Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-07-16
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suggestions and Notes for the
Month of July.

SUGGESTIONS and Notes Tor the Z
Month of July.
Summer reigns. The beautiful days
of June, like lovely maidens, scattered,
roses in the path as the advancing season
iourneyed from it's Southern home, and
now July places the regal harvest crown
upon its head Oriental splender never
equaled the gorgeousness Of its court.
Field and forest are waving triumphal
banners, and earth, refulgent with''gold-
en- sunshine is fit place for the glori-
Gus monarch. But with the blaze of
ROYALTY comes also something Of its op
pressiveness The air trembles with
the waves Of the suItry tide, and nature
would fain seek friendly shelter from
the noon day glare. It is upwise for
man to neglect the teachings Of animal
instinct, and while beast and bird hide
themselves in the forest until the fierce
ness Of the sunshine is abated, he too
should rest from his labors. Want Of
time need be no excuse for imprudent
exposure and cxhausting labor, when,
as often occurs the heat rises to above
800. Let the labors Of the harvest
commence with the early dawn, be sus-
pended during the oppressive midday,
resumed as the sun declines, and con
tinue while the light remains, and more
can accomplished with greater ease, and
with no danger Of sun stroke or exhaus-
ton. Men should be merciful to them
selves as, well as to their cattle, and they
will find it no less profitable.
The amount and influence Of heat
derived by Che earth from the sun, form
an interesting topic Of thought for a
noon day rest, and as many cultiyators
will look to the Agricu5'urist for in
structive entertainment on such occas-.
ions, we will note a few facts on the sub
Jet. The average amount OF heat re-
ceived from this source Yearly year,
has been quite accurately determined by
scientific observations. Youmans state
that it has been found by careful meas
urement, that the quantity Of solar heat
which falls upon, a square foot OF the
earth's surface in year, would be sufh-
cient to melt $500 lbs of ice; and as
a cubic foot Of ice weighs 81 lbs, the
heat thus annually received, would melt
4 column Of it 100 feet high rim other
words, if the globe were encased IN ice
.1a0 feet thick, the heat from the sun
would cause it to disappear in single
year It is trne this heat is unequally
distributed, fer the earth moves in such a.
position with reference that the rays Of
the latter strike less directly and conse-
quently with less intensity upon differ
ent parts of the surface Were TIA S not
the case, climate would be the same in
all attitudes. All countries would pro-
.duce the same animals and vegeta bles,
and races Of men would in time be al
most wholly assimulated. But the de-
sign of the Creator was diversity as well
as harmony, and by the present arrange
ment we have the luxuriant vegetation,
luscious fruits, mammoth animals, and
fiery but unenduring men of the tropics;
the useful trees, grains, and animals,
and enterprising men of the temperate
zones, and the stunted growth Of far
northern life; each fulfilling the condi-
lions Of its own sphere, and each cap2
Bile Of administering to The general good.
1t is left to the industry Of man to make
the stores Of these different climates
subservient to his own needs, and thus
a constant stimulus is given to his ener-
gies: The wheat now falling before the
reaper in the great West, will feed the
operators in European workshops, and
in return bring their wares at the door
of the cultiyator Thus, though climate
causes diversity, provision is made also
for the brotherhood of the race, and
the great law Of harmony is complete
Happy will it be for the world when it's
working shall be developed according
to the design of the Great Lawgiyer.