| 单词 | drouth |
| 例句 | “Rain on Roke may be drouth in Osskil,” he said, “and a calm in the East Reach may be storm and ruin in the West, unless you know what you are about.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Behind the front was the reality and the reality was what Stegner called “the unity of drouth.” A time of drought and fires: How to think about the West as it becomes drier and hotter 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z And he found fault with E-li-jah, for he thought he was to blame for the lack of food, and for the long drouth. Young Folks' Bible in Words of Easy Reading The Sweet Stories of God's Word in the Language of Childhood 2012-04-13T02:00:19.530Z Not affected by drouth; it is important for bees during dearth. Texas Honey Plants 2012-04-04T02:00:58.927Z Gaunt hunger, drouth, fierce heat and cold Beset us as in days of old Great dragons sought to swallow down Adventurous heroes of renown. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z Her peas were the pride of her heart, and all Plymouth was admiring them, when the long drouth set in. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z The rain that had followed the drouth, in the north, as the winter months set in, began to move south, and about Christmas came the heaviest snows the south had known for years. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z "Nature, poor stepdame, cannot slake my drouth," said another poet, "never did any milk of hers once bless my thirsting mouth." The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z Honey yield good; important as it is not affected by drouths but better after rains. Texas Honey Plants 2012-04-04T02:00:58.927Z Fortunately, the summer weather was unfavorable to their development; and the drouth conspired with their parasites to greatly diminish their numbers. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z The drouth has parched my heart and dried up my courage. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z I had not written her concerning the drouth, which had so badly impaired crops. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z The ice-plant spreads its broad, green leaves over the ground, often making large rugs, which, when reddened by the approach of drouth and glistening with small crystals, produce a charming effect. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Low sandy soils; honey yield good and valuable as it comes during drouth. Texas Honey Plants 2012-04-04T02:00:58.927Z The more he hath, a wider mouth He opes, no draught can quench his drouth. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z A good deal of rough experience in the woes of dearth and drouth had, naturally, not made her a fastidious harvester. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Ever since the drouth of '94, all crops had thrived, the rainfall being abundant, and continuing so during the first year of settlement. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z It makes its appearance after the drouth sets in, and often spreads over the ground in considerable patches. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Hunter: in open prairies honey yield abundant when season is favorable; drouth injures it. Texas Honey Plants 2012-04-04T02:00:58.927Z Could this whole story have been a myth of some great drouth? Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona 2011-11-21T03:00:13.817Z The tomato stands drouth better than many of our crops, especially if the soil holds moisture fairly well, either naturally or through a liberal humus content. The Tomato 2011-11-20T03:00:13.470Z It was a year of coincidences; the greatest drouth known for years, followed by the coldest winter and the heaviest snows, and these in turn by disastrous floods, will live long in memory. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z An alfalfa field is a beautiful and grateful sight amid the drouth of our late summer. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Old stalks die down in July and large lower leaves protect root stock during severe drouth and sprout out for bees to work on bloom in August. Texas Honey Plants 2012-04-04T02:00:58.927Z At long intervals, the interior is subject to severe drouths. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z The continuous drouth, together with the hot winds, made any attempt at farming discouraging. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z All over the north country the drouth was broken and plant life began anew. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z South wind and drouth, I adjure you to make the trees of our fathers perish one and all where they stand, rather than that beneath their shade freedom of conscience shall be judged to death! The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z Though I die upon your mouth, Kiss me, Rahab! for the drouth Of the desert makes my soul Empty as an empty bowl. The Piper and the Reed 2011-09-10T02:00:23.967Z He tells of conquests in the south, Of triumphs overseas, Of realms redeemed and deeds of drouth, Beneath the maple trees. Canada, My Land and Other Compositions in Verse 2011-08-23T02:00:28.813Z In those days there was a drouth in Knockdane, and the streams dried up. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Everywhere along the way were visible the effects of the drouth. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z While sucking at his pen in a former drouth he considered whether a novel might not be made by combining the characters of one story with the circumstance of another. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z Parting, sickness and death, The rotting of the grass, tempest and drouth, These are the messengers that came to me. Responsibilities and other poems 2011-07-28T02:00:10.517Z When Summer comes, and drouth hath dried the water In all the creeks, we hear your ragged rasp Filling the stillness. Kentucky Poems 2011-07-11T02:00:07.060Z Is it torrid heat and drouth Deprive our Commons of cool reason? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 12th 1893 2011-05-21T02:00:09.207Z There is a blight which sometimes destroys the cucumber vine, apparently the result of weakness following a prolonged drouth. Farm Gardening with Hints on Cheap Manuring Quick Cash Crops and How to Grow Them 2011-05-10T02:00:58.433Z I wonder whether the gardener ever broke in—if he had a gardener—to complain about the drouth or how the dandelions were getting the better of him. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z During the present season there has been in the Northwest an unparalleled drouth and constant high winds that have made fire protection unusually difficult. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z And when I meet thee again, O King, That of death hast such sore drouth, Except thou turn again on this shore, The winding-sheet shall have moved once more And covered thine eyes and mouth. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z “How is it that you are so fat in a time of drouth and famine?” inquired the Deer, whose skin hung loosely upon a rack of bones. Indian Legends Retold 2011-04-21T02:00:49.077Z There’s arch Brook And there’s larch Brook Both turning many a mill; And cooling the drouth Of the salmon’s mouth, And fattening his silver gill. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z Every one deplored the failure, correctly attributing it to the prevailing drouth. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z The sapid kiss of thy rich-moulded mouth Falls, with no impulse known, and with no sound, As ripened fruit falls heavy to the ground, In the slow silence of the autumn's drouth. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z "False rings" are sometimes formed by a cessation in the growth due to drouth, fire or other accident, followed by renewed growth the same season. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z Set a word in thy lips, to stand before God with a word in thy mouth: That "the rain shall return in the land, and the tender dew after drouth." Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z The honeysuckle over Tom Watson's window was thinning under the heat and bronzing under the drouth. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Nearly every Summer has its drouth; the present is peculiar rather for its early commencement than its extreme duration. