Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-10-04
Il ORGANIC CYCLE.

'. 'a'.5 THE ORGANIC CYCLE. '3'A'''-
The harmonies of nature were a ~favorite
theme of philosophical speculation in an
clent times, but modern science has estab-
llshed.them as grand and beautiful truths.
Iythagoras dreamed OF the Emusic of the
spheres, the wonderful melody Of that sever,
stringed Tyre whose chords were the planet
airy orbisS,- #3 8&r .4suaU8 Usa tH5 a# as.
"From DAMS circle light and near,
Onward to vnster and wider rings
Where, chanting through his beard Of SHOWS,
Majestic. mOurnful, Saturn goes,
And down the sunless realms of space
! Reverbcrates the thunder of his bass.'
Many strings have been added in our day
to That's planetary Tyre and harmonies have
been found in ITS rfytAnsic vibrations that the
Samian sarge never Mnagiheds. 9 .b .e
But of all the har,nonies of NATURE none
are more wonderful or beautitul. than, that
which exists between the contfitions"Us.t the
life of animals and those of the life Of plants.
1t Is familiar now to. every one h has eTen
y smattering of scientific information, but 1T
can never cease to have an interest and q
fascination for every thoughtful mind. The
sun with its daily rising repeats the miracle
that followed the divine fiat, ''l4et there be
light" Every spring-time is q new creation
OF tree and herb and flower. These marvel
lous changes do not become less marvellous
by repetition, but rather awake in us %increas-
ed admiration and y higher reverence tor the
Power that keeps the vast mechanism Of ma
ture in regular motion, bringing day anas
night, seed-time and harvest, in their ap-
pointed order. ,+~ III l~F3 "
And SO with this sAcircle of eternal change
which is the lie Of natuve" in its organic
phenomena. Myriads oS living creatures
are perpetually absorbing the oxygen of the
air, yet the Oxygen is neither exhausted nor
diminished. Tie Mtc-siving element is con-
stantly drawii upon. yet the supply re,nassls
the same. Artificial means of using up the
oxygen are ALSO multiplied bGt life suffers
no detriment. Dun steasspef gRles, ouY man.
ing and heating, and heating, all take ilcal-
culable quantities. OF oxygen from the atmos-
phere. which, nevertheless. continues tcsSe
of uniform corsposition~ The simple reason
is that plants furnish the vitaE gas as fast as
it is consumed. yhe whole vegetable world
is at work to restore the atmospheric balance
destroyed by animals and man. From the
poor little tuft of grass struggling for life
between the paving stones Of a deserted
street to the granlest oaks and tallest palms
every vegetable is at work Every Ecaf, ev-
cry radicle. absorbs the carbofic acid which
animals reject, and throws its contribution
of oxygen into the aerial circulation. -
Around as. in the Silence Of the woods,
each plant is distilling tie oxygen necessary.
to sustain our mOIrOWas teVerlSh existence.
The plant owes it's life to the carbonic acid
which we'exhale, and which would kill us
were it not 80 disposed Of, giving nsin return
the oxygen which is the supporter OF our
animal lite. This incesSant interplay Of
leaves and lungs in Natures great laboratory
is so perfectly adjusted that neither half OF
the immense ami complicated machinery
outr,,ns the othe in the production OF it's
appropriate gas. The carbonic acid yielded
by the one exactly supplies the demands of
the other, by wldch it is entirely decompos-
ed, giving back to the great storehouse of
the atmosphere the oxygen originally taken
from it. We're this perfect. balance OF chem
ical processes materially ,disfgrbed even for
"a brief period, we cannot gress what discs
trous results to ANIMAL az vegetable lie
would enslle. t -
Is not this harmony of. nature q perpetual
song of praise to the Creator? Shall we hear
in it nothing more than the sound Of merely
material mechanism, originating without an
intelligent plan and operating without hene-
ticicnt control :-Bostoas JoMna3iofChenaast'y
~4E.~s HARD WORK ,,v,tgVyu )
1t is the honest, ''ploddihg'' workman who
rises to an elevated position in the world
Work is, as a rule, at the foundation OF ali
true success. Brilliant parts, fine education
IL ~ % ~ - A.N Il - H. II