"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.m. 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 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. VV . 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 be 4 or 5 degrees below normal that year, and I recorded "the sunshine has a wan look1" (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 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, with temperature at 4 p.m., J2 deg. in the shade. A lovely day, wind S., humid, on May 2% 1919. Next day wind to E ., and cellar furnace going. From the 25th. to 31st., May 1920, great forest fires in New Brunswick darken the sky here, and almost hide the sun with smoke