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z His mouth Had found the fires to set on flame his drouth, And his lithe fingers spread her streaming tresses O'er the long ardour of their first caresses. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z I tell you, Homer, it’s been a cruel thing to see the cattle dying like flies on account of the drouth. The Delafield Affair 2011-01-19T03:00:21.497Z Feed thee with fever and famine and fine drouth, With perfect pangs convulse thy perfect mouth, Make thy life shudder in thee and burn afresh, And wring thy very spirit through the flesh? Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z Which method is fitted for rapid multiplication, for withstanding drouth; for renewing vitality?Many scientists speak of protozoa as immortal. A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z Nor will such rich valleys as those of the Connecticut, the Kennebec, the Susquehanna, be left to suffer year after year from drouth, while the water which should refresh them runs idly and uselessly by. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z Some years rainfall is deficient and men starve because of drouth. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z It was only a little puddle, cowering from the drouth. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z The first curse was in his mouth, Made of grave's mould and deadly drouth. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z Grasshoppers and the drouth were things they had to contend with. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z That State was then suffering intensely from drouth, as she continued to do for some weeks thereafter. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z I felt like a piece of parched soil drinking in rain after a drouth of a whole year. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 “The—the drouth, ma’am, has been so cruel hard.” The Little Minister Michael ran off alone, sliding as he went where the drouth had singed the close-cropped grass. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Though drouth and grasshoppers made it discouraging at times, we managed to live on what little we raised, supplemented by wild game—that was plentiful. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z As our country is more and more denuded of its primitive forests, drouths longer and severer even than this may naturally be expected. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z You see these trees must be able to survive drouth or they could not have survived the changes of so many thousand years. Unexplored! Instead of liquor seeking him, the drouth must now seek the liquor—and the search is a toilsome one in a dry and parched land. Victory out of Ruin Then of course there was the hail last year, and the drouth this. The Land of Strong Men Grasshoppers and drouth brought real adversity then, for, unlike the present, we were unprepared for the lean years. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z The soil must be deep and mellow, for the Potato suffers from drouth much sooner than Indian Corn or almost any other crop usually grown among us. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z Probably Virgil alluded to a month of the summer trade-wind drouth which reaches up on Southern Italy. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes Even more destructive have been the forest-fires which have sprung up through carelessness or drouth, and suffered to burn unhindered till they died out. Woman's Club Work and Programs First Aid to Club Women The rain would do good, undoubtedly, but it could not repair the damage of the drouth. The Land of Strong Men After the drouth came the grasshoppers, and for two years they took all we had. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z Being more porous and less compact, I think the soil of a drained field retains more moisture in a season of drouth, and its growing plants suffer less therefrom, than if it were undrained. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z Last year we had one of the worst drouths which has occurred since the settlement of the country. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes If dug wells are shallow, the water supply depends very largely upon current rainfall and in times of prolonged drouth there may be a serious shortage. A Living from the Land This is true, but I struck the town in a season of great drouth—that same drouth which is playing havoc with the herds of Montana. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel They had crossed a small stream where there were still pools of good water, notwithstanding the severe drouth, early in the morning. The Auto Boys' Mystery Agriculture repels innovation, and loves the beaten track; but such lessons as New-England has received in the great drouth of 1870 will not always be given and endured in vain. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z But while all the eastern portion of the United States was dry, New Mexico was unusually wet; and the North-western States, on the same curving line of the counter-trade, were not affected by the drouth. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes Therefore, the more humus that can be plowed into the soil, other conditions being equal, the greater is the ability of the plants growing in that soil to withstand drouth. A Living from the Land The air was warm and still, and the earth lay weary, thirsty, and patient under a three-weeks drouth. The Land of Long Ago It might yet be confined to a certain swampy district, thick with dead trees and grass and a rank undergrowth of rushes, now dry as tinder from the long drouth. The Auto Boys' Mystery Between rows of dark-green leaves, shrubs that faded not in summer's drouth nor in winter's rains, he guided trickling streams, apportioning to each its proper share. The Vision of Elijah Berl If dry, the early crops are endangered by a spring drouth; if very wet, there is danger of an extreme northern transit, and an early summer drouth. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes AND it rained the fourth day rained as if there had been months of drouth, during which it had been saving up water and gathering its energies for an astonishing, overwhelming, make-up-for-lost-time effort. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign In planting thus late, however, preparation has to be made for watering the plants in case of drouth, else failure be inevitable. Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: a practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history For there the sun shines always, Though it goes north or south Some twenty-three degrees or more, And sometimes causes drouth. Mother Truth's Melodies Common Sense For Children The evils of flood, erosion and drouth are checked; the climate made more congenial; the value of both hill and mountain, as a source of wealth, increased a thousand fold. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century “All signs fail in a drouth,” for then all attempts at condensation are partial, imperfect, and ineffectual. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes The sweet touch of her sympathy soothed every pain, And her words in the drouth were like showers of rain. Threads of Grey and Gold While this may be true in a wet or moderately moist summer, in a season of drouth the additional mulch of mellow soil can not but be beneficial to the young and tender plants. Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: a practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history The gladiolus withstands drouth very well, but likes plenty of moisture much better, and low land well drained is excellent for it. The Gladiolus A Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Gladiolus A two years' drouth had destroyed the crops, and prairie fires had swept away the little which was left. