The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-10-11 00:00:00

CATTLE MARKSTS.

W•11171111.D Wielimaday.—A mall supply DS fat cattls.
hetwoen hue 'and 900. Among them were part IrW, Dutch.
and Spasiiah cattle. There went not many nf first rate quality,
anil all such were soon 044 at Ott per atone adminco on last
week's price& There were about 6,20 abeam and lambs,
which realised last woel. rat Beat loaf. fla 64 to Ins per
atone of 141 b.; locondary, be to 8. Od Inferior, Te ; mutton
wetbers, &I to fleal par lb.; ewes, 74 to 70. Than were a few
fat calves, which sold at from 74 to Dd per lb. Pat pare, of
wbicli the supply was moderato, fetched from OS to he 64, par
atom of 141 h.

Ltaisroi., Tbundays—klarket well 'mplied with beef. con-
signments [rum Ireland 'oil above avenge number. bl2lO
attendance of buyers, including London dealers, but trade was
rather quiet, and prices auPr, bort deacriptions changing
hands at 70e to 725, while middling aud lufcrior description.
cre difficult to tell at from bdis 1.. Ode per owt. The imptily of
sheep warn rather abort, hut it proved quit* sufficient for the
timnand, and a slow trade was done, with a downward tend-
ency In priom—host wethers telling at &I, and ewes and in-
ferior sort. said and 746 per lb. Good lamb realized ad to
44. Our oinalgonients of store cattle from Ireland are larger
en we have known them for iotioJ mouths, and the animals
are of a much stronger clam; priem are Peter, and the trade
shows inukral dins of improvement The prevalence of the
foot and mouth diatom has produced almost a stagnation In the
ninth cow trade, and them was emniely any demand for those
on offer. Short supply of pip from lredaaid, and a quiet sale
st.about last week's currencies.

M3TI4II.OLITAI, Ttounday.—No eariation to note Input *m-
ilers %urea In the prices of animal. ,4 iii descrlpUnns. The
beef trade I. las, stagnant awe, &Mt to itenerally ;
great ocedusion exists from the unsettled date of the Vrelgn
trade, neemellated by the e.enpuisors daughter of se large •
number of animals at the waterside, and an Inuniallate add.-
moot of the foreign market. ~thmtent is absolutely necessary:
There Is mom cheerfulneen In the shoe p-market, the short aip-
ply rendering prime arm. Veal and pork both steely.
TOTAL ICITL-

MIMI 011:171,Y.
Dmists . .. 1,070 .. 610
Sheep and Lam bs .. 4,760 .. 0:0
• 460 406
Piga ..
_ .. dO
Warier Quality. First Quality.
8ed.... ft. Od. to 4a 44. .... da 64. to 6s. 04.
Mutton Ss. bd. 44. 104. ... 66. Od. Oa. 04.
Vaal .. .. Ss. 104. is. Eid. .... 4s. 104. 64 10.1.
Pork.... la W. —Y. Id. .... da tid. 6.. 41.
Lamb --d. ....
At psi Mousse Illb., sinking the olCal.

HAY AND STRAW.
Siarrunat.o, Thursday.
The following were the quotations :
Per lad of 38 truest.. Per load of 16 tram*
Ray.. 1.4 0 oto£B 17 0 Clover 41.6 10 0 to LT 6
Straw 8 0 to Cl 12 0

BUTTER MARKET.
Damage, Tlinredi-L-The following were the current priori
at Shia market butter, par lb.. la id to W.
', bey ditto, le Id to lid.

WOOL MIRE EIS.

TAXIO7, Triday.—During tbo last week we bare had a some-
what quiet market, any prospect of Immediate peace hating
vanisimiL The exception is in skin wool., aspects. By of the
lower grades, which are wircly sought otter, and have risen 1.4
to plb. .
Thursday.—There Is little change In the wool
market to-day. A rather better feeling Is apparent, but no
amrcciable improvement in the amount of business done.
Spinners hare recenUy supplied themselves pretty freely with
wooL Supine are not able In the country to replace stocks
at prices approaching those ruling In this market, and an con-
vene 11, en, ni... In .1.-I..,neeteetjnne 'Move le nnt the
standing, moderato amount of badmen doing, &idly for the
purpose of assorting, in wools of good quality, Including
and Down ewes, sad to some slight extent in low bogs.