The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-12-22 00:00:00

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LATEST NEWS.

REVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE.
Notwithstanding the cold weather the wheat trade has
increswed lis activity.
had t steady tone has certainly
'notlwayined. and prices have adispupition to.. harden, hut
W...... _ _
without leading to any quotable advance. e must now
expect that our re eints from the ruminant will be cur- OUR CHRISTMAS GREETING.
~ hat &Anhui this contemplated contraction must he
the fact that at the present moment nearly ten The year is hastening to its close, and before
saillions of bushels are given as the visible aupply at New
Tork and the Lake ports ; whilst ishivroents continue to another number of the Expresi is issued, the
be made on • liberal scale from Kan Francisco. At the season above all others when our insular reserve
....„ , time the qmintl tv ~f wheat on pewee° to us from is abandoned and hearty greetings with expres-
an eusrtere is nearly one million sts hundred thousand .
quattan ; there is, therefore, every probability of our aloes of good-will are everywhere current, will
being abundantly supplied for some time to come. , have passed away ; we, therefore, take this early
and has realised .........resonito of cordially offering to all our
Malting barley has been in demand,
tau prima Ilrinding has Well quiet; malting has sold . "ri""----,
at full trial& Owing to the 1ar,...e supply of foreign, Oats
readers and friends the time-honoured compli-
have been quieter, and hare rnici threepence per quarter 'Rena May your Christmas be joyous and
lower on the week. Beans have been firm
' but Pea. i -°- mirthful: may Peace reign in your hearts and
active, flour has been steady.
in your homes: may your seasonable festivity be
undisturbed by importunate Memory, and
unmarred by caking Care : may old enmities
and vain regrets be alike banished from your
minds: may the remembrance of our universal
brotherhood prompt you at this time to special
acts of kindness towards your poorer and leas
happily circumstanced neighbours : may family
and fnends gather lovingly around your festive
board: may good-will abound in your hearts,
and genial mirth irradiate your Christmas circle'
and, to embrace all—Readers and friends of
every ago and station, may you experience in all
its significance and fulness
A MERRY CHRISTMAS.

MARK-LANE, THIS DAY.

whant closed quietly. but steadily at late rates. Malt-
ing barley Item; grinding quiet. Oats threepence lower
an the week. Maize and beans steady. l'eu inactive.
Flow quiet and unaltered.

METROPOLITAN. CATTLE, THIS tlf.

Ileasts, 1,250. The trade is slow for all deseripthms.
Inferior. 4a 4d. to ss. M.; prime, 6s, to es. ad. Sheep
11,1.50. the demand fairly active; Inferior 41. M. to fiL ;
e, ss. Id. to is. In ealvee nothing doing, and prices
We slightly easier. riga unaltered.

MONEY MARKET, Tins DAY.
Discount demand quiet. Three monthi bith charged
Q. Consols unaltered.

DLANDEORD CORN EXCHANGE. PECENIZI
We have a fun market to-day. Wheat trade slow, but
=ow prices are maintained. Barley of all descriptions
, best oualitio. 50s. per or.. secondary ruling at from
Alk to 15s. Little doing in other grain.

THE CORN AND CATTLE TRADE
Trade remains firm at lent week's rates. On Saturday
at Dorchester Corn Exchange there was • good simply cd
wheat, which sold at last week's prices, the official average
of which was 41e. fld. per imperial quarter. Barley In
lelui demand, the best samples realising fully late rates,
the official average of !AA week being 414. Did., :WI
quarters making twill 7a—A t ths f,rtuightlY win; of stock
thaw was a moderately good eupply. Ent I kristmaa beef,
for which there is a good demand, W I wsimanding from
lbs. to itle, per score, while fat mutton sells at from aid.
to 90. per lb. At Readine market was bet thinly
nttendhl, awl heathen; was rather slow. Trade fine. At
Otherester the sales wads were at knit week's price& At
Warminater trade was quiet in wheat and barley, hut last
week's rates were maintained. Oata, beaus, maize, and
ether grain as before. At Manton thin attendance, but
prig:estrum for all descriptions. The transactions in wool
were few, at late demi:seed rates. The Cl•ristinas meat
market was one of the hest seen for maw years, but a
clearance was not effected. Beef fetched W. per Dv:
mutton, Ktl. to 94. pork, 711. to hid.: turkeys Iron. 12a. to
ads; geese, 9s. to lii.: ducks, 16. to 7s. poultry. 9. to 7s.