QUERIES AXD ANSWERS. 29 



127. Q Do you i-ecommend applying insectitcides in powder or solu- Water. 

 tion? 



A. Try both ways, water ou small areas, powder on large tracts. 



128. Q. Does water act as a fertilizer ? Water. 

 A. Impure water does because it contains fertilizing matter absorbed 



from decaying material. Pure water acts in a fertilizing way only by the 

 gases which it contains. 



129. Q. Is rain water of a fertilizing character? Rain Water. 

 A. Yes; as it contains ammonia, which it absorbs during its passage 



through the air. 



130. Q. Is there any foundation for the proverb that snow is the poor Snow, 

 man's manure? 



A. There is, as snow in falling absorbs more fertilizing elements than 

 the same amount of rain, and when resting on the earth acts as a blanket 

 to stop the ammoniacal emanation from the soil. 



131. Q. Does a large crop of cedar-tree berries and other wild bird fruit Severe 

 indicate the approach of a severe Winter? Winter. 



A. No, not necessarily ; it simply Is the resultant effect of a previously 

 mild Winter. After a cold Winter there often follows a mild one, and the 

 berries then afford a good supply of food for birds. 



133. Q. What is dew ? Dew. 



A. It is water condensed from the atmosphere and deposited upon 

 bodies cooler than the atmosphere. 



133. Q. Why are cloudy nights less dewy than clear nights? Kadiation. 

 A. Because clouds reducing radiation prevent objects parting with as 



much heat as they would if radiation was uninterrupted. 



134. Q. Why is it that gravel walks are in the morning found dry, Radiation. 

 while the grass on both sides is wet with dew ? 



A. Because gravel does not radiate as rapidly as grass, therefore does 

 not become a depository of dew. 



135. Q. Why is tlie subject of dew one of much importance to the gar- i>ew. 

 dener ? 



A. Because the study of the subject impresses upon the gardener the 

 fact that the atmosphere contains a quantity of moisture, and that by 

 keeping his garden soil loose that air may enter it he may in dry seasons 

 'profit by the natural moisture of the atmosphere. 



136. Q. What is white frost? Proat. 

 A. It is frozen dew. 



137. Q. Why is moonlight said to be cold? Cold Night. 

 A. Because on moonlight nights the radiation is rapid, there are no 



clouds to stop it. 



138. Q. Which is the leading fruit-growing section of the country? Fruits. 

 A. Astonishing as has been the increase in fruit growing in the old 



States, it cannot be compared to the astonishing developments in California, 

 one day's shipment in 1893 from Los Angeles, California, being two 