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years These were hewn out of the timber of enormous trees, the like of which, owing to fires and seasons of drouth, no longer exist upon the island. Porto Rico Its History, Products and Possibilities... When Summer comes, and drouth hath dried the water In all the creeks, we hear your ragged rasp Filing the stillness. Weeds by the Wall Verses A man can work like a dog, and along comes a drouth or chinch bugs or too much rain during the haying season and, presto, all his fond hopes are knocked sky high.” Chicken Little Jane on the Big John He had just broken over a protracted drouth–one of a year and a half–and the group was shaking sad heads over the county attorney’s downfall. In the Heart of a Fool Ah cruel, to keep your mouth Relentless, however often I kiss it in drouth. Some Imagist Poets An Anthology Did the drouth destroy all their eggs and young, and did they know this and so come back to try again? Ways of Nature Summer met Sleep at sunset, Dreaming within the south,— Drugged with his soul's deep slumber, Red with her heart's hot drouth, These are the drowsy kisses She pressed upon his mouth. Weeds by the Wall Verses A land that is born of the sea and by it destined e'er to be Beyond all fear of famishing and drouth. Many Gods If it is trouble of floods or storm or drouth, the victim is thrown to the god of the river below. The Flute of the Gods And now, what the drouth had not destroyed that tempter has gorged himself upon. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated The vine is very resistant to phylloxera and withstands drouth well. Manual of American Grape-Growing The spring was clear and cold and never affected by drouth. Rim o' the World Deep preparation of the soil, then, is a corrective of drouth for this crop, as well as for any other. The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses Any obstacles met and overcome, such as insect pests, drouths or storms should be mentioned. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts "You don't appreciate the difficulties with drouths and blizzards," put in Danvers, "to say nothing of competition and low prices." A Man of Two Countries It is not nearly so capable of withstanding drouth as Rupestris. Manual of American Grape-Growing Within your eyes the love-light was glory after drouth; All summer’s hoarded honey was one kiss from your mouth. Sprays of Shamrock I dwell apart from thee, as north from south, As east from western ways I dwell apart, And taste the tears that quench not any drouth. A Lover's Litanies Its excellence was attributed mainly to the deep new fertile soil, which never suffered from drouth under proper cultivation, and to the moist climate, due to the surrounding forests and the proximity to Lake Michigan. The Cauliflower The drouth and hot winds had not forgotten all their old tricks, and even the interest on his mortgage could not be met promptly sometimes. Winning the Wilderness The vine is vigorous and bears a handsome, compact mass of foliage which retains its color and freshness through drouths and heat. Manual of American Grape-Growing Scene of the story is the prairie desert of the West in time of drouth. The Writing of the Short Story A few years ago a drouth of many weeks occurred; in some meadows and pastures the grass seemed dead, beyond the possibility of growth. The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure "It will pay to subsoil for cauliflower, in order to give them all the moisture possible, though they will stand a drouth in the fall equally as well as a cabbage." The Cauliflower “Jacobs helped you out as well as the rest of us in the drouth and grasshopper time of seventy-four,” he said. Winning the Wilderness But there came just then a very severe drouth. Louis XIV. Makers of History Series And the rivers shall sink in the ground, And every man cover his mouth From the thickening dust, in that drouth; Fierce famine shall come; and no sound Shall be borne on the desolate air. Conservation Reader It was a season of unusual drouth in the country, and, on the fourth day following, an extraordinary incident occurred. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 It is said to be a fine variety, with large heads, well protected by the leaves, and to stand drouth well. The Cauliflower Nor drouth nor heat can much annoy when the heart beats young. Winning the Wilderness They speak o' my drinking, but ne'er think o' my drouth. The Proverbs of Scotland It was the hunger brought me in and the drouth. The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays In the soil, however, it rarely becomes air-dry, unless indeed, this may happen during long drouth with a peaty soil, such as results from the draining of a bog. Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel This variety is early, productive, hardy against cold and drouth, and requires comparatively little room. The Cauliflower Behind the scout came a patient, brave-hearted band of settlers who, against loneliness and distances and drouth and prairie fire and plague and boom, slowly but gloriously won the wilderness. Winning the Wilderness East and wast, the sign o' a blast; north and south, the sign o' a drouth. The Proverbs of Scotland Johnny B. Destroyed we all are with the hunger and the drouth. The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays He snuffs the coming drouth As he snuffs the coming rain, He knows what each will bring forth And turns it to his gain. Puck of Pook’s Hill He describes it as resisting both cold and drouth better than other varieties, "stem short, leaves broad, less pointed and more undulated than those of the cauliflower usually are." The Cauliflower But he patiently carried water from the dwindling well supply to keep the drouth from searing them. Winning the Wilderness He speaks in his drink what he thinks in his drouth. The Proverbs of Scotland Then, three years ago we had a drouth. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 After a long absence during the summer which was attended by a prolonged drouth, the tree was found in a dying condition, having lost all its leaves. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 "I have not given these precautions for sowing seed in September for wintering over, for the reason that at that season of the year we are comparatively free from insects and drouths." The Cauliflower When he has tamed all these things—prairie fire, storm and drouth, winds and lonely distances, why, there isn’t any more wilderness. Winning the Wilderness The present summer has been of extremes, very cold and wet early, followed by extreme heat and drouth. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. After three months of drouth, which had burned up the soil and entirely ruined the hay-crops, it was now raining for the first time in Southern Norway. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland I have lately acquired a reasonably well situated plot of land and, barring a continuation of the drouth of the past two or three years, plan to put out a few young trees next year. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 Most of our annuals will stand quite a drouth. Amateur Gardencraft A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover There drouth, or excessive rainfalls, produced scarcity, and sometimes famine. Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch Others came not at all, for apparently they could subsist through the entire period of drouth without drinking. The Black Phantom But, though of drouth full, I trust I'll never Another swallow. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 29, 1893 They put out in April and grew off most encouragingly until about July, and then, in an interval of about a week, every tree withered and died as though from heat and drouth. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 If one is connected with a system of waterworks it is an easy matter to tide a garden over a drouth. Amateur Gardencraft A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover "Do you carefully tend them, while drouth and frost and lack of nourishment cause your choice plants to wither and die?" Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch Forgetful let me lie where summer's drouth Sifts fine the sand and then with gaping mouth Dream planet-struck by the grape's round wine-red star. The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems Across the sands of Syria, Or, possibly, Algeria, Or some benighted neighbourhood of barrenness and drouth, There came the Prophet Sam-u-el Upon the Only Cam-u-el— A bumpy, grumpy Quadruped of discontented mouth. The Book of Humorous Verse The drouth got so bad that everybody was complaining—everybody except me. Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country When the usual summer drouth is past, livestock can again be turned into the field. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement A soil that holds no water for the use of plants below six inches, will suffer from drouth in ten days in June, July, or August. