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yield. Great quantity of straw. Spring corn sown re- 

 markably well. Barley, coarse. 



Began cutting wheat July 30. Finished barley harvest 

 September 2(7! O.). 



Began cutting wheat July 31. Finished barley harvest 

 August 25 (Cox). 



October 22. Snow six in. deep {Cox). 



May 28. A very severe frost this night (Cox). 

 1819-20 Excessively severe winter (Brumham). 



Fine crop of wheat. Very fine, hot summer. August, 

 intensely hot (Times). 



Dry on St. Swithin's Day, and a dry time followed 

 (Hone). 



Rainfall at Greenwich, 28*24 m Jan., 2*12 in. Feb. 

 2-67 in. March, 1-58 in. April, 2-82 in. May, 2-98 in. 

 Tune, 2*28 in. July, 2'o in. Aug., 0*3 6 in. Sept., 

 3-13 in. Oct., 2*13 in. Nov., 2*69 in. Dec. 3*48 in. 

 (Glaisher). 



Very cold weather from December 24 to January 18, 

 1820 (Glaisher). 



July 3. A comet of great brilliancy northward. 24th. 

 Great thunderstorms in the northern counties, several 

 persons killed by lightning, and many bridges destroyed. 

 Great distress at end of year owing to the severe weather 

 (Boyle). 



Fine time for sowing the spring corn. Fine harvest. 



At Weyhill Fair, Farnham hops, from ^5 i2s. to 

 ;6 6s., and country, from 4. 4^. to $ 12.$-. per cwt, 

 At Appleshaw Fair, Dorset horned ewes sold from 50^. 

 to 6os. per head. At Weyhill, prices 2s. lower than at 

 Wilton. Ewes, at Woodbury Hill, 30^. to 44^. ; wethers, 

 4os. to 54^. ; lambs, 20.$-. to 325. At Bridgwater Fair, 

 best two-years old cheese fetched 72.$-. per cwt, one-year 

 old, 58^. to 6os. 



At Warminster Fair, 10,000 sheep were penned. Prices 

 were equal to Weyhill, but the sale was dull. Ewes from 



