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The wheat and straw weighed as follows : 



No. 1 — wheat 203 pounds ; straw 466 pounds. 

 « 2 " 170 " " 403 " 



« 3 " 192 " " 449 " 



« 4 " 183 " " 503 



« 5 " 62 " " 255 



k 6 it 163 ii » 446 





The weather during the season of growth was as 

 follows : 



May, 

 June, 

 July, 

 August, 



First Third. 



Wet. 2.417 in. rain 



Wet. 1.778 in, do 



Wet. 2.256 in. do 



Dry. 1.330 in. do 



Middle Third. 



Dry. 0.430 in. rain 



Dry. 0.788 in. do 



Moist. 1.848 in. do 



Moist. 2.680 in. do 



Last Third. 



Moist. 0.861 in. rain 

 Very dry. no do 

 Dry. 1.854 in. do 

 Dry. 0.168 in. do 



Total. 



3.708 in. 

 2.566 in. 

 5.958 in. 

 4.178 in. 



Total amount of rain that fell taring the four months, 16.410 in 



FitchlurgZNov., 1861. 



W. G. WTMAN. 



