Mexico in the Little Ice Age

Mexico in the Little Ice Age In biblical times, agricultural prophecy was for seven good years to be followed by seven lean. In modern China, planners make allowance for two bad years and one disastrous harvest every five years. Throughout history, agriculture has been plagued by one calamity after another and, of these various disabilities, none has been so ubiquitous as plain bad weather. In recent history, the effect of bad weather was particularly severe for northern Europe during the little ice age (circa 1430-1850), but the little ice age may have affected weather and agriculture in the New World as well.' Colonial Mexican agriculture at the turn of the nineteenth century suffered from a variety of meteorological complaints. Data from three agricultural properties during this period indicate that weather conditions were of constant concern to both owners