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only in a small portion of the whole, and it was generally expected 
the yield would bo that of a full average. 
The hay crop was spoken of as generally very good, and the 
heaviest fur many years. 
The potato crop was also spoken of as good and abundant, but 
subsequently suffered to an unusual extent from the well-known 
potato-disease. 
The average temperature of these three months differs less than 
i of a degree from the average of the same months in the preceding 
30 years. 
The mean temperature of April, May, and June, was 48°-3, 50''*9, 
and 59°"2 respectively ; that of April was 2°"3, and that of June 
l°-0 higher than the average ; while that of May was l°-7 lower 
than the average. The mean temperature of the air in the three 
months ending M.Ay, constituting the three spring months, was 47°'9 
or l°-4 higher than the avei-age of 101 years; The fall of rain was 
0'7 inch and 0-3 inch, respectively, in defect of the average in 
April and June, but 0"9 inch in excess in May. 
WJieat was in ear on 'the 17th of June at Cardington; on the 
19th at Hull ; on the 20th at Llandudno ; on the 21st at Helston, 
Ilawarden, and Cockermouth. In flower on the 20th of June at 
Chislehurst ; on the 21st at Silloth ; on the 24th at Taunton and 
Weybridge ; on the 27th at Cardington ; on the 28th at Ha warden ; 
and on the 30th at Helston. 
Barley icas in flower on the 20 th of June at Llandudno. 
Bye was in flower on the 7th of June at Chislehurst. 
Gats were in flower on the 30th of June at Weybridge. 
TJiird Quarter (July, August, September). The weather during the 
whole quarter was changeable. The mean temperature in July, 
notwithstanding a cold period which lasted from the 8 th to the 
18th, was 3°"4 above the average, the warmest period in the whole 
quarter being the eleven days from tlie 19th to the 29th July, 
during which the average daily excess of temperature was 7'^-9. 
The first half of August was cold and wet, but during the latter 
part of that month and the early part of September the temperature 
was higher, though the weather was unsettled. From the 17th 
September to the end of the quarter, rain fell generally and the 
daily temperature was deficient. The most remarkable feature of 
the quarter was the frequency of thunderstorms. 
The mean temperature of July was 65°-0, or 3°*4 higher than the 
average of 101 years, that of August was 61°"0 or 0°-2 higher than 
the average, and that of September was 67°'4 or 0°"9 higher than 
the average. The mean temperature in the three months ending 
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