THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



POTATO MARKETS. 

 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. 



LONDON, Monday, Dec. 28.— Very moderate supplies of 

 home-grown Potatoes have come to hand since Monday ; but 

 the import.s from abroad have beea liberal, viz., 420 tons from 

 Antwerp, 5 tons from Boulogne, 80 tons from Havre, 800 tons 

 from Dunkirk, 517 tons from Rouen, 145 tons from Dieppe, 

 85 tons from Nieuport, 122 tons from Ostend, 4 tons from 

 Hamburgh, and 5 tons from Rotterdam. The demand for all 

 kinds is still very inactive, as follows : — 



York Regents I40s. to 160s. per ton. 



Kent & Essex do 120s. to 1 403. „ 



Scotch 80s.tol203. „ 



Do. Cups 75s. to 85s. „ 



Middlings 50a. to 6O3. „ 



Lincolns 80s. to 120s. „ 



Foreign 553. to 65s. „ 



SOUTHWARK WATERSIDE, Monday, Dec. 28.— 

 During the past week the arrivals both coastwise and from 

 abroad have been limited, but quite equal to the demand. 

 Trade is very dull, at the following quotations : — 



Lincolnshire Regents 6O3. to 120a. per ton. 



Perth, Forfar, and Eifeshire do. 903. to 110s. „ 

 Ditto ditto reds . . 60s. to 70s. „ 



French Whites 70s. to 80s. „ 



Irishdo 70s. to 80s. „ 



Belgian do 60s. to 7O3. „ 



Dutch Reds 8O3. to QOs. „ 



COUNTRY POTATO MARKETS.— Yokk, Dec. 19: 

 Potatoes sell at lid. to Is. per peck, and Ss. to 3?. 4d. per 

 bush.— Leeds, Dec. 22: A fair supply of Potatoes, which 

 sold at I4d. to 15d. per 211bs. wholesale, and 15d. to 16d. 

 retail. — Malton, Dec. 19 ■, A poor supply of inferior Potatoes 

 sold at 12d. per peck. — Thirsk, Dec. 21 ; Potatoes 8d. per 

 St. — Richmond, Dec. 19 : Potatoes 4s. per bush. — Man- 

 chester, Dec. 22 : Potatoes lOs. to 15s. per 2521bs. 



PRICES OF BUTTER, CHEESE, HAMS, &c. 



BUTTER, per cwt.; a. s. 



Friesland llfitol24 



Kiel 112 126 



Dorset 112 124 



Carlow BO 104 



Waterford 94 100 



Cork, 94 106 



Limerick 88 98 



Slig-o 90 100 



FttiSH, per dozen. .13s.0d. to 168. Od. 



CHEESE, per cwt.: 



Cheshi] 



66 76 



Cheddar 72 82 



Double Gloucester 58 64 



HAMS:— Old 102 IDS 



York, new 86 92 



VPestmoreland 90 100 



Irish, new 80 90 



BACON : Wiltshire, dried 58 62 



Irish, g:reen 50 54 



ENGLISH BUTTER MARKET. 



LONDON, Monday, Dec. 28. — We report a very slow 

 trade, at declining prices, except for fine qualities. 



Dorset fine per cwt. 1248. to 126». 



Ditto, middling 908. to 100a. 



Fresh perdoz.lbs. lis to I63. 



BELFAST, (Thursday last )— Butter : Shipping price, 89s. 

 to 105s. per cwt. ; firkins and crocks, 9d. to lOJd. per lb. ; 

 Bacon, 49s. to 53s. ; Hams, prime 703. to 763., second quality 

 6O3. to 66s. per cwt. ; prime mess Pork, 853. per brl. ; 

 Pork, 38s. to 45s.; Beef, i20s. to 130s. per tierce; Irish 

 Lard, in bladders, 728. to 76s. ; kegs or firkins, 64s. to 66s 

 per cwt. 



LONDONDERRY, (Thursday last.)— This week, supplies 

 not so large as last; but the demand being quite dall prices 

 remained unchanged, and the few sales made were at very ir- 

 regular rates— firkins, second lOd. to lO^d., third 9d. to 94d., 

 fourth 8d., fifth 7id. ; butts, fine Is. OJd. to Is. Id., good lid. 

 to lljd., middling lOd. to lO^d. per lb. 



CHICORY. 



LONDON, Satuedat, Dec. 20.— Both English and foreign 

 Chicory continue to move off slowly, but we have no actual 

 decline to notice in prices. The supplies on offer are tolerably 

 extensive. 



