71. Maize has sprouted: There is an anxious period for the farmer
after his corn is planted, for if the spring is "backward" and the
weather cold, his seed may decay in the ground before sprouting.
73. So in _Sunthin' in the Pastoral Line_, when robin-redbreast sees
the "hossches'nuts' leetle hands unfold" he knows--
"Thet arter this ther' 's only blossom-snows;
So, choosin' out a handy crotch an' spouse,
He goes to plast'rin' his adobë house."