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A very warm spring. Showery summer though so hot 

 (Brumham). 



January n. The northern roads impassable from a 

 heavy fall of snow. Feb. 2 5. The tides much higher than 

 usual. Sept. i. A comet appeared and continued till 

 December ; its greatest brilliancy was in October (Boyle). 



Wheat below an average quantity, and far inferior to 

 last year in quality (Tooke\ 



The first three weeks in September answered well for 

 executing harvest work, but before the end of the month 

 a sequence of wet days occurred, and in the north of 

 England and through the whole of Scotland, one half of 

 the corn was exposed for three weeks to rains and storms, 

 much of which was badly sprouted. On October 13, a 

 violent tornado nearly destroyed the uncut corn, which 

 was left nearly as free from grain as if it had passed 

 through the thrashing machine. The two succeeding 

 weeks were busily employed in harvesting the crop and 

 sowing wheat ; after which such heavy falls of rain that 

 it was hardly practicable for some time to plough any 

 ground unless of the driest kind. Favourable weather, 

 however, returned in the latter part of November, and 

 wheat sowing was finished much better than could have 

 been expected. The wheat crop was defective in every 

 district more or less. The deficiency arose from wetness 

 in May and cold frosty nights in June ; from boisterous 

 winds at blooming time, and from want of heat when the 

 grain was formed. Barley was below an average. Oats 

 and peas and beans suffered so much from the wetness 

 in May and June as not to prosper after on thin soils, 

 but may be considered as fair crops (Farmers' Magazine). 

 1812 Wheat, 126.$-. 6d. per qr. (Official Returns). 



Barley, 66s. yd. ; oats, 44-$-. 6d. per qr. ; wool, 2s. 2d. ; 

 beef and mutton, 8 \d. ; cheese, S%d. per Ib. (Driver). 



Wet and cold. Bad crop. 



Defective and bad crop. A famine year {Clarke}. 



