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I append tlie remarks of Mr. Olver, of Trescowe, on the crops 

 of the year; and also Mr. Abraham Hambly's account of the 

 rainfall of Bodmin for this year. 



Crops in the Bodmin District, 1875. 

 Wheat at one time promised to be a good crop, but in consequence 



of the wet and stormy summer, at harvest, it proved to be a 



great crop of straw, with a small and inferior yield of 



grain, generally saved in good condition. 

 Barley is a heavy crop, well saved, but in consecj^uence of the wet 



summer, rather a small grain. 

 Oats, which generally do best in damp, cool weather, are a good 



crop both of straw and grain, well saved. 

 Potatoes were a good crop, but in consequence of the wet, very 



much diseased, so that there will be a small supply of 

 ; sound tubers. 



Mangolds started badl}^, but have grown well at the end of the 



season, and are now an average crop. 

 Turnips have generally done well, and are above an average crojD, 



except where they have been affected with ilnQ finger and 



toe disease, which appears to be increasing annually, 



probably from being grown too frequently on the same 



land. 

 Say was an average crop, but much of it badly saved. 

 Grass has been, up to March, plentiful through the season. 

 Apples have been a good crop, and being the third good crop in 



succession, has caused cider to be very plentiful and 



cheap. 

 Plums, a very good crop. 

 Sazel Nuts, plentiful. 

 Placliberries and Sloes very plentiful, which is said to foretell a 



severe winter. 

 Live Stock have done well, and have been very free from disease, 



again showing that a damp season with plenty of grass 



is what the stock-farmer requires. 

 Several Woodcocks have been shot early in October; and 

 Starlings (which now breed regularly at Pencarrow) have ar- 

 rived at the same time in great numbers, and much earlier than 

 usual. Partridges and Pheasants have been very scarce, in con- 

 sequence of the wet breeding time. 



