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lambs. Many chilled, also tegs. April began with . finer 

 weather able to get on barley sowing the first week, but 

 still rough and cold for the season. May set in with 

 beautiful weather, but after the first week cold easterly 

 winds prevailed till the close of the month, when warm 

 weather returned. June was stormy the first week, then 

 fine. Swedes and rape started off without a check. 

 July. A very growing month. Some meadow hay made 

 badly. August. A fair harvest month. Wheat crop 

 varies considerably. Good quality on the hills, but 

 scrawled with the wind. About 20 bushels to 24 bushels 

 per acre. Barley an average ; oats, good ; beans, light 

 crop. September. Unsettled till middle, then fine time 

 for the late harvest. Finished cutting barley, 6th. 

 October fine but cold, especially 4th, when white frost. 

 Then rain enough to make the wheat sowing go well. 

 Sold 2-tooth weathers at Yarnbury Castle, at ^Ss. 6d. ; 

 then sheep went back los. per head. November was 

 remarkably fine, with slight white frosts and beautiful days. 

 Fallows dry enough to roll. Wheat, Sos. per qr. ; barley, 

 505". at one time. December began with sharp frosts and 

 snow. Wheat comes up very slowly. Milder after loth. 

 End of month cold, and but little rain (T. H. .#.) 



Rainfall at Greenwich, 28*46 in. January, 279 in. 

 February, 1-22 in. March, 2-28 in. April, 2-16 in. May, 

 2-34 in. June, 177 in. July, 5-81 in. August, 2*64 in. 

 September, 2-92 in. October, 2*14 in. November, 0-42 

 in. December, 1*97 in. (Glaishcr). 



Rainfall at Wilton, 31-6 in. ; at Bath, 30^3 in. ; at Marl- 

 borough, 32-9 in. (Glaisher). 



Wheat crop inferior to 1865 or 1866, both of which 

 years were below an average. Barley an average, but 

 much of it of poor quality. Oats better than the last two 

 years (Clarke). 



Average heat. Rain more than average (Times}. 



Thin plant. 



