WHEN SPRING COMES ROUND AGAIN

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20278, 21 August 1937, Page 6

WHEN SPRING COMES ROUND AGAIN

One development that has caused no disappointment is the fact that the rainfall for the month is .79in. whereas the average for August is 3.1)6in. The pessimist may contend that there is yet time for tlio leeway to be made up, and no one can dispute the fact, but it is much more pleasant to look back on the perfect weather that has been experienced during the past week or two. The district could really afford the spell because on the monthly basis the rainfall this year has been nearly up to the average, and somehow a period of unclouded skies and calm sunny days seemed to be deserved. There might be some difficulty in stating just what would justify that claim. One does not descrVe good weather; if fortunate, one gets it. And j perhaps the personal enjoyment is by no means the most important aspect. The glorious days have enabled farmers to reduce lambing losses materially, and another week or two of fine weather would bo welcome to them. Then with a pleasant degree of warmth in tlio sunlight thero has been a factor to offset the light frosts and encourage the growth of grass. At this time of the year t lie “ early bite” is of importance to the dairy farmer. It would be possible to extend tlio list of blessings that a spell of fine weather can bestow —from the drying of over-wet pastures to the drying of clothes on the line —but perhaps these things do not suggest themselves so readily as tlio feeling of renewed enjoyment | in the out-of-doors. People who not long ago were wondering if I they would bother about the garden this year have settled any doubts by doing some gardening. The super-optimists have been discussing ( plans for tlio holidays next Christmas. Sunny days seem always to j bo associated, in the minds of many people, with sunlit benches. The school children have only one strong hope, and that is that Iho weather will keep lino for tlio next fortnight, and doubtless many of them have been assured that prospects are fair as the good weather eamo in with the now moon, and it was on its back. Spring has “brought back blue days and fair.”