LESSON III 

 THE FARMER AND THE WEATHER 



Weather and climate. The farmer lives in close 

 touch with nature. He is working with plant and 

 animal life and is interested in all those things that 

 affect plants and animals. Perhaps there is nothing 

 of greater importance to him than weather and climate. 

 Weather is the condition of the air at any given time. 

 Climate is the average of conditions which prevail for 

 a long time, a season, a year, or many years. The 

 conditions of the atmosphere that we are most interested 

 in are temperature, moisture, and winds. 



Seasons. You have noticed how plant life changes 

 with the seasons. During cold weather, most plants 

 go through a resting period. As the frosts of autumn 

 come, the leaves lose their green color and finally die. 

 The plants then remain inactive until the warm spring 

 comes again. The seeds which ripen in fall remain 

 dormant through the winter and begin to grow when the 

 air and soil become warm in the spring. As the days 

 grow longer and warmer the plants grow more rapidly, 

 until they mature in midsummer or early fall. 



Work changes with the seasons. - - The seasons 

 largely control the work upon the farm. The times of 



