The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-10-22

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small Ii' parcels q he sus quality weigh
as s and sy
sought after, but stock Is exhsusted-1ule
10 os Barley les 81 to las Linseed sOs Sd sas Cd
srErriN-Wheat continues in good demand and fome-
sna i is a 49, su per
spring delivery a5s Sd Odeabouch Barley paid with so
Y for England Haps csa s Sos coz e. I1s
per b. All provisions threatsn 70 be very dear
through the winter in most districts Potatoes Will not
paszIc~We have a considerable demand for wheat,
especially from Belsium and France and considerable
being very small. and as we shall not receive over
10000 qrs from the interior this season We she'll proea
to 53s good 5os fine mixed ass to 4ps d. Peas
u, to ass Barley a6. Oats aos The Potato crop
in dePorsbs state and we cannot expect to receive
one.fourth Of what we did last year.
The Crops In Great Britain.
The editor Of IL. Circular to gs:k:r: than whom
ed the result Of his recent Investigations into the state
of the crops The editor obs.rves:-
and much large. proportion Of the crop Of P0tsHs: N
trust be preserved than any man dared to hope for
Jew weeks ago This 10 so far sxrsmely satisfactory
and has afforded great relief No doubt this disease
will prove and trying calamity under the most
favorable circumstances but We may nationally in
dulge hope that win not prove utterly destructive
msn food the crop Of potatoes Thsre s no important
substance mater ia proportion Of thing raised an
which is liable to waste and destruction as the poato
aud have doubt in ordinary half OF the
usual crop s in Great Britain either used for cattle or
wasted that than half is converted d.
recty into food for man. This suggess very interest
ordinary crop be applied directly human food, much
smaller than usual supply would prove adequate to
dance Of other food Ct for cattle to be substituted for the
potatoes and preserved roots usually given to them
larger proportion Of the potato crop being under the
EFFICIENCY applicable to the Of human food because
cause smaller demand for potatoes 70 feed them
With regard to other crops required tor feeding Of cat
large produce of turnps this they can
be preserved az to be available Then there the
known in Hence for
animals potatoes will not be used 10 any considerable sx'
h regard 10 the stock of old wheat he asserts his
conviction founded on Ssrsfui observation that with
single exception Of ss the SIa OF Sd Sssst IT,
tumn Of 1887 though T. very much less than was at
the present date Of 1852 The points Of the case:
which investigation has established to the satisfaction OF
his mind, he states to be -
a. That the potato disease not so bad as public feel
ing and The public have represented 1t that has
been signaly checked In is and has probably
in great measure spent s force for this season that the
abundance of food for cattle will liperate unusual
proportion of diminished annual supply of potatoes for
human food consequently, that the store Of potatoes
price be- sucient to serve the people food reduced
three fourths of the time that potatoes
ally for in ordinary times and seasonshe writer
| dug up in October, lsAo
- That the wheat crop Of England approaches nearly
to average cropbeng such to deficient
in measurement than in It's ultimate results in the shape
Of and bread That although hot parching wssthet
has in quarters rendered the grain small and ainy
for the want Of gradual ripenng especially in the
for through ali and their prdduc
! by giving stronger -four and more bread !! has
average wheat crops the weight per bushel exceed,
the weight Of most good we'll secured and there
FORE Il is not to be estimated by measurement alone,
yvhi a
most seasons"
HuppERsrIELp.-Ourm market on Tuesday without
animation indeed may be said to DO later than last
week Some fancy cloth msnufa cturers have received
orders but not to the extent they had to antic
pate. Woods much the in price, but sales
not be made, although they in the London mar
kets. In the warehouses there is not much doing.
sierra steady business continues doing in the
warehouses; the demand for wrought hose especially
Owing the rise in wools notice of advance
of shilling per bundle cotton yarn has been given
month.
NorrissHAM--Lace-The market continues in nearly
the state last week. both in demand and price
Plain tolerably active qulngs of some kinds
have been inquired about moro than for some weeks
ssns to sxsn Tns BEST
fair sale Yarns rather more freely supped prices
remained much as they we're advances in the selling
Christmas though from the present favourable state Of
stocks do not anticipate any reduction in the interval
and with the year our goods not unlikely tur-
Their to improve in price. Hosiery 1rade-We are very
grat6ed that by the arrival of the
Rritannis verv iar9s osrs arrived in this
swn tr airrost svsry 5s.cr;nt;ou If h.s;srv Goods
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IRoy MANUFACTURES OF GxEAr BRYrAIN-At the
meeting Of the British Association for the Advancement
Of Science held at Southampton Mr. O. r. Porter of the
Board of Traffic read most interesting paper the
subject of the iron of this country
marking upon the demand Cor iron eccssioned
by the new railways, Mr. Porter said
lone of the greatest difficulties with which the manu-
facturers have 10 csntend s offered by the workmen
who naturally enough, perhaps strive 10 obtain for
themselves the greatest possible ahorc of the increased
value of that which thew produce To be of much
in any branch Of this Manufacture man must have
dcrgcne season OF instruction and, the number Of
skilled workmen is limited these whenever any great
or onted demand arises hardly know how to set Ii
mis- to their Demand But succeeding in this, they pre-
fer to obtain the amount of earnings with the
higher rates of wages to the securing Of greater
gains by the exertion OF even u greater amount Of