Old Farmer's Almanac: 220 years of useful advice
Light the table lamp, unscroll the parchment, dip your quill deep into the inkwell and mark these important dates for future reference:
Jan. 23: Best day to castrate animals.
March 15: Plant tomatoes.
July 10: Armadillos mate.
Nov. 19: Skunks hibernate.
Dec. 20: Best day to cut hay.
How do we know these forecasts for 2012 – not 1812, as you might presume – are accurate? Why do we trust that these predictions will even come to pass?
Because The Old Farmer's Almanac says so, that's why. A solid 220-year track record on all things agrarian and pert' near everything home- and hearth-related is nothing to sneeze at, Sonny. You whippersnappers may prefer to use "The Google" to look up the weather or consult an app for all your animal husbandry needs. But really, all you need is that 8-by-5 1/4- inch pulp-bound volume with the iconic yellow cover promising "Everything under the sun, including the moon."
Quite a boast, especially in these infinite- gigabyte days when powerful and all-knowing search engines seemingly make printed almanacs as obsolete as spats. In a culture hellbent on the fresh and new, The Old Farmer's Almanac is musty and antiquated, willfully old-school.
Lo and behold, though, the annual has endured since 1792 as a valued information source. Verily, it has survived the advent of newspapers and magazines, of radio and television, of encyclopedias and databases. It's not going to be quaking in its hip-wader boots over the current dizzying digital landscape of mobile devices, e-books and who-knows-what technical innovations to come.
There's something to be said for tradition, after all, for staying power, for withstanding the whims of fashion in favor of the tried and true. But nostalgia alone hasn't kept The Old Farmer's Almanac – released last month to, let's be brutally honest, little fanfare – in business.
"For a lot of people, it's like an old friend," said Amy Nieskens, associate editor. "This year, we've got a section on mac-and-cheese. That's comfort food. The almanac itself is like a comfort book to a lot of people.
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Spokeswoman Megan Alpers came up empty, but suggested trying Chuck Ingels, Sacramento County farm adviser for the UC Cooperative Extension. "I honestly have never looked at the almanac, but I've seen it on bookshelves," Ingels said.
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Diane Alter - AHN News Reporter
Dallas, TX, United States (AHN) - Texas has endured one of its hottest summer this year in its history, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. So when rain began to fall Thursday, it was welcomed like a long lost friend.
In addition, Texas has also experienced one of its driest. Wildfires have been raging though Texas near Austin. Thousands of homes have been destroyed and businesses ruined. Nearly all of the Lone Star State is currently classified as being in an extreme or exceptional drought by the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Farmers and ranchers in the Texas Panhandle have suffered. Fields are burnt and barren and cattle has been sold off as there has been no grass to feed them.
This year's drought is being called worse than the 1930 Dust Bowl that swept large and widespread walls of dust through the Great Plain. During the Dust Bowl, the annual rainfall ranged between 12 to 20 inches.
This year to date, Amarillo has received a scant 3.89 inches of rain. In 2010, the area got 27 inches.
While the rain is welcome, and does little more than dampen the surface of the amount needed in Texas, the extended outlook is not so bright. NOAA said drought conditions will persist or intensify from now through December.
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