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succeeded. No frost to stop ploughing till end of year. 

 October was cold. i4th, a great gale, doing considerable 

 damage to houses and trees, and another November 2yth, 

 but perhaps scarcely so severe. December, some rough 

 storms. Wheat under average crop ; quality good, but 

 generally harvested badly. Barley, very heavy crop of 

 medium quality, but stained and sold at low rates. Oats, 

 tolerably good crop, but most of them heated in rick 

 more or less. Peas, the heaviest crop for years. Turnips, 

 the early sown, suffered from fly ; a good plant after, but 

 the roots were small till the autumn, when they continued 

 growing and wonderfully improved. 



Hay very dear, in consequence of the small crop. 

 All the swedes and turnips rotten this spring, which 

 were exposed to the weather in the last winter (T. H. .}. 

 Wheat, 45 j. 4^.; barley, 31^. nd. ; oats, 2 is. yi. 

 (Official Returns}. 



Value of ;ioo tithe rent charge, ,107 2S. ioj^/. 

 Seven years' average : Wheat, 48^. 4^. ; barley, 

 37.$-. lod. ', oats, 255. 6d. per qr. 

 Off-going ewes made 54-$-. and 47 s. 

 Wether lambs, 37^. ; culls, 26s. 

 Let cows, at 1 1 per cow. 



The snowstorm of January was the most severe since 

 1836, and probably since 1814. The snow penetrated 

 every crevice, and it is estimated that 100 people perished 

 in the storm. All traffic stopped by the drifts. 



The wheat crop began its summer period with a 

 remarkably backward and thin plant. June brought a 

 growing time, followed by cold. The intense day tem- 

 perature in July, with extreme cold and even frosts at 

 night, made the mean low, excepting in one week ; and 

 the first three weeks in August were excessively low in 

 temperature, and the rains were so excessive that in the 

 week ending 22nd, the amount which fell was 50 per 

 cent, more than an average (Times). 