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles This pastoral is beautiful enough: But never shall it antidote my drouth: I want a reticent ironic Love With smiling eyes and faintly mocking mouth. The Hours of Fiammetta A Sonnet Sequence He sends me postcards, Sahib—scores of postcards—whining about the drouth or the taxes, or the crops, or our servants' pilferings or some such trouble. The Eyes of Asia Once upon a time, when all of us lived next door, on the other side of the spring, there was a tremendous drouth. Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country It stands shade and also drouth better than some other grasses, but is not at home in a poor or wet soil. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement A complete drouth had evidently not struck this part of the State of Maine. Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point Now shut it lies Relentless, however often I kiss it in drouth. New Poems This probably is an excellent feature from the standpoint of the plant as it no doubt saves the plant from being killed by drouth. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947 Well, there was a big rain about planting-time, but after that came the drouth, and the hot weather with it. Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country Effect upon Moisture.—Coarse manures should not be plowed down late in the spring, as they increase the ill effects of drouth. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement To those stoned for the truth Give ruth; Give manna for the mourner's mouth Sovereign as air; For his heart's drouth A prayer. Lundy's Lane and Other Poems A neighbor lost some 5 year old Chinese chestnut trees following a summer drouth on silty loam soil, rather shallow to hard-pan. Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 Why dim my morning eye with tales of doom, Of flood and fire, of pestilence and drouth— Leaving me down, distinctly, in the mouth? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 With that they all began to talk at once, especially Brother Bear, who lived in the upland district, where the drouth had been the worst, but I put an end to that at once. Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country They cannot form far enough below the surface to withstand a drouth that may follow the wet weather. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Then I has the steward lug up a lot of cold bottles and I breaks a ten year drouth with a whole glass of fizz water. Shorty McCabe He was weather-wise, knew the soil, named the trees, could orientate himself, had a fighting knowledge, too, of blight and drouth, hail, frost, high wind, flood, too little and too much of sun fire. The Long Roll Have I not cause enough to hate them, these long years a plaything for his arms, and a fruit to allay the drouth of his eyes? The Ruinous Face "This would be fine out our way in time of drouth, when all the pastures dry up." The Boy from the Ranch Or Roy Bradner's City Experiences Fall-plowing for a spring crop enables land to withstand summer's drouth if it gains in physical condition by full exposure to the winter's frost. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement The secret fountains to follow up, waters withdrawn to restore to the mouth, And gather the floods as in a cup, and pour them again at a city's drouth. The Years Between The two first feelings ran their course complete, And lighted first her eye, and then her mouth: The whole court look'd immediately most sweet, Like flowers well water'd after a long drouth. Don Juan The drouth was due, no doubt, to the frequent prairie fires which swept the country; these found birth in the camp-fire coals left by ignorant or careless settlers on their way in. Deep Furrows By the fierce battle under every blade, By the etiolation of the shade, By drouth and thirst and things undone half made, Oh, hear! A Cluster of Grapes A Book of Twentieth Century Poetry Early spring-plowing leaves land less subject to drouth than does later plowing. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement When plants are suffering from drouth, it will be indicated by the drooping of the leaves, and they will frequently turn yellow, and drop off prematurely; this can be avoided by timely attention each day. Your Plants Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden These trees have been subjected to trying conditions through drouth, competition with alfalfa, late growth and severe winter temperatures. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934 Season after season the half starved agricultural pathfinders lost their hard-earned crops by drouth and what was not burned out by the sun was eaten by ubiquitous gophers. Deep Furrows Select the plants that yield best and are at the same time resistant to drouth, resistant to rust and to winter, early to ripen, plump of grain, and nonshattering. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition It rots slowly, and while lying in the bottom of the furrow it cuts off the rise of water from the subsoil which is a reservoir of moisture for use during drouth. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement The drouth was driving them to this sacrifice. Trail's End Among the velvet cushions of the east one may criticise the lapse of white man to barbarity; but in the wilderness human voice is as grateful to the ear as rain patter in a drouth. Lords of the North However the actual set was about normal, but the heat and drouth which followed resulted in a drop which took the greater part of the crop. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Downington, Pennsylvania, September 11 and 12, 1933 They quench all human drouth And cleanse man's desert dust of sect and clan. Freedom, Truth and Beauty Most soils are too shallow, inviting injury from drouth. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement The drouth was aggravating in its duration and growing hardships. Trail's End In our opinion Mr. S. is in error in regard to the manured land suffering most from drouth. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers The heat and drouth which followed killed outright many of the scions which had begun to grow. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Downington, Pennsylvania, September 11 and 12, 1933 Never mind how much sun they get, never mind how much rain or how much drouth, whether it’s cold or hot, them posies stay shet up tight, kind o’ buddy, and not finished and humly. Story-Tell Lib "Thor will see to it that there is not another drouth." Regeneration It had taken years of hardship and striving, fighting drouth and winter storm, preying wolves and preying men, to build the herd up to the point where profits were about ready to be enjoyed. Trail's End In drouth, the power given plants by guano, to resist the scorching rays of the sun, is remarkable. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers On the contrary, there are times when weather conditions, such as drouth, make it a very difficult matter for some tribes to get sufficient food. Around the World in Ten Days There was little Tom Timms on the front seat, whose face was withstanding a drouth. Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two Osiris mutilated by Typhon signified that drouth caused the Nile to retire, 477-l. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry A drouth here doesn't mean anything to that water supply; I've been riding around over this country trying to show people that. Trail's End We have had one of the most extreme drouths the present season I ever remember. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers When your throat fries in hell's drouth, salt the flame be in your mouth, For the treachery you did in Aghadoe! The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway So, as it is, the Dakotas are between the devil of drouth and the deep sea of further capitalistic oppression, their only hope of a fair solution lying in the township scheme. The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 If there is a wet September, there will be a next summer’s drouth; no crops and famine. