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Show The, -Natural I'urin.itlonorilio Moll. One of the lmrtant runstderAllona for the common farmer Is to watrlt tart fully what agricultural science dlscovtrr, and take up those rc'orta for study aud lo ait Into practlial lest, so far as aalblc. One of tbo curious things whlih agricultural nclcuco lias discovered, says an exchatiKe, relates tu tlio tintural formation of llio soil. When undisturbed, the turhce raitli Is made up In tho ebai of littles capillary cap-illary luUs, by Mhlihlhn molaltiiuls rouve i-J to Ihn turfaco of the ground, m that It Is evaluated. Hut If Iho dry sttrfacn la broken up the tubes am des-trojisl des-trojisl and tho water nrualinbtlow to fet-d the tants. Thus It happens that Ina very dry spell the farmer who IteaVa tiji his land by lulllvntlon from time to lime, though no tain fall', get n far larger crop than his neighbor, neigh-bor, whndous not have thn wlnlitiilo uriueallke meaiure. Yuii tan lest llio thing for jour-ilf very easily. Take a dry clod of faith nnd dip potllou of It Into water. Almost Int mediately you will observe the moisture mois-ture renders the wfiolo mass wit. Hut It will take some tlmu for water, throw n UK)ii n lujcr of dry eaitli duit, to niaku lta ay tlrotigli. |
