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Value of ;ioo tithe rent charge, ^98 15^. 

 (Official Returns). 



Seven years' average: Wheat, 54*. ; barley, 31^. 6d. ; 

 oats, 22s. 2d. (Official Returns}. 



Off-going ewes made 23*. gd. (John Phillips). 



Wheat averaged 29 J bushels per acre (John Phillips). 



Began harvest August loth; finished September i;th 

 (H. Baker). 



Wheat crop above the average (f. A. Clarke). 



Dry summer. Average crops (Driver). 



Fine yield of wheat. Warm summer, with intense heat 

 in August (Times). 



At Devizes October Fair ewes made from 20^. to 30$. ; 

 lambs, 14^. to 345-. (Local Paper). 



Dry spring and summer. 



January, some sharp frosts, and rainy after to Feb- 

 ruary 17, then dry and frosty. March, dry and frosty. 

 April, warm days, cold nights. May and June, showery 

 and cold. July, cold. August, warm and pleasant. 

 September, very cold, and often showery. October, 

 cold. November, wet. December, very severe (At- 

 manacK). 



Small crop of hay. Good harvest. 



Latter part of February easterly winds which continued 

 into March, and March dust never more abundant. Late 

 spring. Hay scarce. Middle of April the sun shone 

 clear and bright many days. Remarkably dry spring. 

 Rain came beginning of May, when vegetation was very 

 rapid. Light crop of hay, but made well and cut early. 

 Up to end of June there scarcely could have been a finer 

 season for the crops of grain and arable crops generally. 

 Latter part of June and beginning of July showery. Cool 

 atmosphere. August commenced with splendid summer 

 weather, which continued about two weeks. Then a 

 sudden change, and a severe storm of wind and rain, 

 which lasted a day or two, and was felt from one end of 



