The Dry Season.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2026, 4 February 1887, Page 2

The Dry Season.

In the open country of this district (says the .Napier Telegraph) farmers say that the land has not had a good soaking for two years, and the con—nuance is that the soil is in no condition to withstand a two months' drought, which has been no uncommon occurrence of lute years. It has been noticed this season that creeks are now dry which have never been known before to be without running water. It is a very ominous sign when springs begin to fail, for the decreased vitality is rarely, it ever regained. Artesian wells are also throwing up less water, but as this has been observed in previous dry summers, it is just possible that the sources of their supnK are regulated by causes other than those winch att'ect surface streams It is a luct, however, that cannot be overlooked, that artesian wells are each year showing an increasing falling oil m power ; thus, three years ago, the difference in the outflow between summer aud winter was scarcely noticeable, while the following dry seasuu it could uot escape attention ; but ibis summer it has been strongly marked, the experience of other countries shows that the destruction of forests invariably reduces the rainfall, anfl we may consequently expect that as our timber lands are brought into cultivation so we sbal l bring about a climate that will be destrucagrimi Unra. ...W.