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clothes with a pair of scissors, and rubbing them over with 

 soap and ammonia, because I had nothing but my wits. I 

 have been a clover crank from that day until now, when 

 I begin to think that the cow pea is really a little bigger 

 man than old clover himself. 



The cow pea has done a good job for me, and I will 

 always stand by it. I would rather be known as "Cow 

 Pea Collingwood " than be elected as a member of the 

 legislature. The cow pea has practically doubled the pro- 

 ductive value of my little place in New Jersey, and it 

 makes a better use of potash and phosphoric acid than 

 anything I have been able to find. 



I notice here in your fruit exhibition what I call a 

 curious thing. Here are two Baldwin apples ; one is bright 

 and rosy, and the other pale and colorless. I have been 

 studying them for a long time and trying to find out why 

 this bright red fellow should make such a fine showing by 

 the side of his pale-faced brother. I do not know whether 

 a blind man would find any difference in the two apples, 

 but Mr. Hale says there would be a great difference. If 

 you were to put these two apples on the market in New 

 York City, where fine bright apples are wanted, this red 

 fellow would outsell the other by 50 per cent. And here 

 comes in another curious thing. There are lots of people 

 in New York who have been fooled by Ben Davis. They 

 see a red-striped or a red-cheeked apple and they will say, 

 right off: ''Ben Davis, Ben Davis; we do not want it." 

 They recognize the earmarks on the apple, and do not go 

 down beneath its hide to know whether those earmarks are 

 only skin deep. I remember once, years ago, that old 

 Uncle Daniel had what he called "a famous test of 

 character." He used to say sometimes, through the long 

 winter evenings when we were sitting around the fire, 

 "Boys, do not trust a man until you see the Lord's ear- 

 marks on his knee." What he meant was something like 

 this : When a man in sorrow, in trouble, or in gratitude, 

 went down on his knees to thank the Lord for what He 

 had done, or to ask help, and got up without brushing the 

 dirt off his knees, that was a man to have confidence in, 

 because he was not ashamed of the earmarks on his knee. 



