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MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



'THE early part of the preceding month was attended with much fevere weather, accofn- 

 panied, however, with fnow, which his pieferved the young wheats and tares froid 

 injury, and both crops never looked at this fcafon of the year more promifing. 



Owing to the cold, and wetnefs of the paftures, the ftore ftock have been brought into 

 the yards this winter much earlier than ufual, which will occafion an unufual diminution of 

 fodder; and in confequence lean cattle and fheep have fallen much in price at the late fairs. 

 In Smithfield markets Beef fetches from 4s. to 53. per ftone of 8IL>. ; Mutton 4s. to 5s. 4d. j 

 Veal 5s. to 6s. ; Pork 6s. to 7s. 



The feafon being tolerably dry, feeding flieep and cattle do well. The fuckling of houfe 

 lambs is carried on with great advantage. Poriiing pigs and large ftorcs are much in demand, 

 at advanced prices. Good frelh cart horfes are in requeft, and thofe proper for the army are 

 both fcarce and dear. 



The operation of the plough has been fomewhat impeded ; but the manuring of land, 

 hedging, and ditching, hjve been carried on to a great extent. 



The feed clover which has been tbreflied out yields well ; as do all the varieties of grain, 

 particularly barley and peafe. Wheat averages per quarter 76s. 2d. ; Barley, 37s. lid, } 

 Oats, 27s. 4d. 



in Smithfield market Kay fetches from 3I. to 4I. lOs. per load ; Clover 3!. to 5I. j Straw 

 from !!• ii-s- to il. 15s. 



METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 



Objervatiom on the State of the Weather from the i^rh cf Novcritlrer, to the 2^th of Beam-' 



kr indujl-vc, 1805, t-wo Miles N.IV. of St. Pm!s. 



Thermometer. 



Higheft 55". Nov. 30. WindS.W. 



Loweft 20". Dec. 13 & ty. Wind N. 



^ i On the 3d inft. the 



Greateft 1 \ thermometer was no 



variation in ViS",. ^higher than 36"^. but 



24 hours, i Jon the next day it wa» 



■^ /up to 52? 



Sarometir. 

 Highcft 30.39. Dec. 17. Wind N.W. 

 Loweft 23,86. Dec. 2s. Wind S.W. 



/" Between the 



_ n "^ ^ i_ % morning of the 



Greatefl 7 «5 h""" ) ,3d and 24th inft. 

 var.aiioniaVdredthsof<^^,^^ ^^ ^^^^ 



24 hoars. ^ an inch. \f^^^ ^^J^ ^^ 



^29.65. 



'T'HE quantity of rain fallen this month is equal to fomething more than two inches of 

 ■*• depib. 



Twice in the courfe of the prefent month the froft has been exceedingly fevere; but in 

 the neighbourhood of the metropolis a very Imall quantity of fnow has fallen, though in 

 more diltant parts it has been heavy, and Uin for feveral days on the ground. The average 

 height of the thermometer for the month is 38. 3. and of the barometer it is 29.723. 



General Summary ^ the State of the Weather from Chrijlmai-day 1804, to Cbriftmas-day 1805. 



The nwan height of the barometer for the year is equal to 29.864. ; that of the ther- 

 mometer is not quite 48"., or 2'-\65. lefs than the average height of the laft year. The 

 quantity of rain fallen is equal onl.y to 2j inches in depth, which is lefs by nine inches than 

 fell in the year i3o4. 



During the year there have been 136 days very brilliant, 109 in which there has been 

 tiin; 18 in which fnow or hail have fallen; of the remaining days 46 may be reckoned 

 cloudy, in which the fun fcar:ely appeared, and the other 56 may be called fair, as being 

 partly bright and partly cloudy. 



The ftate of the wind has heeji as follows :— 20 days North, i8 South, 59 Weft, 48 

 Eaft, 61 North-Eaft, 31 South-Eaft, 39 Norih-Weil, and 79 South- Weft. 



The period of the new primary planet difcovered September i, 1804, by M. Harding, 

 in Germany, is four years four monAs ; inclination of its orbit between 13° and 21°; its 

 mean diftance 300 millions of miles, its eccentricity one-fourth of its mean diftance ;■ 

 afcending node i7i''-6'. It appears very fmal I, like a telefcopic ftar of the eighth mag- 

 nitijde. 



On the 4th of January the moon will be partially an<{ rifibly edipfed in the evening. 

 The eclipfe will commence at 29 minutes paft 10: the middle time will be 55 minutes paft. 

 J I ; and it will end 2: minutes after one in the morning. 



*-^:* The Supplementary Number, containing sundry Retro" 

 spects of Literature y Indexes, 6Cf., nill appear as usual d?i the Jirst 

 ^ay of February. 



