THE WEATHER.

Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7529, 19 April 1890, Page 6

THE WEATHER.

Yesterday m the Northern district there was a fair amount of Train, which will prove beneficial to tbe turnip crops, as well as the grass lauds. Feed was becoming rather short, and rain, folio wed by fine weather, will materially assist its growth. ■

Our Malvern correspondent writes that welcome rain has bee-ufalUng almost continuously for over folfej-eight hours, to the delight of the farming community. Intermittent and e_si ehowera of rain fell in Ashburton yesterday, and at nightfall there was every appearance of a heavy downpour during the nighc The rain was much needed, and will be welcomed by every farmer in tbf district. ; The weather iv theft G___ld__e district has been showery for ihe past few daj a, and yesterday a steady downpour continued throughout the day. Bain is still much needed, as the showers which have fallen, while doing a_ immense amount of good to the pastare Land and turnip crops have had little #pj_o effect upon the rivers and underground . springs,. consequently most of the wells in the district are dry. Our Waimate cors-eaponden. writes :— The drought seems to have thorougly broken up, and the weather during the last week haa been cold and showery. Grass has made great progress since the last rain, and there is now fair feed ia most parts of the cod—try, although it will not last .long after the frosts set in, aud these may now be expected at any time.