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It’s been a long, hot summer. The rain shortage has placed a hardship on farmers here, curtailing harvests tremendously. Cooler weather is arriving but it still is very, very dry. The scattered showers received recently have done little to moisten the soil and replenish water-supplies.
The arrival of fall often is noted by three things—the opening of hunting season, yard cleaning and fires, lots of fires.
Unfortunately, the first two fall “rites” mentioned often cause the
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