[…] the continental climate, that is, having a colder winter and warmer summer, capable of producing considerable vigour of arboreous vegetation, and not so favourable to the generating of […] peat-moss […]

See how the morning opes her golden gates, And takes her farewell of the glorious sun.

There was a widely based hostility towards consolidation, and the increased emphasis on pasture as opposed to tillage: a transition which had strengthened a culture of 'grazierdom' amongst Irish farmers.

And still the strawberries continue to be shipped from this point by the refrigeratorfuls—a good sign that the berries are still bearing well, despite the extremely dry weather and the cold snaps.