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk Lawn grass had been sown in many of the yards, where it had flourished until the scorching summer drouth. Trail's End Allison had been growling genially at the lack of water and the prolonged drouth which was burning the pasturage to a crisp and juiceless brown. Then I'll Come Back to You That was the year of the great drouth of '60, remembered all over the plains. A Certain Rich Man Before parting with this theme, as indicative of what might be done with the drouth belt of the Dakotas, the following 75table deserves a comparative glance. The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 Stand forth, an’ tell yon Premier youth, The honest, open, naked truth: Tell him o’ mine an’ Scotland’s drouth, His servants humble: The muckie devil blaw ye south, If ye dissemble! The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham In September the rains commenced, following the extreme drouth and started a second growth, and the freeze caught them November 22d as full of sap then as they were in September, when you were there. Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the sixth annual meeting Rochester, New York, September 1 and 2, 1915 If we could have a snow blanket come early and stay on late in spring, that would protect the plants, but we want the mulch also to protect from drouth and keep the berries clean. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 Then as the mocking clouds of the summer drouth rolled up at night, and belched forth their thunder in a tempest of wind, the besiegers passed as a dream in the night. A Certain Rich Man But these fertile and fortunate sections suffer from the general effect on the country of the drouths in the Jim Valley adjacent, which have been severe for four years and are increasing in severity. The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 Rose of the south, blooms on her mouth; I felt love's drouth That mouth to kiss! Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse Last year, 1914, was an unfortunate one in that an early and late drouth caused poor bud development, and, of course, they were not in a condition to withstand our usual winter weather. Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the sixth annual meeting Rochester, New York, September 1 and 2, 1915 We almost always get a drouth at picking time, better a drought than too much rain. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 For they were all young out here then, and through all the drouth and the hardship that followed—and the hardship was real—there was always the gayety of youth. A Certain Rich Man Construction presents no great difficulties except bridging, and that can hardly be compared to the difficulties of canyons in the Rockies and drouth in the desert. The Canadian Commonwealth Because, in no other way could they get people to ride ten or twelve miles through a summer drouth to hand over their money to the man who is anxious to get it! The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future Its roots descend deeply into the subsoil, enabling this grass to withstand a protracted drouth. 4th. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside The winter of 1899 was the worst winter drouth I ever knew; it killed every thing. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 A rather violent wind, the extreme drouth, the oily wood of the fir of which these buildings were constructed, kindled a fire so quick and violent that hardly anything could be done. The Makers of Canada: Champlain For thee I thirsted in the daily drouth, For thee I trembled in the nightly frost: 10 Much sweeter thou than honey to My mouth: Why wilt thou still be lost? Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems Their sides were warped and bulged with the alternate damp and drouth, heat and cold. Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope First a great drouth prevailed, and the crops failed, and the streams of water dried up. Indians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity Their History, Customs and Traditions Winter drouth often injures the roots and some lay it to insects. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 But ah, in all my dreams of bliss, ��In passion's hunger, fever's drouth, I never dare to dream of this: ��My lips upon your mouth. The Poems of Henry Van Dyke The Carolina poplar is commonly planted in cities because it grows rapidly and is able to withstand the smoke and drouth conditions of the city. Studies of Trees One day's exposure to the drouth, without the convenient assistance of the creek water, would have been sufficient to cause the wheels to fall asunder. Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope And because the lake was dry there came a terrible drouth in the Valley, and the soil was dried up and nothing grew. Indians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity Their History, Customs and Traditions It wasn't peat, it was a heavy black clay and I had the best kind of strawberries, they came right through a tremendous drouth without any water at all. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 Four days after Supela's death the long drouth was broken by a terrific rain storm accompanied by heavy thunder and lightning. The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi The farms are the first to suffer from the drouths that follow and, during the period of floods, whole cities are often inundated. Studies of Trees According to this kind of taste Did he indulge his drouth, And being fond of Port, he made A port-hole of his mouth! The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood He snuffs the coming drouth As he snuffs the coming rain, He knows what each will bring forths And turns it to his gain. Songs from Books It will give splendid results in heavy clay if well cultivated and if at the blooming season in case of drouth the plants are well watered. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 There had been a month's drouth, so the burning went well, and when the men went back at nights the big box on the sled was filled with ashes. The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 The day was excessively hot; the windows of the palace all open, and a drouth of several weeks made every thing dry as tinder. The Empire of Russia Must be trying to make up for the drouth of the last two months. The Outdoor Chums After Big Game Or, Perilous Adventures in the Wilderness So he called for his mug, And I gave him the jug, Which he placed at his delicate mouth, And he drank it all down, Down, down, Derry down, He had such a terrible drouth. Soldier Songs and Love Songs But if from drouth or some other cause they do not make a satisfactory growth, grow them two years. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 The drouth this year is something awful—all the corn burned up and the tobacco failing. Lewis Rand You caan’t fill un even now in the drouth, an’ come autumn an’ rain ’t will all be bog again.” Children of the Mist To Julia the words were as sweet as the first rain after a tedious drouth. The End of the World A Love Story Now from the vehement ardour and the greatness of the contest which Conaire had fought, his great drouth of thirst attacked him, and he perished of a consuming fever, for he got not his drink. The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga With Introductions And Notes So in speaking of hardiness of the plant it may mean hardiness as to either cold, heat, drouth, fungus or insect trouble. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 There is a great bank of cloud in the west, and I think the drouth is broken. Lewis Rand The drouth had ne'er descended on her field, Nor had distemper sore distressed her kine; The vine had given its accustomed yield, So that her casks were filled with ruddy wine. Mountain idylls, and Other Poems Its ability to resist drouth and overcropping and hard usage generally must be great, and I judge that many lawns and pastures would be improved by it. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Two seasons of drouth we saw the whole wheat crop blister and go to ruin. The Rim of the Desert Then it is that our garden is most beautiful, for we work in the garden of imagination, where drouth does not blight, nor storms devastate, where the worm never cuts nor the bugs destroy. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 They had been talking of the drouth, and they talked on while they went by Rand, but their voices sounded hollow like drums in a desert. Lewis Rand There were no trees there, no shrubs; nothing but grass, that was green enough in the rainy winter season but as yellow as straw in the drouth of the long summer. In the Footprints of the Padres What the Plains universally need is a plant that defies intense protracted drouth, and will propagate itself rapidly and widely by the aid of winds and streams alone. