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was experienced on the 12th. Blenheim orange apple came into 
bloom on the 2nd. I first heard the cuckoo myself on the 5th, 
but it was reported to have been heard before that time. Our 
own swallows took possession of their old homes in the byre on 
the 5th. The wasp was first seen on the 14th, and spotted fly- 
catcher on 15th. Chestnut bloomed on the 22d. I heard the 
corncrake on the 29th. Hawthorn blossom was first seen on the 
31st. The chestnut blossomed eight days earlier than 1906. 
June.—Rainfall, 6 inches. It rained less or more every 
day. This is the heaviest rainfall for June recorded here during 
the last fourteen years, 2.26 in. being the average. Barometer— 
Highest, 30.2; lowest, 29.6. I began the month with a new 
5-inch rain gauge, placed about one yard from the old one, which 
was a 3-inch one with a float. The new one registered 5.91 
inches, and the old 6.12 inches. The difficulty is now to know 
which to believe, so I put it between the two, and said 6 inches. 
I also got a new thermo. screen, 44 feet from the ground, with 
new maximum and minimum thermometers. The highest tem- 
perature recorded was 71 degrees on the 13th, and the lowest 
during the night of the 25th, viz., 37 degrees. The ox-eye daisy 
‘was first seen in bloom on the 6th, and wild rose on the 30th. 
There was a thunderstorm on the 12th and 30th. Turnip- 
Sowing was kept back with the wet weather, and there was a 
lot to put in after the 15th. This month was abnormally cold 
and wet. 
July.—Rainfall, 2.22 inches. Rain fell on 15 days. 
Barometer—Highest, 30.6; lowest, 29.6. Highest temperature 
(shaded thermo.), 86 degrees on the 17th (the warmest day of 
the year) ; lowest, 40 degrees, on the 2nd and 11th. Corn began 
to rag on the 13th, and cutting ryegrass hay on the llth. The 
first cleg was seen on the 16th; meadow brown butterfly on the 
26th. The first ripe strawberries were pulled on the 11th. 
Bluebell was in bloom on the 22nd; knapweed, 29th. Com- 
™menced cutting meadow on the 26th (a heavy crop). The 
weather during the later half of the month was very good for hay- 
making, and most of the ryegrass in this neighbourhood was 
secured in nice condition. July flowers were nearly three weeks 
later in coming into bloom than in 1906. The meadow brown 
butterfly was three weeks later in being seen. 
August.—Rainfall, 4.59 inches. Rain fell on 27 days (that 
