59 EDITORIAL. VOL. XVIII, Pt. 2, of the Proceedings Will Be Published In
PAPERS AND PROCEEDINGS " 59 EDITORIAL. OL. XVIII, Pt. 2, of the Proceedings will be published in July, 1953. It is hoped that this volume, which will include Vreviews of books received since 1950, notes of Field Meetings, and a list of those periodicals on the H.F.C. exchange list, will bring the Proceedings up to date, e.g., up to the end of 1952. Material intended for publication should be sent to the Hon. Editor, 10 The Close, Winchester. CORRESPONDENCE. THE STEAM PLOUGH IN HAMPSHIRE. Mr. Frank Warren writes concerning Mr. FusselFs article (Vol. XVII, p. 286) : " Richard Stratton of Broad Hinton, and Salthrop, Wiltshire (who lies buried in Winchester Cemetery), bought in 1859 the first Fowler steam plough for use on his farms. His son, James Stratton, came to farm Chilcombe, Winchester, in 1866 and introduced steam ploughing to Hampshire." CORRECTION. In the article on Hampshire Drawings in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, published in the Hampshire' Field Club Proceedings, Vol. XVII, page 139, the reference to the manuscript album should be " Western MSS. 17,507." PAPERS AND PROCEEDINGS 71 SUBJECT SECRETARIES' REPORTS. BIOLOGICAL SECTION. Weather 1951. " Deplorable" seems to be the only suitable adjective to describe the meteorological setting of the year 1951. Only once in the whole year, on July 2nd, did the temperature reach 80°, and on 18th, 20th and 28th of that month 79°. The highest shade temperatures in any other months were 75'5° on April 25th, 75° on September 6th, 74° on two days in June, the 5th and 21st, and on August 1st.
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