WEATHERSTONES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2455, 3 April 1901, Page 29

WEATHERSTONES.

April 1 — The rabbiters made a beginning trapping for export on the 25th ult. An enormous quantity is leaving Lawrence every day — seven to eight trucks at a time, or, on an average of from 6030 to 7000 a day. In addition to this there is a large number picked up on the way before the train* reaches Milton. Harvest. — It has been capital weather for harvesting during the laat few days — warm, sunny days and bright moonlight at night, — so that the farmers, if they had much crop to lead in, could work night and day. Most of the settlers around here have got their crop in stack, while those who have not were busy last week leading or carting in. I have heard that thero is a good deal of grain uncut yet out Tuapeka Weat way, the land there being high. Weather. — There have been one or two very rough days and heavy showers withm the last fortnight," as well as several frosty mornags. The morning of the 22nd ult. was the first time this season that I saw ice on the water. The barometer wp.s high most part of l°st week. Last Friday it was 29 74, but by Sunday morning it had fallen four-tenths, though nothing came of it, except some fog on the hills. This morning it is up again to 29.69. The lov-^st reading of the thermometer was 38deg, at 7 a.m. of the 22nd, and the highest 84deg, at 3 p.m. of the 29th, and m the sun at noon of the following day lOldeg. Ram fell on 15 days in March.