throughout hay was made well. Finished haymaking 

 3 oth (T. H. B.\ 



Began harvest July i6th; finished August 24th 

 (T. H. .). 



January. Frosty to nth; then a thaw and rough 

 wind and rain, with occasionally a fine day till end. 

 February. A remarkably fine month. Quantity of spring 

 corn sown. 29th. Rough wet weather set in and con- 

 tinued till March 24th, after which fine cloudless days 

 and slight frosts. Vegetation very forward. April began 

 with a splendid day. Fine till 2oth, then stormy, and 

 at times quite cold. Rough time for ewes and lambs. 

 Before the rain the ground was baked so hard, where 

 trod in the wet in March, that it is difficult to plough. 

 May fine till iQth, when a downfall of rain which set the 

 barley growing. Unsettled till 23rd, which was a rough 

 and wet day, then fine and hot. Thundershowers 

 2 Qth. Clovers not heavy; pastures light; early swedes 

 and mangolds pretty good, but nothing after. July very 

 hot ; no rain except a few partial thundershowers. Land 

 quite parched. Keep very short. Everything dried up. 

 Ponds all empty. August began with dry weather. 

 Finished wheat harvest ist. A little rain 5th. Not so 

 hot after. nth. More rain, after which the weather was 

 unsettled and the face of the country completely changed. 

 No more outcry for rain. Potatoes started a second 

 growth, and the first crop was in many cases glassy and 

 unfit for use. Barley not carried when the rain came 

 sprouted very quickly. Very little corn in the fields 

 August 1 2th. September was a repetition of July weather 

 the first week. Thermometer, 92 in the shade on ;th ; 

 then cooler, but no rain till i8th, after which some rain 

 fell. October 3rd and yth heavy ram. i9th and 22nd 

 sharp frosts. End of month milder, but fine bracing 

 winds. Shock of an earthquake 3oth, at 1 0.20 p.m. Sold 

 stock 2-tooth wethers at Warminster Fair, at 30^. and 



