New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
PASTOR RUSSELL LENDS
AID TO SALE OF WHEAT
Expects to Fulfil the Prophecy,
"Then Shall the Earth Yield
Her Increase"
CALLS IT "MIRACLE" BRAND
Reports of Flourishing Stands of
Grain Pour In on Brooklyn
Tabernacle from All Parts
of the Country.

! where only one grew before, the Brook
/ lyn Tabernacle, Of which c. T. Russell
generally known as Pastor Russell is
/ head, has embarked on an enterprise
that contemplates filing the pockets of
wheat growers beyond their widest
/ dreams Of riches. This golden harvest
may be reaped, according TO Pastor Rus
/ SELL by the use OF miracle wheat" Of
whose production he has sole control.
Until recently only his followers have
been allowed to plant the seeds that pro-
duced stands OF grain that stood out
! like an oasis In the desert i'm the midst
| Of the microscopic yields induced by the
ordinary brand. From now on this bran
IS not to be restricted. All who come
may buy miracle wheat at 81 the
pound. $50 the bushel
/ Brother Dockey. who has charge
Of the selling, says that so far between
| thirty and thirty-five bushels have been
disposed of. The money from the sale of
| the wheat goes to the Watch Tower
lie and Tract. Society. No. 13 to II
Hicks street Brooklyn, which publishes
THE Zion's Watch Tower" and Herald
of Christ's Presence" Pastor Russells
church paper.
College students looking for fall jobs
would do we'll to consult Brother j. y.
! Bohret, who is the official cxperimenter.
| He says fourth the seed sowed
should produce fifteen times as much
as the harvest of the garden variety
! brand. As a good average WELD is thirty
bushels an acre. the $50 miracle"
| bushels on one Of Brother Hohnets acres
| should keep a few football players busy
| for few afternoons. They would do well,
! however, TO ponder the fact that the eX-
| rerimenter does not guarantee that his
wheat will produce. The way an attor-
ney for the society expresses it is as
! follows:
Brother Bohnet offered to give his
| miracle wheat and the society accepted
his offer. He is rierely allowed TO place
| hi wheat on sale here at the Taber
nacle Brother Dockey sells I. Neither
| has a voting share in the society.
! Brother Bohnet has agreed 10 turn over
all the money received for the wheat to
the society Those who buy understand
that they are voluntarily giving aid to
the society
| An article appeared in a newspaper on
March 10 1898 telling Of the discovery
| by X. 3. Stoner. a farmer, of Fincast stle.
| Botecourt County, Va. Of the miracle
wheat" the original stalk of which APP
peared in the midst Of wheat Of the ordi-
nary kind but had 142 grains Mr..
Stoner preserved the wheat from the
| stalk and next year sowed it, and con-
tinued TO repeat the process from year TO
year. The first year he got two thou
sand grains. In 1906 he got sixteen
bushels. and from the crop Of 1907 eight
hundred bushels.
The first principle of Pastor Russelrs
teachings is the fulflment Of the proph
ecies of the Bible, that in time the earth
will yield her fullest produce. He be-
lieves that when this time comes the end
Of the world will arrive He saw the
newspaper article regarding the wheat
and cause il 10 be reprinted.
A few days afterward Mr.. Stoner APP
peared in Brooklyn. bringing specimens
with him. These he showed to Pastor
Russell. Brother J. 4. BOhnet was pres
ent, and the pastor remarked to him
| that he saw in the wheat the fulflment
of the prophecy of Psalms Xvii. 9:
| Then shall the earth yield her in
! crease" While Mr.. Stoner was display
ing the wheat a few grains dropped on
the floor and Mr.. Bohnet picked them up.
He took the wheat TO his farm in Penn
sylvania and planted them. They pro-
duced 80 pounds of wheat.
The news Of the discovery flashed
through the organization, and several
other. brothers tried the experiment.
Brother Alderman, of Washington.
grain At Dusty, Wash, Brother Luther
raised go pounds from a pound, and an
unverifed report has it that nine hun
dred pounds were raised from a sing'e
pound in this state. a photograph ex-
! hibited TO the elect shows a stand Of
wheat raised by j. A. Carlton at Haw-
thorne Farm, Palmetto, Ga. The stalks
are ) feet 6 inches tall and there are
sixty-nlne stalks. 1t is estimated that
there are nearly three thousand grains
in the single stand. Some Of the heads
have ninety grains each. All came from
one grain OF the miracle wheat"