Notwithstanding the great quantity of grass this season, 

 old hay is now (July 7) sold at $ 15^. a load. July 

 26. Barley harvest began this week in several places in 

 the upper part of Hertfordshire, where they have the 

 greatest appearance of a plentiful crop. 



July 28. Most of the farmers in Hertfordshire began 

 their wheat harvest yesterday, where they have very large 

 crops (London Chronicle}. 



July 24. Harvest began at St. Ives, in Huntingdon, 

 this week ; the corn in general fine and forward, and a 

 plentiful crop in that and the neighbouring counties, but 

 hands scarce and wages high. A farmer near Norwich has 

 lately sold barley at 9^. a qr. less than he sold the same 

 sort of barley at last winter. This fall in price is owing 

 to the prodigious crop of grain. He says he is sure he 

 shall have seven qrs. of barley an acre. Also a farmer 

 near Ware says that he shall have six qrs. an acre, which is 

 more than double what he expected a month ago, the great 

 quantity of rain having made a surprising alteration. Hay, 

 which for some time past sold for about $ a load, is con- 

 siderably cheaper, and it is imagined will soon fall to 40^. 



There has been but little stormy weather in Dorsetshire 

 to do any hurt, and there is the finest prospect of a 

 plentiful harvest there and in the other western counties. 

 Great and destructive thunderstorms, with hail, in July 

 and August (London Chronicle). 

 1765 Wheat, 48^. per qr. (Tavey). 



The choicest pieces of the best beef, 4^. to ^\d. per 

 Ib. ; the coarse, i|^. to 2\d. per Ib. ( ). 



A plentiful crop of grain (London Mag.). 



When wheat got up to an average in ten years of 39^., 

 export was prohibited, import allowed free of duty, and 

 distillation of grain prohibited. The summer was re- 

 markable for its heat and dryness, and all vegetation 

 being influenced by their effects brought forth fruits and 

 flowers in unusual perfection (Knapp). 



