A. They _dry the soil_ (which is saturated with the floods of February), _break up the heavy clods_, and fit the land for the _seeds_ which are committed to it. Q. _Why does "MARCH COME IN like a LION?"_ A. Because it comes in with _blustering east winds_, which are essential to dry the soil, which would otherwise _rot the seed_ committed to it. Q. _Why does "MARCH GO OUT like a LAMB?"_ A. Because the water (evaporated by the high winds) falls again in _showers_ to fertilize the earth, and _breaks the violence of the winds_. Q. _Why is it said that "A bushel of MARCH DUST is worth the king's ransom?"_ A. Because it indicates that there has been a continuance of _dry weather_; and unless _March be dry_, the seed will rot in the wet soil. Q. _Why is it said "A DRY cold MARCH never BEGS BREAD?"_ A. Because the _dry cold winds_ of March prepare the soil for _seeds_, which germinate, and produce fruit in the autumn. Q. _Why is it said that "A WET MARCH makes a SAD autumn?"_ A. Because, if _March be wet_, so much of the seed _rots in the ground_, that the autumn crops are spoiled. Q. _Why is it said that "MARCH FLOWERS make NO summer BOWERS?"_ A. Because, if the _spring be very mild_, vegetation gets too forward, and is _pinched by the nightly frosts_, so as to produce neither fruits nor flowers. Q. _Why is it said "A LATE SPRING makes a FRUITFUL YEAR?"_ A. Because if the vegetation of spring be _backward_, the frosty nights will _do no harm_; for the fruits and flowers will not put forth their tender shoots, till the nights become _too warm to injure them_. Q. _Why is it said that "APRIL SHOWERS bring MAY FLOWERS?"_ A. Before seeds can germinate, _three_ things are essential:--Darkness, Heat, and Moisture. April showers supply the principal nourishment on which seeds depend for existence. Q. _Does RAIN-water possess any fertilizing properties BESIDES that of mere MOISTURE?_ A. Yes; rain-water contains "AMMONIA," to which much of its fertilizing power may be attributed. (Ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen. Common hartshorn is only ammonia and water.) Q. _Why has God made NOVEMBER a very RAINY month?_ A. Because the rain hastens the _putrefaction of the fallen leaves_, and this makes the earth fertile. Q. _Why is there MORE rain FROM SEPTEMBER to MARCH than from March to September?_ A. From September to March, the temperature of the air is _constantly decreasing_; on which account, its _capacity for holding vapour_ is on the _decrease_, and the vapour is precipitated as rain. Q. _Why is there LESS rain FROM MARCH to SEPTEMBER, than from September to March?_ A. From March to September, the temperature of the air is _constantly increasing_; on which account, _its capacity for holding vapour_ is on the _increase_, and very little is precipitated as rain. Q. _Why is the RISING SUN in summer accompanied with a BREEZE?_