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a term used of plants found useful as indicators of the proper times for various agricultural and horticultural operations. Old-fashioned rules have long been in use among farmers, as, for instance, that the time to plant corn is when the leaf of the white oak is the size of a mouse's ear.
Many other more or less reliable guides of this kind have been found and recorded by recent observers. INDIA. New Government of India Act, providing for beginning of parliamentary self-government, went into operation in 1921 with opening of provincial legislative councils (January and February). Non-co-operative movement led by MOHANDAS K. GANDHI (q.v.) continued to increase British difficulties throughout the year. Mohammedan dissatisfaction on account of British dealings with the former Turkish Empire. Lord Reading inaugurated as Viceroy in April. November 17, Prince of Wales begins progress. Hartels, days of mourning, proclaimed by non-co-operative leaders. Serious riots at Bombay and other places. December 29, Indian National Congress at Ahmedabad declared Gandhi sole executive authority.
I INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS year. The name hurricane is also commonly applied to any wind of great velocity. It is used to designate the highest wind force on the so-called Beaufort Scale; that is, any wind exceeding about 75 miles per hour.