THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



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in the fields in a precarious state. The imports for 

 the four weeks into London were only 1,857 qrs. 

 British, and 18,39S qrs. foreign; against 5,215 qrs. 

 Enghsh, and 9,987 qrs. foreign, in 1859, The total 

 foreign imports for August were 186,179 qrs. 



Malt during the month has rather lost value for 

 the secondary and inferior quahties, but the finer 

 descriptions, though dull at the commencement of 

 the month, evinced more firmness at the close. 



More English oats have come to hand during the 

 month, but the foreign supplies for the last fort- 

 night fell very short. Like all other corn, when 

 the v/eather was fine and promising, this grain was 

 easier, the decline on the second Monday being 6d. 

 to Is. per qr. ; but with the return of wet, and 

 smaller arrivals on the third Monday, this was par- 

 tially recovered, say 6d. per qr. ; and on the last 

 Monday another rise of 6d. to Is. per qr. put the 

 balance on the side of increased value. As much 

 of the new crop is still out, and must be gathered 

 at best in poor condition, in consequence of the 

 lateness of the season, and as Russia itself is get- 

 ting short of old stock, we think old corn will be 

 likely to maintain its value, and be very scarce be- 

 fore Christmas. The imports for the month into 

 London were 8,394 qrs. Enghsh, 5 qrs. from Scot- 

 land, 185 qrs. from Ireland, and 136,969 qrs. from 

 abroad; against 8,272 qrs. English, 1,830 qrs. 

 Scotch, 12,456 qrs. Irish, and 250,600 qrs. foreign 

 for the same period in 1859; so that this month's 

 arrivals were little more than one-half what they 

 then were ; but we still have good granary stores 

 which will prove useful. The foreign imports for 

 August last were 289,304 qrs. 



The supplies of English beans during the month 

 show stocks to be getting low, but there have been 

 good arrivals from abroad, and Egypt, whence our 

 principal shipments are received, has a good croji 

 this year, and rates yet are moderate — say 27s. per 

 qr. for the best Saidi, at Alexandria. The value of 

 this grain has rather receded, in consequence of 

 the foreign supplies — say Is. per qr. ; and it is 

 generally thought that if the weather should take 

 up there will be a better crop than usual in this 

 country, but some are in doubt whether they will 

 all ripen, and on this the future rates will much 

 depend. The imports into London for the month 

 were 1,937 qrs., English, 19,302 qrs. foreign; 

 against 4,499 qrs. English, 3,849 qrs. foreign, in 

 Sept., 1859. The total foreign imports for August 

 were 36,229 qrs. 



Of peas, including even the new arrivals, the 

 English supplies have been very short, and the 

 foreign only moderate. It being a month when 

 the demand is not very active, prices have not 

 greatly changed; they were, however. Is. per qr. 

 lower on the second Monday, and only hog peas 

 have since recovered the decline. Much of the new 

 crop is reported to have been damaged in the har- 

 vesting, but there have been some very fine dry new 

 at market. The month's imports for London were 

 45G qrs. English, 2,400 qrs. foreign ; against 3,074 

 qrs. Enghsh, 3,002 qrs. foreign, in Sept., 1859. The 

 total foreign imports for August were 16,499 qvs. 



Linseed has not been in plenty during the month, 

 and, with a steady export trade, prices have rather 

 improved, and there seems no prospect of a reduc- 



tion. Cakes, too, have gone oft" well at full rates, 

 nothing being found in all respects more suitable 

 for fattening cattle. 



The seed trade has been steady for the month. 

 It seems more certain that, so far as this country 

 is concerned, there cannot be a crop of cloverseed ; 

 red has been therefore held at more money, but as 

 yet fine new Bordeaux can be had at 60s. per cwt., 

 free on board. The American market has been firm 

 also. Trefoils attract more attention ; but white 

 cloverseed, being still held above speculative rates, 

 though there is very little here, does not meet 

 attention. English new winter tares have been 

 very scarce, and rising fast. French were only 

 saleable at half-price, from the doubt about their 

 warranty. Mustardseed has been showing in large 

 quantities, but held too high, and with too poor a 

 quality to be bought up by the trade, 18s. and 20s. 

 per bushel having been demanded. Cauaryseed 

 has ruled about the same ; and in other seeds little 

 ditFerence of value has obtained. 



CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. 



Shillingsper Quarter. 



WHEAT, Essex and Kent,white,new 48 to G2 fine old 62 to 67 



,, „ red.. „ 4S 56 .. „ 61 66 



Norfolk,Linc.,and Yorks.,red ,, 47 t8 .. „ 60 65 



BARLEY, malting .... 34 to 4 i Chevalier, new.. 34 42 



Grinding 30 34 Distilling 35 37 



MALT, Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk .. 51 to 58 . . fine 63 73 

 Kingston, Ware, and town made .. 52 60.. ,, 63 73 

 Brown 52 53.. — — 



RYE new 32 3S seed.. 34 



OATS, English, feed... 22 to 27 Potato 29 



Scotch, feed ...25 29 Potato 28 



Irish, feed, white 23 to 26 .. fine 27 



Ditto, black 22 26.. „ — 



BEANS, Mazagan 38 to 43 Ticks 38 



Harrow 41 45 Pigeon 46 



PEAS, new, white, boilers 40 44 Maple 42 to 43 Grey 38 



FLOUR, persack of 2801b., Town, Households 51 



Country 43 to 44 Households 



42 



Norfolk and Suffolk, ex-ship 42 



FOREIGN GRAIN. 



Shillings per Quarter. 



WHEAT , Dantzic, mixed 64 to —high do.— to 65 extra— to 70 



Konigsberg 52 65 ,, — — — 68 



Rostock 64 — fine 67 — 



American, red 58 64 white 58 



Pomera.,Meckbg.,& Uckermrk,red 62 



Silesian, red 58 65 white 64 



Danish and Holstein •. • • 58 



Russian, hard 56 to 63 .. French 56 to 64 .. white 60 



St. Petersburg and Riga 56 



Rhine and Belgium 60 



BARLEY,grinding 30 to 32 .. Distilling.. 34 



OATS, Dutch, brew, &Polands 25 30. .Feed 23 



Danish and Swedish, feed.. 25 27 .. Stralsund. 25 

 Russian ^^ 



BEANS, Frieslandand Holstein 39 



Konigsberg 39 to 42 .. Egyptian.... 36 



PEAS, feeding 40 42 .. fine boilers;. . 42 



INDIAN CORN, white 37 39 .. yellow .. 36 



FLOUR, persack French 40 47 



American, per brl., sour 26 29 



Spanish p. sk. 47 

 , sweet 30 



For the last Six 



Weeks: 

 Aug. 11, 1860 .... 

 Aug. 18, 1860 .... 

 Aug. 25, 1860 .... 

 Sept. 1, 1860 .... 

 Sept. 8, 1860 .... 

 Sept. 15, 1860 .... 

 Aggregate average . 

 Same time last year 



IMPERIAL AVERAGES, 



Barley. Oats. Rye. 



Wheat. 

 s. d. 

 59 6 



59 6 



60 1 

 60 11 

 62 10 

 62 11 

 fil 

 43 6 



s. d. !s. d. B. d. 



34 26 1 44 

 32 10 28 2 41 



27 



28 



27 



37 10 1 27 42 

 34 8 27 4 141 

 32 il 124 2 131 



34 9 

 33 3 

 85 2 



1 40 



2 40 

 2 39 



Beans. 

 s. d. 



46 5 



47 1 

 47 7 



47 10 



49 3 



50 1 



48 1 

 43 9 



Fear. 

 s. d. 

 41 

 44 

 43 9 



FLUCTUATIONS IN THE AVERAGE PEICEofWHEAT, 

 Pkice. Aug. 11. Aug. 18. Aug. 2.i. Pept. 1. Sept. 8. Sept. 15. 



62s. HdT 

 62s. lOd. 

 60s. lid. 

 60s. Id. 

 59s. 6d. 



