( 260) 



The crop of wheat suffered from red gum, which origin- 

 ates from a superabundance of wet and want of sun 

 (Farmer J Journal) . 

 1822 Wheat, 44*. 7^. per qr. (Official Returns). 



Barley, 215-. lod. ; oats, i8s. \d. per qr. 



Wool, is. 6d. ; beef and mutton, 5^. ; cheese, ^\d. per 

 Ib. (Driver). 



Average crop {Driver). 



Lincoln wool, is. o\d. per Ib. 



Hot summer. No rain from May 2 to July 5. Full 

 average produce. Quality universally good (Clarke). 



Began reaping July 15 ; finished harvest September 3 



(T. a). 



Began reaping July 16 ; finished harvest August 8 

 (G*). 



No rain from May 2 to July 5. Nine weeks of very 

 hot days (Cox). 



The oldest inhabitant of the country does not remem- 

 ber an earlier hay or corn harvest or more successful 

 ones, both with respect to weather, quantity, and quality 

 of the produce. Wheat, most productive. Lent corn 

 and pulse, too generally injured by drought, are in many 

 parts fair crops. Potatoes, a middling crop. Turnips, 

 bad. Fruit in great plenty. Scarcity of feed in pastures 

 (Monthly Magazine ', August). 



Off-going ewes made i6.r. each (f. Phillips'). 



July and August 2*2 above average temperature 

 (Times). 



September 28. At 8.30 p.m., a lunar rainbow seen in 

 Lincolnshire (Hone). 



Fine and fairly abundant season ( Whistlecrafi). 



June 10. Great heat (Whistlecraft) . 



Very fine till October (Brumham). 



Rainfall at Greenwich, 24-95 i n - J an -> '55 i n - Feb., 

 o 98 in. March 1-39 in. April, 2-56 in. May, 1-90 in. 

 June, o f 8o in. July, 4*07 in. Aug., 1*81 in. Sept., 



