Every day, without fail, Dear Farmer is checking the weather. Using his instinct as a farmer, his skills as an untrained meteorological professional, and the ache in his sinus cavity: he interprets the various websites that predict weather, reads the forecast in the farmer's almanac, and watches the animals.
The old-saying is true...cows will lay down when it's going to rain.
The cows feel the change in the pressure system, and when it gets too heavy, they lay down(probably because of the throbbing headache...have you seen the size of a cows sinus cavity?). So usually we see the cows lay down, and then they get up-move to high ground, and the rain starts.
The goats will smell the rain coming and run inside the barn. Goats hate to get wet.
Our farm dogs will beg to come inside. They are wimps when it comes to rain. One of our dogs will hide in the hallway...the sound of the rain on the metal roof scares her.
Dear Farmer hasn't started to ache in a joint or "feel it in his bones"...but he does get it right more often than the weatherman.
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