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GAINESBORO, TENN.. FRIDAY, FEB. 11 1916
ONE DOLLAR A YEAS
VOL. 16. No. 2$
PROPER SURFACE DRAIHAGE
With Proper Drainage the Farmer Can
Snap Hie Fingers at the Occasional
Comparatively Dry Periods Experi
enced in Tenneisee in a Year,
The State of Tennessee has Just
passed through the dryes( 2 mouths,
plnoe rainfall records have beea kept.
This would seem to be a, good time
to look at our farming methods and
find whether or ne-t they are calcu
lated to take advantage of the many
rarlatlobs la rainfall and rainfall dis
tribution to which this section of the
country Is subject.
During the first three months o!
1113 the rainfall was abundant,
amounting to 21.BS Inches. This
Amount of water properly conserved
would have insured a bumper crop in
1913. This Is more rata thaa aaaay Mo
tions of the West receive la a whole
year and, they grow fully as big crops
we do. After a large portlea oi
this rain had run off, carrying some of
che beet par of eur land with it, the
weather turned dry and by Jane we
were needing rein. Bu,t instead of the
vsual amount of rain, we had for the
12 months beginning June I, lilt, tie
'dryett year ever experienced in Ten
nessee. The accompanying chart
ishows graphically the state of affairs.
The upper line represents the normal
tor average rainfall while the lowet
line shows the rainfall for the 13
months ending May 31, 1914. Only
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two months, September and October,
had. more than the average rainfall.
These two months however, put our
soil in flue condition for fall sowing aad
xve have had a splendid crop of wheat
al. hough : it was reduced somewhat
fcy the dry weather ii Max. Wa h,av
crown other croja toqs, Vul tey have,
not been up to standard and la raay
cases have been considered failures.
Now let us see what caused all the
trouble. What is the reason we are
discouraged? Is It really because of
lack of rainfall, or huve we failed to
4o our part?
Our average rainfall for a year Is
48.85 inohes. In the 12 months In
question we fell short of that amount
by 13.30 inches or a little more thai
27 per cent. Just think of that We
bad less than three-fourths of the av
erage ralnfal. Is It a ay wonder our
crops were poor? But let us look a
Mttle further. The actual rainfall for
the 12 dry months was 36.53 inches.
That it more than the average rain
fill for Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, Iowa,
Oklahoma or Texas, and it is gener
ally understood that they usually grow
very fair crops in those states. It 1
rmr than twice the average rainfall
r aom of the treat dry faming seo
tlans of the northwest Are we suf-
forioff then because nature has failed
o do her part? Not a bit of it. We
in trouble because we have not
,tha rainfall we did get but have.
allowed a large portloa of it to run
ff the surfaoe carrying tne nnesi oi
our loll with. It If anyone doubts
ttit. ut fttm look at our rivers whick
Have been yellow with mud during this
whole dry season.
whan inrm to farm in suoa a
war as to prevent the waste of valu
able water by surface drainage, we
can snap our fingers at the occasional
comparatively dry periods operlenced
bere in Tennessee. J. P. Voorhees,
Consulting Meteorologist. University
cf Tennessee.,
TOWN FRUIT TREES A MENACE.
,(C. A. Keffer, University of Tennes
see.
In every part of the state the fruit
n Iran lota are infested by Saa
Jose scale, and are a menace to or
chard, the scale being camea on uie
feot of birds from these infested tresa
to orchards throughout their vicinity,
i. if nwnnr has but a few trees
As I"" " .
be thinks it will not pay him to buy a
spraying outfit, and bo hia trees are
tvo rr of fruit trees
should make a comfortable living for
nn man in every small town.
He should own a good barrel pump
w .... it.
spraying outfit, ana db a masier ut tw.
... ti. .hr.nid be a skillful pruner,
ti should be able to
contract with cltUens fcr the care of
their trees by the year, prcanlng.
spraying for scale In winter, and for
Insects and disease in the growing
Mason. At a moderate price, whick
most men would gladly pay. this work
aoald be profitable lor the xaa af
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