574 
Wheat, Sheep, and Cattle in 1894. 
identical with the 4,451,658 of ten years ago (1884). It is much 
higher, however, than the total of 4,064,800, which may be 
taken as the annual average of the decade 1871-80. 
It should specially be noticed (Table II.) that a decrease in the 
number of cattle has this year taken place in every county of 
England, Lincolnshire taking the lead with a loss of 1 5,857 head. 
Of the cattle of Great Britain, as now distributed, 70 per cent. 
Table V . — Number of Cattle of all Ayes in England in each 
Year from 1885 to 1.894. 
Year 
Number 
Increase ( + ) or 1 
decrease (— )ou 
previous year 
Year 
Number 
Increase ( + ) or 
decrease (—) on 
previous year 
1885 
4,713,101 
+ 261,443 
1890 
4,617,641 
+ 264,984 
1886 
4,769,119 
+ 56,018 
1891 
4,870,215 
+ 252,574 
1887 
4,623,715 
- 145,404 
1892 
4,968,590 
+ 98,375 
1888 
4,352,826 
-270,889 
1893 
4,744,059 
-224,531 
1889 
4,352,657 
169 
1894 
4,450,607 
-293,452 
belong to England, 11 per cent, to Wales, and 19 per cent, to 
Scotland. Of the loss of 353,563 head of cattle in the year ended 
June 4, 1894, 83 per cent, was borne by England, 12 per cent, by 
Wales, and only 5 per cent, by Scotland. 
Many points of practical interest might be brought out by a dis- 
cussion of the circumstances which have led to the fluctuations in 
the wheat areas of the English counties, and to . the almost general 
decline in the numbers of sheep and of cattle during the present 
year. Space, however, is not available for such a digression, and we 
must rest content with directing the attention, at the earliest possible 
moment, of farmers, and particularly of sheep and cattle breeders, 
to the changes which are recorded in the figures here tabulated. 
W. Fream. 
13 Hanover Square, w. 
THE SUMMER OF 1894. 
The summer of 1894 proved a somewhat disheartening time for 
the English farmer. Up to the close of April the weather of 
the agricultural year had been so unusually favourable that the 
most sanguine hopes were entertained as to the approaching 
harvest. In May, however, a steady deterioration set in, and 
from this time onward to the close of August the countiy ex- 
perienced an almost constant succession of cloudy skies and low 
temperatures, with frequent storms of thunder, hail, and rain. 
Towards the close of J une there was, it is true, a marked improve- 
ment, and for a time it seemed quite possible that the summer 
