200 Metesrological Report. [March 1, 
MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 
ger oN) Ye s : ‘ 
‘HE mild and gentle manner im which the fevere frofts of the beyinning of the 
prefent month, have difappeared, has completely diflipated the apprehenfions of the 
farmer, in refpect to the danger of the young. wheat crops. In the midland and all the 
tnore fouthern diftri¢ts, the injuries that have been fuftained, even in the later fown crops, 
have in general been but trifling. And in thé northern parts of the ifland they have im very 
few inftances heen of a ferious nature. 
On the whole it may. now be {tated that fora great number of years paft, there has fearcely 
been a feafon fo highly favourable for the various purpofes of the farmer, as the prefent, 
efpecially when taken from the beginning of Auguft inthe preceding year, tothe conclufion 
of this month. : ' 
_. The prices of grain ftill continues fomewhat on the decline ; anc from the large quanti- 
ties on hand, it may be reafonably prefumed that they mus be till more reduced before the 
conclufion of the next month. Wheat averages, throughout England and Wales, 56s. 8d. 
barley; 24s; 11d. and oats, 18s. 11d. In moft of the northern parts of the kingdom, the 
markets continue to be fully fupplied; and the fales of grain have been moftiy made at re- 
duced rates: 
. Though the ftotts, durmg the more early parts of the month, have confiderably retarded 
the operations sf the plough, many of the other proceffes ot hufbandry have been performed 
with great convenience. Much manure, in different places, has been cartied out upon the 
arable, as well as the grafs, lands. The fences have likewife been well made and repaired 
In many fituations. 
Notwithfanding the abundance of winter-keep, fer cattle, the prices of fat ftock continue - 
to keep up.. Fn Smithfeld, beet fetches from 4s. 10d. to 63.4. and mutton from 3s. Sd. 
to 6s. 8d. per ftone. bit e 
The feverity of the late feafon has had the effect of advancing the prices of hay in fome 
degree. 
Kentith hops-—~bags fell from 5]. to 71. and pockets from 10. to 121. 
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, 
ObPrvations on the State of the Weather, from the asth of Fanuary; to the 24th 
of February, 1803, inclufive, tewo miles N. W. of St. Paul's. . 
Barometer. Thermometer. 
Higheft 30.18 Feb. 11 Wind N. £. - Higheft 51° Feb. 20.Wind §.W. 
Loweft 29.10 Feb. 16 Wind W. Lowelt 14° Feb. 10. Wind N. E. 
In the morning of The thermonieter wa3 
the 3d. inf. the between 7 and 8 m the’ 
Greateft 54hun- mercury was at | Greateft morning ef the i2th 
Variation in > dredths « 29.28 the next | variationin 4 19° < inft. as low as 18°, and 
24. hours ofaninch Jday, at the fame} 24 hours on the next morning at 
hour, it was at : the fame time it was at 
29.82. 379, 
The quantity of rain fallen this month is equal to 0.778 inches of depth. a 
During this month the weather has been changeable, and the cold at times very fevere. 
From the 25th to the 30th ult. the froft was fharp; the next three or four days the tempe- 
reture of the air was moderate, not once below the freezing point; but from the Sd to the 
13th inf. the cold was exceedingly fevere, of which, however, the 10th and 11th were. 
the moft remarkably fo. The average temperature tor thote days, was as low as 24°: ior 
the whole month it has been at about 34°1. The average height of the barometer has been - 
29:6 nearly. 
We have had feveral falls of fnow, but in no inftance has it been, in this neighbourhcod, 
more than an inch or two in depth. 
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