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy "She had a drouth on her it seems, and couldn't drag herself up again," said the farmer. Women of the Country The California coast is fairly equable in temperature, but its winter rains and summer drouth are against it. The Dollar Hen Coles, if you will be so good!—It is a pity, is it not, to see this drouth? Lewis Rand In a year of drouth, or of flood, many of their debtors may not be able to pay their accounts, even though their intentions are of the best. The New South A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution After delineating very graphically the terrible drouth, and the long contest of Elijah with Ahab and Jezebel, he told of the final triumph of religion, and the merited defeat and punishment of wickedness. Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler This was my first experience with a serious drouth. A Texas Matchmaker Flood knew the trail as well as any of the other foremen, but there was one thing he had not taken into consideration: the drouth of the preceding summer. The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days I'm sorry to see the drouth so bad. Lewis Rand Our water supply was limited, the State is subject to severe drouth, the cattle were congesting on our ranges, with neither market inquiry or demand. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings And now, afflicted with poverty, drouth, grasshoppers and starvation, we were left an agglomeration of heterogeneous materials, to fight our own battle as best we might. Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler The spring of '78 was an early one, but the drouth continued, and after the hide hunting was over we rode our range almost night and day. A Texas Matchmaker Cattle were classified as northern, central, and southern animals, and, except in case of severe drouth in the preceding years, were pretty nearly uniform in size throughout each section. The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days Uncommon drouth Makes hundreds homeless up the River Mud— Though, come to think, I guess it was a flood. Shapes of Clay Gunshot wounds are the only crop in this country," continued the doctor, ignoring the request, "not affected by the drouth. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings That was the year of the "drouth," and he apprised the brethren where he preached of the destitution in Kansas. Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler Thousands of cattle had drifted down from the Frio River country, which section was suffering from drouth as badly as the Nueces. A Texas Matchmaker The necessity of feeding not only the refugees, but to some extent during the winter the other Indians, has been recognized by all commanders, the drouth of last year having cut the crops very short. The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War They are as ignorant of drouth, murrain, pestilence locusts, and blight, as they are of the true meaning of want and fear. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) The existing drouth promised a good schooling for the brothers. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings The Missouri Valley: land of drouth, flood, and promise. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1975 July - December The prickly pear, an extremely arid plant, affording both food and drink to herds during drouths, had turned white, blistered by the torrid sun until it had fallen down, lifeless. A Texas Matchmaker The excessive drouth has almost completely destroyed it, and what little would have matured is laid waste by the frequent foraging parties of our own Army, or those of the Rebels. The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War A long drouth in the summer, which had made the poor harvests poorer still, was followed by that famous winter of 1789—that winter of merciless, of unexampled, cold for France. Calvert of Strathore They were thrifty, western Texas steers, had missed the drouth by coming into the trail at Camp Supply, and were all that could be desired in range cattle. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings Water mains ran through miles of the tropical forest and, no matter how great the drouth, the natives kept the verdure green and fresh with a constancy that no real wage-earner could have exercised. The Man from Brodney's While awaiting the arrival of saddle horses, the extra help hired during the drouth was called in and settled with. A Texas Matchmaker He owned a place but a drouth come along. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 It is one of the "resurrection" ferns, reviving quickly by moisture after seeming to be dead from long drouth. The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada Then this drouth came on, and the offerings at Dodge are unfit for any purpose, except to restock ranches. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings Have I not with pleading mouth Looked to Heaven through a silence stifled in the crimson drouth? The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens You see, boys, I've been through three drouths since I began ranching on this river. A Texas Matchmaker For a woman to think that vegetation is decaying, or that a drouth is devastating the land, she will have sorrow and loss which will be lasting in its effects. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition He snuffs the coming drouth As he snuffs the coming rain, He knows what each will bring forth, And turns it to his gain. Puck of Pook's Hill Under drouth, these sandy rivers of the plain, including the Platte and for a thousand miles to the south, only flow at night. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings Ah! the waters are hidden from riders and ridden In a stream where the cattle track dips; And Death on their faces is scoring fierce traces, And the drouth is a fire on their lips. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens From several places favorable replies were received, particularly from places north of the Colorado River; for the drouth was local and was chiefly confined to the southern portion of the state. A Texas Matchmaker Far below lay the earth, brown, dry, and desolate, from drouth. Stories to Tell to Children Where the ground is damp, with drouth occurring only at intervals of centuries, fine forests may be found, other conditions being favorable. Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon Even the blight of summer drouth was toned and tempered by the shadows of evening. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings There fierce December seldom goes, With scorching step and dust and drouth; But, soft and low, October blows Sweet odours from her dewy mouth. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens I never had the matter brought home to me so clearly as during last summer's drouth. A Texas Matchmaker Nor fear nor favour won us place, Got between greed of gold and dread of drouth, Loud-voiced and reckless as the wild tide-race That whips our harbour-mouth! Verses 1889-1896 Do the large, dark eyes, and the small, red mouth, Consume thine heart with a fiery drouth, Like the fierce sirocco that sweeps from the south, When the deserts are parch'd and dry? Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon The creek filled to its banks, the field and garden freshened in a day, and the new ranch threw off the blight of summer drouth. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings And, lying alone, do you look from the drouth Of a thirsty Life with a pleading mouth? The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens The conversation was allowed to drift at will, from the damages of the recent drouth to the prospect of a market for beeves that fall, until supper was announced. A Texas Matchmaker Then came the hard times that brought every one on the Divide to the brink of despair; three years of drouth and failure, the last struggle of a wild soil against the encroaching plowshare. O Pioneers! Is all your grass burnt up wi' drouth? The Man from Snowy River This drouth is liable to throw some bargains on that market. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings And sometimes it leads to the desert, and the tongue swells out of the mouth, And you stagger blind to the mirage, to die in the mocking drouth. The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses These Indian scares," said Uncle Lance, "are just about as regular as drouths. A Texas Matchmaker Nearly all the springs were dry, and a drouth menaced the farmers. The Last Trail What with frost, drouth, moisture, and worms, the greater part are soon destroyed. Excursions He was too foxy to borrow any trouble there, and this long yell about the drouth interfering with delivery dates keeps the trail outfits against the bits. