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In hc.y-tinie and harvcft, let hi:7i give an 

 eye to atniofpherical appearances, and at- 

 tend to the fetting fun as a bufinefs of the firft 

 importance ; and let him confider his baro- 

 meter as a ufefid implement of hufof.ndry. 



In the courfe of a few fummers he will 

 find himfelf enabled to forefee the weather 

 with the fame kind of practical klnow- 

 LEDGE as that which tolls him what hay is 

 fit for the {lack, and which bullock will pay 

 beft for grazing. 



The PROGRESS OF SPRING, 17*7, Picker- 

 ino; Yorklhire. 

 The grofsberry foliated, — lo March, 

 The fallow in full blow, — 5 April. 

 One fwallow, near water,— 12 April. 

 White-thorn foliated, — 18 April. 

 Swallows about houfes, — 27 April. 

 Cuckow firft heard, — 6 May. 

 Swifts, — 12 May. 

 Oak foliated, — 29 May. 

 Hawthorn blowed,io June. 

 A fh foliated, — 11 June. 



During May, cold pinching winds j and 

 in the beginning of June, a very fmart froft. 



^ery. 



