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“It Was The Merry Month of May” ' 7

American Bittern booming, May 7, 1919. Temperature rises to 66 degrees in the shade at 5 p.111. on May 7, 1931.

Alder Catkins opening, May 8, 1927. First wild strawberry flower, and first “bumble—bee,” on May 8, 1928.

Planted windbreak May 9, 1925 ; a good time to plant coni- fers before the buds open. Barn SwalloWS going North May 9, 1927. Many species of birds here, May 9, 1933.

Wind N. to N_ E., hoar frost, temperature 26 deg, during previous night, clear sky all day, May 9, 1935.

Wind N., May 11, 1914: fog, rain, then two inches of snow which went by mid—day on the 12th. Half an inch of ice on the water trough this morning, May 12, 1930. Temperature 61 deg. at 6 p. m. on May 12, 1932.

N. W. wind cold and fine; inside temperature (without fire) 48 deg. on May 14, 1916. Heat wave and electric storm in New York, 80 deg; Cold here but fine, May 14, 1929. (An ex- tensive solar corona had ‘been observed May 9, 1929.)

Sowed general garden seeds May 15, 1930. May 15-20 is a good time to plant Gladiolus bulbs. On May 16, 1923, the caloric quality of the sun—light “was estimated to 1be 4 or 5 degrees below normal that year, and I recorded “the sunshine has a wan look'” (From 1918 to 1921 it was above normal.) Maximum temper- ature May 17, 1932, 85 deg. in the shade. 'Cold N. W. wind, rain, then snow flying and ground white, May 16, 1917. Trees break- ing into leaf May 16, 1919.

Sowed wheat May 18, 1921. Two Swallows returned to nest in the barn May 18, 1928; nine left the barn the previous fall.

Cattle turned out to graze May 19, 1921. Little oasturage, not much grass before June.

' Commenced planting,r early potatoes May 21, 1914. Hum- ming-bird visits the Arabis May 21, 1931,

White Violet (V. blanda) 'blooms May 22, 1926, Helvella fusca, an edible fungus, abundant May 22, 1930.

A week of warm weather in May 1931, reached its peak on the 24th, w1th temperature at 4 pm, 72 deg. in the shade.

' A lovely day, wind 5., humid, on May 25-, 1919. Next day wmd to E, and cellar furnace going.

From the 25th. to 3Ist., May 1920, great forest fires in

New Brunswick darken the sky here, and almost hide the sun With smoke,