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings These seasons are not absolute, for at times there are heavy rains during what should be the dry season, while occasionally there are many days of drouth during the wet months. Santo Domingo A Country with a Future With the breaking of the drouth of the summer before there had sprung up all through the encinal and sandy lands an immense crop of weeds, called by the natives margoso, fallow-weed. A Texas Matchmaker Neither shall Eurus, wanton bold, Nor feverish drouth distress us, But he that compasseth heat and cold Shall temper them both to bless us. A Little Book of Western Verse Next thing bothered and worried me, was 'long of a terrible drouth; And me an' all o' my neighbors was some'at down in the mouth. Farm Ballads The drouth of 1886 left a gruesome record in the pastoral history of the West. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings On fairer hill-sides, looking south, The vines were brown with cankerous rust, The earth was hot with summer drouth, And all the grapes were dim with dust. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 Our cattle had drifted in every direction during the drouth and though many of them had returned since the range had again become good, they were still widely scattered. A Texas Matchmaker Much of this page consists of play on words; as, that which is useful as rain, and that which is of use as rain on a garden after drouth. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge I am stark dead without drink, and my soul ready to fly into some marsh amongst frogs; the soul never dwells in a dry place, drouth kills it. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 This water that you have given the drovers, during the drouth, has made you friends. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings The extraordinary drouth and the remarkable phenomenon of brooks drying up in Kentucky had continued. The Sword of Antietam A Story of the Nation's Crisis Heretofore, every time we had a drouth there was such a volunteer growth of fallow-weed that the cattle got mud fat following every dry spell. A Texas Matchmaker The whole face of our planet has been reclaimed, and drouth and famine on the one hand and floods on the other are entirely unknown. Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World The only right way for pardners to come, is to come down free gifts from above, free as the sun, or the showers—that fall down in a drouth— and perfectly unbeknown, like them. Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician The old beaver dams around headquarters had withstood every drouth, owing to the shade of the willows overhead, the roots of which matted and held the banks intact. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings The long drouth would be broken, but whether by natural change or so much firing Colonel Winchester did not know. The Sword of Antietam A Story of the Nation's Crisis The spring before the second drouth, I acted as padrino for Tiburcio and his wife, who was at that time a mere slip of a girl living at the Mission. A Texas Matchmaker Yet now is the time we should be preparing all such spots for withstanding next summer's drouth! Home Vegetable Gardening — a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use He had always drouth in his purse and despair in his mind. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 In the worry of this drouth, you've overlooked the fact that you have five horses on this ranch. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings But slakes the drouth of his awful mouth With pulls at the absinthe bottle. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 38, December 17, 1870. This drouth has knocked all the sociability out of the country; but now the ordeal is past, Theodore is in honor bound to go over to the Vaux ranch. A Texas Matchmaker The home supply can, however, be grown in the ordinary garden, especially if water may be had in case of injurious drouth. Home Vegetable Gardening — a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use The porter informed me that it contained a charm, belonging to Sultan Ali, which was of great use in producing rain in times of drouth. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain Secure on the Beaver, the brothers were unaware of the outside drouth, which explained the failure of the herds to appear on the trail as in other years. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings My arms clung round her slender waist, Through gold and silk the form I traced, And glad as rain that follows drouth, I kissed and kissed her bright red mouth. Poems The social gayeties of the countryside received a check from the threatened drouth. A Texas Matchmaker A long drouth burned the fields; seed rotted under the clods; the cattle moaned in the barren and dried-up pastures; while locusts devoured what the drouth had spared. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets The great disadvantage under which the country labors, is its frequent drouths, but were the soil more generally cultivated, and the old orchards replanted, these would neither be so frequent nor so severe. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain The drouth might prove an ill-wind to some, but the Beaver valley was not only exempt but could extend relief. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings When the creek was low, they would congregate in the pools and still places, and in times of extreme drouth, might be seen huddled together in such places in great numbers. Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod Surely, alas, I have found therein but drouth, Surely has sorrow darkened o'er my days. In Divers Tones Winds, drouth, sand storms beset the way; and there were beasts always hungry, and robbers always watchful. The Prince of India — Volume 01 This house is in the great volcanic wilderness of which I wrote from Kalaieha, a desert of drouth and barrenness. The Hawaiian Archipelago The army is just as well aware of this drouth as you are," said Forrest, "and the War Department will make allowances. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings It was a time of severe drouth, and the stream was dried up, save here and there a small pool, clear and cold, the bottom of which consisted of smooth and clean-washed stones and pebbles. Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod Nay, did not Jerrold, in enormous drouth, While doubtful of Nell Gwynne's eventful luck, Squeeze out and suck More oranges with his one fevered mouth Than Nelly had to hawk from north to south? The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe "Purty good, I reckon, if the drouth don't kill 'em," the farmer answered. The Desired Woman Sure his ould mother in New York would not let her son's comrades perish of drouth—if she can be reached at the end of a letter.' Life's Handicap My head throbbed desperately, my body felt one free wound; I was sick with hunger, clogged with drouth. The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca He understood a desert or a drouth, but here was a tremendous amount of unnecessary and unaccountable water. The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me The endurance of the plant will depend much upon its having a chance to root deeply before the drouth comes on. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered The drouth killed his first crop, and the winter caught him in debt. The Desired Woman "The—the drouth, ma'am, has been so cruel hard." The Little Minister The dry-farmer who goes into the summer with a soil well stored with water cares little whether summer rains come or not, for he knows that his crops will mature in spite of external drouth. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall "Nothing like a fizz when you've got a drouth on," he said, mixing soda and cream-of-tartar into a cup of water, and drinking deeply. We of the Never-Never What amount of freezing and drouth can English walnuts stand? One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered With this as a basis, the seed was replanted and subjected to many experiments to increase its drouth and winter resisting qualities. Three Acres and Liberty "Have a drink of water," suggested Paul, who had already adopted this care for drouth, with satisfactory results. The Fortunate Youth The first method adopted to assist the farmers of the plains was to find plants with drouth resistant properties. