, 1879-08-13

WEEKL1 NKF1EHs
LONDON, Aug. 12.-Thc iuark LANE Exprtzs,
In its weakly rcSicw Of tie Dritfsh grain trade,
aays: There anvo been soma intervals IT sun.
shine duriug tho past week which Inns been
beneficial to tue growing crops anl aJ.1nasiug.
Cold nights however, n!Ilitated fnuet, aganst
tho rlpcuing Of tic cereals, as, It Is only lu tic
soutl. that wheat Is beginning To change color.
Even under the most favorable conditions, 1t IL
lnlprobabio TINT any homegrown wheat Will be
sccn ID Mark Lime before the first week fu Sep
tctnber. In 1878 the first simple appeared In
Mark I.ano on the 1lth ot August. sonc Of
the hay crop has been secured, hut In tnany Ill"
stances III 4 very unfit statc.
Tie condition Of the root crops ts
yErY VARIABLE.
Potatoes appear to bo thriving fairly In Scot
land and ireland, and the consumption Of maize
In Irela.tf has consequently decreased. In the
mtdla,,d counties Of ENGLAND disease has ap-
pcarc,l. and the condition OF ulu putato crop Ia
dcporalte.
In short, the improvement Of tho agricultural
situation, is very slight, and the harvest eau'lot
bc u,l,erwIs. than dctIciont. Very littlo Eugali
wheat wus offered during tho week either ut
Mark Limo ur at thu county exchanges. busi.
ness has been to n great extent Of llo1tdny
clleructur, but In most Instances srlers Ind no
difficulty In obtaining last weeks prices,
lnports of foreign wheat continue oil q lib:
crai scale, a,, In consequence Of thu recent lin
troycmcut In the weather business ruled quiet,
but steady, without any n,ateral alteration Ill
prircB. a further adval.ce, however, IL u no
mcat,s improbable, rs the recurrence ot rntn-
sto,ms might render the English crop total
fuiturc. Fur some weeks hchee
TIE WEATHER WILL GOVERN THE HARKE7.
Even In tilu faco Of largo summer supplies,
ani tho knowledge Of the largo surplus pos.
scssctl by Anlerica. there has been steady
milling demand during tic week for American
anl lsusstun descriptions.
Fiucr sorta OF foreign white wheat, sucl, US
Australian and Ncw Zealnnd, have also been III
good request.
The scarcity Of 1nalzo on tho spot has caiscd
| q rise Of shilling psr quarter AL othcF dc'
scrpt1ous Of feeding corn also tcndcd agalust
buyers.
Arrivals ut ports OF call hayo been small.
| Wheat oil the coast Is uutct, a,l dcciucd
pbout eI1ppnco per quarter. :iutze very strong
as fully shilling adyancc. Forwurd wheat waa
firmly hed BY ltrst ha,l>l sellcrs, ntll but little
business wns done.
Few rcsnlcs Of rcd winter cargocs for August
and September shipment wore effected at IL
shIll!ngs pence.
Maizc has been
| IN LAnGE REQUEST
tho past .fow. 4ays, chiefly fur October and No
| vcmber- sbpmgut, nt IN improvement Of iu!lj
shilling per quarter.
Barley also las advanced sixpcnca to q Rhil
ling.
Sales Of English wloas lust week amounted
to t5 857 quarters ut 49s ID per quarter. against
81, 400 quarters ut 4ls Id per quarter the salue
week Inst ycar.
Imports into the United Kingdom for TIL
week ending Aug. 2 wcrs 0i5, ,273 hundred
weights Of wheat, mud 211 ,22223 hundrcd weights
of llour.
Another wcrk OF fno weather has wrough
considerable improvement tu the harvest pros
poets Of France. The harvest has Terminated Il
tho solitll, but oven in the uost favored local
ties the yiul4 Of wheat
DOES NOT EXCEED AN AVERAGE cRor.
In Bome OF tho southwestern department:
the yield Is decidedly dcttcent. In tho ccntrc
II line weather continues. there ID every prob
ability, not, JUDGED, of bounttful lsarvcst, bu
Of yipld certainly surprising tiAt ot '7s.
On Mark Lane Monday tho few samples o
English wl,ext OIL o1lcr were firmly held for luz
weeks prices, but without at.ractiny much al
tent!on.
Foreign arrivals were very large. asnl witt
ancr weather tilc market was quilt, With mot
eruto consumptivo dcnuuu, At I'd to Is lccliu
un the fortnight.
Flour steady and unchanged in price.
Barley ID per quarter higher.
a1atze Is to Is I'll higher ou tho fortnight.
Oats udynnced Cd.