Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 136, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1913 — “Hailstorm Beit” In England. [ARTICLE]

“Hailstorm Beit” In England.

An ecentriclty of English weather of especial interest to farmers has been discovered by the board of agriculture. The hail period begins in April and continues till August; but it only has the dignity of a season, over certain narrow and distinct parts of England. Again and again the hailstorms have cut a straight path, with well-defined' edges, through the crops In Huntingdonshire' and Bedfordshire, and less thoroughly in Lincoln, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, while other counties have been exempt. One theory of this peculiarity is that the hailstorms coming from the east do not fall until they touch the first bit of rising ground, and this rising ground quite empties them. It is a general belief that years which begin eccentrically in regard to weather are apt to continue eccentric, and the i-ecent hall, earlier than usual in the season, suggests that its recurrence In the summer is also more than usually likely.—-London Globe.