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On  the  Climate  of  the  British  Islands 
Table  XI. — Showing  the  Effect  of  Temperature  on  the  Wheat  Crop. 
Year. 
Variation  of  the 
Temperature  of  the 
Season  from  the 
Mean  of  65  Years. 
Price  of  Wheat 
per  Quarter. 
State  and  Condition  of  the  Wheat  Crop. 
Spring. 
Summer. 
n Autumn 
following 
the 
Harvest. 
For  the 
Year. 
S. 
d. 
S. 
,1. 
1775 
+ 1*7 
+ 1-2 
43 
7 
49 
10 
Plentiful  harvest. 
1779 
— f-  4*3 
+2-3 
35 
7 
34 
8 
Season  of  great  fertility,  the  crop  one- 
fourth  above  a medium. 
1789 
-2-6 
-2- 
• • 
52 
9 
Very  deficient  crop. 
1791 
+ 0-2 
-0-5 
40 
11 
48 
7 
Abundant  crop. 
1792 
-1*3 
-1*6 
• . 
43 
0 
Inferior  harvest, — much  injured  by  wet. 
1795 
-1*3 
-2-2 
80 
0 
75 
2 
Very  defective  crop,  followed  by  a dearth, 
in  which  many  of  the  poor  perished. 
1799 
-3-8 
-2-3 
94 
2 
65 
0 
Wet,  cold  summer,  much  grain  injured 
and  destroyed. 
1S00 
+ 0-1 
+ 0-7 
133 
0 
113 
10 
Cad  crop,  partly  saved  in  England.  In 
Scotland  much  corn  did  not  ripen ; 
destitution  and  famine  followed.  Much 
rain. 
1809 
-0-1 
-1*3 
102 
6 
79 
4 
Deficient  crop;  the  rain  set  in  in  July, and 
continued  till  October.  Wheat  suffered 
from  mildew  and  sprouting. 
1810 
-0-4 
-3-7 
97 
4 
106 
5 
Bad,  scanty  crop.  Well  got  in. 
1811 
+ 2-2 
- 1-7 
101 
G 
95 
3 
Five-eighths  of  average  crop.  High  winds 
at  blossoming  time,  and  little  sun  and 
heat  at  harvest. 
1812 
-2-8 
-3-8 
155 
0 
126 
6 
Defective  and  bad  crop.  In  Mark  Lane, 
Dantzic  wheat  fetched  180s.  per  quarter ; 
oats  made  84s.  A famine  year. 
1816 
-2-7 
-4*8 
103 
0 
78 
6 
Great  deficiency  in  quantity  and  quality. 
Heavy  rain  and  stormy  winds  in  July, 
until  harvest.  The  crops  on  the  Conti- 
nent also  very  bad.  A famine  year  at 
Paris. 
1818 
-0-2 
+ 4-3 
78 
10 
86 
3 
A remarkably  dry,  hot  summer : no  rain 
for  four  months  from  middle  of  May. 
Wheat  an  average  crop  in  the  eastern 
counties : very  heavy  and  abundant  in 
the  west.  Hay  came  from  New  York, 
and  barley  from  Constantinople  made 
63s.  6 d.  per  quarter. 
1822 
+3-4 
+ 2-2 
38 
0 
44 
7 
Full  average  produce;  quality  universally 
good. 
1825 
+ 0-4 
+ 2- 
64 
0 
68 
6 
Unusually  early  and  promising  harvest. 
1826 
+ 0-9 
+ 4- 
58 
1 
58 
8 
Remarkably  early  harvest ; crop  and  con- 
dition very  good.  Very  dry  in  the  west, 
and  crop  excellent. 
1834 
+ 0-5 
+2-5 
40 
6 
46 
2 
A most  productive  harvest. 
1835 
+ 0-3 
+ 2-6 
36 
0 
39 
4 
Great  bulk  of  straw,  much  laid  by  rain  in 
June.  On  the  whole,  good  crop. 
183G 
+ 0-1 
+ 0-3 
61 
9 
48 
6 
Medium  crop  in  England.  In  Scotland 
very  cold,  with  rain,  in  July  and  August. 
Crop  remarkably  backward  ; a portion 
never  ripened. 