ENGLISH, per ton £ to £ I HAMBURG £11 Oto £11 1 



HARLINGEN.... 10 10 11 BELGIUM 10 15 1110 



FLANDERS GUERNSEY .... 10 15 11 



WOOL MARKETS. 

 ENGLISH WOOL MARKET. 

 LONDON, Monday, Dec. 28.— Although money has 

 become easier in the discount market, there is no disposition 

 shown to purchase any kind of English wool. The supply of 

 late has rather increased ; but we do not anticipate any fur- 

 ther reduction in prices, even though large quantities of colo- 

 nial wool continue to be returned from the United Statts. 

 Per pack of 2401bs. 



Pleeces— Southdown Hoss £17 OtojElS 



Do. Half bred Hogs 18 00 



Do. Kent 15 16 



Do. Southdown Ewes and Wethers 15 16 



Do. Leicester do 15 16 



Sorts— Clotliing, picklock 19 20 



Do. Prime and ijicklock 18 0) 



Do. Choice 17 00 



Do. Super 16 00 



Do. Combing— Wether matching . .. 18 19 



Do. Picklock 16 17 



Do. Common 14 15 



Do. Hog matching 19 10 20 



Do. Picklock matching 18 00 



Do. Superdo. 15 00 



FOREIGN WOOL MARKET. 



s. d, 

 4 6 

 8 

 2 4 

 1 10 

 1 



Per lb. Duty Free. s. d. 



German, /1st and 2nd Elect 3 4 to 



Saxon, ) Prima 2 4 



and j Secunda 2 



Prussian. (Tertia I 8 



Australian &V.D. Land— Combg.&Clothg 1 2J 



Do. Lambs , 1 4 



Do. Locks and Pieces 10 



Do. Grease 8J 



Do. Skin and Slipe 8| 



S.Australian&S. River— Combg.&Clothg 1 8 



Do. Lambs.... 1 4 



Do. Locks and Pieces 7 1 2| 



Do.Grease 9 llj 



Do. Skin and Slipe 14 16 



Cape— Average Flocks 1 11 2 



Do. Combing and Clothing 8 1 lOi 



Do. Lambs U 1 10| 



Do. Locks and Pieces lOJ 1 6J 



Do. Grease 7J I 3 



MANURES. 



PRICES CURRENT OF GUANO, &c. 



PERUVIAN GUANO,(perton,for 30 ton8)nominal£l 6 to X o 



Do. Do (under SOtons) 14 



BOLIVIAN GUANO none 



ARTIFICIAL MANURES, &c. 



''(;*'er*ton)°.l!}'^^* " "'o^*^ " " 



NitratePotash 1 29 



or Saltpetre } 

 Snlpht. Ammonia 21 



Muriate ditto... 27 

 Superphospht. I 



of Lime.... / 



Soda Ash, or J « « 



Alkali / "" 



Gypsum 2 



CoproUte S 15 



Linseed-cakes, per ton — 



30 



6 



10 

 2 10 



£ B.d. £ s.d- 

 45 to 47 



Sulph.ofX/Opper "J 

 or Roman Vi- ( 

 trioljforWheat j 



steeping J 



Salt 150 



Bones, Dust, perqr. 1 5 



Do. J-inch , 



Oil Vitriol, 

 concentrated, 

 per lb.... 

 Do. Brown 

 

 OIL-CAKES. 



I Marseilles (none) £0 Oto £0 

 English 10 10 11 

 Rape-cake8,prton 6 5 6 10 



John Keen, 35, Leadenhall-street, 



(Late Odams, Pickford, and Keen.) 



1 i 



1 

 oj 



S 



1 6 



1 6 











Williams & Co., 24, Mark Lane— Azotic £6 10 



Manufactured by Hodgson & Simpson, Wakefield, and 

 >Iatthews & Co., Driffield. 



Ammonia- Phosphate and Nitro-Phosphate per ton£8 



Superphosphate of Lime „ 7 



Agricultural Chemical Works, Stowmarket, Suifolk. 



Prentice's Cereal Manure for Corn Crops per ton £8 10 



Prentice's Turnip Manure ,, 7 



Prentice's Superphosphate of Lime ,, 6 10 



Company, Widnes, near Warrington. 



ne Manures perton£8 16 



Manure Works, Grovehill, Beverley, 

 Tigar & Co.'s Celebrated Turnip Manures per ton £7 1 



Lancashire Manure 

 J. Knight & Co.'s Nitrogenized Be 



END OF VOLUME XLVII. 



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