The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-03-02 00:00:00

DORCHESTER

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SATURDAY'S CATTLE MARKET.
At Mr. Bowel sale there was a very large attend.
once, and about 240 head of cow stock were on offer,
with about 400 sheep. Heifers and calves, £l5 to £26;
barreners, £27 to 02 per pair; stock bulls, £lO to £l5 ;
fat ditto, £2O to £25: beef, prime, about 14s 63 per
more; secondary, 13e 63 to 141; wether mutton, 243
ewe, 81. to 9d per lb. ; lambs, 36s to 40.; fat advs.,
£3 to Li With the exception of about ten lots, all
sold.

DO RC HESTER
SATURDAY'S CORN MARKET.
The attendance wan fair; but trade was quiet, at
shout lest week's prime, English wheat making up to
48s. per quarter from No low as 24.. a quarter f some
of the poor qualities which are now so common.
Foreign wheat sustained previous rated. Mating
barley scarce, good samples exceedingly so; but there
wee a Mall trade for secondary samples, which ranged
from 19e. to 30e., beet (militias 465. Oats dearer, and
good English wed worth 2s. • quarter mere, ranging
from 17e. 6.1. t, 244. liaise vary scarce and dear, and
• rim of le. was seeded ; flat, 304. ; round, Ns. Beans
and pun for seed were vary 'woe and hardly ta
be obtained. Cottonseed cakes advanced 2s. 6d. • ton,
other cake about the sante.

BRISTOL CORN, Timagnay.—English and foreign
wheat were from Is to 211 in advance of lag week's prices,
but the trade was quiet. Barley and oats also ed par
quarter in advance.
BRISTOL CATTLE, THI:RWAY.—In the cattle market
there was a moderate supply of beef and a fair inquiry at
74 to 711 for good qualities, and 115 e to 70e inferior.
Mutton in very short supply, but very few sales, at ikl per
lb for choice wethers, and 7d to 7iel for ewes. Moderate
show of store cattle and prices Ni'.
BLANDFORD, Sarearia". There was an average
attendance at our market to-day, but business was very
quiet Barley made from 21. to 311 e ; very little wheat and
a very small quantity, if any sold. Oats made from Bd. to
Is more !money; and pea', beans, and maize remain
unaltered.
LIVERPOOL CORN, FRIDAY.—With only a moderate
attendance at our market, • small business has been done
at Id to lid decline on wheat ,Californian, Id told. Flour,
prlces whist seller'. Indian corn, new mixed American
Is jiM; old, 5,114 per centaL Buns, Egyptian, 7s 64 to
is 104. Peas, C•seedlee6. 11d. Oats and oatmeal
quiet.
BATH CORN, fiatuarar.—The market was much more
animated than of late, and wheat, especially dry samples,
sold freely at an advance of Is to 2s per qr. Flour Is
dearer, with • good demand. Quotations: Wheat,
white, 40e to 58e per qr.: ditto, red. 36s to 52.; barley,
malting. Eq to 45e ; peu, 38s to 44s ; oats, 24 to 2811;
flour, superfine. 18. per each; di.to, plain tie. 43,; ditto,
woods, de
GLOUCE4TER CORN, SAITILDAY.—EngIish wheat
was in short supply, and sold at previous full prices.
Foreign quiet at last week's extreme rates, which were
rather below those obtainable a few days age. Maize 16.1
per qr. dearer. Grinding barley the turn higher. Oats
were held for fid advance.
TAUNTON CORN, SAITII.DAT.—There was not • large
atteedance, but the tone of the market was firm. Maize
was Is dearer upon the week, and all other articles were
esker.
WARMINSTER CORN, SATURDA v.—There was • short
supply of both wheat and barley. Best wheat made an
'dunes of 6. per qr. Best barley Is dearer; secondary
sorts dull of sale. Beans and peas unchanged. Wheat,
hest, 40s to 525 ; seconds, 24s to ; best barley, 30s to
45.; grinding, 18a tolls; beans, 40s to 465; oats, Itle to
lie per quarter.
CORK BUTTER, Far c en...T....Ordinary—Seconds, LE's ;
thirds, Ills; fourths, 1(1.; mild. le: thirds, ills;
fourths Ma Number of firkins in the market, 205.
CHEMICALS. Although during last week some
progress towards reactivity was rendered probable by the
Increased number of inquiries, these have again fallen off.
and business for some little time put has certainly
developed signs of weakness. Ni doubt much of this
may be debited to the overbuying during December and
January, which has for the present practically taken
consumers off the market to a large extent. This,
assisted by an increasing production on many sides, has
caused a tone of weakness in prices such as has been a
stranger to the trade this year.
MINERALs. —Business in most minerals has continued
to incmise in bulk during the week, though values have
not advanced in the same ratio as hitherto, the general
commercial position having become rather adverse to
continued inflation, nevertheless • most satisfactory
businem has been done, and at least on sustained
prices.
• METALS. —The general condition of the metal markets
has certainly been much easier since the publication of
our last. The operations of the " bears" in the .ilaggow
market have been rather successful than otherwise. This
success has shown itself more in the prevention of
advances rather than in any downward forcing of prices,
for what fluctuations have occurred have been very slight.
—From .1. Berger Spence Co 's and Weekly Report.