tions favourable to its fall at this time of year are by no means with-jour precedent. In January there fare on an average 12 rainy days out Jof the 31 and obviously if the tem-Perature falls below freezing point /snow may frequently occur in this month.
The effects of snow on agriculture are generally beneficial because the prolonged contact of the soil with the snow enables a larger quantity of moisture to be drawn in, than would usually be the ease with an equival-Jent quantity of rain,
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