, 1874-07-25

'traclt OF tho Hun,hor-slo~ers, and tell y0u whht
fAr.ns pct tho most bcuoft frotn them. Some OF
thoso Hildwnrs aro worry narrow, Wllto others nre
. or 1niloH vttlo Last week. q shower ~came
1ittlo cut Of It's way aud Within a mile poured
down for half On liour eeaHeosa flood, roaring
iike a'tljstant Niagara. All this tmo
THE auN WAS HH1H1Na BRIGHTLY,
and onrmon aud boyn'wcro BtaclinB hnys Int
. malsora Gould get from tho lotd, they wsro wet
through to tlio Bhin Willis tho 1ioxt farm to the
noltl, had cloar ahy aud kopt on having. When
pverY homestead silall proHoht it's quota Of wood-
tefrilofy; aud be lcaa ntcnse 'tl'an now. Thirty
yeara al.o wd He1om1ia bitch nhrrt,T iutonatfiGd
gunmnr-showorA ~ liow !; hit then. Evaporation
waa blow and We lad heavy ilght7tlowa which sro
now the exceptions, not tho rule. Timber~growth
and culture llayo Hront:oifect on tue rai,lfa ut
.lonbt in equalf1ing It's distribution. Fortunately
there are 10 nlaliy other good ronBona for tie
planting OF trees thnt wo nocd not rely on t[la
'alono. The following
ls To.T1tE POINT,
1t il Clipped from tho Agricultural Department
Of tho Now York Tribune:
: Tho results of Eva years' observations at tho
tneteosoogca stsions Of bavaria nre given in reeent
ot Aeoiiarenburg. W nuy sum t1en, IN 10 ioowr:
The Temperature Of tho ao}l from tic *rfarc 10 feet
Il ssp!Rss ass1fss ra n TIL
sai1mer IN wintos there ~ no traoenblO difference.
nsaf dtnoronco exists between the temperature Of
e mir IN forests rises gradually up to tho csh Of 40
feet. Tho tandcncy Of forests in to modora.a The
extrcnos OF temperature and lessen tla ReveriteH
Of both heat and cold. There IN difference In
the .baolute quantity Of moisture lit tho air pro-
eea ~ ns efaorsmGn m IT. tso% froe
olsewhsre Evaporation is inercase1 by tho motion
Of tho atmosphere, and this mutton IN reproascd by
belt Of timber. horco tho tnportsnce Of slioer belts
Of timber to- pruvent lronGhs. Tho dcbris Of the
forest 1ssTcs hr11hhwoo: ete greaty reiar csarora
tion from tho susface Of tla ground. opc1rErnuld
foses 100 cldc inches Of water by evaporation In tia
Ralne time That unclearea ground loses only u tueit.
anu forest ground c!earet of rhwopd foso1 3 uchcH
1ience, tha Nater-spply Of springs tcponl: rcatly
lIron tho protection Afforded by uncicarcd woods
dnring ita growth and for its maturity. trao ra
qi1fres much larger proporonsto quantity Of Matcr
Land frpm which timber hast bae, removed becumes
swampy, aud ta drained again when now plantations
grow np. Forests do not increase thu ri1nfa to any
extent oxcort nron mountains aud In hot climates
III forost NJ III tho open country. This rast III
intercepted and held by the lo.vcs and
hsrk ,uu.il evaroratcd. Pines Intercept mora
water thnn dectluo,a trcoa enl Scotch FRS reAtn to
most Of all This large proportion Of wAor ntcrGept
oil seriously nniahea lilo aunpy Of water In tho soil
covered by forests whom they a1 cleared Of brnhvool
aa dotris. The rainfall upon ireo watsr surface is
lssE than tho evaporation from tho sHrface. The
evaporation from tic ground II less than from froe
Hatur surface and tho evaporation from hard surface
Ia greater han from loose, porous ono. These fact
70 to show thai the equilibrium Of springs wsl that
of Temperature liz maintained beneath forrsto hut
that tha amount Of rainfall n not dependent upon
their axeonoo, although tts retention In tile soi1s 10
4 nrge ,cxtont.
A judioious selection Of forest-trces for plant
Ing will ntld yaluo to tho farm or crop, and, at
tho some tlmo, improves tho other. farm-cropa.