The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-11-23 00:00:00

SUERBORNE.

Starktts.

BRITISH CORN TRADE.

The position of trade is, in the main, unchanged
from last week. The extraordinarily wet and windy
I weather has suspended opinions as well as transactions.
What will be the result, is the general question, and
we believe the most general answer is, that the level
of value must be raised somewhat.
The imports of wheat and flour into the United
Kingdom last week were good, amounting in all to
I about 288,000 qr. Of maize the arrivals, 100,000 qr.,
I may be considered fair. The imports of barley are
now becoming larger than they have been hitherto since
harvest.
The deliveries of English wheat last week were
rather under the average, and about 900 qr. less than
for the corresponding week of 1874. The deliveries
of English barley were fair, but were exceeded by
11,rsh
angllir. by the
wthentel ailrlites, raotfhetBr7leas4.
than
ne
two-thirds
of
of an average, and 1,000 less thin in 1874.
The tone of trade at the inland markets during the
past week has been weak, and business has been con.
finssl within narrow limits. The attention of the
farmer and the miller has been directed to the fields
and the weather, rather than to buying and selling.
In many parts of England and in Scotland, Wales,
and Ireland, sowing for the autumn has not approached
completiom, and now agriculture is at a standstill.
Large tracts of country are under water, and still
larger extents of land, especially in the Midland
Counties, and on the rich foam, or peaty soils, are
converted for the time being into swampy surfaces.
Much will have to be postponed, and the prospects of
a good harvest next year are dimmed, so far as a bad
sowing season goes.
The first and most telling influence of the rains and
the weather has been the deterioration of grain samples.
Throughout the country poor condition has restricted
trade.

The great ports continue to exhibit weakness in tone
ot trade. Supplies and stocks overweight the market,
and the buyer has the best of the struggle throughout,
in that he can wait, and very often the seller cannot.
The imports last week embraced a large bulk of grain
Irons Russia, heavy supplies from America, and not
insignificant contributions frorn Australia, India, and
the Mediterranean.

Wheat must be quoted tn.., on the week to
sell • And flour is Is cheaper also. Maize has lost
about 6d on tne week in value' and is worth from 305
to 325 61 at most ports. Barley has been Gd to Is
lower; and oats have given way 3d to 6d. Beans and
peas have been stationary with trade slow.
In France the weather has been as unfavourable to
the farmer as in this country. The course taken by
trade, however, has been diflerenk The large ports
and Paris have been unchanged as a rule, but in the
provinces trade has gained in vigour, and value has
improved.
The American shipments to the United Kingdom
this year have been as follow :—Wheat, January,
February, and March, 500,000 qr. from the Atlantic
coast, and 630,000 qr. from the Pacific; April, May,
and June, 1,086 000 qr. Atlantic ports, and 242,500
qr. Pacific; July, August, and September, 1,575,000
from the Atlantic ports, and 385,000 qr. Pacific.
Week ending October 2. 83,800 qr. and 45,000 qr.
ending 9th, 88„ctoo qr. and 70,000 qr.; ending I6th,
92,500 qr. and 60,000 qr. ; ending 23rd, 125,500 qr.
and 40,000 qr.; ending 30th, t 06,000 and so,ooo qr.
The first fortnight of November has brought 225,000
3r. from - Atlantic ports, and ico,ooo qr. from the
'acific r
Barley. pOats.—

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