Weather and Other Notes. iS'i 



September. 



There was fine dry, warm weather during the most of 

 the month, with the exception of a few days in the middle, 

 which were rather showery. The fine weather in the begin- 

 ning- favoured the ingathering of the harvest in later dis- 

 tricts, and, as there was no rain from the 17th till the end, 

 potato lifting was being done under the most favourable 

 conditions. Thunder was heard on the 17th. 



Last Swallow seen on the 30th, which was 24 days 

 earlier than in 191 3. 



The small rainfall from the beginning of April till the 

 end of September resulted in a great number of springs and 

 watering places in fields becoming dry, which in many cases 

 caused farmers a considerable amount of trouble in getting 

 water for their stock, and a number of pumps and other 

 sources of supply for domestic use were either dry or nearly 

 so. 



October. 



The weather of this month was just a continuation of 

 the fine dry sunny weather which had prevailed during the 

 whole summer. The rainfall was 1.15 inches, being the 

 lowest for the month of October in my record of twenty-one 

 years. Half of that amount fell on the 25th, accompanied 

 with thunder. The wind till the 13th was from a westerly 

 direction, from this date till the end it was easterly. 



The drought and scarcity of water still continued. All 

 the turnip fields in this locality were suffering very badly 

 from mildew, the shaws being quite grey and falling off. 

 I don't remember having ever seen it so bad before. 

 Through the mildness of the season near the end of the 

 month, Garden Strawberries, Wild Rose, Blue Gentian, and 

 a number of other wild Howers were in bloom. 



November. 



The wind during the first week was mostly from the 



east, south, and south-east. The weather was mild, and 



above the average temperature for this month. Although 



there w:is not much growth, the fields were looking fresh 



