The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-09-07 00:00:00

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ha" flowlchtlr entered spas the cheat snalea al 1110-10
"4 . rligrePect may Dot be out of piece I'l4o.
pet cemeluded wee • temigatirm find wee very fielbractorli
cetc to the ig"Wet 8.4 0.6.111310 f. Ite exerage Price or 151fithih
wheat for tbe mason wee 440, ref. fid In 1867-8.
remit at which tberxra ...if be .Liatted. for It
may
Is crake( that an creP ed wheat et 48.
remumeative then • meaty ere* et es, fid. per qusirter, when
it is borne in mind that tbe yield of mode. about doubled
She sermon opened a5OO earlier pwind th:r.d. owing to
the forward Pate of tln crops In yuh l.at 7.0,. • .4. tallutte
week ending August Bes the first week I whk:b any
ehle quantity id English wheat cmdisesZed of
with 575. 11d. per quarter seen evermr coinuous
.ik. fore-
pose haup
preduce From that point 11•• • et
a„c„„ ...., the ch., the year. whom fid smile price.
In the owl, pert of 1069, however, then VIM mane
most, and • el. to 42., sd took place ; but In Aptil aod lily
there wee considerable heasinese In the trade, and for the
wood week in the latter month the aeenic q.aote,Uoe. ata Dot
I exceed 44. 44. per quarter. During the eked. 9 usoelle el tie
saw. there wee more firmness. Owing to the suseettled weather
which prevailed • fear seeks since, and the gnal Priers rd.,,,„_irc•
, season 1011.. Si. against Ma 1111. per quarter laddyear- cce
result of the almmlant crop of wheat secured In 1868 Is that a
fell of exectly 10s. pm qr. b.. taken Once
Even with this fall, however, wheat wes crelt woe
In 1864-5, In which season the average i"° low
37. lel., and for the whole sc. ,n only 40e. lid. per qr. But
the abundant crop ul 1864 was preceded by • beery Ylehl in
1863, and It is to that camas that the ralue of "'beet declined
too low • plink The crop of 1868, however, wsie Preceded by
O very deficient yield of cereal produce, one result of which has
Icon that from an irsedequely of • reeerve, the Inuits of the
community have, . for ne Isousegrown produce Is oorscierned,
been .uppifed Ines the current weent's growth. But, besides
Uns, the season mus unprecedentedly early, and ea the
crop is rather behind-hand, the mop had to belt ItMeennt
instead ,1 twelve months' oonetunralon. 8o fare. the future
Is concerned, them does not appear to he much probability
of prase advancing or receding to any Important extent The
present crop teems to be under on average, but It poreemen
thb elvantege—thst It has been encored In excellent con-
dition. 11,1. lest important cireumstaress In the present crop,
and if we dismiss front our minds the unexampled drundance
of last year, the remit will not be uniatistectory. Prices are
likely to he maintained at o level • hich e attract ample
nipples. ef produce from abroad, and there is every probebtilty
that the loaf of breed will remain cheap.
With regard to our imports of wheat during the semonmet
goncluded, they were as much ma 61,885,123 cwt., st
35,553,715 cwt. In 1867.8. Of flour, the Imports were 3„661
cwt., against 3,143,368 cwt. Latterl• our Importations have
been very laree. and in Augmet they were shout 4,000,000 cwt.,
against 1,850,000 cwt. lad sear. tbe diminution in our Im-
porta of flour has WWI ouly 6,688,600 cwt., and• it Is obvious,
therefore, that In the current iraparlontiON 1111.4 be
, very considerable. more are sit present shout 1,500,000 qta. of
wheat abet, which Is a very large quantity for this period of
the yew. The export of wheat In 1866-9 wee 150,661 tert,
efraisest 737,881 cwt., end of flour 34,543 cwt., ageloat 53.304
cwt. In 1687-8.
Thbs week the trade for wheat—both Ifieldieh and foreign—
doll pelf. has., reread to lb...tent a 1.. to te.
KR qr. There is not, nowever, any great tall in the CY
hi ivroduce. Barley, isles, beans. and pees have been In very
moderate request, at about previous quotation.