. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. California Agriculturist and Live Stock Journal. SCIENCE OF CULTIVATION. There is one queHtiou that is of cousiderable importauce iu its bearing upon the matter of the best cultivation for our climate, which we would like the opinion of the best philoso- phers and scientists upon in a practical man- ner. We feel decided upon it already in our own mind, but see that others difl'er widely from us. We believe that all questions of science and natural philosophy are
. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. California Agriculturist and Live Stock Journal. SCIENCE OF CULTIVATION. There is one queHtiou that is of cousiderable importauce iu its bearing upon the matter of the best cultivation for our climate, which we would like the opinion of the best philoso- phers and scientists upon in a practical man- ner. We feel decided upon it already in our own mind, but see that others difl'er widely from us. We believe that all questions of science and natural philosophy are as capable of absolute demonstration as are questions iu mathematics. But a wrong comjirebension and interpretation of facts, and a little false reasoning, will terribly warp one's under- standing, even upon questions apparently ea- sily callable of proof conclusive. As differing in the main from us, we copy below something from the Mecord- Union upon " California's climatic phenomena, consid- ered in reference to agriculture :" AGEICULTUKAL EFFECTS. " We have stated that the reason why Cali- fornia suffers less from drought, during her long, dry seasons, than most other countries do if they fail to have rain every few weeks, is traceable to the same cause that produces her cold nights—namely, her dry atmosphere. This proposition at first thought, we know seems impossible ; but it is nevertheless true, and is accounted for upon simple i)hilosophi- cal principles. We will endeavor to explain it. The temperature of the soil partakes of the temperature of the surrounding atmos- phere, and all the heat of the soil comes from the sun through the atmosphere. We have shown that a wet atmosphere retains the heat during the night, while a dry atmos- I)here becomes cool quickly in the absence of the sun. Is it not plain, then, that the loose worked soil, lying under a damp atmosphere, will become heated to a greater depth during a long warm season than it will when equa
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