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Very dry summer. Some districts suffered greatly from 

 drought, and in general the turnip crop was a complete 

 failure, but July iyth we were favoured with a very heavy 

 thunderstorm, which filled our ponds and kept the turnips 

 growing. Our swedes were never better. Mangolds were 

 small, and the late turnips suffered severely from grub. 

 Crop of wheat good, but not so bulky as last year ; quality 

 excellent. Barley crop good, and the corn heavy. Oats 

 light in grain, but an average crop. Beans and peas 

 almost a failure (T. H. B.). 



Wheat appeared to be an average crop, but turned out 

 defective. Barley, average. Oats, bad {Clarke}. 



July and August, 2-2 below average temperature 

 (Times). 



August 21. End of drought {Whistlecraff). 



Rainfall at Greenwich, 16*38 in. January, o - 88 in 

 February, 076 in. March, 2*53 in. April, 0*82 in. 

 May, 2 'oo in. June, 0-92 in. July, 0*27 in. August, 

 1*31 in. September, 276 in. October, 1*06 in. No- 

 vember, 2-57 in. December, 0-50 in. {Glaisher'}. 



At Hull, 18-27 in. on 152 days. 



Cold spring, dry summer ; little hay, no turnips har- 

 vest except wheat not an average (Cox). 



Rainfall at Leamington, i8'868 in. January, 1*005 m - 

 February, 1758 in. March, 2-896 in. April, 1*371 in. 

 May, i '840 in. June, 0*967 in. July, 0*429 in. August, 

 0-517 in. September, 1*978 in. October, 2*260 in. 

 November, 1*933 in. December, 1*914 (Jones). 



The driest year for fifty years. The mean rainfall, 

 22*11 in. (Symons). 



Remarkably dry from July 4 to August 9, after which 

 the great drought went on to September 2 (Brumham). 

 1865 Wheat, 415-. per qr. ; barley, 29^. 9^.; oats, 21.$-. io</. 

 (Official Returns}. 



Value of ;ioo tithe rent charge, ^98 15^. io|</. 

 {Official Returns}. 



