The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-09-30 00:00:00

DORCHESTRE

SATURDAY'S CORN MARKET.
The attendance of farmers and dealers at oar ran,
market to-day was anly limited,this being act,..,4
for by the sppraetclung sheep fair on the
Monday. The late excitement. keevadiag
wheat trede has now subsided. English was but
repremmted, and there were no ample' of ..;;
Foreign wheat advanced 3s. par qr. on lug fieim.,6.'
a fair trade being transacted. Only • few faaviZi
English malting barley were shown, and se
were of very inferior quality, there was in &num
except for really useful ,lesciiptione, which realor4 smart prices. Grinding barley was in active dwayd, prices advmmion Ai. per qr. An increas 4 nipply
oats, selling at barely last week', prem. There.,"
advance of 4.. on hut week's queations fee emu.
this checking sales to • certain extent Beab,
enquired for, at last week's lull prices. Pees
demand, and sold at late rates. Vetches and rye ea,
likewim enquired for at the full prices of law via.
Linseed sod cotton cake advanced 'boat 54. per to,

POUNDBURY FAIR.
The great autumn fair, at which priedpgi,
are penned, was held to-day (Monday) with—a;
advantage of remarkably fine weather. A Uggi
number f people poured in from the country, mid
the embankments of Poundbury were 'used witk sigh.
seers, the interior being occupied by Mock a/Milldam
men.
The homes were located on the winth and earn sidee,
and numbered about 200, and aboutloo beans were is the
south-west corner; but the great Milk 61 we
said, consisted of the sheep, penned in the middle, sed
of these the number could not have been many tiedw
10,000.
Our old-established auctioneer. Mr. J. T. Rem.
offered about 6,000, from some of the bet 1 elks
in the neighbourhood, and his sales were kW canto.
log at the time of our going to press, we nn thwe
Ne
only able to ;nye 'pectinous of the pram obtained
400 Dorset horn ewes the property of Mr. W. lime,
fetched from 545. to 55.; and 2*lo horn ewes, !Klan.
tog to Mr. W. Dunning, brought frail eye, t„ 44;
but 270 horn ewes, of Mr. Samson, Kingston Rawl,
went at 395. to 41e.; while 100 of ID. Kalil
ewe. (Winfrith) made about 445. Dorset hors low is
lamb made from 455. to 555.
Messrs. Duke penned about 1.500 sheep sad lafte,,
including . 00 from M.r. Gale, of Kucklasd, 330
from Mr. Byrnes, Winterborne. 100 lambs Ire Mr.
Roper, 200 ewes And limb. from Mr. J. Mayo, N.
well, some horn ewes from Mr. Paul, and aboet
sheep of Aber dercriptions. II to ewes realised It.
420. to 511. 61. ; Down ewes, Nit to 42.. ; bsee
lambs, 204 to 27c.; horn wethers, Us. to Ma; Dm
wethers, 384. to 465.

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Horn sheep generally were down from 170. fi
each, while I.).twn. di 1 not mall* prices so gedia ot
Woodbury-hill fair, and we hear,' It estimated that
the sheep might be reckoned as having talks obon
£2 per head within the .ast two years. A lot (km
Kimmeridge, we believe) from a flock that loot mar
fetched about 615., were about 35t this year. 111
decline lately is, of course, owing to the unfavourable
.tenon, and the shortneee of keep.
Horses also had to submit to a very comidestis
reduction. gnarl cart eolta that lad year Wen emit
45 go., fetchin: only 30 go.; ant s.coe three-yearold
colts went for 20 ono. ; horse, oecorninrY leM WISP,
others 25 go. to 35 gs., mere and foal 23 m. Goof
horses were estimated a. worth from 12 go. to If ga
less than 1 tat year. Mr. G. Eimer had an aoctiot of
over 80 horses at his Repository, later is the day.

WOODBURY HILL FAIR rtIONDer
Sheep.—Thes quantity mI. tsar an. MLlth 6.1:n thee
on pre, ions years, them being last. gout., of res. me
occupied. The tends opened very dull, windy +ay too
action. took place until lo'er on u the to nriag, eles
wrta cmpelled to accede to buy r; pm, to ears
soles, price. briny about the same es at Blended Fab',
but i.i 'name instances a nlfitt advance wo oi.terma
+es change.' ban aat Imo gei. ;igg ogg
very One lot fotchal 654.—Lanabs mar ra poor madiv.,,,,
realise.' from 20e. to Ws, wine tog nod bulb,
Per head, several lot, being unoti.—Rono: 'Moe los •
large attend awe at this fair, Mr. G. Ewe showing sows
Brat-clan. sniioola and Wye-. hulas • good Metros
to choose trotno. Trade ra• r.ry doll. aid
had to accent 10 to 15 Ruin... 1-se Piao lost year to
et! Oct ealea—Ciertriolts makiug Iron 15 ta M sm..;
'owe goott dray heroes f.acbonn from 10 to SS (anon;
hacks and hunter• front 25 to M griseee—C an Thou
Wall a fair enquiry for miner taro st trete $l. 0 11., per
bushel, abo rya at from 11, to 0.. per goon. Several
samples of now wheat ore .b.r•itic. vcry mica ,at
condition. Malting barley, a few f.or qoaixty mirk
&homing, rut nio.tly inferior, and the sewn ea
opened scarcely any offero were ramie—Me *wire
was well attended, there being about the same mom .1
shows, stalls, gm, as on previous years, slimming to nos
In for a fair share of patronage of the plesonesesion.