9 Review of the Season and Crops for 1847. 
freezings and thawings. This tardy approach of spring, threvr 
the labors of the garden and the field very far into the back ground, 
insomuch that but little plowing and sowing was done until May, 
which we notice as a cool, rather dry month, favorable to manual 
operations, but sadly injurious to the growth of vegetation. 
June was very cool until past the middle of the month. On 
the 14th, over-coats and mittens were not only agreeable, but es- 
sentially necessary to the comfort of travellers. A killing frost 
was anticipated at night, but through the agency of wind and 
clouds, its calamities were prevented. The latter part of the 
month was fine, with a due degree of warmth, and the supplies of 
rain were ample. Vegetation assumed a vigorous appearance, 
and the despondency of the farmer began to yield to the cheering 
influence of hope. 
July was in no wise remarkable for its warmth, while its plea- 
sant days were interspersed with frequent and refreshing rain. 
But as it was for the most part the case thus far in the season, these 
rains cleared off with high, drying winds, which left the surface 
of the earth hard, and but comparatively little benefitted by their 
action. 
The warm days and nights, and frequent showers in the early 
part of August, were highly beneficial to the corn crop, but fear- 
ful forebodings for the fate of potatoes. Toward the close of the 
month, frequent fogs came up from the low lands, the weather 
became cooler, and the atmosphere purer. 
September was in the early part of the month warm, with fre- 
quent rains and much fog. About the 20th the w^eather grew 
cold, and the fear of frost induced many farmers to cut up their 
yet unripe corn, to secure it from frost. But the weather grew warm 
again, corn that was permitted to stand came forward and ripened 
finely. 
October was a fine month for the maturing and gathering in 
the fruits of the earth. The earliest frost of the season, in suflft- 
cient quantity to injure vegetation, was about the middle of the 
month. The first freezing of the ground was after the 20th, after 
which the weather became beautiful and mild, and continued so 
