379 





No. OF 



Winters. 



Days 





Haying. 



1883-84. 





1884-85. 



16 



1885-86. 



34 



A note of the time 'when Hill Stock on Rawhurn tuere 

 fed with Hay, during Snowstorms, for the last twelve 

 years. By H. Hewat Craw. 



Dates of Haying. 



No Haying. 



From 10th to 20th January. 



From 25th January to 11th February, and from 

 2nd to 19th March. 

 1886-87. 19 From 10th to 18th January, and from 14th to 



25th March. 

 From 2Ist February to 21st March. 

 From 1st to 5th March; South Hirsel only. 

 No Haying. 



From 17th to 27th March. 

 No Haying. 



From 27th February to 3rd March. 

 No Haying ; very changeable weather, frost and 

 fresh alternately ; frost sometimes severe. 

 1894-95. 54 From 10th January to 5th March ; snow fully 



three feet deep. 



1887-88. 



28 



1888-89. 



5 



1889-90. 





1890-91. 



10 



1891-92. 





1892-93. 



4 



1893-94. 





In severe winters there would no doubt be some days 

 partial feeding, both in the beginning and end of the 

 Snowstorms. 



