THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



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waa no demand, Mr. Foster fold 10 on ^Monday to another 

 dealer at prices varying from £40 to £50 ; aud he was asking 

 £60 for a fine draught mare, for which he could have got up- 

 wards of £70 last year. Messrs. Teenau and Clarke sold a 

 grey raare for £52 ; a powerful horse for £53 ; another mare, 

 a splendid animal, for £5(), the buyer in tlie latter instance 

 having been a farmer from the neighbourhood of Kirkcud- 

 bright ; and they also disposed of 4, about £50 each, to a 

 purchaser from Peeblesshire. Mr. Urown, Hardgrave, sold a 

 pair of beautiful draught horses for £100 ; and Mr. Carruther.', 

 Brokleliirst, sold another similar animal fur 50 guineas. Such 

 are some of the transactions in the best class of horses ; for 

 other kinds a degree inferior the prevailing rates were from 

 £30 to £40 ; and a considerable proportion of good animals 

 for farming labour changed owners at £25 and under. 



EGREMONr HORSE FAIR was very thinly attended, 

 both of horses and purchasers. 



EXKTER FAIR was numerously attended by farmers and 

 dealers, and well supplied with cattle of the priraest quality. 

 Perhaps the number of dealers present was greater than 

 butchers or consumers wished to see. There was no alteration 

 in prices. The best fat beef realized from Os. 6d. to lOs. 6d. ; 

 barreiiers, 7». to 83. per score ; cows and calves, £12 to £l8. 



GLOUCESTER MONTHLY MARKET.— The supply of 

 beef was large, but of inferior quality, and a flat sale ; of 

 mutton the supply was good, and the whole was soon disposed 

 of. Beef. 6d. to 6jd. ; mutton, 7d. to 7|d. per lb. 



KELSO FORTNIGHTLY MARKEl'.— There was a good 

 show of fat cattle, and several of the lots were of excellent 

 q\iality. There was a good attendance of buyers, with a brisk 

 demand, and nearly the whole were quickly cleared off at 

 prices a shade better than our previous market. Beef may be 

 quoted at 63. 3d. to 63. 9d., and a few superior brought about 

 73. per stone. There was a small supply of sheep, which sold 

 readily at 6^d. per lb. A fair show of cows, which were selling 

 at from £10 to £16. 



LEDBURY FAIR.— The supply of stock was rather 

 short. Some prime fat cows were offered, which realized 

 good prices. Buyers were numerous, and most of the stock 

 offered was sold at an early hour. Fat cows, 6|d, to 7d. ; 

 ditto sheep, 6^d. to 7d.; store ditto, 26s. to 883. each ; fat 

 pigs, 89. Gd. per score ; store ditto, 283. to 36s. each. 



LEOMINSTER FAIR.— There was not a large quan- 

 tity of fat beef; the highest fioure was about G^d. per lb. 

 Best wether mutton brought 7d. per lb. There were many 

 buyers of stores, and good barrens brought full prices, 



NEWTON STEWART HORSE FAIR. — There was 

 scarcely the average number of horses, and very few sales took 

 place, farmers wishing to obtain the prices of the last two or 

 three years; but any sales which took place were from 15 to 

 20 per cent, le.-s. There were very few dealers present. 



NORTHALLERTON FAIR.— A thin show of all descrip- 

 tions of stock, with plenty of buyers. Lean beasts sold at 

 lower prices. Beef, 6s. 3d. to 7a. per stone. The number of 

 horses shown was very great, and dealers from all parts were 

 numerous. Several first-rate hunting and carriage horses were 

 readily sold at high rates, and inferior ones 20 to 30 per cent. 

 lower thau last year. Draught horses were in demand, at 

 good prices. 



OXFORD GREAT MARKET.— There was a short 

 supply of good beef and mutton, and as the demand was 

 rather considerable all went off at prices quite as high as 

 last market — beef, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 8d. ; mutton, 5s. to 5s. 4d. 

 per stone. Store cattle and sheep were not so plentiful as 

 on former occasions, and a dulneas prevailed, very few 

 changing hands. The pig market was unusually dull with 

 a short supply — good English hogs from 8s. 6d. to 9*. ; 

 porkers 93. to 93. Gd. per score. 



