Line 1.0.0 Is our climate becoming milder, and are

Line 1.0.1 our winters less severe? If so, what is

Line 1.0.2 the cause ? There exists a consensus of

Line 1.0.3 opinion among these observers of meteor-

Line 1.0.4 logical conditions, says Dr. J. R. Gorrell,

Line 1.0.5 writing in the "Open Court" magazine,

Line 1.0.6 that there has been a perceptible change

Line 1.0.7 during the last 50 years. We may—they

Line 1.0.8 say—be unable to discover any difference

Line 1.0.9 from winter to winter, but a comparison

Line 1.0.10 of our last winters with the winters of 10,

Line 1.0.11 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago, appears to

Line 1.0.12 justify the belief that a gradual change is

Line 1.0.13 occurring in our climate. There are those

Line 1.0.14 who believe that the artificial groves

Line 1.0.15 throughout Iowa, and adjoining States,

Line 1.0.16 have contributed materially to raising the

Line 1.0.17 temperature during the winter months. It

Line 1.0.18 is no doubt true that the rigour of the