10 “In the Pleasant Moon of Strawberries l”

After a week of warm weather, the temperature rose to 84 deg. F., at 4 p. m., June 26, 1928.

Severe electrical storm about I p. 111. June 28, 1926, Fal- conwood Hospital struck and central turret gutted by fire. No

lives lost; $25,000 property damage.

JULY

In July Nature is in her most exuberant mood: one can almost see the vegetation growing! It is a fact—easily verified—

that shortly after the sun has attained its greatest altitude, the “rainy season” sets in over all the Northern Hemisphere, One would. also expect the greatest heat at the Summer Solstice (see June 20), but ‘by a kind of time-lag it is hotter in July: this is due to a cumulative action. So, in July, we have a happy combination of heat and moisture that brings the farmer's toil to fruition and gives promise of a bountiful harvest. But if the gardener has neglected his hoe in June, the weeds will give him work now! Weeds, like ill habits, are better scotch’d while small.

July is the month of thunderstorms and many accounts of cattle and buildings being struck by lightning, are in my records. The 15th of the- month is St. Swithin’s Day, when, says the old tradition, if it rains it will rain for the next forty days! Due to some oversight this does not always happen in P. E. Island. Hr’ay— making is general this month, but the date of cutting varies with the character of the season. The tendency is to delay cutting, to

the detriment of the hay.

July '1, 1928, temperature 84 deg. in the shade at 2 p.m. This was a max1mum period in sunspots, and July was a very wet, warm month.

An earthquake, heaviest in Northern New Brunswick, was felt here at 5.30 p.m. on July 2, 1922.

On July 3, 1931, the thermometer read 82 deg. in shade at 4 p. n1. Just as notable was July 4, 1925, when the temperature fell to 46 deg. in the night

Hoar frost at night injured tender garden stuff on July 8, 1919. First hay cut July 8, 1930; and all stacked by July 23rd

Temperature 80 deg. at 4 pm July 10, 1930. Cow Parsnip (Heracleum) in flower July 11, 1919. Young swallows observed,

July 12, 1928.

On July 20, 1916, the maximum reading was 80 deg. in the house, and 107 in the sun outside. Noted Sand Spurrey (B. rubra), Sea Lavender (Statice), and Sandwort (A. lateriflora), all in bloom this day. 011 July 20, 1931,21 note says “No wild raspberries, nor blueberries this year.” The e1 feet of a late frost?

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