| 
— yemembered that the state of the air | the earlier part of settled weather it usually stands high t17 
SL SE a ee ae eT mbered that the state the earlier part of settled weather it usually sta | 
pei that will be hard to beat wherever he shows his | i PEE Taa Ea eather than Bows the ‘weather that | stationary, the air being d nds high andi, 
fac oe casa el Sra = ; valuable fact too often overlooked ; that the “ asa of fine weather, with a lowglass, occur, h 
On the renee side we also find his bull going back | longer coe ae tween the signs and the change foretold kei seta not be ey are always preludes to a duration of — 
r. ns “Jock” tribe. His dam Crinoline | them, the longer spea dekh seine ge erie wae p oi ra tery y Wwavin andoatm weather, 
ee trary, the less the ti N a Warni 3 i } 
(204), for AF pë Whit Legs” bred at Tillyfour, was the isi will be the continuance of such foretold weather. rain, ma follow ; Na on tse at any pt eo the ce manal) with 
ot by Victor ( e again was got by Monarch | ` “To know the state of the air, not only barometer and | is heated mush above the usual temperature of tbe season. sss 
Oa wis D 7 i t mometers should be watched, but the appearances of the| “Allowance should invariably be made for th 
(44), which was bred by Mr. Fullarton of Ardestie, ou Lorie e vigiancly leering 2 tage asses during some days pe 
of Julia, by the noted old bull “ Panmure.” Here Ziet the barometer has been about its ordinary height, say | because x ra may be aiteaing, by distant “a 
ee m to an the connection farther back 3 | near 30 inches (at tie sea level), * and is steady, or thing, by changes close at han ae of these changes may occur at 
>, 4 È ess ar ? ni 
yon take ‘Young Panmure's grand, dam | Re we, hormone, en ely” wint, So | lt nh nro" whore brome etait 
- ly, northerly, or nort Y! : e t 
Chastotte 203) you very speedily find your be torch eee “There may eavy rains olent wind 
me =) yon Thus Chit (203), dam Lola goat Nig RA ratan Ory Ba ape place with a rising the orizon, and a nate obs rat, by which Ne ae 
ontes (208), sire Angus (45); Angus (45) bred by Mr. | mometer gisas inireased See a sae naa mens 7 be change of weather dadare ii his ‘romnediats DA ee 
omen Keillor, sire Jock 2d D expected. fro the south-eastw: “It may be repeated that the longer a change of wind 
e should not have troubled the Hei with these | ¥°$ ra with a low thermometer foretells snow. weather is foretold before it takes place, the longe ngor the peng! 
details, but for the ats appertaining to those} «Exceptions to ies rules — when a north-easterly | weather will last, and, converse’ “ly. the shorter the warning the 
7 $ : i impending, before | less time, whatever = S <r see rning, whether wind or 
anes Soe ee, poh pe ked = ap a bal RA ir pe aaae ele s (on pure the direction pe pts or snow, will cı Or a fall 
herd or breed „And we would wish, too, very respect- Whien the barome oF who from| “Sometimes seve ong her from the sou 
Pole t $ of ming wind alone) and deceives perso! ’ thward, not 
that sign only (eke rising) expect fair weather. lasting long, Tey. canno ey e aan l, bocauso f followed ya 
a well arranged herd-book necessarily imparts. The} ‘When the barometer is rather below its ordinary height, | duration of wind from the northward, and at times 
ili fi say down to near 294 inches (at the sea pda a rise fore- | barometer may fall with northerl, a oe ar weather, 
appes of Mr. Ravenscroft’s Vol. J. are now before te p dogn to near PO ane it igs direction towards the north- | apparently against these rules, = 
and Be Share! uld add a few remar arks _ther 3 but ard, or less wet; but when it has Bean very low, about 29 | southerly wind is about to follow. oi 
nohe, the first rising Ka precedes or indicates strong 
winds at times heavy squalls from the north-w estward, north- 
ward, noth „eastward, —after which violence a gradually 
o 
one may be misled, and calamity may be the 
not nef forewarn gt 
“ A few of the more marked s weather, useful 
to samara farmer, and gardener, pa: the following:— ° 
“Whether eae yi cloudy—a Bids sky at sunset 
y 
Bys sch, dune ae 
e SE, 
of a perfect copy. We reprot tol have ies that i 
apathy and a ot y breeders, and the 
tardiness wi eats = 
š 
orete! w : e thermom: 
on has been falls: aing glass fore anth COHN; p peki the wind will back 
imparted, ani tended much to enhance the laborious | (shift aga sant oe sun’s course), and mare southerly, or — 
work which has been needed in its comp'lation. ad iden. y wind will foilow, especially if the barometer 
it 
or the zeal of ; “The s shifts of wind, or the heaviest 
> NT. | northe ves Ps mood happen sion after the barometer first rises 
M‘Comhie, the work would not have sigui so far | froma oe wt point; or, if the wind veers gradually, at some 
iti tim rwards. 
eek nd “I ther and the 
Meantime, having finished our journey to the land of m ret Se ‘ho own ah ty the height of 
the Angus “ doddies,” we must thank those who have | the barometer than by rising. Nevertheless, a 
thus far accompanied us, and bid all good bye tor the | height of more than thirty 60" 0) Ínehes aa To ne of the pua) 
on T. Bowick, Stoneleigh Abbey Farm, Kenil- x Sard 
worth. 
y. 
