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Wool, 21 X per Ib. (T. H. B.\ 



Beef and mutton, %\d. (T. H. B.). 



Off-going ewes made 58^. 6d. and 535. ; lambs, 42^. and 

 27^-. 9^. (T. H. B.). 



Off-going ewes made 6os. and 50^. (John Phillips). 



At Devizes October Fair, ewes, top price, 6os. ; lambs, 

 455-. to 50^. (Neivspaper). 



Began mowing clover May 3ist. A good crop of hay, 

 none of it made badly (T. H. B.}. 



Began harvest Aug. 8 ; finished Sept. 13 (T. H. B.). 



January and February were wet and mild. March 

 was fine till 2oth, then very wet. April, fine till 2oth, 

 then very wet. Great deal of barley not sown till May, 

 which was by no means a genial month. Much cold 

 weather and rain. June, wet the first fortnight, then some 

 fine haymaking weather. Much thunder in July. August, 

 a fine harvest month. Cut and carried all the wheat in 

 little more than a week. Everything put together in good 

 condition. Wheat under an average crop. Wet autumn. 

 Wheat sowing done well early part of the season, after- 

 wards it was with difficulty got in at all. In north of 

 England and Scotland much of the corn was never 

 harvested. September was showery, but late harvest 

 completed tolerably well. October, good wheat-sowing 

 weather till 2ist. End of month, wet. November, toler- 

 ably fine till the middle ; a few frosts ; then very wet. 

 December, a wet month ; great deal of wheat not sown 

 at end of the year ; in wet districts scarcely any put in. 

 Great floods this autumn, the wettest since 1852. In 

 south of England this year good crops, and fine weather 

 to secure them (T. H. B.\ 



Much under an average crop of wheat. A defective 

 plant ; crop severely injured by storms in July. August, 

 cold and cloudy (Times}. 



Height of flood in the Thames at Clifton Hampden, 

 5 ft. ii in. (/. C. C, in Ag. Gaz.}. 



