The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-08-03 00:00:00

LATFSr NEWS.

THE FOREIGN WHEAT AND FLOUR TRADES.
The Antwerp market Ilea again ruled quiet. For all gnarl
at Amsterdam there has been no great amount of business
In disposable wheat. The weather has become finer in
the neighbourhood .4 Paris, end the flour trade bee ruled
quiet in conaequence. The ilernand for wheat has also
become less active at Paris: some Naples of rww wheat
hate leen ntlered from the West of France. Disposable
wheat bee been quiet at lianiburg, but transactions for
future delivery have ruled firm. At Konigaberg wheat
has been tending downwenla At Dental' there has been
eeniperatively little demand for wheat and previous quota-
lions have been sustained with some difficulty.

CORN AND t'ATTLE TRADE.
The whrttbsaetrur.ofbutl.i.eni:r‘ktewje.k.erehax.integnlirliwedh.tovartbkleen,
while Warminster west..
At Mr Symonds's fortnightly eat Taunton
wlttsrc6cheeshteear per
market was swell atipplied Fat beef. 144. to Ills. per acme;
-
Orel, :ffss. r head: lambs, r.s. to Pis. In cense-
i
of the improvement in keep prospects a check has
Leuene's
nput upon the late Increasing price. of ,dorit- Sheet,
beee been largely in demand, but trade in beef has dragged.
The brilliant weather of the past week has tended
materially to check the upward tendency of corn. At
Reading a geed show of wheat: • firm feeling prevailed
In the trade, and prices shout the mine as but week. At
Norwich wheat ruled is. to ss. per quarter cheaper. At
Bath supply of wheat short, and pnees the same ma last
week. At Gloucester English wheat Za. to 3s. lower. At
Warminster rather a larger supply of wheat; prices
advariced about 2.5. per quarter, but trade was of a most
restricted character. At Taunton English white wheat
was at least its per quarter cheaper than last week, and
foreign sorts as much as sa. Barley declined from ft], to
pd. per quarter on the week. Flour was offered at 375. per
sack, but only necessary purchases were made at that
figure. At Taiinton grazing ewes made 40a. to 55e. per
head. °atop!, Down rams from 61 to 11 guineas. Coaxing
steers realised ES) 10a. to CA and yearlings .C 5 to .El 5 10a.
COWS and calveg ft I to Ziff. and_ralees alone Al se. to /5.

SHHILBOIMI FAIR, Monday.—Thers WY • fair attend.
ance, and the supply included 101 beasts and about 2,0u0
sheep. Fat beasts 14a. to 15s. M. • score, fat sheep, for
which there wags fast trade, Me to 75a, stormilo4. to Ma,
lambs 255. to :18s. each. A few pigs were offered but there
was no sale for them. In the horse fair sales were dull.
BAusavar, Tuesday—Wheat was in large supply, with
a quiet trade at 2s. per quarter decline. Oats, beans, and
peas were firm.
On Tuesday, at the leading markets, wheat declined Is.
to 2s.

The Daily News says unless some new event. occur to
change the prospect, the present level of price for wheat
Is not likely to be exceeded.
Comparative statement of averages for the week ending
July 24, 1A75, and the corre.ponding week last year, pub-
lished in Tuesday'. London Gaze
1575. 1874.
419491110 e, A 444,4 c quantities. Average.
r.u.lt. .1. Qrs. Bush. 4. d.
191,9,419 .. 47 r, .. B.'ll 0 AO
. . 41 4 .. . 579.401
8.6.5 .. 29 0 .. 791 1 .. 8

Wheat ..
Harley