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall Then, Dan discovering he had acquired the "drouth," advised "giving it best" and making for the Spring Hole in Duck Creek. We of the Never-Never All instinct like the bird in drouth got water out of the end of a jar by throwing in pebbles. Ulysses Then he sent them continued drouth, but the pale face heeded not. Tales of Aztlan; the Romance of a Hero of our Late Spanish-American War, Incidents of Interest from the Life of a western Pioneer and Other Tales Every patron saint has laid upon him at times the responsibility of breaking a drouth or the effects of a dreadful scourge which may be afflicting the people. Brazilian Sketches Always farm as if a year of drouth were coming. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall Trust not such peace yet; easy breath, In hot diseases, argues death; And tastelessness within the mouth Worse fever shows than heat or drouth. Victories of Love Growling and grousing and his eye all bloodshot from the drouth is in it and the hydrophobia dropping out of his jaws. Ulysses I was the thirsty field, long parched with drouth, You were the warm rain blowing from the South. The Kingdom of Love In time of drouth they in many places carry the saint through the streets in procession. Brazilian Sketches As a record showing that the year of drouth need not be feared when dry-farming is done right, this table is of very high interest. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall The Prince being thirsty said to the Wazir, "O Minister, I am suffering from drouth," and the other answered, "Get thee down and drink of this spring!" The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 It wuz my opinion there would be considerable of a drouth. Samantha at Saratoga The day of the picnic struggled till ten o'clock to peer through the fog that wrapt it with that remote damp and coolness and that nearer drouth and warmth which some fogs have. April Hopes There was a mountain stream hard by, now dwindled in the summer drouth to a mere trickling thread among the boulders, and there was a certain "pot-hole" that he had long known. Openings in the Old Trail The drouth remained unbroken until long after the wheat harvests. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall But ye will get the blue bowl, Robin—the blue bowl—that will sloken all their drouth, and prevent the sinful repetition of whipping for an eke of a Saturday at e'en. Redgauntlet It was the middle of the night: The wind, it shifted west-by-south,— It piled high up the harbor mouth; The marshes, black with summer drouth, Were all abroad with sea-foam white. Complete Poetical Works Thy soul's fair shape In my unfading mantle's green I drape, And thy white mind shall rest by my devising A Gideon-fleece amid life's dusty drouth. Sister Songs; an offering to two sisters In time of drouth the branch probably furnished no more water than his own cattle needed. Hiram the Young Farmer Over the whole of the dry-farm territory of the United States similar conditions of drouth occurred. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall I'm destroyed with the drouth, and let you bring me a drop quickly before herself will come back. In Shadow of the Glen The cat, with eyne of burning coal, Now couches fore the mouse's hole; And crickets sing at the oven's mouth, E'er the blither for their drouth. Pericles Isaac's success with his wells but served to increase the envy of the Philistines, for he had come upon water in a most unlikely spot and, besides, in a year of drouth. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 There was a bad drouth this year, and the upland corn did not do so well; yet the young farmer's corn crop compared well with the crops in the neighborhood. Hiram the Young Farmer The year of drouth is ordinarily the year in which the man failed to do properly his share of the work. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall There's a great drouth on me, and the night is young. In Shadow of the Glen "Once in my youth I gave, poor fool, A soldier apples and water, So may I die before you cool Your father's drouth, my daughter." Country Sentiment But promise is there none for Susan's drouth, That he will come, who keeps in dry delay. Poems — Volume 2 If the drouth really "got" it, he would have, at the most, but a poor and stunted crop to ship in the Fall. Hiram the Young Farmer Great fear was expressed that the dry-farms could not survive so protracted a period of drouth. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall I wouldn't have told you at all but it's destroyed with the drouth I was. In Shadow of the Glen While to the panting heart's dry yearning drouth Buds the rich dewy mouth - Tenderly uplifted, Like two rose-leaves drifted Down in a long warm sigh of the sweet South! Poems — Volume 1 We have thirsted long; this apple suits our drouth: 'Tis good for men to halve, think we. Poems — Volume 2 By and by the celery plants got rooted well; they no longer drooped in the morning; before the drouth was past the young farmer had as handsome a field of celery as one would wish. Hiram the Young Farmer True, there will always be a dry year, that is, the driest year of a series of years, and this is the supposedly fearful and fateful year of drouth. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall Three years out of four, the wind and drouth bring only failure at harvest time. A Master's Degree Oh! aren't you the scorn of women to think that you'd have that drouth and roguery on you that you'd go drinking the can and the dew not dried from the grass? The Tinker's Wedding When your throat fries in hell's drouth, salt the flame be in your mouth, For the treachery you did in Aghadoe! Bulchevy's Book of English Verse Stand forth an' tell yon Premier youth The honest, open, naked truth: Tell him o' mine an' Scotland's drouth, His servants humble: The muckle deevil blaw you south If ye dissemble! Poems and Songs of Robert Burns The record of this farm shows conclusively that with proper farming there is no need to fear the year of drouth. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall They must of necessity endure the wind and heat, the drouth and famine; they must grow lean and hard, keen-eyed and silent. Heritage of the Desert I write the day's event, and quench my drouth, Pausing beside the spring with happy mind. The Congo and Other Poems If not, I must parch in death's wide drouth Until I gain to where you are, And give you myself in whatever star May happen. Sword Blades and Poppy Seed The year of drouth must be expected every year. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall As has already been shown in this volume, only certain drouth resistant crops can be grown profitably upon dry-farms, and these must be grown under the methods of extensive farming. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall Sour soils are very characteristic of districts where the rainfall is abundant; the vegetation growing on such soils transpires excessively and the crops are consequently more subject to drouth. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall For the purposes of this volume, drouth may be defined as a condition under which crops fail to mature because of an insufficient supply of water. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall Providence has generally been charged with causing drouths, but under the above definition, man is usually the cause. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall This means not only that the plant suffers more greatly in times of drouth, but that, since the feeding ground of the roots is smaller, the crop is likely to be small. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall In somewhat wet years the moisture stored in the soil is of comparatively little consequence, but in a year of drouth it will be the main dependence of the farmer. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall Crop failures due to untimely frosts, blizzards, cyclones, tornadoes, or hail may perhaps be charged to Providence, but the dry-farmer must accept the responsibility for any crop injury resulting from drouth. 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