The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-04-02

| viceable to agricultural and many Other
| branches OF industry, while the "StOrm
| signals, along our coasts, are of incalcu-
| laD;e value to our commercial and marine
| service.
! Hon. eHorace Capron. when commits.
/ sIoner of agriculture, said: II have al
! ways looked upon the relations of meteor
ology and Practical agriculture as necessa.
r1ly very close, and that bv just so much as
cur knowledge of that science is increased
we, shall be likely to have more certain
and abundant harvests.o
Prof. Andre Poey has long been study
ing Meteorology as applied to Agricul-
ture" and defines it as The concrete
science which treats of the laws of atmos-
pherlc variations in their relations to or
ganlzed beings as men, animals and vege-
tables" He claims much for this science.
and of its results he says: "Ipstead OF
proceeding blindfold as heretofore, instead
OF throwing away time and money in dis
appointing trials. we shall advance, gurd-
ed by the light Of science and. so to speak,
almost mathematlcally. This is the differ
ence between cultivating according TO
routine and according TO science"
harmless i'll his hand, and, at will,
binding them to his conductors, dis
patch them across the continents and
the seas to order up the storm-sig-
nails and warn the people, upon land
and water, of coming danger, then
quietly make the lightnings serve in
his laboratory: dispell the darkness
OF his streets by night and beacon
guidance TO the mariner Whether,
In Paris. the railway station. Care St
Ic Off r. a1xxl l.<.h4 l.
aid of the instrument known as Lontin's
distributing machine. Tie contrast be-
tween the pure, clear white light and the
dull yellow gas-light in the Surrounding
streets IS enough to convince the most
skeptlcal OF the. superiority of electricity
over gas as an Illuminating agent X
The electric candle invented by Joblosh-
k0ff, is used for illuminating the Place de
lOpera IN the same city: Across the open
area of the Place, and extending toward
the new avenue de POpera there is dou-
bic row. OF large lamp-posts down each
slde, each surmounted by large cylindri-'
cal lamp OF clouded glass and containing
twelve electric candles. The whole space
Is lighted aa bIi ght. almost day ! z.-i. i.~qf,
les DRSteIIeS, Ss1lclept, hoTGSoAi ~
inaururate a new era in chemistry nus
heen superseded by constant cuLIehvS' llS,
After lichtening up the fore-lands OF
continent-in lighthouses - during Jhe
night. they are fresh to work on ocean
telegraph the next morning. Lover
ing. 20 ho "The
fire puppGS af God." Job asks Canst chou send
the lightnings that they may go 20, ana s.; say
mnto thee, Here we areg'" The tele,
nhone now answers across the continent
| in audible human voice,
.anpalled at "the Terror which walk
eth in darkness and the Destruction
which wasteth at noon day." he tai
prev to the dreadful epidemic Will
duplicating the g Destroying angel
to " stay the awful Judgment" OF
confident in science, and armed wit
microscope, he search out the secre
J spores Of death, and, tracking ther
hack. on the wings OF the winds, t
: their filth born sowrce, he quickly II
; move the cause, and hasten to relic.
e the stricken people.t Whether,
e !" Epidemic diseases are the concom
d +on+s Of parasitic life" There begins
g he family visible to us a vast and destr1t y
= 10 lohoracory of nature wherein tne q
le eases which are most fatal to animal IL
al and the changes to which dead orgai
le matter is liable, appear D0und togetneaii
I. what must at least be called very ci'
er analogy of causatlon."
D. Ouofing and apparently endorsing
b. s+atement of the medical officer OF
IL Priyy Council, Prof. Tyn4all adds: )!
v, cording to this view, which as pave sale
Ill daily gaining converts. q contaglous
rs, easr NAV be defined as a conflict betw'
e- the ners0n smitten by it and a speclllc
nd @anism which multiplies 1T his expeI
SSnnronriating his air and moisture, dls
"a, teprating his TISSUES, or poisoning
nd Nv the decompositions incident to
@ ,on growth" WI
1er barbarous tribes and issolated ki
ne, doms, he fast and pray and die
the famine or, advanced in science,
ain art, and in developed agricult'
ldS' 'ds' resources, with means of comm
the cation and transportation, he havf
me me occasion for prophetic warninC.
Zee drouth, or fear OF danger theretr'
= Great famiues have ever been reeiISS
ch- IN fine unscientific ages, as "thecSs1
- rnents of God" But science and H;Tae
Ino economy teach us that they. htly
)ar- MANY other great calamitieS lgnat.
tho attributed to miraculous agency the
ural results of causes entirely WAITING
pre- control of man. He can, by I, the
hv the growth of vegetation, mnaver
Ia, rainfall though, perhaps. he Iother-
oiIS control it; but he can irrigate All, Inv
ovl- wise moisten his soil, more re- and
.odv his superior systems OF agIln fnllv
that means of communication le snffer-
"a Of insure himself against any esine has
,eroi ing from want of rainfall. .bntnrv in
ali heen unknown in the last Ind uniesa
;ailv England and the United St!eyer been
ser some catastr0phy such as