 Sports Talk 1340, WBIW, Bedford. Reducing indoor humidity with houseplants. That's our topic on the Dog Days of Summer edition of the Old Farmers' Almanac Radio Report. With more practical tips and useful advice, this is the Old Farmers' Almanac Radio Report for Tuesday, July 16th, the 198th day of the year. Comedian Will Ferrell has a birthday, and J.D. Salinger published his novel, The Catcher in the Rye, on this day in 1951.