Saturday 13 August 1892 – Arthur Savory’s report on the harvest in Aldington
ALDINGTON – The year 1892 will be remembered as producing one of the lightest crops of hay on record, and we must go back as far as 1874 to find a season equally deficient. The quality, however, is particularly good, and most of it was got together without much damage from rain. Wheat, though short in the straw and in places thin on the ground, is likely to yield well, and will give a much better result both in quantity and quality than last year.