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Above an average crop (Driver}. 



Winter, open and wet. Spring, wet. May and June 

 fine. July, showery. Crops rather thin on ground, but 

 yielded well. Favourable time for the harvest (Times). 



Rainfall at High Wycombe, 2979 in. January, 0*77 in. 

 February, 570 in. March, 1-32 in. April, 2*63 in. 

 May, 0*38 in. June, 2*64 in. July, i'89 in. August, 

 2 -2 2 in. September, 1-91 in. October, 2*87 in. No- 

 vember, 2*51 in. December, 4*95 in (Glaisher). 



Great heat in May ; thermometer 85 1, no day all the 

 summer so hot after. Fine to June IT, then a changeable 

 time. A fickle summer and often wet (Bruinham). 

 1834 Wheat, 46^. zd. per qr. ; barley, 295. ; oats, 2os. nd. 

 ( Official Returns). 



Wool, igd. per Ib. ; beef and mutton, 5^. ; cheese, 6^d. 

 (Driver). 



Lincoln wool, i6d. per Ib. Off-going ewes made 275. 

 (John Phillips). 



Wheat averaged 25 bushels per acre (John Phillips}. 



Began reaping wheat August ist ; finished harvest 

 September 3rd (H. .). 



Began reaping wheat July 23rd ; finished harvest 

 August 1 2th (Cox). 



A fine, dry, warm summer (Cox). 



Hot and dry. Large crops (Driver). 



Exceedingly stormy winter, 1833-4 (Penny Magazine). 



One of the most productive years of the century. Long 

 drought. A most productive harvest (Clarke). 



July and August, 2-5 above average temperature. In 

 consequence of the extreme heat the foundations of the 

 cathedral at Old Sarum were so distinctly visible as to 

 admit of a perfect recognition of the ground plan, and an 

 admeasurement of the dimensions of the building (Salis- 

 bury Herald). 



Fine, hot summer, but heavy rains in July. Early 

 harvest (Times). 



