| Show FROM THE HOLY LAND haifa palestine set 28 1891 one of the considerations la ID amr regard to settling the holy land as it ta is A r commonly called la Is the cli climate matte it has been thought hought fc that we foreigners n could not endure the excessive heat beat this we find is largely a take we can endure it very well only oaly we must conform to the conditions condi condit tiona lom of such a country and Us Hs climate we cannot treat our bodies as indifferently as we do in more term temperate we cannot build our homes or cities according co to taste irrespective of herlth as we can in many other places we have to be more careful with our bodies ies as to bo what wha t we eat and to see to our waiter supply it is whole and sufficient clent by exercising care am a to what we eat I 1 do not mean abst we should necessarily provide stran strange or expensive eatables but on the con arary accommodate ourse ourselves ives to the vegetable and fruit foods nai nas tural 40 40 the country and to its climate god has provided the mod land wath an ance ot of wholesome vegetable eatable f easy of digestion and simple in their preparation almost everywhere the olive Is 6 at home it produces the finest of fo food fat the olive oil is used here in COX ing and baking pastry as well its as in the preparation of thep theop lainer food with as much ease and satisfaction and we food is as palatable and agreeable as any made from the fat of A indeed ind eed much more wholesome ara and healthy it is only the learning of die a new method of treating these differ different ejA ingredients there is no question in my mind as aa to the ability of any good Am american amezola ezole a n house wife in turning 0 oil 11 to 1 as good an account as a she he can land jaza and then note the difference to ti body one is 19 among the hardest 4 articles to digest while the other obett aben at i f used moderately Is absolutely healing in its rapture raa ture we use this latter as medicine inwardly in inward ily and outwardly knew its healing powers when he co cfaft banded its use for healing among hail saints scientists are discovering tb 7 1 same gm gradually dually hence this la Is all 10 our favor in preparing our system ta wAlie tand these climatic changes apt bu the oil may be used for many cither purposes in fa fact et I 1 suppose it is ds ft a si j statute for animal fat fait in nearly oases cases 1 1 1 here in haifa the germ germans germanis anis have built n a soap factory they produce the afta eat kinds of tollet toilet soaps from the dolivek and in thus taking all into accous acco uc each grade of the fruit finds it 1 P place the finest olives are stab sed for table use and i andja ased purpose sw while the cratta are also alo arranged for A 9 have batt ceo to Us lis worth aft have the es of the olives J worked up and made irao into the common grade of soap and the inferior oil made into to toilet soap imagine your clothes lj cleaned baji ed by the soap made from these pure sources and your body washed with elih the foam of a pure olive toilet I 1 say imagine the difference to health in comparison comp arlson to ibo the use of a soap made from cholera hogs and other dis ased cited animals which are used by the thou thousands sands in america to make the al 91 kail soaps we use I 1 remember member ic well while performing my two first missions in the northern states how the farmers in nebraska sold all their cholera hogs to men who made it a bushness bu to go ga around gathering in this article of course the soap man will say these animals were put through a chemical s process and perfectly dis infected and purified this may all be but the pure olives need no dis disinfect infections lons they carry with them no lurking tion of some probable mistake in the chemical preparation on but are purified by laiture and ordained tor for the use ot of nasen man that he may be hea hearthy athy active and useful and his life prolonged in the of his god I 1 am informed that T olive oil oh is also good for machine use and all such purposes and for those who bo crave the use of palestine has fine mutton and goat flesh fie sh and a mach finer article may be provided by f our feeding process which of course to unknown to the arab the sheep are so provided here that beadda the fat on the kidneys they carry a heavy load of tat fat in a huge tail P this article is the great fat resource of ASIS asia minor they otten often reach awen ty tv pounds of pure fat which is not tuil taU but pollyand oll yand of a very fine flavor from this it may be deducted that we do not need the ithe hog in fact 1 I believe the use of pork here would be a aserio serious ua breach upon nature and real ingratitude to providence dence who has so atee ly arranged the food supply here now consider this in connection wl with th 5 the word of god as given through his i ancient prophets to dihe the house of israel ismel concerning the use of the swine then in harmony with the olive we have the fig tree it is a regular ducer Rs its fruits are of both white and blue varieties very sweet and of a good size adze this useful fruit t may be eaten Z fresh reon or it may be dried or preserved we notice that those who und understand ersland the proper method of keeping these var varieties detles can a have figs all the