660 
Climate  of  the  British  Islands 
and  can  only  be  so  employed  bv  cultivating;  thereon  plants  which 
at  the  same  time  that  they  yield  food  for  cattle  during;  summer, 
will  also  either  themselves  vegetate  during  the  winter,  or  be 
reaped  in  time  for  the  cultivation  in  the  same  year  of  other  plants 
capable  of  doing  so. 
Finally,  we  may  learn  to  regard  with  caution,  and  judge  with 
charity  methods  of  agriculture  that  may  be  different  from  our  own; 
with  caution,  because,  how-ever  excellent  in  one  situation,  they 
might  not  suit  the  climate  of  our  own  farm — with  charity , be- 
cause though  a plan  may  have  been  found  to  fail  with  us.  it  may 
be  admirably  suited  to  other  and  different  situations.  Especially 
should  parties  residing  at  a distance  from  each  other,  as  in  Scot- 
land and  the  south  of  England,  avoid  either  rashly  censuring  or 
blindly  following  each  other's  methods ; and  all  experiments  with 
respect  to  tillage,  cropping,  manures,  &c.,  that  when  published 
they  may  be  of  general  utility,  should  be  accompanied  by  some 
account  of  the  aspect,  nature  of  soil  and  subsoil,  inclination  of  the 
surface,  &c.  of  the  field  or  farm  where  the  experiments  have 
been  tried.  In  the  hope  that  the  preceding  pages  may  have  the 
effect  of  leading  the  farmers  of  our  islands  to  think  of  the  effects 
of  climate,  and  through  observation  guided  by  science  induce  them 
to  coincide  with,  not  oppose,  its  indications  by  their  practice,  I 
now  bring  these  remarks  to  a close. 
Saxilby,  Lincoln,  January  29,  1850. 
APPENDIX. 
Containing  the  Depths  of  Pain,  from  Moore’s  Almanac,  at  different 
Places  from  1829  to  1847,  and  referred  to  at  p.  638. 
Depth  of  Rain  in  1829-1832. 
Month. 
Year 
3829. 
Year 
1830. 
Year  1831. 
Year  1832. 
Epping. 
High 
Wycombe. 
Epping. 
Boston. 
Bedford. 
Epping. 
Epping. 
Kendal*. 
Inches. 
Inches. 
Inches. 
Inches. 
Inches. 
Indies. 
Inches. 
Inches* 
January  . 
•698 
1-081 
1-83 
1-65 
1-327 
1-775 
1 ■ 040 
2-278 
February 
1-182 
1*419 
1-69 
1 - 66 
2-592 
2-634 
•361 
4-258 
March 
•458 
•575 
•53 
•12 
2-662 
2-174 
1-529 
3-549 
April 
4-862 
4-456 
2-25 
2-63 
1-167 
1-549 
•746 
2-235 
May  . . 
•595 
•506 
2-67 
4-01 
1 -553 
1-511 
1-872 
1-602 
June  . 
2-676 
3-6 
3-58 
3-95 
3-02 
2-467 
3-244 
4-643 
July  . . 
4-957 
4-763 
1-48 
2-02 
3-203 
3-041 
• 872 
2-639 
August 
6-827 
4-681 
3-35 
2-33 
3-816 
2-73 
3-993 
4-433 
September 
4-228 
4-481 
3-75 
4-20 
4-458 
5-197 
•852 
2-295 
October  . 
2-079 
2-038 
•65 
•64 
4-950 
3-637 
3.755 
8-346 
November 
1-127 
1 -55 
3-16 
1-34 
4-312 
1-637 
1 ■ 955 
5-373 
December 
•351 
•331 
1-3 
1-35 
4-7S8 
2-575 
2-452 
8-037 
Total  . 
30*140 
26-24 
o 
37-848 
30-927 
22-671 
49 • 788 
