The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-08-20
Hinis for Il,e season.

Drought has come again. II has its evils
You cannot bat bewail them, as you see corn
fields, and gardens dropping for want Of rain
and the pastures scorched almost to tinder by
the heat, which raises tue thermometer to 50 or
lOOe But drought has its advantages, too
DO mot let diSpair overcome you Siezc the adj
vanta.ses OF the hou,and make tl,c most of them.
sWhat are they? you ash. We viii tell YOU
some of them.
l. Now is an excellent time TO kill weeds and
bushes, and briers Of every kind. Cat them all
down, and burn them up.
II. Now is a good time to dig bitches which |
shall drain marshes 1t is in fact the only time
in most years, when it can he done.
1t is the golden opportunity. The same is
true ofclealing marches of brush and timber
Do all you can at this, if you have need to do So
1 When YOU get such land cleared you may think
the drought which enabled YOU to clear and
drain SO valuable part OF your farm bless
ing
III. This is just the time to burn the brush
and logs, on all the new pieces Of land, which
YOU HtC pDillS W bAOtb' 'it Wv NV VN''-A
solid timber ifyou can help it. Almost every
farmer is now so near market, that every billet
Of wood has a value which should exempt it from
being burnt to ashes on the field. 1t should be
saved for fuel or other purposes
". Since We have spoken of burning, we are
+ bound to suggesta caution about the use of fire.
It is the easiest thing imaginable, i'll dry time,
to burn q line offence, or to scorch over mead
ow, or pasture, or cons ume a hay rick, or set
fire to a barn; or to destroy the valuable timber
in forest. In the winter after the great drouth
I of 1854. we saw hundreds of acres Of land, on
which every green thing had been consumed.-
Hundreds ofthousanlS ofdolars worth oftimbcr
were burned Let no fire then, be dropped in
the wrong place. Let all fires kinded be
watched carefully Pay attention to the direc-
ton and power of the Wind in setting your fires
When Won have but little burnin: to do, wait till
Just before rain, Gf you can, before doing it.
4 then the whole thing can be more easily mana
gcd.
v You are going to Sow wheat Then kceT
the plow and harrow in motion, if the ground is
not perfectly mellow already for ten inches or {
foot below the surface Now is your last oppor
tunity, and it is about the best that can occur
for killing every fool thing and for putting thC
ground in good condition for wheat. Renfem
Der that early sown wheat is far more exempt
from the attacks of the weeyil, besides beins
more likely to survive the frosts of the winter
II a;aIo IN liu
now is fine time to do the work, ,and wall then
I'D. and plaster them with cement They ma,
thus get dry before the wet season sets in
These reservoirs will be Of great value to you
farm.
VII You doubtless cut your wood for tn
next winter some time last spring, when yo
could do nothing else. Ifso, and if the groun
on which it was cut was moist, now is goo
opportunity to draw it ot.t, and pile it up III You
wood house. The ground is dry and the WOO
is light.
VIII. If the channels of streams are to |
changed, if stones are to be removed from the
beds, if dams are to bc built or excavations mad
for ponds in pastures,or elsewhere, or ifbridge
causeways, or roads are to be made across MOI
asses, this is q good season, it may be the onl
enc for the doing of such work.
TX. Ifyou should draw large quantity
leaf mould from the forest, and otmuck from I'll
marshes, to mix with your manure, it would pa
YOU we'll Now is the best time for the opcr;
tion for these substances are only about half
heavy as when they are saturated with waite
We will 90 no further though we could ad
more. Real this article again aul consid
whether if dry weather is an affiiction if it h
not some advantages too. You may make t
curse blessing prove, by doing with your mig
what your hands finds to do