The Reason Why
» (Written for The Chronicle.) "Let us have rain," the farmers cry; "the hay is stacked, the corn is stored; the fields are brown and all is dry, the fall in milk yields is deplored ; we'd too much rain in year-end days, but dry December warped our tubs; and now the Janus month dismays our hearts with drought and moths and grubs'." : Yet when all's said there's nothing wrong; twixt drought and rain we "always" dwell; the moisture brings the grass along, but heat's what makes the pumpkins swell; "Cheer up! cheer up, Old Waterspout, you've lota of fodder waving green. You haven't? Then the secret's out. You don't know how to farm, .I ween." BELSHAZZAR BINKS. Levin, January 19, 1917.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 January 1917, Page 3
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123The Reason Why Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 January 1917, Page 3
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