maker, whcr
he gives his hand and lrain to the
soil. remembering TO dig prime
purge and fcrtili2c the orchard and "a
dress and keep the garden"