The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-03 00:00:00

'Barham.

LONDON CORN (OPENING).

biosoaT.

Scar sly anything doing in wheat; foreign rules in
buyer. favour; main, and grinding barley inactive and
drooping: oats, bean% pea., and Boar unaltered.
Arrivals :—English wheat, 1.855; barley, 300, oate,
13 qrs. ; fl or, 14,463 sada.; foreign wheat, 103.643;
barley, 9,113; oat., 81,637 qrs.; flour, 25,582 sacks.

LONDON CORN (CLOSING).
MOIMAY.

Trede at Mark Lane Limited; English wbest dull
without change ; foreign. almrt unsaleable. prior
nominally 1.. lower oa week; malting barley us.
altered; grinding rather easier; fine ore steady.
other kinds dull ; maize to Ls. easier; beans mid
peas without change; flout dull.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.
ItioNDAT.
There were about 2,000 bouts sad 540 foreign ;
trade steadier from 41. 4d. to Si. 21. About 5,002
sheep and lambi; treds slaw. Sheep, 5.. 4d. to Si. Bd.t
7.. t. 84. 41; calves, Si. 10d. to 6.. 81;
4s. 4d. to ss. per Sibs.

Winisoang, Thursday.—There was • good attendance or
buyers end dealers and • moderately good supply of stook.
The supply of beef was quite up to the average. but trade
was not gide so brisk. Beet heifer. made 151 61 Per
cc',.. Sheep sold at current price., ewes averaging SU
to 70s per heed, and withers 50. t. 70.. Beef made about
Si per lb. Mutton—ewes, 844 to 91 per lb. : withers.
191 ti 100. Calves sold very well. Pigs • dull trade.
YEOVIL CORX. Friday.—Small attindsnos, owing to
fine weather, farmers being niter harvesting. Not much
English wheat showing; prices rather steadier. rondo
wheat dull, and to effect alike ism money had to betakes.
Barley in good supply ; trade quiet Maize east..; oats
steady Boar dull trade: bean. in small supply ad
demand slow. Quotstoons :—Wheat. 40e to 411 s per
qaarter ; barley. 93. to 344; oats, 110. to 961 ; masse
75. to his ; beans, 40s to 46.; dour. 32. 64 to 35. 66 per
sack.
YIOVIL FAIR. Friday.—There wee • large attendance of
farmers and design, and • good supply. The demand far
all kinds of cattle was brisk. and prices were high.
fetched more money than they did at !Mord Fair, it':
a fortnight ago. and one pea of lemba which was offered
at Stoford for 34s sack fetched 55. 61 under the hammer.
The best horn lambs realised 41s each; horn wethsra, top
price, 66.; Down lambs, 360 to 44. each;
.Down ewes.
sth each. Taken all round the sheep trade was von
good. There was • brisk demand for (rasing wilt's'. One
1 lot of barreners fetched 22 guineas each, bet the general
run wee from £l4 to LSI Balla were not numerous ; the
priose ranged from £lO to £9O each. Young stock
changed hands quickly, and high prices were obtained far
mall' good yiseritag heifers—in one instance se much es
£l4 each. Cows and calves were not plentifal • the few
on offer were sold at prices ranging from Lid to LW
Keep(' now plentiful, hence the enhanced prices obtained
fn. stuck. Sumo useful cool and cart colts were shows.
Prices for the former ranged from .116 to £3O ; goad cart
cults, £25 to £2O each. Irish horses were plentiful, but
did not casings bands readily. Pig trade rather dull. A
good *elite( fair all round.

CarTLI, Saturday. goderate supply of
stock, and trade generally quieter, and especially in fat
animals, which were some wad affected by the weather.
The average quotation was 155 per earn, but the demand
was lee.. Heifers and calves were also quieter at from
£ll to ,C9O, and bursters at from £l4 to £l9 10s. Yet
stump met • slower Sala at 91 for swat and 101 fir
-ethers. Lambe in limited supply. at 114 to le per lb.
Veal Mill commends a high price-9 I per lb.
Dommizarze Conn, sturday.—Owing to haymaking
and the coming fan, the attendee.s was small Fru&
thrashed sweet wheats were bought more willhotir 50
List nosk's Mt" Forel= wheat very slow, at, In seam
Matinees. 64 per g,r. less money. Grinding foreige bark,
34 to MI await. Mat and round maim 64 to 9d per AY.
lower. Ome very firm !lour, 33s to 34n and users Mr
position to buy.
TAUNTON 0011 a. Saturday—me very One weather kept
mane farmers at home taxlsy gathering their hay, sad
the Cam Exchange, was therefore very thinly Manacled.
The following were the currant rates :—Saillah Minn.
white, 44s to 47': ditto, red, 4115 to SI per qr. Barier.
Xrindirm. 3s Otto gs 6d per basing. Yale% 34 111 to 4s et
Oats 31 to 31 61. Beene. 5. 64 ta 54 91. roar, lb to Eh
per sack. _ _

LOUCISTIII Corte, Ekturday.—rt. supply of Elilimb
whest ww. yon last week's priors were bowel, ler
portel. Foreign wheat eery unlit and tlia two owner.
ariudinx b•rley 31 sod maps fully 64 per quarter lower.
otr.l made • dull sale.

WARN VIRTU COR:4. 8 ORM ay. —.There Wa A Tea'
iItRIA 14 supple of coo., op T. dry wtvat, With eh .rt
atwaireace, trade ruled dull for all articles, and pricel
wore the algae ea last week. Oorrsat quotatioos
Wheat. Us to ffis per qr.; bailor. Mt to 39r ; Imam. 60
to U.; oats, 1024.; paw 311 en 40e.
TAUNTON CATTLE, ristiaday.—Sateli atteniands, sad
leo sales effected at the following rates :—Fat witherl.
hi; to 65; per head ; fat ewes. We to 60, grating ditto.
43, to 50.: fat heifer; .06 to MS ; fat sta;re, AM to AS ;
homolort £l5 to AV: cows and cans. £l6 to AU.
BATH (Alm, Seturday.—There was a Vain attaidasoll,
consequent upon wonwebeisi in the hayfield. The sal*f
of wheat was mall, sod met with a slow gals at tea
week', prices

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