The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-08-29
Weekly Review OfIthe British
Corn Trade.

LONDON, August 2s.-The Mark Lane
Express in its usual weekly review Of the
British corn trade says: The weather
has been very unsettled the past week and
tarmers have been considerably delayed
in shocking and threshing wheat, al.
though cutting has been carried on with.
out much interruption. Sunshine is now
wanted TO harden grain and check the
tendency TO sprouting, Thunderstorms
in the midland counties, referred to last
week, did good deal Of damage, but II
Is considered the yield Of wheat on few
lands will be about the average. Reports
vary regarding barley and oats, but the
crops are much improved. With fair
spell OF dry weather they would beready
for rearing next week. Ia Scotland
cereals are making unusually slow
progress under the retArding influence OF
wet weather, but appearances indicate n
fair yield Of grain, although Of an infer.
ior quality; while there Is also good
promise Of abundant straw. The root
crops have been benefited by 4 little
rain. Turnips promise well, but the po.
tate disease is increasing. The agricul.
tural returns show the area planted with
wheat this year is about 3, l6S,0O0 acres.
This ia about 10000 in excess OF last
year, but about the same quantity less
than 1875. Harvest work has 80 entire.
IL engaged the farmers lately that there
has been very little business done in the
country markets, but when sales are
made the prices indicate a fall Of one
shilling per quarter on wheat. Sam
pie lots Of gram, offered at Provincial
Exchanges have been bad but the
condition OF a majority OF the samples Of.
Tered at Mark Lane on Monday was tol.
erably good. Sales were made at Gi shil.
lings for white and Gls' for red descrip.
tions although no great activity ia ever
looked for in the grain trade during
harvest time. The depression was greater
than usual during the past week, owing
10 the enormous arrivals OF foreign wheat
and oats. Supplies have been upon
large scale for some weeks past, and the
return Monday last gave over 100000
quarters. The prices gave way and a de.
cline OF q TO 3s per quarter was quoted
on last Monday; wheat and future, ls.
Oats aud other articles remain without
much variation, but trade is generally
overweighted by the supplies which are
pouring in at such rates that the resour.
ces OF the various dock companies have
been taxed to their utmost 10 discharge
the vessels, and the merchants have been
seriously incOnvenienced by the difficulty
Of obtaining granary room. There are
two conflicting forces in operation in the
trade at the present time and it is difficult
to forsee which will prove the stronger.
On one hand America, Russia and Hun.
gary have been favored with abundant
crops, while on the other the deficient
harvests in France and England, the
blockade OF the southern-Russian ports
aud the uncertainty OF politics are cir
which may, during the winter
months, assume force greater than at
presenti
An annual pamphlet by Bartholemy &
Estienue, Of MarSeiles, on the French
harvest prospects, says that the prospects
Of the wheat harvest in two departments
very good; in lG, good; in 2, pretty good;
in 81, poor, and in 0 bad. Oat prospects
are very good in 4 departments; good in
q; pretty good in 2S; poor in 81 and bad
in :. Rye prospects are very good in
departments; good in Is poor in 81, and
very bad in Ii.