High upper ~ ta crossing the sun, moon, or stars, 
direction diferent from that of the lower clouds, or 
oO 
THE fo ing ; its upper surface bieo onvex or rounded, or when the 
compiled by Rear-Admiral Fitzroy, and published by hard moves to the right. 
th je Bara of Trad ea “ A rapid rise of the barometer indicates unsettled weather ; 
a slow iogienenh, the contrary; as likewise a steady baro- 
meter, which, when continued, and with dryness, foretells | comin 
very fine weat ther. 
“A rapid and considerable fall is a sign of stormy weather 
and rain (or snow). Alternate rising and sinking indicates 
unsettled and threatening weather. 
“The greatest depressions of the barometer are with gales 
from 8.E., S., or S.W. ; the cerr liste ele viitiat; with wind from 
east to ndrth, occasionall. weather ees he ver’ 5 if aided by + i 
: “The barometer is said to be falling when the mercury in | instruments, almost exact! aa @ 
the tube is sinking, at which time its upper surfaco is some- | _ “Small inky-looking cl clout foretell rain :—light seud clouds | 
HOW TO FORETELL WEATHER. times concave or Beale or when the hand moves to the left. | driving across Seg es show wind and rain; but, if 
The barometer is rising when the mercurial column is lengthen- alone, may indica ind ont a i 
ollowing manual of the barometer has been ] 
ical u ea as 
RE ors ason TA only those wo fg the Araia yeas indi- 
red th e 
m sany and compa an cas 
ore than that the rising gle gass * oes foretells less wind or into cloudiness. spears ap or less oily, or 
vat a Kew barometer rain or wind, or both ; a high watery, as wind o will irpo ei isan an infallible sign. 
one fine er, and a he contrary... But usefi Shs ane higher. and a distant cl 
general oo elton t e gradual, but general, the coming 
ve. 
“Light, a provo t tiots or colours, with sol 
forms of clouds, tndicate a and roe py pes 
hard, definitely 
then remarks may Boy rather hastily made, 
ee Though the ba a rometer r general! ls with a southerly and se 
years’ practice $ rises with a north oo y win e Se) Maey sometimes occurs ; | fin! 
Į and many persons’ ee Le in which cases, the southerly wind is usually dry bets fine 
bare Neo 2 y- — er, or the be ie wind Bans violent and accompanied by 
; è : i n, snow, or hail; perhaps-wit 
i AR ps romme, ie mo rep pop vay er be “ When the s barom ter sinks a much wind, rain | ra ok 
__-remair » the glass Tha sin ta w A in ee a oF moe VUET: with or without og become Dots 
weight Air pre ink within abo momete i on noe wie ve be from the e northward, hi gd NE deer bambi ok se pete: dg faced 
me fro th wind an ir wea! 1 ma; expected ; 
the orid’ s surface Ii like a a muci lighter ocean, nat the: battom I a ypg e oe mel sacra velba the land, os over ii sometimes tying Tae i ei 
P 
ther s high. Occasionally a low-glass is followed a 
attended p lightning only, while astorm is beyond the hori 
A sudden fall of the barometer, with a Sity wind, ‘is 
sometimes fi a yarn vio rap Smee — N.W., or N., or N.E. 
2, y i 
resses with a force or ien of ake: 15 Ibs. on p: square “Ifa gale s 
nch of surface. Such a pressure holds the limpet to the rock 
when, 
er 
marked change, when a Ha ae Sohne anor he S cals 
vi ' ani 
bby ari sing = bee wet a rair of the 4 _— = rai = en 
i sheltered places, instead of spreading Ov! per A 
when pigs carry straw to thelr sties ; when sm 
mays < a r ascend readily (or straight u. ae 
rable change is pro! 
an indication of fine weather; so is 
of Pos: i formations occurs under an 0 eran aep or vie 
‘| there is much wind. One sees fog occasionally ed wale 
it were, by wind—but seldom or never form 
d not be so 
he risit 
falling of the mercury, for if it stand at ‘changeable’ and 
the compass betwee 
they are nearer one or the bani, extreme point. 
then rise towards ‘fair’ it presages a change of wind or end nA eae 
e to change of 
direction Oni Kou, one ol earings to the other 
Melt d nigel ees th or force, eat DEE to remain the 
at ear the 
distant o x Soot ‘cca as hills, unusually es aible, 
same), 2 in these latitudes about half an inch (as 
iyfvectis) and what is called ‘a good hearing dn 
=2 dn mount—taken by itself—of vapour, moistur 
nts of | Tin, or snow in the wind, or current of air (direction Tad 
immediately impeding day: as bours, keeping in stre: ath of wir id remaining’ the same), seems to cause a char 
mind effects of change of itwetion at "dryness ôr -muiatare amounting i in an extreme case to about half an itok 
as well as alteration T ai or a of wind. 2 “3. The stre-gth or fo-ce alone of wind, from any quat 
“By a thermometer the weight aes air ote not shown. No | (moisture and direction kang unchanged), is preceded or fo. 
