The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-09-23 00:00:00

THIS DAY'S IW--7--.E/LTS.
mARK LANE (CLOSING), Montt
ENGLISH WHEAT TWO SHILIAINGS
DEARER ON INN WEira. amd Nos is.
prod.,. was held for 474 to 49.. orewt..,
W 3e dearer. Barley held for mon "NZ:
Oar rather weaker. Round matte 2. to 44;
earti 1. to 2e dearer. Sear and puslideen. The top prior of town-made flour adva....
being
la up to 46e. Courry tad American both'
fully dearer.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE. —MONDAY,
A.bont 4,000 besot*, including about 800 tor*,
Tr.& was den, at 4s. to ss. 2d., and occesheah, ss. 44, About 15,000 cheep. sad trade wail Sys 4
45.64. to Be. Bd. Calves, ss. tot..
41. 104. per Sib.. At Deptford were 2,200 to
9,000 sheep.

DORCHESTER-
SATURDAY'S CATTLE MARKET.
At Mr. Symonds's there was • large amply fedi,
beet made 12s to Hs per soore ; revs asa w""
bringing £ll to £2O; barmen., Cg to £l6; bap p..
s
low in p, ice, at E 8 to ElO. Ewa.. Ses to 52. •
46, to 56i; lambs, 25. to 324 ; calves, £3 to .i4104,411'

DORCHESTER
SATURDAY'S CORN MARKET.
On account of the fine weather, which easigtd
farmers to get on with the harvest, and also bee...
.d Woodbury Hill fair on Monday, there was sa
IA rge attendance. Old English wheat WWI very etiir:
an met a good demand, at Is to 2J deare,
quoted 491 to 32a—New who," The unities eja
lug were very inferior, being not much, if at bP, bet,
than tailings were last year, and so out f cordlike
as to be entirely unfit for miller. u e, so that nooe win
bought. Foreign wheat was worth blynit is
Barley ; Several samples of new English mals.ing sren•
shown, but of inferior quality in float instance.,
good bright samples sold at 40s pee quarter
were two or three very choice samples, for ea.
which the high price of 50s was baked Forsto
scarce and Is dearer, at from lit to ns. Oats •
NOW samples were in the marks' et
but there were not many buyers at thai
Price ; old oats made the IWO* AB lag Week from 24.
to 2G.. Maize had &110 gone up La being paged 26,,
to 296. Beans 484 to 50.; peas, 40, per qr. rga.,
winter. vetches ,carea, at tis to 10. pee bash,A.
and linseed cakes 10, a ton dearer, the fenw-674
£6 10s to £7 0. and the latter ranging up to Plow
37s to 384.

fearktts.
SALISBURY CORN, FRIDAI.—The market eat verr strong. English wheat was firm and rather dearer to buy ; foreign Is to 2,1 per quarter higher since Mondar. MU, • fair business doing. American price. corm much king.
Flour was very Ann, and both nicks ant barreb resis-saj
rather more money. A good trade was done in hark, g
Ad advance. Oats were also lid dearer. Maim Ms me, to gs per qr., and beans and peas are bed fur kiwi
advanced rates.
LIVERPOOL CORN, FINIDAY.—A good immist
business was done In wheat, at an aditnee 14
rental for red and Id for white descriptions. Flour fist;
and in sellers' favour. Been, sad peas steady. Indus
corn strong at an advance of about :11 per mutat use
ut.sing quotations for new mixed being IA to 5, $i
BATH CORN, SATURDAY.—The supply ol old whest
our market to-day was small, and obtained an mime, r 4
from 2s to :is per qr. There were • few sunpies of am :Ai
offer, but their condition was NO hid Out they Wer,
nearly unsaleable. Flour advanced Is to ts.
YUCLsTER CORN, .4 ..ATURPAT.—TheIVW4NieIIteIy
any old English wheat offered The samples of pt..,
mostly inferior as to quality sad rendition, sasi
were irregular. Foreign was finery held fre an Mesa -A
of Is 9d to 2.1 Per or. ; but mitten having bought Ter
freely of late, the demand was not active. Maim IA to I,
64 and oata tkl higher. Beans also rather dearer.
TAUNTON CORN, haTIAIDAV.—There Was a
attendance at the Corn
_Exchange to-day. notivithgagurg
that farmers have not finished harvesting, and for the
reason they offered very little wheat 'Verytlilq is
the
market was firm at quite Is advance Not roach tiio..
was done. New wheat was sold at from 5.6 Fel to St 34.
red wheat from :is ld to tie. Irioding barley and mAia It
dearer on the week. Old oats mill inaintsaell the
advanced price. Indian corn also IA dearer. No Issas
or pms offering. Flour, Tut to Xi, with an aimed
ton en
SUE fON MALLET, SATUIDAT.—Wheat, St to rya:
oats, 25s to Iffis ; beans. 45s to 51.1.: pets, 341ta &parer;
flour, Ms to 371. BAef, lls to 11.6 i Der me. sassug.ii
to 9d per lb: veal 91 ; lamb, 101. Fat pigs, Igt to la IA
per score. Milk Ititter, 131 lit to 144 per &gm ;
ditto. 124. Egg., lid per st,:sa. PAstoes, ase, 1, 61 to

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WA RM I lISTER. SATURDAV, —Wheat, 44. to : “at,
/Ss to 2Sis ; Bemis. Ms to Cr : Vetches, 0. 10 104 —Non
to-day are firmer. One lot of new wheat wsi exhibited.
but no offer yfa.. made for it

-7fAVSift.,6i CATTLE. !i.:llaviv.—Th atteadarge g
the cattle market was very small, iany farmers minis.
inie at home to complete their burnt operations, the day
being very favourable for outdoor work. The deemed for
all classes of stork was slow, and a great many his were
returned upon the hand. of the fanners offeri them. The
following were the prevailing rates :—Fat heifers, Cl 4 to
£l9 10,; grazing steers, 131 to 434; harmers, effto
Ell fss ; cat wethers, 40e to .9s; fat ewes, No to P
ltKe ei
co BUTTER SsTritnsV.—Urdioary—Firsta, Ito.;
Seconds, ; Thit AI.; Fourths, Sulerfine,
Fine Ills ,M. 103 e. Kegs--Seconds, over. use
' Kegs, Si over. Number of firkins is the marketiff.
lir:rms.—The aspect of the Pix hoe trade wenn to
have improved during the week The scrooge to hand
report favourably of the verieusmarkets held. sad eilibit
more buoyancy of hope in regard to the autumn sol
winter's work. Glasgow numbers have Weedily adraseed
and quotations now show a moderate increase So far the
deereeeed production works favorably, and stoelo begin to
declare a decrease. The demand for Middlesboro'
number, is sustained. Large supeliet however ate
obtainable at lAA week's price., nod it would Weer thst
values might have suffered had it sot been for the support
from America during the week. The largest share 4
transactions were on immediate shipping account. Ni g.
week has advanced rather more linnisess is Dotices4s,
though buyere have struggled hard against
.it. The
Lancashire district continues to regain activity. The
orders to hand are fairly numerous, and the majonty el
works have employment for some time forwent Tin he.
secured another advance of about el per ton. f 'op pw e
alao dearer by about CI per ton. Lead is nominally
unchanged, but it enjoys a firmer tendency. Speller
maintains its advance—Prow J. Bow, Spence &port

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