The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-04-14 00:00:00

faarkets.

TIIE CORN TRADE.

The wheats in Dorset are looking unusually well ;
even thin-seeded seems all too thick and green, and u e
fear the thick-seeiled will suffer from weakniss. The
early-sown barley and oats look well, but as yet there
is much land to be sown with these crops. Herbage
is yet very scanty. In the chief corn markets of the
kingdom both value and demand exhibit an improve-
ment, and in Dorset prices haveadvanced. In France
a stronger tone is reported, hut the Dantzic navigation
was re-opened on Lady-day, therefore shipments
contracted for during winter will soon be disliatehed.
On Thursday, at Bristol, English wheat sold freely
a fully is. per. qr. more money. A moderate demand for
foreign, at a similar improvement. Making barley
scarce, at higher prices ; grinding barley, oats, and
Indian corn, 6d. dearer. Oats, at full prices of lait
week. Beans firm. At Birmingham and Manchester
there was an advance of is. in wheat, and other
articles tended upwards.
Friday's markets maintained the firmness apparent
all the week. At Mark-Lane, however, business was
somewhat restricted. English wheat fully realised
late rates, foreign was unaltered. Flour steady.
Oats is. dearer. At Liverpool wheat was id. per
cental dearer and very firm, but the trade was
inanimate. Flour fully supported late rates.
Saturday's markets showed no signs of weakness,
full prices being generally maintainad. At Dor-
i chester the supply of wheat was inadequate to the
demand, and sold freely at an advance of Is., quota-
tions being 566- to 635. Barley was in small supply,
, and again Is. to ss. dearer. Oats and Beans also
showed an improvement of is, the former making
275. to 305., and the latter stis. to 51s. Last week's
averages—Wheat, 77 quarters, 565. Id. ; barley, 20
quarters, PS. id. At Bath • brisk trade at fully as.
! advance. At Reading last week's prices were well
supported, and in some eases is. more was paid, but
the demand was not brisk. At Warminster rates also
improved is. per quarter. At Taunton holders
insisted on an advance, and made business very dull.

CATTLE.
METROPOLITAN, Tit u ItSDAV. —Demand good
for both beasts and sheep. Choice lambs scarce.
(Pur stone of Sib).

I d. s. d.
Best Scots, Herefords, ae. 610 6 2
_ to __ _

Best Shorthorn.

•• •• .. .. b 610510

t4-cond quality Braila .. 4 Bto 5 4
Ikat downs and 0 ote 0 0
Intl° Shorn • 6 4101 8
Best Long-woola 0 0W 0 0

!NU. Saiirn • 6 oto 5 4
Ewan and tiecond quality 0 oto 0 0
Ditto Mont • 4 4to 4
CLlvaa ..0 4to 6 10

13RISTOL.—Good supply of English beef, with
steady trade, at Bos. to 82s. for best, and 70s. to 755.
for middling. Sheep in shorter supply, and chiefly
out of the wool; best wethers &1., middling 755 d.
lamb, is. per lb. . and in request. Good supplies of
pigs, but bacon short, at Its. gd. Choice porkers is.
DORCHESTER, SATURDAV.—At Mr. Symonds's
fortnightly sale there was a tolerably good supply of
fat stock, and everything was dear. Fat beef realised
t6s. a score. Barreners, £l3 to £lB. Cows and
calbes, £l4 to £2B lOC Bulls Z 1 t its. to ZIS
Ewes, ;is. to 68s. ; wethers, 535. to 735. 6d.; lambs,
41s. to 51s.

METROPOLITAN MEAT.

Beef is dearer; mutton slow; small pork brisk.

(Per alone of 82 by tlie teraiers)
e. d. id. id ad.
Beef .. 40io 6 0 I Foreign pigs .. II 10 to 4 4
Mutton .. .. 44t0 4 0 English to .. 4 6 ti. 4 0
Rat Fresh Rutter .. .. .. 18t per dozen lb
Bsoon.l do. do. ~, .. .. las. ...
Jes. Beale & Co. 143, Na. Meet Market, likintharld.

11AV AN!) STRAW.
(Per Load of 36 Truman.) ,
Fine Meadow Hay • 775. to Ma
Inferior do •• Son to 70e.
Prime New Hay.. • • • • •
Straw .• .• 30s. to 40e.
Prime old Clover 0:4 10101 e.
Interior do. do. .• •• C.OO. 700.
Prime 2,1 cut do.. • • —to
Nov, Clover •• .•
Inferior do. •• to

ENGLISH WOOL.
The market has been !err dull and inanimate, and
quotations arc quite nominal.
d. d.
Bul on 606111,41 to I 6
ettes wedsers I _ 41
Leicester & •• •• •171 - I b
W•tber snatching, •• I 7 I 71