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At Devizes October Fair, ewes, 36^. to 41*. ; lambs, 

 28^. to 32J. (Newspaper Report}. 



Began harvest August iQth; finished September 



2 3 rd (T:^ B.). 



Wheat, 24 \ bushels per acre; barley, 32 bushels 

 {T. H. B.\ 



Cold backward season. Not so wet as 1860, but very 

 cold and unfruitful. Deficient crop of wheat, but quality 

 tolerably good. Began mowing clover 4th June, which 

 lay about some time, 100 acres of grass cut before any 

 carried. Barley crop perhaps an average, but a good 

 deal of it was put in bad in consequence of the wet 

 weather in March and April. Oats but a middling crop. 

 Thin on the land and light in grain (T. H. B.} 



Crops generally inferior in quality and below an 

 average ; one of the worst wheat crops known for many 

 years. Storms of wind caused the plants to be root- 

 fallen before the seed was fully formed. Barley average 

 (Clarke]. 



Let cows at ^10 IQS. per cow (T. H. B.). 



July and August, 2 '6 below average temperature 

 (Times). 



Rainfall at Greenwich, 26*41 in. January, 179 in. 

 February, 0*46 in. March, 3-55 in. April, 2*84 in. 

 May, 2-84 in. June, 1*93 in. July, 1*69 in. August, 

 3*0 1 in. September, 1*61 in. October, 4*08 in. No- 

 vember, 0-99 in. December, 1*62 in. (Glaisher). 



At Hull, 23-69 in. on 174 days. 



Rainfall at Leamington, 27-086 in. January, 2-540 in. 

 February, 0*630 in. March, 3*254 in. April, 1*617 i n - 

 May, 3*821 in. June, 3*308 in. July, 2*142 in. Au- 

 gust, 2-056 in. September, 3-061 in. October, 2*580 in. 

 November, 0*697 in. December, 1*380 in. (Jones). 

 1862-3 A remarkably mild winter (Brumhani). 



A wet year in the greater part of England, dry in Nor- 

 folk, wet in Scotland and Ireland (Symotis). 



