An article solicited by P.A. Diepenhorst (1879–1953), editor in chief of the Christian Federation of Farmers and Market Gardeners, for the first issue of its official periodical. Kuyper emphasized the need for the new association and its periodical in light of the uniqueness of Dutch agriculture and horticulture, which had provided critical provisions for the nation during the war. The origins of this federation lay with H. Colijn (the son of a farmer), who was chairman of the Association of Dutch Employers “Boaz” (see 1892.07) and Kuyper’s soon-to-be political successor. At Colijn’s initiative an old proposal to separate “Boaz” was passed in 1918, dividing the association into a federation of three separate unions: the Union of Protestant-Christian Employers in the Netherlands, the Christian Retailer’s Union in the Netherlands, and the Christian Federation of Farmers and Market Gardeners.