PENRITH HORSE FAIR.— There was a tolerably large 

 show of farm horses, an:! a quantity of old hacks. The busi- 

 ness doing was very limited, and prices much below those of 

 last year. For a very superior animal we heard of £10 having 

 been offered. 



RUGBY FAIR.-There was a good supply of beef, at 

 from S^d. to G^d. ; a short supply of mutton, from 6d. to 7d. 

 Store beasts easier to buy. A short supply of horses, at low 

 prices. 



SHREWSBURY FORTNIGHTLY MARKET. — The 

 beat fat heifer beef sold from 6d. to 6^d. per lb. ; fat calves, 

 6d. to 6|d. per lb.; useful store cattle selling at fair prices; 



also good cows and culves at high figures. Fat wether sheep, 

 7d. to 74d.per lb. Fat pigs, 5d. to 5^d.; store pigs still very 

 low. 



TEWKESBURY FAIR was very well attended, and 

 a large supply of stock, mostly fat. Demand limited, and 

 sellers had to dispose of their stock at very low prices. 

 Beef sold at 5^d. to Gd. ; mutton, 6d. to GJd. The horse 

 fair was thinly attended, and what sales were made were at 

 very low figures. 



YORK FORTNIGHTLY MARKET.— Calving aud dairy 

 cows, aud all kinds of grazing beasts, had fair sale, at former 

 rates. A moderate supply of fat beasts sold at 63. 6d. to 73. 

 per stone. A fair show of mutton sheep went at 6d. to 6^d. ; 

 superior ditto, 7d. per lb. A good supply of grazing sheep 

 had fair demand: hog sheep, 228. to 438, per head. The 

 market is a little on the improve. 



CALENDAR OF AGRICULTURE. 



Sow oats and barley on dry and early lands 

 during dry weather ; also spring wheat, vetches, 

 peas, beans, and flax-seed. Sow ^lucerne on well- 

 prepared ground, trenched or very deeply-ploughed 

 and richly dunged. Sow carrots and parsnips on 

 good warm sandy loams, that are in good condition 

 from previous treatment, without the present appli- 

 cation of fresh manure : steep the seeds in leys of 

 urine, and dry them with lime. Sow sainfoin, and 

 dress the young plants with gypsum. Apply arti- 

 ficial manures and top-dressings on young wheats, 

 barleys, and clovers — as soot and salt, malt combs, 

 rape-dust, nitrate of soda, pigeons' dung, and gyp- 

 sum. Sow cabbage seeds for summer plants, 

 and lay composts on grass lands. 



Plant hops, and make the hills si.K feet distant 

 each way. Use well-rotted dung, and put four 

 sets in each hill, one in each corner, and cover 

 them lightly with earth, leaving the upper end of 

 the set just in light of day. 



Continue the planting of forest'trees and of young 

 hedges, but cease if dry weather sets in. The 

 cutting of underwoods will now be finished. 



Watered meadows may now be stocked with 

 light animals. Set traps for vermin, and spread 

 molehill^ 



Plough fallows for green crops, and also clay 

 lands for bare fallows, if the weather be dry. Shut 

 up the fields that are intended for hay, and finish 

 laying composts on grass lands. In wet weather 

 thrash grains, and carry dung from the yard to the 

 heaps in the fields. 



In many situations ewes will drop lambs very 

 largely in this month. Feed with juicy succulent 

 food, as beet, cabbages, and turnips, and provide 

 a warm shelter, which is equally necessary with the 

 food itself. The shelter sheds must be dry, and 

 frequently littered with short straws and chaflfs. 

 Remove the ewes and lambs from the paddock to 

 the pasture field regularly, as the lambs get strong. 



Keep the poultry-houses dry and warm, and set 

 all kinds of eggs for hatching. Feed amply, and 

 provide clear spring-water. 



Finish the killing of hogs for bacon, and keep 

 all young pigs for summer stores, and for early 

 feeding next winter. 



The latest fattening bullocks must now be sold, 

 or pushed forward by superior feeding. The long 

 days will now require a greater supply of food, as 

 daylight always induces animals to eat more. 



