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*HE MADISONVILLE METEOR. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19. lv
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' Lesson'
(By REV. P. B. FITZWaTBR. D.D., Dean
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(©. 1929, Western Newspapei Union.)
Lesson for September 15
TEACHING THE LAW OF GOD
GOLDEN TEXT—The entrance of thy'
words Klveth lifcht.
LESSON TEXT—Nehtmiah 8:1-18.
PRIMARY TOIJlC—Studying God's
Word.
JUNIOR TOPIC—Studying Gods
Word.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC—Finding; Joy in God's Word.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP-
IC—The Call for Trained Teachers.
This lesson Is a tine Illustration ot
the rightful place ot God's Word in
the life of a nation. The only certain
cure for national ills is a return r<•
God and obedience to His Word
I. The Word of God Being Rsad
(vv. 1-3).
1. The eager assembly (v. 1).
The people gathered themselves to-
gether and requested Ezra to bring
the book of the law.
2. A representative assembly (v. 2)
It was made up of men, women an t
children. The men did not leave flu
spiritual affairs to the women, neithei
were the children left at home The
Spirit of God can speak through God's.
Word to the whole family sitting in
the pew.
The lesson lasted for five or six
hours, from morning until midday.
II. The People's Attitude Toward
God's Word (vv. 4-6).
1. Due reverence shown (vv. 4, 5)
When Ezra opened the law, all the
people stood up out of respect for
God's Word.
2. They joined heartily in the
prayer (v. G).
As Ezra led them in prayer. the>
joined heartily in saying, "Amen.
Amen," bowing their faces to the
ground.
III. God's Word Being Interpreted
(vv. 7, 8).
The attitude of the people toward
God's Word largely depends upon the
minister. Proper dignity and solem-
nity should be manifested by the min-
ister when reading the Holy Scrip
tures.
1. He stood up where the peoplt-
could see hiin (v. 5).
2. He read distinctly (v. 8).
8. He caused the people to under
stand the reading (v. 8).
IV. The Effect of Applying God's
Word to the Life of the People (vv.
9-18).
1. Conviction of sin (v. 9).
The Word of God is quick and pow
erful (Heb. 4:12). It brings convic-
tion of sin (Acts 2:37). The divine
method of convicting men of sin is
to have God's Word applied by the
Holy Ghost.
2. Weeping turned into joy (vv.
10-12).
When sins have been perceived and
confessed, there is forgiveness. God
desires forgiven sinners to enter into
the joy of forgiveness. Continued
mourning will not. atone for sins that
are past, unfits one for present tasks,
and dishonors a pardoning God. Be
sides, joy lias a salutary effect on
one's entire being. "The joy of the
Lord is your strength" (v. 10).
3. Blessings wore shared wkl
others (vv. 10-12).
True joy manifests itself in giving
to others; pure religion goes out to
minister to the poor (Jas. 1:27).
4. The people,obeyed (vv. 13-18).
From the reading of the Scriptures.
they found that the Feast of Taber-
nacles had long been neglected. They
proceeded to keep this sacred feast
in a way that had not been observed
since the days of Joshua (v. 17). In
the keeping of this feast they dwelt
in booths, thus typifying their pil-
grim character and bringing to re
membrance the days of their wilder-
ness journey.
V. Separation from the Ungodly
<Neh. 13:1-3).
As soon as they had heard the Wort]
of God, they separated themselves
from the mixed multitude.
VI. The House of Worship .Was
Cleared and Order Restored (Xeh.
13:4-14).
No nation or people can be strong
which neglects the worship of the true
God.
VII. Restoration of the Sabbath
<Neh. 13:15-22).
Israel had long violated the Sab
bath. To ignore the essential law of
the Sabbath is national suicide. Un
numbered evils follow in the wake
of the desecration of God's Holy day
VIII. Restoration of God's Law of
Marriage (Neh. 13:23-31).
When those who had Intermarried
with the heathen were brought face
to face with their sin, they separated
themselves from their ungodly com
panions.
Magnetic Power of God
God's word of old, given through His
prophet Isaiah, was for the multitudes
without the gate, and remained now
as ever: "I am found of them that
sought me not." Si rait is the gate In
deed, but it Is ever an open gate; and
the Heaven behind is too full of love
divine for any barrier to constrain 1L
Many an erring human soul has been
drawn to the gate unawares, despite
Its folly of blindness, by the sheer mag-
netic force of God'* unfailing lore
wllhln.
IMPROVING THE DAIRY HERD
By A. L. Darnell in Farm and Ranch
The improvement of the dairy
herds of the South may be considered
in two ways: improving the present
herds and improving the future
herds.
The present herds may be improv-
ed by three methods: First, by better
feeding practices; second, by giving
closed attention to the problems of
herd management; and third, by cull-
ing out of the herds the unprofitable
animals.
The feeding practices in most
cases, with the average dairyman,
may be improved upon in several
ways. The first and most important
of these is providing for and mak-
ing more use of temporary and per-
manent pastures. Cows were creat-
ed to get a large part of their feed
nutrients for the maintenance of
their body and for milk production
from green forage. Man, in his
practice of handling these highly
artificial cows of today, will profit
most by following as closely as pos-
sible the ditcates of Nature. The im-
portance of supplying green succu-
lent feed to the present-day dairy
cow throughout the entire year can-
not be over-estimated, and should be
given first consideration in outlin-
ing a feeding program for the dairy
herd.
