Wild ducks and cranes up north are beginning to fly south almost two months ahead of the usual time. This is announced by the Canadian National Railways relaying word received from their agents.
Old settlers in Ontario say that never within memory have they known the ducks and cranes to start their southward migratory flight so early. The settlers believe that an early winter is coming.
Hudson Bay fur trappers report the wild rice, favorite food of wild ducks and geese, matured very early this year. The trappers say this is another indication that winter is not far away.
The weather this year has been so queer all over the world, due to the sun’s giving off 5 per cent less heat than usual, that winter might arrive two months ahead of its customary schedule without amazing us.
Spring was late in most parts of the earth. Summer came in hot waves, working double to make up for lost time.
The maple leaves in the tourist country of Ontario started turning red and yellow in mid-August, nearly a month early. This looks like an early fall, forerunner of an early winter.
From the first page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, Sept. 14, 1923
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