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Excerpt from The Book of the Farm, Vol. 3 of 6: Detailing the Labours of the Farmer, Farm-Steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Farm-Labourer, Field-Worker, and Cattle-Man
The character of the winds in spring is, that they are very sharp when coming from the N. Or N. E. Direction; and they are also frequent, blowing strongly some times from the E. And sometimes from the W. In the E. They are piercing, even though not inclining to frost; in the W. They are strong, boisterous, squally, and rising at times into tre mendons hurricanes, in which trees es cape being uprooted only in consequence of their lea¿ess state, but by which many a hapless mariner is overtaken and consigned to a watery grave, or dashed Without mercy on a rocky shore.
Snow in Spring - Very frequently snow covers the ground for a time in spring. The severest snow storms and falls usually occur in February. Truly awful is a storm of snow in spring amongst the hills.
It is a serious af¿iction to the sheep farmer when a severe and protracted snowstorm occurs in spring. The losses caused by the storm are often very great, especially in breeding ¿ocks, where lambs are sometimes lost in hundreds daily. Then by providing extra food for sheep in spring storms, the sheep-farmer's outr lays are frequently increased to a serious extent.
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