31.   Heavy spring rains in the eastern Corn Belt of Indiana and Ohio delayed corn planting, forcing many farmers to switch to soybeans, which are planted later.

32.   Heavy spring rains delayed planting and caused the soil to compact, stunting early growth.

33.   Heavy spring rains in the eastern Corn Belt forced many farmers to switch cornfields to soybeans, which are planted later.

34.   If there is not much spring rain, the eggs do not hatch.

35.   If the spring rains come in torrents, the bay takes on the freshwater runoff and the salinity of the bay changes.

36.   In a typical year, spring rain and snowmelt are what refill drinking water supplies.

37.   In my area, south-central Pennsylvania, heavy spring rains sometimes fill in the trench before the leeks are ready.

38.   In the traffic nearby, newspaper vendors hawk a score of the newspaper titles that have blossomed here like mushrooms in a spring rain.

39.   Indeed, distressed properties are popping up on the market like mushrooms after a spring rain.

40.   Last winter, El Nino rains delayed budding by as much as a month, then spring rains hampered flowering and pollination.