India rubber world . en by large laterals. I STRUCK, the Tier 1 a Calienle just at the beginning of the dryseason, and therefore was curious to know exactly what therainy and dry seasons consist of in the tropics. Ofcourse, no general answer could be given, as in dif-ferent tropical regions these seasons have their ownidiosyncracies. I believe I had but little idea of what theweather really was in the rainy season, whether it rained all thetime or was partly rainy and partly clear, and this is what Ilearned. In the state of Vera Cruz the dry season runs roughlyfrom February to June. During the
India rubber world . en by large laterals. I STRUCK, the Tier 1 a Calienle just at the beginning of the dryseason, and therefore was curious to know exactly what therainy and dry seasons consist of in the tropics. Ofcourse, no general answer could be given, as in dif-ferent tropical regions these seasons have their ownidiosyncracies. I believe I had but little idea of what theweather really was in the rainy season, whether it rained all thetime or was partly rainy and partly clear, and this is what Ilearned. In the state of Vera Cruz the dry season runs roughlyfrom February to June. During the latter part of May thereare about three weeks of genuine hot, dry weather. Prior tothis, what is really the dry season is often broken by rainfall ;in fact it rains a little about half the time. Beginning with thefirst of June, however, and lasting until the first of September,come the torrential rains, except that there is in August a weekor ten days of dry weather. Nine days out of ten during the tor- LA JUNTA. RUBBER PLANTATION SEEN FROM MAIN TRAIL. I ? : I, 11,03.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 295
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