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Wheat crop much below an average, thin plant, and 

 late harvest. Oats and barley an average except Scot- 

 land (Clarke}. 



Very much under an average. Excessive rainfall ( Times] . 



August 26. A hurricane in Wiltshire and other 

 counties, blowing down trees, etc. ( Waylen). 



Wet season to end of October. Bad crops of corn. 

 Hay made badly. Wheat very thin plant owing to wet 

 autumn last year. Rot in sheep. Cold season and very 

 wet. Flakes of snow fell in June (T. H. .). 



Great rot in sheep (Brown}. 



Very disastrous summer floods. Hundreds of acres of 

 meadow in low lying districts were cleared of their hay, 

 and corn crops were flattened and spoiled. Many sheep 

 swept away. Immense damage done to sheep, hay, and 

 corn in Essex (Royal Agricultural Society's Journal}. 



Great quantity of wheat sown this autumn, capital time 

 for putting it in (T. H. B.). 



Some good hay made latter part of July and beginning 

 of August (T. H. B.). 



July and August 1*4 below average temperature 

 (Times}. 



February 19. Severe frost (Whistlecraft.) 



Rainfall at Greenwich, 29*13 in. January, i'95 in. 

 February, 0-85 in. March, 1*49 in April, 3*09 in. 

 May, i '6 1 in. June, 2*81 in. July, 6*02 in. August, 

 2*15 in. September, 2 '40 in. October, 474 in. Novem- 

 ber, 1*51 in. December, 0^51 in. (Glaisher}. 



Rain almost daily from beginning of August to Novem- 

 ber i, except 20 days. Wheat crop not half an average 

 hereabout (Trevereux) (Cox). 



Very cold summer (Brumhani}. 



1854 Wheat, 72.$-. $d. ; barley, 36^.; oats, 27.$-. nd. per qr. 

 (Official Returns). 



Value of ;ioo tithe rent charge, ^90 19.$-. 5^. 

 (Official Returns). 