air is within the tube. None can get in. But the bulh of | told by a fall or Aoier cording as the strength will be greater, 
ta ione Re full of merury, which contrscta,b: cold and |97 less) ranging in seega 
treme than 2 nl 
e at, Seodin a which effect the’ thicad obi metal | __ “’ Hence, supposi: ig Seek 8 o act together. By te lth thr ena ed visible by t the coo! 
tube is drawn down or pushed up so mafy | C88es—the height wonld vary a near 3l TEN (30.9) 9) t to seems to check the win 
3 pay the temperature 1 Te we about, 27 inches (27.0), Meg has happened, though rarely (and i iene Sa stout aw aimas De oo De o See, "A wà 
A thermometer have linen round for seaso’ 
we oasia abin a thread or wick dipping In eneral, the ee act much less strongl: ications 
into a cup of water, it BR e heat than a d One are less in accord ; so tl 1 a aen ERLE ES beer 
j ig aren et of the air and quickness of J seach arro oat Ss aa e ae - 
To p er, with or or dew, t “Another gei e requires. atten! is, s dence. g 
h thermometers will be nearly alike. that the wind usually appears to veer, shift, or go ronnd with Home Correspon Haret- y 
For ascertaining the dryness o r moisture 6 of air the readiest — sun i (right arate = from left io right).t and that when | Field Management of Wheat in a wet pack of bal 
ethod is omparison of two th i do so, or backs, more wind or bad weath i a 
toe diy the other Just iutaned and hays sn Bake he |© pocto aston of tmynovement in aly ls id el 
ution as much as the state of the air admits. th “It is not by any means intended to « discor nrage attention to | © >“ 
(or wet) bulb thermometer shows mperature aby pie what is usually culled * maiia wisdom.’ OA e contrary, wise good both th as to quality, and aunty 
r that of the other one when the atmosphere is extremely | every prudent persou will combine BE pa vation ohtha er your corres] ndents have verted to tof 
p er moist; but lower at other times, in proportion to the | with such indications as he may obtain from insi and | bea ye our bre 
dryness of p juent evaporation —as far as 12° or 15° | Wil! se tatt more E DAAA its tive pcb or EEO earing a strong resem PEAP to Fence, the 
in this climate, 20° or even more elsewhere From RA to 8° of | ledge compared and combined, the more satisfactory their I can confirm this from my own experien 0 
Line ain is usual in England, x nd about 7° is sidèred results y i arate, | difference being that then the rain was mostly f 
on! = y en "Tho. baroms tomes eter begins to rise consid mar before the conclu- | East, whereas now it is generally from the 
. ““ Briefly, the baro T shows weight or pressure of the sin ao eae Saer e even at its c encement, Although S W g he former case 
ar; h the momsctes, beat and stig te mperature; and the | it falls lowest before high winds. it t frewwently sinks very much | >» est; the barometer in t 2 all 
ge ; ermometer, compared w: dry one, the degre of | before heavy rain. The baromet not always, on unusually high, to the astonishment of 
ia nadia reor dampens hen nn S dry one tho degres or the approach of thunder and light rs "Beror ore and during | take into account the effect of an easterly ¥ 
iss, barometer, column, mercury, quicksilver, or hand. “* Ted i î epi the mercury? 
“ > g iffers, or stands lower, about a —— of an inch | ® rainy season, in keeping up 
Tiaia atmosphere, or the atmospheric fluid which we be aak 100 feet of height directi: upw meno vertically, | such is the opinion wy ion has 10 
the sea; its average height beiu 39 04 padi at the i it may, 
wf Leber bee mean sea level in England. ac Paes must, therefore, be sa <n s ret aa Boe e st iiie one H= 
“i Whetwo ony AEAEE ones _ | mae for barometers on high land or in buildings. to point out whe sof 
Š Tipae oe Mia, aguc: roes’ is F begins | “t Electrical effects are yet uncertain. = oe: dawn’ is when be Aiow da indications | 
Sa 2st Y- Benperation. haw. a ks lator merce in the northern hemisphere ; but ‘the a bank “at clouds.” A ‘low gat treats! # 
; 88 The twr thus combi flag a hy, outh latitude. This, however. is only apparent ; 
A breaks on or near 
b A grometer; for the oie is actual? circulating in thi nt ction, ainbows 
ir aan of hair, Grass, or ‘Seaweed way be a make- BS Bee under mei ie rising fro Aiit ae ars, agaist the Hose ae ae were) of rair 
: wit ot usually cause a fall of the barom ‘ called ‘ wind-galls’) seen on 