year round the fig is also considered a healthy as well al as s a nourishing food A time syrup can also be made from the uga then men we have the pomme A trpe tree moderately quick in growth gro voth but bower than the fig tree I 1 it t has a rich looking dark green foliages foi fage etc f dark red bloom which during its blooming season makes a fine orn amen tal 1 tree then when it brings its fruit it t loses nothing of its pleasant appear anee nce the are often as largena large aa the larig largest t apples in utah ibid atad resemble them much in shape and fc odor they have a hard crusty shell j which ripened copen ed is found to be sty tined fined with hundreds of wine red juicy jacy closely packed graine i 1 e the seed is 19 fes closed tn ini this wine red flesh which as la in highly poised and prized by the last week I 1 had occasion to visit the g aane gardon garden in cana can ca na in galilee aulee G that I 1 voted with elder anton H lund in abril then the trees around the ieli where it is said bhe water was token en that christ chris it changed linto wine rr were in totham they looked beautiful OW ir they looked much more rich itch r were laden with i heavy fruit the of their varieties rite me thit that they would keep afi 60 taj M sao I 1 procured poud edme from the trees iri sample apple of rf which win be forwarded to the first fresl dency there are two twe varieties the sour and the sweet and also of two colors green and red of which it to la el aimed that the green Is the sweetest although the ted red la is far the most moat enticing in looks while on this trip to mt tabor and neighborhood the arabs insisted on treating me to bo something As I 1 was not hungry and never drank offee coffee 6 they seemed lost as to what to 60 do tor for me I 1 suggested a drink of waiter or lemonade they asked me lit lif I 1 drink a pomegranate pome granite preparation to bo which I 1 gladly agreed the at ome produced a bowl of water strongly flavored wind colored with pomegranate juice and I 1 am cot con strained to testify of its excellence it was rich in flavor and color it proved t to 3 one me beyond a doubt that the pomegranate Is a healthy and useful article for food and to mix in water to drink I 1 am sorry to say that at this writing I 1 am not able to tell about its ha uie use tor for cooking but it certainly has a field of usefulness ess beyond that of being eaten fresh further years ago age before becoming familiar with this beautiful fruit I 1 used to read and wonder about solomon deou decorating ratIng his temple with pomegranate na te imitations in the most precious metals now I 1 see it was but natural it was only introducing into the temple ornaments some of at the beauties of nature dates are at home in all the tow lands here at haifa the plains east of town on the kishon are heavily loaded with chaft fruit on the jordan we have the climate for bananas mr dycks one of the early settlers of this german colony has ba quite strong banana plants la in his garden near the sea but as they need more moisture than is natural to the country he has to supply the water artificially with a horse pump almonds grow without water here and it Is believed that fine peaches and aad apricots can be produced without water by grafting or budding them onto the almond besides these should be mentioned the locust fruit called by the germans johannes brod that is johns bread this tree grows wild in all parts of palestine so that it is the most likely that john ate locust fruit and wild honey thid fruit resembles the large pods on the thorny honey locust trees in utah and the pod is eaten and cot the seed it is now to in order to mention the grape culture of the country we have many varieties and the germans have proved that it can be made a paying industry the saints in haifa say they have done fairly well and the other co say it has been good the grape Is boo well known at home to fro need any explanation of its many uses here suffice it to say there is one variety which the people of vor northern n thern syria syri grow that can be left on the vine and covered up and kept fresh until needed for table use early in spring 1 we had veral several treats of these stored grapes aile while in last march then in bhe lebanon can be found a temperate zone where all the known utah fruits can be grown to perfection and with an increase of transportation facilities they can be exchanged for wheat or barley grown on the plains and hills of the land of ismel wheat barley oats cats egyptian corn arid and malze maize as also other grain varieties for the export trade may be grown in abundance in the rich and fertile soil of the land surely the whole country la is not adapted i to grain growing the hills must be I 1 used for oil and wine am and d fruits of different kinds but there is much tillable I land and in galileo galilee and the haaran and northern syria are perfect storehouses for grata grain when put under proper cultivation vitt log I 1 do not plead for th the country AS an all inviting country in US if present form of culture ind indeed it to in quite un inviting and in places forbidding bet I 1 see the land landle in a new drissi in a new light when placed under the care cake of advanced civil civilization italian and better methods and experienced and determined