Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1899 — The Odor of Rain. [ARTICLE]

The Odor of Rain.

NirttaH has determined that the smeU off freshly turned earth Is doe to the growth of a bacterium, tbe dathodarlx edorifera, which multiplies in decom-

Jdilfto thfpreeence of heat and ure. Hence the odor la especially marked after a tffiower, or when metal earth Is disturbed. In drjr .SOM the te vetoppMDt of rite bacterium la arrestaA but it Is immediately resumed wrill vigor as soon as moisture is restored. J