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1 1th, it was 20° below 0, and on the 15th, 34°. At Charles- 

 ton, S. C. the weather had been pleasant until the 17th Janua- 

 ry; on the 18th it was at 1S° on Fahrenheit's scale. At 

 Georgetown, S. C. snow fell on the 13th, for the first time in 

 19 months. At Augusta, Georgia, on Sunday the 19th, the ther- 

 mometer was at 11°; but the weather moderated the next day, 

 and on Tuesday "the genial temperature of spring returned." 

 At Philadelphia it has been very cold since the 19th; and on 

 the 26th snow fell one foot deep: on the 4th February the ther- 

 mometer was down to 2° below 0. The cold has been intense 

 throughout this continent to the 17th of January. On the 15th 

 the thermometer was 2° below Q of Fahrenheit's scale, at Phila- 

 delphia, and at Washington City; and 7° below at New York. 

 In Connecticut and Massachusetts it was several degrees 

 lower, fioston harbour was completely closed, and passable 

 on sleighs as far as Castle Island; a circumstance that has not 

 happened since the year 1779. 



(C. p. 12.) 



I know that in some districts of our country, barley equal in 

 weight and quality to British barley, is raised. Our brewers 

 even say ihat more extract is obtained from American than 

 from English malt. The weight of barley, the growth of 1816, 

 and brought to Philadelphia, has been from 49 to 54 lbs. — 

 These weights are rather greater than in common years, and 

 may be fairly ascribed to the slow growth of the plant, arising 

 from the cool season. The country on the Brandywine river, 

 and the vicinity of West Chester, Penn. are above particularly 

 alluded to. The state of Rhode Island also produces great 

 quantities of fine barley — and the breweries of New York and 

 Philadelphia are in part supplied with the article from that 

 state. 



Exclusivelv of the advantage derived from the gain in time 

 to the farmer, by preparing the ground in the autumn, the fer- 

 tility of the soil will certainly be increased by the exposure of 