men the germans here have hare done much better than the arabs by their industry and economy but they are in their ways and me methods rhods behind america for this cause they are far from realizing the full benefit of their dabor they are only now introducing 1 american wagons they are as yet pet using mostly the old country narrow upset outfits not fit for farm use on wa aft advanced scale they discarded their threshing machines saying they chiy were not nod practical and have returned to the use of the large cog stone drawn round and round by a pair of harses this last step alone shows where they are in progress I 1 have never seen a climate where a threshing machine would to do better or be of more benefit than here but the people did n not at understand it so they had no patience to wait and learn they thresh out from 8 to 10 bushels a day with IL pair of horses and a cog stone now make your own deductions of the pay try such a process and what it would be if done on the principle we use with machinery of course the whole harvesting scheme is on that basis the aruba arabs are far behind that using from one to two months to thresh and elean clean their little graan and then when done it is 19 so filthy that they even cannot use it without washing it IL I 1 have drifted away from my subject the cleaning process will be bar treated in some other article but referring to the heat and health of this country I 1 combine these with the food and water of the country to endure the heat we must have health and physical strength to possess these jewels of life we must be moderate in our living and conform to the requirements of the country and confine ourselves to the foods which are am native na tive productive of health and strength for instance keep the word of wisdom here is A 41 splendid place for the purpose ap an excellent field for operation and for the achieving of the best results the heat is not so ao excessive from 80 to degrees at worst the air is tempered with a refreshing breeze breexe from the sea almost aim oat every day when tho the wind does not blow then it becomes excessive and then is the time when the heat rises and also when the sirocco pre prevails valls it is of course oppressive but aside aalde from these circumstances I 1 notice the people find no trouble to in working any time of the day then them I 1 argue that america can introduce now new methods of farming that will greatly relieve the situation with improved machinery work becomes easier and more remunerative and the great waste of 0 time in the present methods may be employed in beautifying and improving home and the country in m many a ny wa ways y a in this country it is necessary ito to be moderate to in work also with improved methods and machinery there is no doubt in my mind of any ordinarily healthy family faintly being able to live here and endure the climatic ell matlo ip changes hanges and even do well temporally and have we not a claim upon n the blessings of god when in his service and has he not always sustained his people when they have kept his commandments aro are questions easily answered by every flUth faithful ful latter day saint you may ask abat waiter supply of palestine this is ft a subject which should be examined carefully b before we judge in the matter an then it must bt b remembered that we avi are ot nt sa is america but in NIgA palestine tIde wit where r n ture has I 1 provided quite dle different nit at to austain life it if may be aid awa this is in abot a welt well watered co its if water apply ply to ft yew vey and una u q oa ba W 9 familiar witti with its ww aw one Is if prone to pi judge irhe it t unfit ar or a large population but the contrary is in to the result of careful investigation the tt act Is in that every dry hill every high mountain every out of the way place from rivers and natural perennial springs and streams are even better adapted for cities and villages than are the valley and plains the latter always require great care and much labor to keep the water off and to keep them from being fever beds and emitters of a cloud of poisonous miasma while the former the high and dry places are the very places where nature ture has built budet its sanitariums there you will find and no stagnant pools or accumulations ci an ns of foul waters to poison the tae fresh breezes from the distant sea ai or water spreading over a swampy endow brooding breeding malaria malarga on the her e r kind hand the mountains and hill lifted aai are washed and purified by the aplous bous of winter and prepared thyr a coming season when rain is not 3 Bj 4 ti A e TC ate e sure the arabs and the 41 bedouins Bedou 4 ins know but little of the great blessings which yearly pass over their heads and of the blessing of water which alch Is yearly poured upon this land ewt oal to find its way gradually to the great eat ocean there to mix with the blue billows unused and having done no gd eq 0 o beyond wetting the parched gund ground and washing off the dusty trees indeed that is also one of its bunc alons but it may be stored and used culinary purposes and domestic animals in als and then Is when it is the making g of the country A distant spring a running inning stream of water is of but small eon 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