In some sections it is often diffi-
cult to have green pasture available
the entire year. In such sections,
provided a dairyman has as many as
thirty cows, he should build a silo
and have silage available for the
herd at all times. It is true, how-
ever, that cows will not do as well
on good silage as on good tender
grass, but silage is the best sub-
stitute for the grass during the hot
dry summer months.
Produce More Legume Hay
The second way most dairymen
may improve these feeding practices
is by producing more legume hays,
such as alfalfa, sweet clover, and
cowpeas, and feeding this hay to the
milking herd each day in the year.
Some hay should be fed even though
the cows are getting plenty of good
silage or are running on a good pas-
ture.
The third thing most dairymen
would find as being more economical
is the feeding of a balanced grain ra-
tion to each cow in proportion to her
ability to produce milk. Each cow's
grain feed should be weighed and fed
separately on the basis of her milk
production. This usually should be 1
pound grain for each 3 to 4 pounds of
milk the cow produces daily. Some
grain should be fed to a cow as long
as she is producing over 15 pounds of
milk daily irrespective of the fact
that she may be getting all of the sil-
age or good green grass she can con-
sume.
Proper Management Necessary
The proper management of the
dairy herd is just as important as
proper feeding. Although we do
not need expensively built farms in
the South as the livestock men in
States farther North, we do need
buildings or sheds to protect the
dairy cow in the short cold, wet'
periods we have during the winter
months. Furthermore, it is just as
essential for us to have shade for the
herd in the hot summer months.
Along with this shade we should have
an abundance of clean fresh water.
This particular matter is extremely
important. Likewise, it is impor-
tant that the cows should not be com-
pelled by necessity to walk more than
one-quarter mile to pasture or to get
her green feed, during the hot
months. The feed should be close to
the bam and abundant so the cow
may get all she wants in a short
period. It is also important in this
connection to give the cow the best
advantage possible by breeding her to
calve in the fall. She will usually
produce 20 per cent more milk in this
way than by calving in the spring of
the year. Furthermore, she should
be dried off a month or so before
calving, fed well and otherwise got-
ten into good condition for calving.
She should be given proper attention
at calving time and started out on
a good ration.
The third method of improving tho
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present herd is by culling out the in-
ferior cows. However, there are
many good cows in the South that
can be made to produce milk profita-
bly by observing more closely the
things previously pointed out in this
article. Such cows should be given
a fair chance before too much culling
is done in the herd.
There are two methods upon which
judgement may be based for culling
the herd. The first is on the basis of
the general type and conformation.
This method may be used to cull out
the markedly inferior animals, but it
should not be relied upon altogether
in culling out young animals and
those cows of relatively high produc-
tion. It is a rather easy matter for
one familiar with good cows to cull
out those with 100 to 200 pounds
yearly butter fat production from the
cows producing from 400 to 500
pounds. It is a much more difficult
problem to cull out the 300 and 400
pound cows from the 500-pound cows.
Therefore, we must of necessity re-
sort to the second and most satis-
factory method of culling; that of
culling on the basis of the records
of production. The matter of ob-
taining records on the entire dairy
herd is of vital importance to any
dairyman who expects to make a suc-
cess of his business. Operating a
dairy farm without keeping records
on the business is comparable to run-
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I The second part of dairy herd im-
provement is that of improving- the
future dairy herd. This may be ac-
complished in two ways; first, by
purchasing better cows, and second,
! by raising quality purebred bulls.
Where a dairyman is selling whole
, milk it is often expensive to raise
calves, under which condition it may
be advisable for him to purchase
cows to maintain the size of *his
herd. Likewise, for a beginner in
the dairy business it becomes neces-
sary for him to purchase some fe-
males. However, every precaution
should be taken in either case against
bringing into the herd animals in-
fected with tuberculosis or conta-
gious abortion. These are the two
most insidious diseases of dairy
cattle, and every possible safeguard
should be taken against bringing
them into a clean herd, when adding
females to the herd from some other
farm.
In addition to the chance of bring-
ing infectious diseases into the herd
by purchasing females, there is an-
other disadvantage to this method of
improving tTie future herd, in that
good cows for sale are hard to locate.
All successful dairymen retain the
best cows in their herd and offer for
sale their lowest producers, and it
is from this class of animals that the
buyer is forced to select his cows.
Ude High Quality Bulls
The second and most highly satis-
factory manner of imroving the fu-
ture dairy herd is by using high qua-
lity purebred bulls and properly rais-
ing the femals calves from the best
cows in the herd. The value of a
high quality line-bred or in-bred re-
gistered bull cannot be over empha-
sized. Such a bull bred on to ordi-
nary cows of 150 pounds yearly but-
ter fat production will likely increase
the production of the herd in the
daughters of these cows by 100 per
cent. Too much attention and cere-
ful consideration cannot be given to
selecting her sire.
The improvement of the future
herd through such a sire may be had
in two ways. The first is by pur-
chasing such an animal individually,
the first cost of which often proves
to be great. Furthermore, the bull
may be useful for only two years, and
then it becomes necessary to replace
him in order to avoid too close in-
breeding. Therefore, for the man
with not more than thirty cows it is
most advisable for him to purchase
herd sire in co-operation with dairy-
men or farmers in the community.
In this connection the community ef-
fort toward improving the dairy
herds through bull circles and cow
testing cannot be improved upon.
In purchasing bulls co-operatively
in bull circles the initial cost to the
small dairyman is not as great and
the replacement by purchase is not
as frequent as where each man owns
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