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July 31. Awful storm ( Whistlecraff). 



Rainfall at High Wycombe, 23-84 in. Jan., 3-54 in. 

 Feb., o'8 1 in. March, 0*62 in. April, 0-44 in. May, 

 0-62 in. June, 1*87 in. July, 7-01 in. Aug., 2*47 in. 

 Sept., 2-10 in. Oct., i'2o in. Nov., 2-37 in. Dec., 

 079 in. (Glaisher). 



Extremely hot all the summer (Brumham). 



A sharp drought all March, April, and May (Brumhani). 

 1835 Wheat, 39^. ^d. per qr. (Official Returns). 



Barley, 29^. \\d. \ oats, 225. per qr. (O. ft.). 



Wool, 1 8^. per Ib. ; beef and mutton, ^\d. ; cheese, 

 6\d. (Driver}. 



Lincoln wool, 15^. per Ib. Off-going ewes made 2os. 

 (John Phillips). 



Wheat averaged 33 \ bushels (John Phillips). 



Began harvest July 29 ; finished Sept. 2 (If. Baker). 



Began harvest July 27th ; finished August i5th (Cox). 



Hot. Above an average crop (Driver). 



Winter open. Summer brilliantly fine till end of June, 

 then heavy rains. Cora harvested well. Heavy crop of 

 wheat. Hot and dry in July and August (Times). 2 '6 

 above average temperature. 



Great bulk of straw much laid by rain in June. On 

 the whole a good crop (Clarke). 



Fine season and excellent crops ( Whistlecraff). 



April 1 6 and 17. A fall of snow for two days (Cox). 

 1835-6 Excessively severe winter (Brumham). 



Turnip crop suffered severely from the black palmer 

 worm (E. T. Bar net). 



Rainfall at High Wycombe, 29-21 in. Jan., 0*89 in. 

 Feb., 3-40 in. March, 3*16 in. April, 1-25 in. May, 

 2-62 in. June, 2-97 in. July, 1-15 in. Aug., 0-39 in. 

 Sept., 4*43 in. Oct., 6-09 in. Nov., 2-59 in. Dec., 

 0*27 in. (Glaisher). 



A very hot and dry summer (BrumJiaui). Maximum 

 temperature in August, 86. 



