Seven years' average : Wheat, 48^. ; barley, 34^. zd. ; 

 oats, 22.$-. %d. {Official Returns). 



Wool, 2\\d. per Ib. (T. H. B.). 



Stock wethers, 45*. (T. H. .). 



Beef and mutton, 8//. per Ib. (T. H. B.). 



Off-going ewes made 48^. and 435-. ( T. H. L ). 



Off-going ewes made 505. 6d. and 44$. (J. Phillips). 



At Devizes October Fair ewes made up to 52^. ; lambs, 

 to 44-r. (Newspaper). 



Cull lambs made 28* (T. H. B.) 



Broke mouth ewes, 395. (T. H. B). 



Let cows at;io IQS. per cow (T. H. B.). 



Began mowing clover, May 29, and with the exception 

 of one wet afternoon had no rain till all the hay was 

 carried. 



Began harvest July 26 ; finished August 29 (T. H. JS.). 



Wheat, 27 bush, an acre; barley, 37 bush. (T. H. B.). 



One of the longest summers on record. Hot bright 

 weather set in in April, almost immediately succeeding 

 sharp frosts, which continued till close on Lady Day. 

 Wheats generally looked like a fallow till end of March, 

 then they shot off at a wonderful rate. June was scorch- 

 ing ; nearly everything dried up, and many days scarcely 

 a breath of air. Light crop of hay. Wheat, in this dis- 

 trict, a good yield, varying from 7 to 10 sacks per acre. 

 Rather a catching wheat harvest. Early wheats harvested 

 well, then a week of wet weather. Much wheat still out, 

 and most of the barley, much of which went together 

 damp. After this a second summer, and beginning of 

 October turnips were almost dried up. Swedes much 

 mildewed. Rape like brown paper. loth. Rain set in 

 and everything set growing. No frost to stop ploughing 

 one day to end of the year. Sheep suddenly rose to an 

 extravagant price the latter end of August, in consequence 

 of an outbreak of cattle plague in the London dairies. 

 Lean sheep went up IQS. to i2s. a head at one bound, but 



