The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-01-06 00:00:00

DORCHESTER
SATURDAY'S CORN MARKET.

Good attendance at the Exchange, and a fair supply
of English wheat, for which trade warn tolerably good
at late rates, the best quality selling at 444 to 50.;
secondary, 32. to 40.; best foreign fetched 511 to 61.;
but secondary was difficult to sell. Barley: Fine
samples were scarce and fully as dear, the prices rang-
ing from 284 to 40s, while inferior hung on hatA,
quotations from 261 61 to 27. C. I F r Oats trade was
good, at 6d advahoe, good qualities makiug 204 to 23.,
others 16s to 20e. Beans in good coudition fetched
44. to 48s. Pea", 6.1 dearer. Flour ma le 434 to 44..
Maize, 314 to 324 for flit, and round was very scarce
at 36. to 37a. Good Linseed cake. aold at ElO 154 to
1:11, and Cotton cake £7 10.4 to £7 it.. per ton.—Last
week the returns were 69 qrs. wheat, at an avetate of
I:2 le 61.1 per qr ; 363 qrs barley, aveta3iug £1 lis 511
per qr.

DORCHEsTER,
EATURDArzi CATTLE MARKET.

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At Mr. Rnstr's sale were about 500 sheep and 150
beats on offer. A fairly active teal. prevailed, fat
beef making 131 to lis per score; bartsnem 1:12 to
£lB each; cows and calve', £l4 10s to £I2 ; stock
ES to £9 10s. Sheep in limited request, Lit ewes
at 7d to Bd, and withers 3d per lb. Scarcely anything
gemained over unsold.

BOUTHAMFTON CORN, nasal% -Our market to-day
was fairly attended. llnalist, wheat wu in beast-
demand, end fair samples sold at 1. to Si pr qr. advance.
Foreign, firm bra le, without change in price. B,rley,
waise, and uats qui,t trade, at late rates. Fl,ur better
trade, without change. New wheat (Engli.b)-red, 4.8 10,
to £l4; white ditto. £lO to Cl 4 10.; grinding hazier. 26.
to Ws : malting ditto, 35. to 464: 01". 174 to 21.; beans.
45s to 47. ; pea.. 44.1 i 1.42.; 111111ile, 10 XIS ; flour, 411 to
43. per sack.
LIVERPOOL CORN, FRIDAT.••••WIik • thin attendance
our maket has been q,uct.. A smelt buaineas has been
don" in wheat at the rates of Tuesday last. CalVornian„
10s 101 to 11, 71. Flour in unlimited requeat, without
change in qnotadonr. Indian corn eacer. New wisest
American, 5,7 i 1 to 5, 81, and old 14 more. B ans,
&gentian. 7.91 to 8.1.. Peas unchanged.
BRISTOL. Teunsnae.-Both Euglish and foreign wheat
were rather quiet, and though there has been an advance
since the last market, price' have gone back to the quota-
tions of • fortnight ago. Oata and barley firm, at full
prices-In the cattle market there wee a moderate supply
of beef, and trade was very quiet, but prices ruled higher
than was anticipated, best description. realising in some
Gan 754 and good useful beef about 70s. but the better
qualities are still scarce. Far show of mutton and slow
sale, at *I per lb. for beet *rather*, and lid to 8d for
ewes. Moderats supply of store cattle (rem Ireland; a
clear ibere was made at low rater.
BHEFTON MALLET. FIUDAY. -Wheat, 44 to 501:
barley. 38, to 4.5.; oat., Zs tel 284; beans. 48s to 541; nue.
36s to 44.; Our, 42, to 44, ; 611 psr 41b. loaf. Beef,
10.10 13. per @cote; mutton, 751 to 91 per lb.; fat pies.
9 1 to 10s tid per score ; milk butter, 19s to 204 per don ;
seek 161 per dos potatoes, 1. 31 to 1. 81 per peck.
WAR MINSTER, SA rURZIAT.--W best. 44a toe's; barley.
30s to 10.: oats, 24, to 274; peas, 181 to 24s ' • beans, al to
26,; rye, 18. to 21s; vetches, 9, to 10s. Beet samples of
wheat and barley advanced from Is to Its per qr., while
other grain remained unchanged.
YEOVIL CORN, TIUDAY.-There wag • good attend-
ance of dealers at the Cure Exchange. Wheat was held
fir an advance of ls, which checked sales, and the market
closed firm, at last weer, prices. Flour unaltered. Barley
sold slowly, at a slight advance tor best samples. Wheat.
404 to 46a per qr. ; barley, 345 to 48s ; oats, 21, 10 275; Pees.
201 to 241.• beans. 20. to 261.
CHIPPENHAM CORN, FLIDAT.-There was •. small
supply of wheat n offer, sod the trade ruled quiet, at
furutsr quotations. Thu demand for b.rley was very dull,
exceed's/ for the beat qualities, l'ric-e were as I eAuw :-
Wheat, 18. to 9.35: barley, 1:5. to 42,; °Ws. 23.1 to 33,;
beans, old, 25• w 274 ; ducks, 4. 6 1 to 5. 6.1 per couple;
fowls. 4.61 to 5,111 per couple; milk butter, Is 7d per lb. ;
axes, 8 for 14.
BATH CORN, Barmiest% -The home-grown wheat on
offer being for the most part out of condition, restricted
trade, only the better torte, as well as foreign, finding
purchasers at the fell rates of the previous market.
Wheat white, 10s to 484: ditto, red, 36. to ; barley,
121 to Lb.; peas, 36s to 44,; oats, 214 to Be; dour, super-
fine. 40.; plain tie, 44, ; seconds, 431.,
TAUNTON CORN, fitaruanar.-There waa a good
attendance at the Corn Exchange, and business was
active at improved nets. The samples of English wheat
on offer were of inferior quality. Mali.. St per qr.
cheaper. Whine English, red, Si 61 to 5. 9.1; ditto,
white, 5.91 t 6.61; foreign, 52. to OD,: barley, grinding,
25, t.. Vs 61; maim& ts to 5, 31; oats, 2.9.1 to 3s ;
beans, 5. to 5. 31; pets, 4. 6110 S. 31; flour els 61 to 43..
CORK BUTTER.- Ordinary-Firate, 1101; Seconds,
138 s ; Thirds, 140.; Fourth', 92.; Fifths, 755. Fine mild,
147.; mild, 134.. Salt Kegs-Fourths, 114 under firkins;
Fifths, same as firkin'. Number of firkins in the market,
316.

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