Mr. Barker’s RegiJIer , &c. 
409 
The year began dry, with but little and moderate fro ft, and 
proved a pleaiant and open winter : as February approached 
it grew mild, was fine, forward, and drying, and continued 
forward all M>rch, but more fhowery the beginning and end of 
that month. With April the weather turned colder; call and 
north winds the firfi three weeks flopped vegetation, and after 
a fhowery latter end of the month. May had lo much cloudy 
weather and cold winds as blafted the apples, and hindered the 
growth of grafs ; but being dry was not unpleafant, and fuited 
the grain very well, which proved good. 
The bees were remarkably forward in drones this year, 
which they had the middle of April ; but the cold winds and 
cloudy weather afterward fo hindered their working, that they 
killed their drones in May, and were backw r arder the beginning 
of June than they had been feveral weeks before. 
There were feveral. frofty mornings in May, and one on the 
7th of June, fo fharp as to kill the young fhoots on fome of 
the oaks and afh trees in the meadows. The fealon was in 
general dry the firfi half of the year, and the crops of hay 
were light. It was a very cool fummer ; what hot weather 
there was came toward the end of June, the beginning of 
July, and beginning of Angufl. 
July 6, a very fhowery feafon began, which continued with 
but few intermiffions to the end of the year, and was more 
remarkable for the frequency than the quantity of rain, which 
was not very great here. This made great plenty of grafs 
and turneps ; but was very troublefome in hay-time and har- 
vefl, yet more hindering than real hurting. The wettefl 
months were July, O&ober, and December. The chief fair 
fits were a hot week in Augufl, and a clear frofty week at the 
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