The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-05-12 00:00:00

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THE BRITISH CORN TRADE.

The marketi arc now recovering strength of tone
and activity of demand, accompanied occasionally by
a slight advance on previous currencies. Thc change
in the trade may probably be attributed to the change
in the weather.

The number of cargoes arrived at ports of call, and
now for sale, are, as often happens early in May,
extremely limited; tut) ol wheat, two of maize, and
three of barley. Last year there were four of wheat,
eight of maize, and three of barley. Navigation in
the Baltic is now generally open. The Floating
Cargo trade has strength of tune, espeuially for
wheat, which is held for more money, consequent on
the demand for the Continent. American spring
wheat is at 595 to 6os. Mixed maize, 395- to **-
Turkish barley, Us, the tuo latter being about ios
per quarter above their mtlinary range in most
sexsons.

In Germany, as in Great Britain and France, the
weather has been unfavourably cold; but the season
IS not considered late enough fur much harm to result
to corn.

th "efuliceeikv,hcaabut *unit
al flour r
iomPcairt
neither adding to or diminishing stocks 1 hese have
been through April materially reduced, and in London
nils toircss, ti2m2 19;a9212 rec quarters
or fts,
especially. In Mark Lane some of the oldest and
largest merchants have no samples on their stands to
I offer, that is of sonic of the staples they usually sell.
Oats are very scarce indeed, although London received
over 70,000 qrs. last week. This corn is being
bought for France, which takes wheat, maize, and
oats, and sends us in return scarcely any flour or
barley Should such export demand be continued up
to harvest there will be little prospect of prices re-
ceding from their present high level Hut as Mid-
summer in Algeria and Southern Europe, including
France, secs fresh supplies in the harvest fields, it is
probable foreign buyers may suddenly withdraw from
our English markets any week during the present
month.

Wednesday's market in London remained firm
throughout, prices were called " stiff," nevertheless
demand was rather poor, whereas on Monday the
presence of several country buyers gave the exchange
briskness. The opinion is not uncommon that a
further is rise in wheat is probable during May, but
such an advance is doubtful, and some of the country
markets on Wednesday were irregular, demand and
value undecided. Stockton lower, Newcastle higher.
In Mark Lane fine Australian wheat up to 68s per
quarter from 665, and flour made 455 to 475 per sack.
Bans and Peas, owing to the dry weather-reducing
prospects, were rather higher.
In France the smaller provincial markets have been
dull, but Paris and the large ports have shown firmness
of tone with full rates.

The German markets have been dull, with wheat
and rye a little cheaper to buy.
A telegram just arrived from San Francisco
reports an abundance of rain throughout California
and Oregon.
On Thursday, at Bristol, but a small supply of
English wheat, which realised fully last week's prices;
for foreign the demand was moderate, at an advance
of 6d to is per quarter. Barley and Indian coni finn,
and values unaltered. Oats rather dearer.—At
Devises a good trade at late rates. At Birmingham a
healthy demand, and fair samples were rather dearer.
—At Manchester fully late prices were maintained.
—At Newbury best wheat realised Is inure money,
white, 58s tu 725, and red, 56s to 705 per quarter.
On Friday, at Mark-Lane, English wheat was
firm at full quotations. Other articles sold at late
rates. At Liverpool, under the influence of finer
weather, prices receded ad. per cental all round. At
Wakefield, on the other hand, with cold weather and
short supplies, wheat was rather dearer.

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