410 On the Continuous Growth of lllieat on the 
latter part unusually warm, and all the three months were 
excessively wet, over eleven inches of rain having fallen at 
Greenwich during that period. 
The first fortnight in January was warm, and the remainder 
of the month about an average temperature. February was 
rather cold, and March about an average. The rainfall was 
slightly in excess in January and February, and slightly below 
the average in March. April was cold, especially towards the 
latter part of the month. From the 22nd of April to the 18th 
of June the mean temperature was 2^ degrees below the average, 
the remainder of June was warm. April and May were very 
dry months, while the rainfall in June was above the average. 
July was cold up to the 19th when a few davs of excessively 
hot weather occurred, followed again by cold. The temperature 
of the month was on the whole above the average. 
The rainfall in July was below the average. August was 
alternateh- hot and cold, with a great deal of rain ; the cha- 
racter of the season was one of great fluctuations, as the tem- 
perature during the winter was very warm, and the spring and 
early summer were very cold, while there was a good deal of 
rain to interfere with the ripening of the corn. 
Table X. — Scmmaet of the Eesults of the Thirtieth Season, 1872-73. 
Produce per Acre. 
Plots. 
3 
2 
10a 
9b 
5a & B 
6a & b| 
7a & b| 
9a I 
8a & b| 
Manures. 
(Quantities per Acre.) 
Unmanured 
14 tons farmyard-manure 
400 lbs. auimonium-salts = 86 lbs. X. 
550 lbs. nitrate of soda alone = 86 lbs. X. 
Mixed mineral manure alone 
Mixed mineral manure, and 
200 lbs. ammonium-salts = 43 lbs. X. . 
Mixed mineral manure, and 
400 lbs. ammonium-salts = 86 lbs. X. 
Mixed mineral manure, and 
550 lbs. nitrate of soda = 86 lbs. X. 
Mixed mineral manure, and 1 
COO lbs. ammonium-salts = 129 lbs. X. .. / 
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Estimated average for the United Kingdom ■> 
reckoned at 61 lbs. per bushel / 
Dressed Com. 
Straw 
and 
Chaff. 
QnanUty. 
Weight 
per 
Ba>hel. 
Total 
Corn. 
bush.'pks. 
11 2i 
20 3 
19 2i 
21 31 
12 2i 
Ihs. 
570 
58- 1 
56-1 
54-9 
56-9 
lbs. 
701 
1622 
1173 
1303 
763 
lbs. 
902 
2463 
1635 
2358 
1013 
15 
3J 
57- 1 
960 
1520 
; 21 
3i 
57-2 
1323 
2021 
35 
3i 
57- 1 
2160 
3932 
27 
2 
50-9 
1643 
26G4 
22 
2 
610 
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The history of the climate is quite sufficient to account for 
the badness of the wheat crop ; the produce of the farmyard 
