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hained) thefe was a bite for stock, Tussilag-o farfara came 

 into bloom on the 8th, a little later than 191 1 ; Dandelion on 

 the i6th; Lesser Celandine on the i6th, 14 days later; Wood 

 Anemone on the 22nd, 12 days later; Primrose on the 28th, 

 10 days earlier ; Flowering Currant on the 2gth, one day 

 earlier. The temperature of the month was above the aver- 

 ag'e. Highest maximum temperature, 56 deg. on several 

 days; lowest, 43 deg. on the 20th; highest minimum, 49 deg. 

 on the ist; lowest, 26 deg. on the 14th and 22nd; lowest on 

 grass, 22 deg. on the 14th and 22nd. At or below 32 deg. in 

 the screen on 7 days; on the grass, on 13 days. Range of 

 barometer between 29.1 and 30.2 inches. 



April. 



During the first ten days the weather was cold and windy, 

 the wind being principally from the West and South-West. 

 On the 8th there was quite a heavy gale — in force quite ex- 

 ceptional at this season of the year. A little rain fell during 

 the first week, but from the loth till the end of the month 

 there was none except a trace on the 30th. On the loth the 

 distant Wamphray and Moffat hills had quite a covering of 

 snow. After this date there set in a period of clear, sunny, 

 warm weather (more like mid-summer than April), which con- 

 tinued till the end of the month. We experienced a remark- 

 able heat wave, which gradually rose to its maximum on the 

 22nd, when for three consecutive days the thermometer 

 registered 72 degrees in the shade. This warm weather fol- 

 lowing the wet weather of March was favourable to vegetable 

 growth. About the middle of the month many store cattle 

 were turned out to the grass, fields which had been winter 

 hained having a fair bite. This early grass was a great boon 

 to many farmers, whose fodder was in many cases nearly 

 finished. Through the drought of the summer of 191 1 many 

 stackyards were not so full. The wind from the 19th till 

 the end was from an Easterly direction. There was no cold 

 East wind. Corn sowing began on the 2nd, having been kept 

 back bv the wet at the end of March. Flowers came into 

 bloom about the same dates as in 191 1 — Cinquefoil on the 

 6th; Dog Violet on the loth; Sloe on the 12th; Jargonelle 



