A NEW SCIENCE.
Phenology, heretofore regarded as the Cinderella of the science sisterhood, has at last found favour among the fellows in several seats of learning. It Has nothing to do with penology, or phrenology; it is the science of life's responses to climatic conditions. Why do strawberries ripen in one place in May and elsewhere in June? Why do birds migrate on particular . days instead oi others ? To all such questions phenology is seeking for answers. Dr. A. D. Hopkins of the United States Bureau of Entomology declares that plienological investigations show that, for every kind of farm and garden work, there is a best time to begin, if one expects to procure the best results, and that the beginning time is always signalled by some periodical event, like the blooming or falling of flowers, and that planters should learn to read such sign aright.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 199, 23 August 1930, Page 8 (Supplement)
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146A NEW SCIENCE. Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 199, 23 August 1930, Page 8 (Supplement)
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