The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-04-17 00:00:00

THIS DAY'S HAZIEETS.
MARK LANK —Manosy.
• Warlike news of the last few days has caused oral-
siderable excitement in the wheat t-ade. For the
small supply el English wheat, a lime advance was
demanded. Buyers generally would not give prices
demanded. In the few sales make a rim was
established of 4s. to 54. The improviment realised
in foreign, varied from 4.1. to fe. Beans and peas,
Is to 2s. Oats 2s. to is. Malting barey unaltered.
Grinding 3s. per qr. dearer.
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METRDPOtITAN CATTLE. —'?ins DAY.
About 2,300 beasts, including about GOO foreign.
Trade firm at 41. fid. to Go. About 9,010 sheep and
lambs Sheep at Bs. 6d. to to. fid. olippod ; in wool
7s. fid. ; Lambs, Rs. to 9s. ; Calves mad* IL to AL &i.;
Pigs. s.to 41.100. per Ulm At Depdsell 130 beads.
and 15,600 sheep.
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DORCHESTER CORN MARKET, B•TVRDAY.
The attendance at our Cern Exchange flit w"
good. The supply of Fatal& wheat was and
sold freely from 2s. to 3s. per quarter in advance of
last Saturday's q.t- Grinding barley was worth
more money; oter sorts of grain unaltereil.

SATURDAY'S

MARKET

Coate
CHESTER.—Prime red wheat must he quoted As. flt
per bushel : cute and banns firm.
GLOUCESTER. —Our imports of hireign grain into
Gloucester in the past week have amounted to about 11,000
qrs. of barter and 1,000 qrs. of oats, beads. • csrgo or two
of Irish. There was more stir in the msrket, and
an advance of 2s, to le per qr. in wheat was asked sail is.
conceited. The present prices are about as follows :
English wheat, 7s. LI. to Te. IM., new red do. 10s. to 7s.
per bushel of eat.. Amerimn, 6d. ltd. to 75. : and
Ohirks, 61. 4d. to 6s. 6d. Grinding barley. VA. to 17s. per
qr. English oat; .13s. to 42.. per qr., and Irish 2iis. to Mk
Beene 10s. to 10s. per 10011 i. Last official average of
wheat at Gloucester. 1:2 lbs. 10d.
GRANTIIAM.— The supply of wheat wax very small,
end it must he quoted ba per qr. dearer, a fair amount of
business being done at the advance. There was a meagre
show of barley, for which recent terms were supported.
LEICESTER.— There was not much wheat in the
market, and the attendance was moderate. The trade
was healthy, and prices were 3s. to h. per quarter in favour
of sellers, as compared with those of last Saturday.
NORWICH. —Three was only a small supply of wheat
at this market, and the trade ruled brisk at an advance of
about Is. per qr shore the rates of last Saturday. Oats
and maize ls. per qr. dearer.
NOITINGH AM.—At our market the supply of wheat
was small, and considerable firmness; was apparent in the
trade. On the Maine*s transacted rates were 4s. per qt.
higher white flits. to GS. : red, 945. to 61s. tier 36 stone
There waa but little barley offering, and prices were

