The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-04-27 00:00:00

SATURDAY'S CORN MARKET.

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The official returns last week were : %eel,
avers, 41s 6d per quarter, Barley 31s 6td. O Sates.
day Englieb wheat was very scarce, hoz* any beim(
on offer; but in foreign wheat • fair trade was doss,
at Id decline on the week. The market for malting
and seed barley being now peat, foreign grinding rod
• quiet trade at 6d reduction, making 27s to 284 hi
oats for feed • quiet trade was done at barely km
week's prices, being worth from 24s 6d to A, sad
prime White realised up to 28e.
.Beans were Kara
and dear, and commanded long pnoes, very prime old
qualities fetching as high as 57s to 60s per quarter;
peas scarce and selling up to 40s per quarter; maim,
A to 31s for fat, while round was very scarce. Seeds
were in demand, and there was a good retail trade.

BRISTOL CATTLE, TRURADAT.-The cattle markst
was moderately supplied with beef which sold slowly, °wag
to the large purchases of American cattle during the week
and beat qualities sold at 75s per cwt; middling, 4151 to
TO.. Sheep in short supply and quickly sold, clam
wethers, shorn, selling at 9d to 944 per lb., and ewesti
to Sid ; lamb, 12d to 144 per lb. Sight hundred store cattle,
and they were in improved demand at firmer rates'
SOUTHAMPTON CORN, Tamar. -Thin attendance
at to-day's market English wheat scarce, and good
samples *ought late prices. Foreign Is to Sts per quer*
cheaper, with little doing. All feeding stuffs dull, at
prWes of last week. Flour slow sale, at 14 per sack decks'.
New wheat ;r)-red, £9 10s to £l4; white ditto, XII
be ,X 14 104 ; barley, 913 s to )s; malting ditto,
to ; 00,1,,8e- 174 to ; beans, 45a to 474 ; peas, 40s to *;
maize. 304 to 344; dour, 394 to 40s per sack.
SOUTHAMPTON CAITLE, Faipsr. -There Ina a
small supply of stock at this day's market, and that al
the best quality sold well. The pcices were ai follows:-
Beast., 14.64 to 154 fld per score; wethers, 7s to Ts 44 pa
stone. The following were offered :-Beat., 27; calm,
IS; sheep, 1/90 ; pigs, 90' horses, 16.
LIVERPOOL CORN, Planar. - With • moderate
attendance our market closes with quite. small business
in wheat, at a decline of 14 to 114 Californian, ptti i•
ltls 3d. Flour in better request; steady prices beans,
Egyptian, 5. 44 to Si sd. Peas, Canadian, 7s '5l India
corn, new mixed American, 5. 344 to 54 44 oats sag
oatmeal quiet ; price, steady.
SHEPTON MALLET, FILIDLT.—WiIest. 30s to ;
barley, 30e to 45s . oats, 23s to fils ; beans, 44e to 541 ; &au,
leg to 41s ; bread, 644 per 41b. loaf. Beef, L3e to Hs SI ps
soor, mutton,
_ad to 104 pr lb.; veal. 9,1 ; lamb, lid ; lot
I Pi" ii. ad to 12. 34 per score; milk butter. 151 to 17s psi
do& ; whey ditto. 134 to lie; eggs 94 per doz. ; potatoes, Is
34 to Is Pd
_per peck.
BATH CORN. SATURDAT.—The supply of Eaglet
wheat was the smallest of the season, and awes we,'
effected at Is more money. In foreign there was a good
trade doing, the depression having been recovered, and on
the finer sorts Is mere was obtainable.
GLOUCESTER OORN, SATUILLIAT.—There wits small
supply of English wheat, and values were about the sane
as Iss4 week. Foreign we. quiet. as Is per qr. reduction
for white wheat, but without change in the value of red
The tone of the t ad, was steady, the severe depressios
*HAW the weak having peened away. Maize Is per quarter
cheaper. Grinding barley and oats slow, at about promos
rates.

TAUNTON CORN, SATIIRDAT.—Tber• was s very
gliset market, sat business was sleek. Slow trade in both
sh and foreign wheat, at a decline of lb on tbe week
Sadly unaltered. /Lase said at Is ild below late raidm
Flour. 39s to 40s pee sack.
WARMINSTER CORN, SATURDAY. —Then was • very
short supply of wheat and all kinds of vain. Trade wee
poesally dull, at the prices of last we,k. Wheat. beet
40s totL ; seconds, 30s to 40s; best barley. 301 to U;
grinding, De to Ids ; beans, 40s to 59'; oats, Stle to Ylk yet
quarter.
CORK BUTTER, SATURDAY. —Ordinary-41:sta. li;
emmeds, irs; thirds, 116.; fourths, 1/10e ; fifths, 80.; he
mild. ; mild, 116.; thirds, Ms. Number of firkins
the market, SS/