The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-02-14 00:00:00

ONLY MARKET.

Tlw cooncy market has been rather quiet slum our last.
LemWrs aro morn disposed to take bilis than they were a few
days back, 21 to 21 per mint. being the terms for short dated
paper, and Ita to 31 per tent. for six months (India and China)
bills. On the Stock Esclimge advances ion British Government
securities are not now made under 2 to 21 per cent. There
Ins only been • limited amount of bushes'a passing, and the
fluctuations in prices have net been of • very important
character.—Dealers this last day or two have been occupied in
arranging the fortnightly semsuat in foreign stocks and oils-
tellaneous shares, ac. Consols havebeen little dealt in, and
hate generally stood at about 92.

CATTLE mAttKurs.
MaTaOVOLITAX. Feb. 9 --Supply of beasts fait average ; •
larger portion than usual of foreign. Tendency of prices lower
for the better descriptions, while fur foreign ,a. well so for the
inferior British, a reduction of Si! per stone must be noted,and
with this C0111...5011 trldo Is slow. Foreign mutton is the
turn in lavihir of the buyer, but, although trade is se ierally
dull, no quotable alteration can he written for thu choicer
brech of English. The demand for veal Is lLnll.ed and
extremely heavy, at a reduction of fully lid per stone on pre-
vious rate.. Pork is a heavy sale, at somewhat reduced
figures.

Shp and Lambs

TOTAL screLT.
1.490
6,294
240

MUNN ICITLT.
710
1130
170

Per 81b, by the cartrane.
Inferior Quality. First Quality.
31. 6d. to 41. lid. ... 4.. I(kL to 64. 10d.
Mutton 3s. fkl. km. Ilid. . b.. 24. lb. &I.
Veal.... 3s. Is. 10d. .... ss.g Od. 6a. Od.
Pork.... 3m. 64. 40. 10d. •• .. Is. 0.1. —5, 10d.
At per stone of Sib., sinking the offal.
Baum', Otis--Good supply of beef including a coitsipment
of 100 bead of cattle from Ireland. Boot de.eriptions sold well,
en per cwt being in seine Lrases obtained, but interior sorts
moved off slowly at from 63s to 61. There was an average
supply of sheep, inelutliog a g•sni number from Ireland. host
aethas realised ILI per Os bus trade was .low, butchers being
natreely able to meet the prim.; ewes sold at Sd. There was
scarcely anything doing in store cattle, but there was a very
large supply of witch cows, which proved far in cams of the
demand, and trade WWI ery dun, prices ranging from £l2
to £l7.
Waxicilli.D, Bth.---o.io fat ,rattle, 4,509 alteen, and upwards of
500 pigs. About 60 store Ist isle aud a few fat calves. Good
demand, and a satisfactory clearance if Jet stock was effected.
First quality of beef, tos 6.1t0 th, 3d per stone of Illb ;
secondary, bs ; inferior, 5,01; wether sheep, bid per ; bogs ,
to 91,1; ewm, 710 to &I ; fat pigs, is Sal to di per Mane ul
141 b. Domini for store cattle, nod atone pigs dull.
LuilDoN, 10th. —The maaket has been moderately supplied
with meat. The trade has been quiet, and pnces hare been
exceedingly weak. Per I& by lbs causix
d • d 'dad
Inferior beef ......3 0 4 01 Inferior motion ,3 4 4 0
Middling ditto... .4 04 6 I Middling ditto 42 4
Prime large ditto-4 64 0 Prime dam •4 15 0
Prune mall ditto 4 b 4 10 i Large pork . ....... 3 0 4 0
Veal • • ••• .........5 OSi 4 I timall pork ........4 44 8
gouriimirririx, tad; bends, 03; pigs, bd ;
Lithos, 12; borneo, 4. There teas a good supply ot stock, but
the trade, especially in hoists, was 11,111. Prime wethers
fetched from 5s 104 to & per stone, and eteers Mut law its
per score.
Dom:ounit, Ilth.—At the fortnightly sales to-day there
was a very large supply of stuck, and ,des were brisk. Toe
bed bed fetched limn 130 to 13e44 per sesre. hamsters sold
Alms .25 to A:l3 each ; cows and calros, an to X2O ; South.
dowd ewes anti wethers mlited trout 450 to ~405 per heal. lint
few lambs were on offer, and prices were extraordinarily high,
Irons 2.5 s to 43s per head. The market was well attended.
WiLnitties,llUL—ln this district store stock is selling at
almost unprecedeuted rates, despite the scarcity of fodder.
This week a choice dairy averaged .225 I r the cotes and
calves, and yearlings were in prep...tinl. Beef makes 131 to
to. the score ; ututtou, Sid to 9.11110 ; ve•I; 0.1 ; and bacon
•s. I Is to Its the score.