The new South-news., 1908-02-15

A WORK or NECESSITY u. ALL
FARMING COMMUNITIES.

fffNff'HF"f RfN"NHfHNN"- VT HNf fEr
pfoach Of sterm--Rcns. Too. Are
Sure Proanosfisaiors.
Among o class n people ne prosecn-
ion n whoao supporting Industry ls
almost wholly contingent upon meteor
illogical conditions ii ia virtually im
pcraiiFo fhai weather Indications
should De- critically and infeliigonfly
observed Hence % is in farming COM
mnnuoa that many individuals are 10
be found in whom personal obaerya-
lions and traditional lore have COM
hined 10 produce surprisingly accurate
weather pr0rnofiieaiora
Coming events cast ihfir shadows
before is irite ana on quoted say
ins thai is omphnucally applicable In
tho realm of mcicorology Indications
are abundant in natures domain the /
country which need huf 10 be- rightly /
interpreted ~ constitute an unsrrinF
weather chart In tho langnnqe ~ the I
rural mYani Nature does nothing /
unheraldcd A city man whose aiion-
tion WIS directed 20 the subject while I
IN the country says on thn subject I
On a perfect July day. when the I
sky was deep blue and cIoudlens. with /
gentle breeze from tho west. barely /
sufficient tp rustic tho foliage : alt in 4
me shadow " wide spreading maple
With "a former and hls hand of hay.
makers. who woro eating their mid
forenoon iurheou. or sudden tho
FORMER jumped np seized fork and
shouted 10 hlH men.
Vol qWi moving and work IKE
hontefa io take caro- of the has already
down ana wn'll have t0 pitch in lively.
or the hayIl got wet"
The mon ohcysd with nlacrify. mono
questioning hls employers Judgment.
J was iuafh to Accept fhia summary
prornnail,allon, iudsug from oondi. 4
lions aH thoy appeared 90 nae. there
WIS no likelihood OF rain for the next
~ hours at least and I ycnmrcd 90 iu-
iimate as much 90 nay agricultural
frlnod Z
That's because you're not posted ON q
the slgna ~ the weather be- good ma 4
turcdly responded "lf I were bet.
ting man. IA not hesitate 20 risk an "
X that we'll have smart shower &
Tore ha' past This afternoon {
And ia not hesitate TO win Il from d
you J confidently rctorted Then / y
questioned him as 60 what the signs y
were upon which he relied 40 implicitly. I
lie said q
We'll, they're plenty enough all r
around. ln the nrst place, whilo we 1
were eating luncheon. / noticed that &
when ! throw out little water nn the :
ground it oyapuratod In "a minute. Thon J
! took notice that the leaves un the {
maple turned their wrong Hldea to tho q
wind, hui what made mo Jump up go
sudden and Hct the men husiling was q
a green snake thai ! saw running over 3
the Hwath. That ia sign that never b
fails Gwen ia q drouth. when an siens "
are said To fail those Hnakes never b
nhow ihemeolvca but Just before a rain. a.
There are plenty OF other signs. II / u
needed anything more 10 convince mo fC
mat ita going To rain. Want to know IN
omY Well, Just tane a look at that le
loE You notice be doesn't llo stli In
one spot more'n half minute al a "
ime. now see him gct up and snin. ti
and now he Hes down. gets up and ~
turns around and tries new spot. "a
can't sel comfortable Now Just cast II
your eve out over the pond see those W
bubbles an over the waterg Well that 4
oi Itself ls n sure sign Of rain Take a tr
look ai the sky. see these mares tailse" a,
| looked as ,nlolnod. and. sure In
enough, the hitherto fair eNpanso of pl
blue was etrcakod with long fuzzy o
ttrcamcrs Of cloud or vapor. 40 light "a
as to be almost indiatnguishable save it
AZ tho cobalt blue furnished a dark Al
background was much Impressed 81
with what my friend had told me, stll II
was scepuoal and could not bring N
myself 10 believe that the fair day q
would be mafrcd by rain. | said as NJ
much and was assured that I'd be con +,
iinccd ere night 81
Meanwhile the men we're literally n
carrying out their employers inmnc- \
iion TO work like beavers" The <
slight breeze OF the early day had died u
away. and the heat was terrific. The q"
heavy swaihs of hay seemed fairly 60 v
shrivel In the Quiycrlng atmosphere as n
r'on as they were spread over the
stuhhlN while thofo rose In lavish
waste that most subtle aud ffagrant ~ d"
all perfumes, the odor oi new mown
hay ! think II operated as a sopori- II
nc uron me. for, IN my comfortable re-
treat beneath the naples foliage q"
hoon lapsld into state oi somnolency
IRON which | MAS suddenly aroused hy I
a deep. shudderng rpar. which seemed
To cause the very earth to tromhle. n
against the Far western no
rison we're masses OF hluc-hlatk clouds, +
resembling distant mointain peaks As
these pushed their iaggcd pinnaclcs
higher and hiAher wonderfully busy pi
sccne was enacted In the has field it b,
secmed as though even the horses ON hl
the hay rakes ANA the oxen on the cl
wins appreciated tha necessity for Il
vigorous action. With rush and n
rattle The crumply masses of hay We're "
piled upon the wagon which rumhled ii
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