The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-03-20
AGRICULTURAL.

AGRICULTURAL.
The BAROMETER ON THE FARM.-In NAL
n ing an estimate of a farmers rank and PR
e ficiency, We generally turn to his impl,
!, ments, the state of which is one of the man
i. criterions of good farming. We seldom Sc
# a good farmer with bad implements, an
v not often do we find bad farmers with goo
implements. Now, there are implement
other than plows, harrows, reapers, 81
The workshop should be full of implements
. the garden full of tools, and in the hous
! there should always hang good barometer
How often do we hear from farmers, oil
men, too, who will protest that baromete
Is not good, and that they never saw on
upon which reliance could be placed. Thes
men mistake the principles which regulat
the rise and fall of a column of mercury
, These expansions and contractions are gov
erned by natural laws, which, under tn
guidance of an over-ruling and Omnipoten
, Creator, are in their very nature immutable
1t has thus been established as fact tina
before falling weather the pressure upon tn,
fine weather the pressure becomes greater
Now, barometer in its simplest form Il
only tube of certain standard, proper
tionate hight and size, filed with mercury
closed at the top, opened at the bottom, anG
placed upright in an open vessel filled with
the same metal. When this is done, the
mercury in the tube, at certain standard
state and temperature of the air sinks to 8
certain point. 1t Is sustained at this point
by the pressure of the atmosphere upon the
mercury in the vessel. When this pressure
becomes greater, OF before fine weather, the
mercury In the column is pressed upwards
into the vacuum above, and Is said to rise
when tho pressure becomes less, or before
falling weather the mercury in the tube
falls.
Now, in noticing the action of tie barom-
eter, the rapidity with which it rises or falls
should be observed. Ifit falls rapidly in fine
weather the rainfall is near, and If slowly,
| 1t is probably far off; and vice versa, il dur
Ing falling weather it rises rapidly or slow
ly, will the clearing weather be nearer at
hand or not.
Before q thunder storm the barometer
sometimes gives US no indication, because
the pressure of the atmosphere having been
so great that the barometer has risen high
and that pressure is in these cases not re-
lieved until the storm is actually upon u.s.
But frequently storms are indicated by a
sudden or rapid fall of the mercury.
To make use of barometer let slate be
hung near it, and let some member of the
family who is frequently in the house note
its hight at different times, and record the
;mSna 81 f,ho t;,,d ,,,h;nh r. ii,,.,,, - n,.n.o
hefore The nrsdicteI Change Of u:.otber r,;i
occur. Rv a careful nhssrvst,nn nf q wsii.
tested barometer We cannot nerhans nrc-
dict in time the advent of thunder storms in
''catchy" weather; but we may generally
so far judge of a steady change of weather
as to regulate the amount of hay we should
cut at ltime, when we should shock such
hay, or whether to cap our grain " stalks -
n in
Ts.-Plans for exneriments in
Agriculture NAV be laid in winter. IN h.
carried ont in snrinp and Summer Evarv
tiller of the soil NAV derive u.clul informs.
ton from yery simple and inexnensive ex.
periments with different msnures and the
various modes of applying them. deem and
shallow blowing. draining. Improvement
of grassland, etc. Feeding live stock of
various kinds affords a wide field for ex-
periments. in order to ascertain what de-
scription of food is best suited for fatteulnp.
of neat stock, also for feeding sheen and
swine. Rotation of crops presents numer-
GUS opportunities for EXPERIMENT Itis wei,
known that cereal crops thrive hest after
green crops and vice versa, Each cereal
crop has its particular green crop after
which II does best. Thus. after fT,rnins
barley e1cels: alter grass, oats : after
clover, potatoes or leans wheat changing
seed from one description of soil to an0th.
er. preparing It for sowing by steeoino in
fo,iid manure of yariou, Kinds. or pjetl;no
In brine testing the relative advantages Of
thick or thin sowing, as we'll as several 9TH
or important matters, should be fully test
ed by experiment.
DIR. VorIkEp. whose exnerimn,s with
ordinary barnvord mannrc arc the most
perfecs known. saws ..In the case of clav
soils. I have no hesitation to sav tbot ths
mannre NAV he snread even s;x mo,th.
before II is nlowed in witbont losing ans
annreciahIe n 1antitv of mannrin~ mattars
am nerfcc,Iv aware that On st;f' claw ianI
farm ward manure. more esnecisiiy inna
dung. when nlowed in beiore fhe frest Sats
in Exercises n most benejicjsj act;nn hn
keenino the soil and al nittino the Srea 90,
cess ofirost which nnlverizes the Land ons
would tbe rrfore bv mo means recon,nand
70 Ieare the mamie snreHT on tbo s,rsano
w;tbout niowinr r. In All th,t r,;,i, 70
ar,nrra + tbat wben No cho;ca :, Ioft h't ~
to either set mn the mannre bean I n "ue
corner of the field or to snread in =, - Tho
tieid w;tbnnt nlowinw n In d;rooti,, 'to to
odont the latter nlan' In tba caro oF 80 w
Iiyht sandv soils If NAV nerbonS mo, ha al
u;sahio to Snread ont ;ba r,annra aos ion a
tine hatora n ia nIn,veJ in s;nca sroh sos so;Iss
do not nnssasS tho nouar of % rot.;u;n n sUaS
uW ur,rin U. p.,fers po T.; no ~ pu"o, r =, JS ma.
i;uht ,ndr sn;,s ,yo1,Ia .,,a uoSiee' e.. VI
n,Sro .1;th ,,,s,i S,rr antaI " INA
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