The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-06-15 00:00:00

Markets.

With the return of fine weather attention is naturally
directed to the growing crops of cereals, and it is satis-
factory to find that they promise welL From nearly all
parts of the country the amounts received this week
are of an enoouraging nature. Wheat, which appeared
to have suffered some injury from the cold nights of
Nay, has rapidly recovered, and there is now every
prospect that the crop will be a good average. The
yellowish appearance of the plant • few weeks since has
been removed by the rtinnyldsym and warm nights which
have prevailed of late, and from the semblance of
enthuse there we now all the indications of strength.
There is also a good breadth of land under wheat
cultivation, so that in the event of a good average yield
per awe the supply of wheat in the °country will be so
eonaiderablii as to cause • further decline in the prin.
of bread. Should such prove to be the ciao, and should
we receive supplies from abroad only equivalent to those
of the current swoon, the average value of English
wheat could soareely exceed Olt. per gooier. This is
almost the minimum value loathed during the lent tow
years, and there is, therefore, the prospect that wheat
will soon become as cheap as at thy period since the
repeal of the Oorthlaws. The abundant crop of wheat
sword last year was naturally of vast importance to us,
and assisted us to an Important degree to recover from
the financial tliwaters which culminated in Kay, 1866.
We did not, however, derive the full benefit of no
abundant • crop. The deficithoy in the crops of spring
corn, of roots and vegetables, caused the value of those
articles to rule high in the early pat of the *won, and
It was not until large orders had been sent out to the
Danube, Egypt, and the United Stets., for supplies of
barley, beana, peas and Indian corn, that • tendeuey
booms apparent for priors to give way. As woo as
our importations of grinding barley, Indian corn, and
hews began to increase rapidly, so soon did the high
prises to which those art:loin attained commence to
/recede. The °cologne:we was that an unexpectedly
heavy fall of about 30 per cent. took place, and from
Wing very dear many descriptions of foreign feeding
ale& became very cheap. Grinding Watley and Indian
corn ruled especially low in vela*, largo issportiktioas
and a diminished consumption, reealting from the small
supply of graWng stook in the coaatry, preload that
result. This year, however, the prowls. la much awe*
satisfactory ; all descriptions of spring oorn are reported
as likely to Its quit* an average, and even to exseed it.
Bet sot only does the yield of spring wow promise to be
good, but there is every expectation theta large crop of
clagaipe will be obtained. This will he especially
wowtable, inasmuch as dear or comparatively cheap
meal depends so mdch upon • deficient or thundact mop
of rests. The hay harvest is now in progress in the
southern couches of England. The yield is good, and as
the weather is unusually propitious, the crop is being
stacked in excellent wedition. At present, however, no
deaths has taken plow in the value of bay. As the
farness awe so mach engaged in harvesting the Grope.
they have neither time nor means to wad supplies to
market, beside* which, there in not suffiotent old hay in
the coentry to stock our markets in any &bandanas
These are the causes why the price of hay is realthelood;
4U a fa/I must inevitably take plow before long. This
took the trade for wheat has been dull, in oonatipmewel
of the leenees of the weather, and prices have model
I. to to per quarter. In the value of springs.,. no
material change has taken plass. Our importations
continae small. From September I to the close of last
▪ they wore 20,907.648 ewt, of wheat, against
23,53E377 cwt., and 2,918 €32 cwt. of Bow, against
2,303,413 cwt lathe correspoading period In 1861-8.
Per Qr.
weusrO. II I

CORN 1
Per Qr.

titICICT&

-
4•444 sod K4ot, 41 to
• Otto, 444 r —to
•• flue,whit4,... 47 to 0
" Ditto. new, —to
ro.r.eign, red _. ... 40 to 44
... 46 to

Tonics, wilts 116 to 47
RY•

Instal malting ... 60 te
Dia Nl7
It to 112
MALI. .

26 to SD
p•
otato 19 to 21
Soatoh, foal to
(doh, bloat ... 20 to SI
whit* 20 to 22
rondo ,fied 12 to U

Palo_ ... atom
Chorallit• 73 to 74
31*040
•
n 114
... 34 to 34
arrow 37 to 30
0.4 411. 43
THOIIIDAT.—aregoI English wheat wes in fair
tap*, and sold slowly at about last week's prices,
fumem miming to submit to say abstemont ; namely
anything 40ing In foreign, and rakes were nominally
nealisegsd. Barley in large supply. and fully as dear,
trite s good tossamplive inquiry. Indian torn team
sad 11. per qr. dearer. Ana onto inquired for, sod
folly OE ,• secondary derisriptions not in favour, sad
Isis week's vane§ ware barely maintained.
VIEW.O d. a. d.
Starke*, rod Vninit. For 40615. .. iS 0 .. 44 0
Potne Odom, /Meese, soft., ditto .. dl 0 .. 46 0
Gblrtk Si. a 4. s Mid,
ra Doe hc. wit •.. : 0
ohm's, oars, Ni00101..1, SON 'Mao .: OA • :: 6.5 0
Berdfsooki soft, ditto .. 43 0 .. 46
gsguss, red sad welts, we, ditto .. 46 0 .. 140
UMW.

Tosro-otads, SIN lb.. NS to 43
Norfolk ao4 SO 10 31

rood to ino malting, pa littp. qr.. 26 0 0
.. .. 40 0
ditto, ditto ditto .. 24
kith sod frosoli, stiodlog, per 4001 b. 214 0 .. 37 0
Danube mad Mactitirraman, ditto .. 0 .. 33 0
0424.
. _ _ - - -

Llourioir sod other, Ane whire-,..-per We .. I 7 0 .. V 3
Core, Dubtio, WM, dluo .. 24 0 .. 26 4
Cart, Weasslord, Whet, per 2641 b .. 22 6 .. Id 0
frith tstruy, ditto .. 24 0 .. 24 I
Priam Edward bawd, block ditto .. 23 0 .. U 2