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January i T. High wind and heavy rain (Beesley). 



Great heat in May, therm., 84 ; no day all the summer 

 so hot after. Very fine to June 4th, then a changeable 

 time (Brumhani). 



1863 Wheat, 445. gtf. per qr. ; barley, 33^. gd. ; oats, 

 2 is. 2d. {Official Returns}. 



Value of ;ioo tithe rent charge, .107 $s. 2d. {Official 

 Returns]. 



Seven years' average : Wheat, 53^. lod. ; barley, 37^. ; 

 oats, 24s. (Official Returns). 



Wool, 2id. perlb. (T. H. B.). 



Beef and mutton, i\d. per Ib. (T. H. B.). 



Off-going ewes made 40^. and 31^. 6d. (T. K. B.). 



Off-going ewes made 38^. and 34 j. (John Phillips). 



At Devizes October Fair, ewes, 38^. to 44?. ; lambs, 

 285-. to $2S. (Newspaper Report). 



Began mowing clover June ist. Some of the clover 

 hay lay about some time, but a great deal of good hay 

 made afterwards (T. H. B.). 



Began harvest Aug. 8 ; finished Sept. 17 (T. H. B.). 



Wheat, 39 bushels an acre ; barley, 37 bushels 

 (T. H. JB.). 



One of the finest summers for the farmer on record. 

 Extraordinary crop of wheat and also oats. Barley a good 

 crop, but harvested badly with the exception of the very 

 early. A great deal of it grown, and nearly all very much 

 stained. Wheat and oats harvested in fine condition 

 (T. H. .). 



Wheat a magnificent crop and grain bold. Barley and 

 oats average. The summer was specially dry, and there, 

 was bright sunshine at and after blossoming time (Clarke). 



Let cows at ^10 105-. per cow (T. H. .). 



From end of October to c'ose of December was a 

 season of gales, but remarkably free from frost ( ). 



July and August 1-4' below average temperature 

 (Times). 



