The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-01-25 00:00:00

Sgriculturt.

GUANO IN Stmt.—The annual circulars in the
manure trade intimates an enormous accumulation of
guano in the hands of importers. It is mill that owing
to the high
Priam Ilsed P Government
they have upward. of 600,0(1) tons in the hands of their
agents uneold—and 400,0110 lying Mimi in Liverpool And
London alone. The imports during the laid four years
Use eruvian
iiito the United Kingdom have been 304,061 tons,
191,501 tons, 2148,362 tone, awl 312,11004 ms respectively—
end A larger quantity than the whole of lost year's im-
portation in lying in the hands of the iimairtera. A
reduced price must no doubt be submitted to in °o'er to
clear away this stock in the face of the competition with
artificial manure makers.

berm'TM INTO H —The imports of forcip grain
into Hull, and the ditty paid thereon, wax last week u
follows :—whost 1,002 gni.. kW 2.. ; barley, 3,58:1,0L,
£179 ; been., 1,634 on.. 14..; wheat flour,
11,166 owl., 110 b 7s. The imports of rattle ,hiring the
sense period were sa follows :—Per Norfolk. from
Rotterdam, 46 oxen, 10 calve.; Great von Iteehteren,
from Kampen. 7 cows, 141 pip ; Hawk, from Rotterdam,
34 cum, 1 calf. Total 80 Quo, 7 cows, 11 calves, 141
pip.

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THZ ZAMBRZI DIRTILICT Al A CORIS-PRODITIS4
CHUNTRY. —At the last meeting of the Royal Geographi•
cal Society, Mr. Macgregor I,Md referred to the luxu•
riance of the vegetatioe in the Zambesi tionatry, and
to the adaptability of the soil for growing wheat, observ-
ing that the country might be made the granary of
South Africa, Mr. Crawford disanted from these
views, and disbelieved the possibility of growing wheat
under the tropics, excepting at a great elevation, spoke
of the hopelesanees of producing cotton, and as to the
timber. questioned whether any trees, available for
allitibuilding, grew near the banks of the Zambesi.—
Mr. Maequeen maintained that good wheat can be grown
even at the equator, and adduced several instances in
support of this ; adding, that as to cotton, there was
ample proof of its having been grown abundantly in all
parts of Africa for the last 3,000 years.—Colonel Skye.
confirmed Mr. Ma/queen's statement, citing as an
instance an eztensive tract qt country in the neighbour-
hood of Ouseent, where wheat of so excellent and
glutinotni a quality Is cultivated, that the Manchester
mannfaetnrers prefer it to all other descriptions for
finishing their tattoo goods. He expressed a hope that
Dr. Livingistone's expedition would prove successful,
and was of opinior that the aocounta given of the fertility
of the soil, and capabilities of the country, were quite
correct.

GRAIN PRICIER rout TIIR LINT Firrirx YRARR.—
It may be inkreating to note the average priori of
wheat, herby, end pato for 1J year* in England ; and
the following table, bawd on Aria/ return., will illus-
trate the great fluctuations to which agricultural produce
haa been aubjoeted in thia period. The calculation
refer. to the 12 ~,,,, itlia between the let of December
and the liUth of November In each cam :

AWCRAiIt l'lllel or
Whist. Harley. Osta.
N. d. N. d. N. d.
. 61 8
4010
. 54 II
.. 70 5
.502
. 43 6
. 40 3
. 3.8 8
. 40 3 ..... 2A 3
.. 5011 ...... 32 11
.725
.. 73 11
.. 70 10
. 57 4 ..... 42 A
. 44 10 .. . :1.5 0

The relatively high priory 401 maintained by wheat and
barley will not male attention.

FLI/ATIKO CARGOILI4. —The E.rprew (London paper)
of the 21st inst., say.: —The arrival. of graindaden
vessels bee boon thin week unusually abundant. Since
this day week the numbers reported at Falmouth and
Queenstown sum up a total .4 Ir.:1 vu* ;-47
wheat, 24 nosier, 44 barley, (MN, 4 beans, 3 rye, it
dari, 27 linseed, 2 rapeseed, I millet seed. These heavy
arrivals brought several buyer, iiito the market, mul
altogether • fair amount of businesa luau lawn done 1111100
last Monday. Wheat declined in price about Is. per
quarter (non last week's rate.. For maize imps.rters
asked last week'. full prices, with a alight tendency
upwards, but up to this day only 01119 cargo was reported
as sold. melange number of barley cargoes caused the
price to recede about Is. per quarter from the rates of
this day week. Oat., of which the arrivals were con-
fined to a few cargoes, remained firmly maintained in
price. Beans also could not be bought cheaper. For deli,
Importers asked fully last week', prices. In millet-
:seed nothing has been dune for Nome time paid in the
way of sales, and the price of this article is nominally
unaltered. Soule of the cargoes arrived this week hays
been an unusually short time nu paesage. (hie veseel
Iron; t'onetantinople completed her voyage in about 22
day.; another from (Meese in about :t7i days. The bulk
of the cargoes arrived in good condition. Since last
Wednesday about 16 cargoes changed hands. Wheat :
Taganrog, Ghirka, 41s. per 49211. a. ; Saiuli, 275. 6.1. per
quarter. II cargoes barley sold—Egyptian. Ns. 61. per
imperial quarter; Ibrail. front 21s. to 21s. 44d. per
400Ibe. ; Berdiansk, about 225. per 400Ibe. A cargo
Tag. oats fetched about 19.1. per quarter, all C.F.I.