The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-02-15 00:00:00

LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARKETS.

SHEPTON MALLET CORN MARKET. FRI-
DAY.—Wheat, 445 to Sos ; barley, 325 to 40s ; oats,
24s to 308; beans, 455 to 55; peas, 445 to 50S per
qr • flour, 335 to 355 per sack; bread, 6d per 4lb
loak
BATH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—About
an average supply of wheat. The market opened
with a firm feeling, and sellers asked is to 2$ advance
on last week's pnces. Peas is per qr dearer. Barley
a slow sale. Wheat, dry red, 445 to 485 per 4961 b;
white, 48$ to 565; flour, seconds, 36s to 375; fine,
451_2_• bread, 614 per 41b loaf.
WARMINSTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.
—There was a large supply. Both wheat and barley
showed an improvement, though no actual advance
can be quoted. Oats, beans, peas, maize, and vetches
met a good average demand, at firm rates. Wheat,
441 to 54 ; barley, 285 to 425 ; oats, 265 to 355; beans,
241t0 275; peas, 20s to 3os ; flour, 36s to 43s per
sack • bread, is per 81b.
DoRCHESTER MARKETS, SATURDAY.—Tke
supply of wheat at the Corn Exchange to-day was but
moderate, the best qualities being more saleable,
while damp was neglected ; the previous week's
official average was 435 oki per imperial quarter,
and this was about the price to-day. Fine barley in
rather more demand, low quality being unsaleable;
the previous week's returns give the sale of barley as
1,039 quarters, yielding £1,743 ts, or an average of
33s 6d per imperial quarter.—A small supply of stock
at the cattle market to-day, the business and attend-
ance being limited in consequence of the near approach
of the Candlemas fair. Heifers and calves realised
from £8 boa to‘2s 155 each; barreners, Li° iss to
£l6 iss per head; tat beasts, £lB 15$ to £27 ros
each, or 145 to 135 per score; fat calves, 344 to 535
per head; tat ewes, 465 6cl to 62% each, or 9d to 10c1
per lb ; fat wethers, 44310 643 6d each, or sod to roid
per lb., mutton being very -lean
CORK BUTTER MARKET, SATURDAY.—
Ordinary firsts, —; seconds, 1425 ; thirds. 1285;
fourths, 945 ; fifths, 6ts ; sixths, —s. Mild cured,
firsts, —s; seconds, —s ; thirds, 128$. 128 firkins in
market

CHIPPENHAM GREAT MONTHLY CHEESE
CATTLE, AND CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—
Broad Doubles, 6os to 725; Cheddar, 705 to Sos ;
Somerset, Sos to 60s; Loaves, 605 to 73%; Thin, 465
to 60s; Skim, iss to 30% per cwt.—Wheat, 20% to
242 per sack; barley, 345 to 461 per qr ; oats, 24s to
325 per qr ; beans, 24s to 305 per sack; peas, 21s to
27s per sack ; vetches, —s to —5 per bushel. Beef,
Iss to zeis 6d per score; mutton, 9d to mid per lb. ;
Lamb, —d to —d ; Veal, 84d to 9W; Pork, its 6d
to 13s per score.—Ducks, ss to ss 6d per couple ;
Fowls, ss to ss 6d per couple.—Milk Butter, 20d;
Whey ditto, —d to —d per lb. ; Eggs, 12 for a
shilling.—The cheese market was a large one, about
130 tons being pitched; the best descnption sold at
full prices, but inferior qualities met with a dull trade,
at about last market's prices. In the cattle market
there was a large supply of stock cattle and sheep,
which sold Lankly at fully last markets prices ; beef
was lower in price, and mutton a little easier. In the
corn market there was a fair supply of wheat, and dry
samples realised last week's prices; damp and inferior,
however, were neglected. Spring corn met with a
good trade, at full prices.
NORWICH, SATURDAY.—A pretty good show of
store cattle; trade continued dull, and in some eases
rather lower rates were accepted. Shorthorns were
quoted at Zio to‘22 per head. There were scarcely
any Irish beasts on offer. Fat beasts made los 6d to
115 and Its 6d per stone. The supply of sheep is as
moderately good; business in this department pre-
sented little change as regards prices. Fat sheep
made lOS 611 to its and Its 6d per 141 b. The retail
price of beef and mutton here is lid to is per lb.
READING, SATURDAY.—Fair show of cow stock.
A ready demand was made for milch cows, and the
best sold from £25 to £2B each. Cows in calf, £l6
to £2O; barreners, zos to Zito ion each. Young
stock did not meet with many buyers; sales made at
£9 to km for steers and heifers, two years old; year-
£s to ,46 los per head. Calves, 255 to 355
each.

SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY.—A fair supply
of stock on offer—viz., 31 beasts, 59 calves, and sso
sheep. Prices were about the same as last week, best
wethers selling at 6s wad to 7s sd per stone, and
beasts at is to 16s per score.