The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-01-27 00:00:00

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SOUTHAMPTON CORN, FRIDAY.-There was a thin
attendance at to-day's market, and the trade wu very
quiet for both English and foreign wheat at shout prim
of last week. No change in the price of feeding stag,
which were dull. Flour steady, at last week's price.:—
New wheat (English) -red, £9 104 to gig; white ditto,
£lO to £1410.; grinding barley, 951 to 33A ; malting ditto,
1, to 40.; oats, 17s to 154 ; beans, 451 to 4s; Peal, 40e to
do; Males. WA to Eils ; Sour, 400 to M. per sack.
SOUTHAMPTON CATTLE, FRIDAT.—There was a
small supply of stock at our market to-day. Trade for
smut= of the beet quality was go..d. and fetched 6. to
51 4d per stone. Beef sold at 134 to 1114 per Komi. The
folbwinr were offered:—Beast., IR; sheep, 337 ;calves,
41 ; pis., 100 ; horse*.
BRISTOL CORN, THURSDAT.—Tbe market was • trifle
more active, but English wheat showed no alteration.
Foreign in better demand at full prices. Barley a little
more in demand at p, iors in seller's favour. 0 • • firm.
BRISTOL CATIT,E, THURSDAY. —Ti is 10,111116 wee
moderately supplied with beef, "illy the bettor ,4e„,„, probe
of which were in demand. at 75.; middling sold quietly
at 60s to let Large supply of sheep, many of them of
indifferent quality, and trade was quiet at BP to 9d for
choice wethers, and flid to 71 for ewes Fair supply of
store cattle, but trade eery quiet, without alteration in
value. _ _ .

.-VICOVIL CORN, FRIDAY.—Wbest, 34s to flOs bar*,
251 to 42.; oats, 1100 to 28. : bean. 36. to 464: ems. 40. to
44.; flour, 46. to 431 per 2901 b —There we. a fair attend.
once in the corn market. and prices for wheat all round
were la lower on the week, but with • good retail demand.
Boeing' wheat in bad condition and quite neglected. Good
malting barley in requeot —flair* was • moderate pitch of
cheese, principally household, which fetched from 16. to
30, per cwt Trod • we. slow.
SHIPTON MALLET. lIIIDAT.—WIttat, 3191 to 541;
barley,l6. to s., g ; oats. 2s. to ; beans, 441 to 521; pen.
364 to 445; flour, 400 to do; brawl. 611 per 4th loaf. Beef,
He to 14. par soon.: mutton, 711 to 9,1 per ; real. 94:
fat pigs, 10.3! to 11e per score; milk butter, 21. to IL per
doses; eggs, 131 per dozen. potatoes, 1. 34 to liBl per
peck.
LIVERPOOL CORN, FILIDAT.—The wheat trade was
extremely quiet, and the business was too trifling to test
prices properly, but quotations were nominally Id to 21
per corneal lower. Flour, 64 per sack cheaper : beans, Id
to 21 per motel lower; peas, unchanged; maize, quiet at
previou. rata.
BATH CORN. SLTURDAY.—There was a fair supply of
Etignsh grain at our market to-day, but, owing to the
Inf, nor quality and condition, trade was dull at late rate..
Flour unaltered
GLOUCESTER CORN, ElaTWIDAT.—Tbere was • good
supply of Engliah wheat, and pric were lid to!. per qr.
lower. Foreign sold slowly at • similar decline. No change
In the valuer of spring corn.
TAUNTON CORN, SATVIDAT.—Tbere warn a very larp
attendanoe, ant Dualisms we. active. Titers was a decline
of 61 to Is per qr. In wheat, barley. oala, maim peak and
beano Going to this great change in value, stock we. not
eery freely p.r.ed with.
WARIII NISTER CORN. ElAruanAT. Trade was
exceedingly dell at this market to-day, but lust week's
prices were unchanged for all kinds of grain. Wheat, 303:
to 60s; barley, 341 to 46. ; oata, Ns to 27.; peas, 17s to
beans, 20s t .26s : rye, 18. 0. 11.; vetches, 0. to le..
TAUNTON CATTLE, Sammteur —There we. a toler.
able supply of horned Mock, and imainees was brisk at the
following figures :—Fat steers, .1128 to 1:33; fat heifer.,
£lB to ,E 27 10s: barrooms. £ll to £l5; cows and calm.,
£l2t • £l7. Sheep were in small supply, and were alinat

-.6SIFICiUITER, Ssrtransr.—Ordinarv.—Firsta, 1
wonda, 1375; thirds, Me; fourths. POs.; fitths. 611
137.. Thirds. 1101; fourths, 81s. Number of iirkinsiia.
the market, 280. is
CH& UICALS.—The broad improvement which lab'
enjoyed by trade generally, is still being largely particles's('
In by chemical& The inquiry increases. and ha*, dance
the week, led manufacturers to further advance tilde
quotations for many articles, particulsrly for Owe
supplies of which are not t,OO plentiful. These enhanced
price. have not by any means checked demand.
MIN ERALS.—There is a steady progress so be noted.
although in tee case of. few articles this Is slow enough
The great majority, however, continue to 11:lemma is
densani and value, and the drawbacks of beery stocks
have alni et entirely disappeared.
IiILETAU3.—Oor experience of the week confirms csr
Impression that pig iron haa still a period of higher Pm*
before it, and this Is further confirmed by the reports*
hand.—Frorn J. Bervbr Spence and Co.'s Weekly Sete.

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