Mr. Barker's Register, 8cc. 
The winter was in general an open one ; about a week's 
frost at the beginning of the year, the rains less than they had 
been, yet at times enough to keep it very dirty. The latter 
end of January, and the month of February were mild and 
fine, and the birds singing, but it was windy at times, and 
more so in March, which was a very uncertain month, being 
alternately windy, fine, wet, and .at the end frosty ; and the 
first of April there came a great snow, the only considerable 
one this winter, and was followed by floods for several days 
together, and a very backening season. This great snow and 
wet coming after a good deal of the spring corn was sown, 
was a damage to the crops ; and the three following months 
being very dry, and just in the long days, the ground cracked 
and burnt very much, and many of the spring crops were very 
small, both for hay, straw, and corn ; the wheat crop was the 
best, and that was pretty good. 
The former part of the summer was cool, and sometimes 
cold, frequent frosty mornings, even into June ; but July 
was hot and burning, and the fortnight from July 5 to 18 was 
uncommonly so ; nine days out of twelve the thermometer 
was up to or above 80, and one day it was 89 ; this I think I 
never knew before, either for height or continuance, unless it 
was so in that hottest of summers 3750. This hot dry time 
hindered the sowing or coming up of turnips, which were late 
and dear this year. The hay, except on some moist meadows, 
was very light, but well gotten, as was also all the grain, but 
very dear, especially the spring corn. 
This summer was complained of as dry, but it was so only 
the three months May, June, and July ; there was only the 
quantity of one month’s rain in those three months, and that 
