620 Agricultural and Meteorological Reports. 
May Sist, The singular note of the fern-owl or goat sucker, is now heard almost every 
evening. I have not this year been able to; ascertain the time when these birds arrived; 
is however most commonly during the first ten or twelve days of May. 
Hampshire. 
MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 
HE late rains in the country and about the metropolis have been of considerable advantage 
in filling the wheat, and forwarding other sorts of grain crops. And they will probably 
be of much benefit to those of the bean kind, which have been greatly injured by the fly in 
many places. They must likewise prove of great utility tothe turnip crops, the season fox 
sowing which has been very bad in most situations, though the land was generally in a state . 
of fine preparation for their reception. ‘ 
The pastures are in common excremely scarce of grass, but the rains that have lately fal- 
fen must be of very material service to them. It has however come tco late for much of the 
hay grounds; which are almost universally thia and poor crops. Even in the best hay dis- 
tricts this is the case. . do an ok . THe iia 
In consequence of the great importations of grain, it has continued at nearly its former’ 
prices.—-Wheat fetches from 65s. to 106s. per quarter; Fine ditto, 108s. to1igs.; Rye, 40s. 
to 50s. 5, Barley 34s. to 44s.3 Oats, 26s. to 36s. ve ai 
Fattening stock, especially of the neat cattle kind, seems to look up; but sheep and lambs 
much as in our last.—Beef fetches from 5s, Od. to 6s. 6d. per stone of 8lb.; Mutton, 5s. Od. 
to 5s. 8d.3 Veal, 4s. 10d. to 6s. 10d.; Pork, 5s. 8d. to 6s. 8d.; Lamb, 5s. 8d. to 7s. 4d. 
_ Hay has had a considerable advance since our Jast.<-Hay fetches from 5]. Os. to 81. 105.3 
Straw Sl. 5s. to 3}. 12s. 
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. aoe 
Osercations on the State of the Weather, from the 24th of May 1810, to the 
24th of June 1810, inclusive, Four Miles N.N.W: of St. Paul's 
; Barometer. 
Highest, 30-09. May 30. Wind E. ba aaciaeds thle 
Lowest, 29°43. June 10. ——N.E, Higheftt, 77°. June 21. Wind E. 
| Lowest, 46°. May 27. —— N.E. 
“ E "This small ‘va- | 
Greatest 25 hun- ait has occur- 4° “Greatest i On the 20th of June 
‘variation in + dredths of red several times | variationin § 9°, the: fly Be es a 
24 hours. {jan inch. Jin the course of | 94 hours. 68a Put os tae Piet 
ee the monthe. it was as high as 77°. 
Tue rain collected during the month is not sufficient to be noticed. In this neighbourhood 
we have scarcely had showers more than one or two days, and these were of short continu- 
ance. It is believed that in many parts of the country the weather has been more propitious 
to the crops of grass. Here the produce is very scanty, averaging probably but little more 
‘than half a load to an acre. 
The barometer lias been steady, and the thermometer high ; the mean height of the former 
is 29°82 and that of the latter upwards of 60°. The number of brilliant days has been un- 
usually great, being 94 out of 31. The wind has, witha few exceptions, blown from the 
east. : 
“We have been favoured with an account of the temperature of the atmosphere, taken with 
@ good thermometer, at Lympstone, Devon, in the morning and evening, from the 18th of 
November, 1809, to the 28th of May inclusive: we shall give theaverages for each month: 
: Morning 4 past & Evening. 
November-s+000354% ...cceteeeeees ar 625 
Decembere +20... 40°93 evcccccscereee AZ? 1 
January er 00 00.37 is Ginsielacs Mie\e, a Satna 
February 002 000,39°4 sececs somone ne 4h 2 
March ceeees.4de5 seccce. ce neee 416 
April oc ee A547 ceresececsveee4 a AF 
May — cvacee Dl 47 oorecereee eee 48°56 
Average for the whole period =«- 41° 30- eeu reestey, +44 88 
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