PETERBOROUGH.—The show of wheat was small, and
farmers demanded high prices. Transactions were
eteadily effected, and last week's primes were exceeded by
3s. to 4a. per qr.
READING.—There was hut a short supply of English
wheat in the Corn Exchange here. Great activity pre-
vailed in the demand, holders asked be. or se. per quarter
more money, and eventually succeeded in realising an
advance of 2s. to 3s. per quarter. White wheat made Ns.
to (Ea, and red Ws to dv. per quarter. Malting barley
was in scanty supply and commanded fully late rate-a;
Mk to 425. per quarter ; eecondary and grinding fetched
Is. IA Ste. more money, making ff.s. to 305. per quarter. !
Oats made a good show and changed hands at former
ratee : 22e. to 32.1. per quarter. Beans were in request at
recent figures: 40s. to 45e. per quarter; while peas were
slow of sale at 37a. to 40s. per quarter.
SHREWSBURT.—Prices must be quoted dearer on
the whole.
WARtatlNSTEFt.—There was a good supply of wheat.
Trade showed much briskness and uncertainty, and the
prices realised were fully ees. to as, per qr. in advance of
last week. Wheat, 4Hes te Mee per qr. : barley, Ws. to 47a ;
oats. 22e. to 425. beans, 40, to 0;52 peas, Vis to ina.
WINCHE.SI'ER.-4 small supply of wheat at our Com
Exchange. Holders demanded as to to advance, which
was conceded in but few instances, the trade being slow,
and little doing.
WORC'ESTER. —Holders of wheat asked higher rates,
and an advance of Is to 2s per qr was obtained. English
white wheat. 2ls to 42s per bag ; and red, 20s.
TORK.—The corn market was thinly supplied with
whesto and samples found purchasers at 25 to as per qr.
over the prices of this day ae'unight ; reds making 50s to
SE.; and whiten, Site to 02.1 per qr.
Carrie
DONCASTER.—The market was well supplied with
beasts, store cattle especially being freely offered and of
useful character. Farmers and graziers., however, are not
ready customer', and Mennen was only slow, though on
the whole bast Saturday's currencies were maintained.
Pork, 7o to Ts Ki per stone.
BURCH ESTER. —Large attendance of buyers, and
abundant supply of stock. Moot 200 head of beasts were
dispoeed of, some of the veiniest fat heifers realising from
CPI to eV per head, or about Its to Ifis per wore. Eat
mutton may be quoted at !Id to bit per Ile ; and lamli at
Is. The hest fat calves, ea to £.5 per head.
NORWICII.—There was a moderate supply of store
cattle on I aer here. almmt entirely shorthorns. Trade
was dull and quiet ; but little change was noted in prices.
Shorthorn. we-re quoted at Le to /2.5 per head ; fat beasts
111.1.1 e 10$ to Ito per lilt,. The show of sheep was again
very considerable sabre proceeded very slowly, but a
decline of 25 per head was noted in many eases, while the
pens rere by no means fully cleared—fat sheep were
quoted at Pee lid to lie per 'IRK
/COTT'S( ill AM.—There was a rather better supply of
cattle at the store stock market, and the demand was not
active Where sake were made priers were about the
same 18 heretofore. Of calve' the supply was small, and
business was quiet, rates being without material change.
Sheep and lambs were in limited simply, and soil slowly
at about late rates. There WWI a plentiful show of pigs,
of which were unaltered.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
WAR PROSPECTS.
In onnsegnence of the probable war between Russia
and Turkey, the ateamship freightage prices between
Hull and Cronstadt have almost doubled.
A special Paris telegrams states that Central Asia ix
stirred in revolt, caused by the fierce enisade preached
by the 11Lshommedan pried, against Russia. The
mumaitlmac population ix .penly displaying its pre-
ference for Turkey, and Russian soldiers are insulted
In the streets and villages. 'lle authorities are taking
vigorous measures t 10r11 incipientrevolt.
THE MONEY MARKET.
There is an increasing depression on the Stock
Exchange ; but there ix not much excitement. Consols
are 'one-eighth lower. In railways dullness ix more
decided: Caledonian, Great Eastsrn, Great Nothern,
and Sheffield have fallen one to one-and-a-half.

SALFORD ELECTION.
Colonel Walker, Conservative, 1111,1 Mr. William Kay,
Liberal, were nominated for Salford to-day.

SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIVES.
During the heavy gale (yesterday), the schooner
Den. Brown, drove ashore when entering Montrose
harbour. The master and the mate were saved by the
We boat but three of the crew were drowne‘L

POTATOES.

During the last season, an experiment as to raising
the haulm from the ground sticeeded so well (or, at
least, a teener quantity of desease coincided en
completely with the Potatoes treated), that possibly
Nome of your readers may be inclined presently to try
the plan. Looking at the influence which damp was
shown to have on the spread of Peronosiera, I had
lines of strong tarred twine taken at about 22 inches
from the ground between the rows of Potatoes, the
cords supported by stout leg., so that the haulm was
kept from lying on the ground during ita whole life.
The arrangement allowed warmth of sunshine and
tree passage of air between the rows for some
weeks longer in the 'early stage of growth than is
=nay the came, and by occasionally nipping off
some of the tips of shoots they were kept in
=ablclength, and had healthy foliage (not din-
es tunnel by yellow and decaying leaves in large
ntunben), till in the natural course of things it
withmed in autumn. At Christmas, when the few
months of storing had tried the crop, the potatoes
which had been grown as usual were for the most
put diseased, but those which had been grown with
tlte raised haulm had only a email percentage bad,
and continue in excellent condition for household
supply. The sorts experimented on were Paterson's
Victoria (a kind particularly affected by disease in the
Name garden the previous year), and a few lines of
Jersey Blues. Of course, the comparative absence of
disease may be only from coincidence, but I hope to
try the experiment again this year on a larger scale;
and if some of your readers should be tempted aloe to
experiment, and would kindly give the remits, it
would be of much interest —O. in The Garikner's
Chronicle.