The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-04-09

oil, and cold simply because Il IL vet, q
Z u very easy logic to say dry the soil q
md II will bcccme warm. This, too, Il v
always true In the case given. To drain !.
soil well, or rather to pu, ia condition \
VI constant sc,f-iraina.s, u ~ coursl
the remedy Tor the wet and cold condi. I
lion. IL seem. strange that so simple u .
process, though known AMI prac,iccd
centuries agu O. very limited extent,
IL but very rvrVutiy Claiming general
attention, and bong reduced 10 some.
thing like practical aud scientific
baais.
swamps, indeed. aud s,agnant pool,
and ponds Il water have. II necessity,
been carried away through drain. "
more properly open di,chcs. Hut Il has
been reserved ior q comparatively late
day 10 successfully apply n system u
tile drainage to almost all classes and
conditions III soil.
The wet condition IL the soil Il, how.
ever, only part Il the problem. A
wet soil Is al.o difficult soil to manage,
on account of the baked condition IN
which Il Is always liable under hot
sun. This READERS l, less friablc, ~.
guires vastly greater expenditure 1T
labor and time IN bring u into good |
farming condition, and produces less Ut
grains VI grasses after oil the labor has
been expended.
To dry sol, by undertakings Il also,
therefore, tn remedy at one stroke all
these difficulties, for q warm, dry soil
| will seldom or ever bake, and II moro
productive than the cold and vet. A.
this is q question Of practical science,
let u briefly examine few simple laws
on which the facts l have stated rest
and BY which the results mentioned are
brough; about
Eirst-it il a well.known fact In
science that water i powerful radiator
III heat. This being true, all soils hav.
ing, for portion VI the season, large
quantities II surface water, must, Of NO.
: ccssity, be deprived VI large propOr-
/; ton ot the heat Of the suns rays, they
being radia,cd by the water, instead ii
being absorbed BY the soil, rs should bo
the case, and n must be before the soil
I will be- warm enough TO touch and
!. quicken the germ.liie 81 the seeds sown
. or planted. Heat, indeed, IS one Oh .he
: main conditions Of life; and while Il Is
. possible TO destroy life by oyerheaiing,
II Is equally certain that no very high
type Of life can be produced, or aftel
d production continued, without regu
lar and constant supply Of warmth o1
' heat.
Second-But pools and surface waite
N are not alone the enemies Of production
!. 1t Is also well-known fact in sc,enc
W that evaporation produces cold. lax
II the simple process Of making the ICE
'e cream, 4 luxury rs easily produced J
the suns OF July ~ in tho ir0sts Oh IN
~ cember. This Is done by the use OF IN
ne weli-known law OF sudden and rap'
lis evaporation carried on BY the column
us ice and salt outside OF the column
MS cream, and BY which the heat Is viii
no drawn from the cream 70 % greatan q
~ tent . to produce Ice.
%. Third-Wet lands waste the manur
rd BY not allowing ready absorption; Il
rs. valuable parts Of manure frequently pa
lct OF in vapor. and are carried BY u
et' winds 70 enrich your neigALors 20
who By undertakings reaps the oene
ms Of your labor a. well as bis own.
NO Fourth-There Y also another metn,
e9 By which underdrainage changes u
'ed temperature and condition OF the 80
O., o, The soil, as Just shown. having %
use rendered more iriaoie ana porous
cd. carrying on tho surface water: u D
my In condition to allow the ralniaa 70 ps
nad easily and quickly through rom
yer, surface to the drain below. In THIS p
In sage Of rain through soil ana subsoi!
'ur- heat or warmth in rain Is carried dow
I'D ward ana absorbed Dy INC sCh VI y
rom soil. A this absor bent force is alw'
&C., moro effective in the ratio OF the poro
ess. ness Of the soil, It follows that al
hill warmth Of the summers rNn: insteat
nyn being wasted BY radiation ana eVallo
eet' ton, may, by . ludicious system
her draining, be stored away 10 tne SOIL
bout low, and reappear in the ipcres
J. ne quantities and improved auanues OF
Win grains. grasses, ANA irults, 70 NV ~"
gree and bless tho hueOsn9msn 10! 1's
rom . 1rcn.ht hsttsr th,n wet lands.
not .,;1I - snn.rant vhen II il remNmbe
nine :h.t Smr{r~ : larve mart Of the (ses
re. r.";.trrs = ssnnniied TO the roots Of g,
|, be. mo cron. nv Capillary attraction.
entity hsrd' NAKED coil. this process Is arres
As : srd liz ,,nnIy Of moisture necessar,
they c-ovth ia c,,t of. Only welLpul
witty. Ped. norous soil can give free pls
gen. the isw Of capillary attraction.
nday Sixth-ProPer underara I'M,
view a Great extent, II not entirely, that
y her. SO fatal 70 some crops called fros