The seasons of the year differ in different parts
of the world. In countries in the temperate zone, like England, the year is
divided into four seasons -- winter (December, January and February), spring
(March, April and May), summer (June, July and August) and autumn (September,
October and November). The winter is the cold season. The land is often covered
with snow: lakes and ponds and streams are frozen; the sky is dull and cloudy,
and there are frequent storms of wind and rain. All vegetation seems to be
dead: the trees are bare, the grass is brown, and all the flowers have disappeared.
In March the climate changes often suddenly. The warm, moisture-laden west wind
prevails, and the air becomes warm and mild. The flowers come out; the trees
put forth their new leaves. And the grass becomes green. The birds begin
nesting, and the woods are full of their singing: and the canners are busy plugging
and sowing. With June comes the summer -- warm but no hot like the Pakistani
summer -- and flowers and trees are at their finest. In June and July the
farmers are busy making hay. And in August they begin to reap the wheat.
September and October are beautiful autumn months the harvesting is completed. The
orchards are laden with fruit, and the leaves of the trees turn yellow and red,
and begin to fall; while November is stormy and cold. And the days shorten and
the nights lengthen, till winter comes round again.
In a hot country, like Pakistan. The seasons are
different, and are marked not so much by differences of heat and cold. As by
rain and dryness. In south Pakistan and Bengal is more or less hot throughout
the year: but from October to June it is dry’. While from June. When the
monsoon breaks there is more or less continual rain until the end of September.
In North Pakistan there are violent extremes of heat and cold. From November to
February is the cold season, the cold being sometimes comparatively severe. In
March it beings to get hot. And the dry heat increases steadily until in June
it is blazing hot, and the temperature often rises to 120 Fahrenheit.
when the monsoon breaks, and the temperature is reduced; but
it still remains hot. And the humidity in the air makes it steamy and very
uncomfortable until the rain ceases. This division of seasons gives Pakistani
farmers two harvests in the year. They begin plugging as soon as the monsoon
rains often the soil in July, and sow cotton and maize, which they reap in
October -- the Sharif harvest. Then they plough again and sow wheat and other
crops, which they reap about March -- the Ra bi harvest.
The seasons are caused, of course, by the changes
in the position of the earth to the sun, as it rolls round it in its yearly Course.