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The Autumn of 1894. 
Bright Sunshine . — During the earlier half of the autumn the 
amount of bright sunshine was mostly in excess of the average in the 
western districts, but very deficient over our eastern, midland, and 
southern counties. Later on a more general deficiency was reported, 
but in November the amount was more than the average, the excess 
being greatest during the very unsettled weather which pre- 
vailed early in the month. Taking the season as a whole, the figures 
in the table show a considerable excess in the north-west, and a slight 
excess over our south-western counties and the Channel Islands. In 
all other parts of the country, however, the amount of sunshine was 
unusually small. At the Greenwich Observatory, where a sunshine 
recorder has been in operation since the close of 1876, the state of 
affairs existing last autumn was very striking. During the months 
both of September and October the amount of sunshine was by far 
the smallest, while in November it was the largest ever recorded 
in those' particular months. The excess in November was, however, 
not sufficient to compensate for the previous deficiency, and the 
amount for the entire autumn was, as a matter of fact, the smallest 
on record, the total number of hours being only 1 60, as against an 
average of 235. In place of an average daily allowance of sun- 
shine amounting to about two hours and a half, the mean dura- 
tion at Greenwich last autumn was very little more than an hour 
and three-quarters. 
RECENT AGRICULTURAL INVENTIONS. 
The subjects of Applications for Patents from Sept, xo 
to Dec. 13, 1894. 
N.B. — Where the Invention is a communication from abroad, the name of 
he Inventor is shown in italics, between parentheses, after the name of the 
applicant. 
Agricultural Machinery and Implements, &c. 
No. of 
Application. 
Year 1894. 
Name of Applicant. 
17209 Bam ford, J. 
17470 Sarin e, T. . 
18320 Holt, J. 
18586 Sleet, W. H. 
18660 Cocker, J. N. 
18690 Burrell & Hibbeud . 
10086 Ransome, J. E. . 
Title of Invention. 
Cultivators. 
Chaff-cutters. 
Potato-digger. 
Ploughs. 
Potato-harvesters. 
Sackhoist for threshing machines. 
Cultivating land. 
