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wind was various. From this till the 22nd there was mode- 
rately. good November weather, when the greater portion of 
the potatoes here was got up, but the ground was wet and not 
very suitable for potato work. A good portion of the turnip 
>rop was secured during the month. This crop was also below 
the average in bulk on neighbouring farms. From the 22nd 
till the 29th there was a good deal of wet and stormy weather. 
The last day was very fine and mild, quite like spring. There 
was not sufficient drought during the month to enable anything 
‘to be done by way of securing the corn which was going to 
waste in the stooks in many parts of the country. 
The temperature of the month was exceptionally high— 
the daily mean being 44.25 degrees. This was 9.07 degrees 
above that of November, 1915. There was very little frost— 
a few degrees were registered in the screen on eight nights. 
At the end of the month the fields were very green. <A good 
few strawberries were in bloom, and quite a lot of daisies on 
the lawn. 
DECEMBER. 
The first three mornings were very fine; the song of the 
mavis was heard on each morning. From this till the 15th 
we had good December weather. From this weather of a 
more wintry type set in, which continued till the end of the 
month. On the 14th Queensberry and the distant Moffat hills 
were covered with snow. We had a light covering of snow 
on the 16th, also on the 18th, and about five inches on the 
19th, which was the heaviest fall here during the year. By 
the 25th the snow was nearly all away. We had a rather high 
flood on the Cluden on the 29th. The wind till the 23rd was 
variable, mostly from the north, north-west, or east. From 
this till the end it was south, south-west, west, and north-west. 
There was sunshine on only five mornings at nine o’clock. 
There was no continued hard frost. The lowest reading 
in the shade was 21 degrees on the 5th. The daily mean 
temperature was 4.42 degrees below the average of the last 
SiX years. 
