Milk cream makes most freely with a north wind.
Northerly and Southerly Winds.
If the wind is from the northwest or southwest, the storm will be short; if from the northeast, it will be a hard one; if from the northwest, a cold one; and from the southwest a warm one. After it has been raining some time, a blue sky in the southeast indicates that there will be fair weather soon.
North Wind.
If there be within four, five, or six days two or three changes of wind from the north through without much rain and wind, and thence again through the west to the north with rain or wind, expect continued showery weather.
The north wind driveth away rain. (Proverbs, xxv, 23.)
Northeast Rain.
As a rule northeast rains indicate cold and damp soil, poor prospects for small seeds, melons, &c. (Apache Indians.)
North, East, South, and West Winds.
When the wind is in the north,