Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-14
Forecast of the Weather
by w. T. Foster.
STORM WAVES PREDICTED
Advice Given to Farmers in Preparing
for the Hard Winter That
is Prophesiei.

anu tue next VIII feAch tHe IdClHN
coast about 23d, cross the west of
Rockies country by close Of 2lth. tina
great central valleys 25th to 9Th and
Eastern states 2Sth.
During and Immediately preceding
this disturbance Will occur the hottest
period OF The month accompanied by
Indications OF drOuth.
The drouth In Florida and the South
eastern states will Increase and moth
west OF ST. Louis, in the direction OF
Manitoba, moisture viii be deficient.
Warm wave viii cross the west Of
Rockies country about Esd. the great
central valleys 25th and Eastern states
9th. Cool wave Will cross the west
Of Rockies country about 26th. great
central valleys 2Sth and Eastern states
3Oth.
This cool wave will probably cause
light frosts along the northern borders
Of the United States keeping up the
record as most remarkable crop sea-
son.
WINTER WHEAT
July and August rains will probably
put rolling lands In good condition for
plpwing preparatory FOR sowing winter
wheat but soils that hold water longer
than the average, Will probably be too
wet.
In the great central valleys heavy
rains Will fan In September and the
blowing should be completed as early
as possible, not only for the reason
mentioned above but also because Of
the severe winter 10 follow,
In the northern portion of the win
ter wheat belt sowing should be COM
plcted early in September in the South
q month later, and the blowing should
be completed long enough before TO
give the soil time for becoming packed
So that the wheat plants may have
sold bed instead Of loose ashbank
In which to terminate
The roller should be thoroughly used.
For the coming hard winter the nlant
might be better prepared by a second
rolling after the wheat has covered thu
ground with It's green. In many places
the rains will have washed the soil
from the roots and left an uneven sur
face inviting the work If the winds
and for this the roller Is Il good rem
cdy.
The weather will favor the above
suggestions as october is expected To
be warm In the winter wheat country
tnd the preparation win be necessary
In view OF the severe December weather
TO follow.
hold that vegetation receives no
nnurishmcnt from the soil Tho plant
receives all It's food from or through
the atmosphere. This is contrary 10
the common theory Of the farmer.
Tho farmers theory Is to prepare
the soil so that Its substance will read
lly enter the plant run mp Its stalk on
terlng the leaves and seeds from be-
low My theory Is to prepare the soil
that is VIII readily conduct the currents
OF electricity which enter the plant
through It's leaves, pass down its stalk
and enter the earth through It's roots.
thus bringing 10 the plant It's nourlsh-
ment from above and eXuding the re-
fuse into the earth by way OF its roots
] have some positive proof for my
theory, for scientists have found that
currents Of electricity constantly enter
the plant through It's leaves, pass down
lts stalk and Into the earth
we also know that currents Of cleo
trlclty carry matter and the only ques-
non lett To determine Is whether the
observed currents In plants carry mat
ter to and feed vegetation.
The tap roots Of plants conduct most
electricity and according 20 my theory
they do not need what the farmer calls
rlch SOIL because the substance OF the
soil never enters the roots. Tho farmer
would say that these tap roots gather
In or suck In most plant food form the
soil, therefore in breaking the ground
for sowing winter wheat they lnvert
the SOIL turning under what the farmer
calls the richest portions of the soil
where the tap roots can get It more
readily.
II the farmers theory as to .pIant
food Is correct then his practice Of i'm
vertinE the soil IL correct, but II my
theory Is correct, inyertlng the soil
I believe that better results would
obtain II the soil could be moved and
pulverl2ed without turning IT, The
only object II my theory is correct.
Is 70 put the soil In condition to absorb
and hold water because moist earth
conducts electricity while dry earth
does not.
Herein is the secret Of commercial
fertillzera so much used in the Eastern
and southeastern states. These fortil-
lZers are principally mineral substances
that readily conduct electric currcnts
and which the electric currents carry
away, not Into the plant. hut into the
earth and hence they must be renewed
every season,
IT the farmers would use a smaller
break-plow and let It run dceper the
sou would he moved but not Inverted.
The ground thus prepared for the nlont
would be LETT In Its natural conditIon
right side up, as we see It where the
immense wild forests grow
IurnlnS the soil Is good for rottIng
weeds and prairie sod, but not good FOR
the plant that Is to grow upon 1t.
II liz not my purpose to discuss what
the winter wheat crop will Yield In
1896, The best work on that crop dur.
ing 1895 Ia the only question taken IN
In this bulletin. W
The first step Ia to break the soil
early and deep with a narrow nlow
leaving, the soil as nearly as possible
right side UP.
The deep blowing Will permit the
water to go below the plant ana Tho
heavy rains OF tho fall will not 80 SER
ionsly inture It, Then thorough rolling
Will pack the top soil and enable more
or the water TO run off and prevent tho
hard winter weather from getting al
the roots ~
Less acreage and better crop secur-
ed by more careful farming will GER
talnly pay better.
This subject OF cultyattne the cerenla
VIII be continued but farmers arc os-
peeially notified that the brenl,Ing
down OF the law Of supply ami demand
by instltuting artificial means Of con.
trolling prices prevents any correct es-
Innate as TO what crops will nav m.
best Until this law OF supply ana as-
mand Is restored 10 Its rightful supre-
macy tho matter OF selecting YOUR eron
must remain a leap in the dark.
A DECADE OF SUCCESS
Meteorological w. 7. Fosters weather
predictions which are made weeks in