( 292 ) 



Wool, u. per Ib. (If. Baker). 



Off-going ewes made 27^. each; wethers, 335-. (John 

 Phillips). 



Cows let at ^8 105. per cow (H. Baker). 



At Devizes October Fair ewes made from 22$. to 29$. 

 lambs, 15-5-. to 235-. 



Began harvest August i2th ; finished September ;th 

 (H. Baker). 



Wet and cold season. July and August, 1-4 below 

 average temperature (Times). 



Wheat much blighted, but a fine harvest (T. If. B.). 



Harvest much under an average, with great losses by 

 mildew and winds. The crops were better in the north 

 (Clarke). 



Great agricultural distress. 



Rainfall at Greenwich, 1871 in. January, 1*17 in. 

 February, 1*29 in. March, 0*36 in. April, 2-00 in. 

 May, 2 -35 in. June, 0-94 in. July, 2-88 in. August, 

 1*89 in. September, 1*30 in. October, 1*25 in. No- 

 vember, 1*98 in. December, 1*30 in. (Glaisher). 



March dry, without a shower, but very cold and frosty 

 (Cox). 



A cold and winterly Christmas, 1849, an d January was 

 severely cold to the end (Brumham). 



June, August, and September were very dry, only 197 

 in. of rain in the whole year at Greenwich (Brumham). 



A stormy summer, though so hot at times (Brumham). 

 1850-51 A very mild winter (Brumham). 



Great heat and drought part of summer ; very fine till 

 end of October (Brumham). 



1851 Wheat, 38*. 6d. per qr. ; barley, 24*. yd. ; oats, 

 iSs. id. (Official Returns). 



Value of ;ioo tithe rent charge, ^96 115-. 4}^. 

 (Official Returns). 



Seven years' average : Wheat, 515-. 6d. barley, 32^.; 

 oats, 2 is. 40*. (Official Returns). 



