THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



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hatnpton only quoted a rise of Is. Wakefield, 

 Birmingham, Manchester, Gloucester, and Bristol 

 made the advance of Is. to 2s. ; but Alford, Leeds, 

 Lynn, Newark, and St. Ives were up 2s. to 3s. 

 London itself relapsed into dulness on Friday. Li- 

 verpool showed animation at both markets, being 

 2d. to 3d. per cental dearer on Tuesday, with a fur- 

 ther advance on Friday of id. to 2d. per cental. 



On the second Monday there was less English 

 wheat, and the quantity of foreign was not so 

 heavy. Essex and Kent sent up but few samples 

 during the morning, and those chiefly new, of poor 

 quality. The week previous having been fine, 

 trade was quiet, the few dry samples of English 

 bringing former rates ; but all below these hung 

 on hand with uncertain value. The foreign trade 

 was less active, notwithstanding a good attendance 

 from the country, lower rates having been in vain 

 expected from the week's fine weather. Floating 

 cargoes were rather lookmg down. The fine wea- 

 ther continuing in the country influenced trade 

 there, a general dulness prevailing, but fine new 

 and old generally obtained previous quotations, 

 though low new was Is, to 3s. cheaper at some 

 places. Liverpool decidedly gave way 2d. per cen- 

 tal on Tuesday, and equally as much on Friday. 



The third Monday about equalled the second, 

 both in the English and foreign supphes, one-third 

 of the latter being from America. The quantity 

 showing from Essex and Kent was rather increased, 

 more especially from the former county, with the 

 condition also rather better. The return of wet 

 served to keep up the price of fine old and new, but 

 most of the latter, where the quality was bad, was 

 left undisposed of. Foreign, on the contrary, was 

 in improved demand, there being many country 

 buyers, who in several instances paid Is. per qr. 

 over previous prices. The country markets this 

 week showed very little difference in their reports, 

 which, with rather increased supplies, were firm for 

 all good quality, new and old wheat, and some 

 noting a rise. Manchester and Stockton-on-Tees 

 were Is. per qr. higher, and so were Bristol and 

 Hull for fine old foreign, but Ipswich was Is. to 

 2s. per qr. dearer. Liverpool on Tuesday reco- 

 vered the loss of the previous market, and on Fri- 

 day advanced id. to 2d. per cental. 



The fourth Monday in London was less abundant 

 in foreign wheat, though there was rather more 

 new English. From Kent and Essex, however, 

 the morning's supplies were very small, the condi- 

 tion of the new still being bad. Picked qualities of 

 new as well as old wheat fully maintained their 

 prices, but very damp lots were difficult to quit. 

 There was again a large attendance of country 

 buyers, who came to purchase foreign ; many did 

 so, and for choice parcels had to pay Is. per qr. 

 more money ; but others, from the high rates 

 demanded, bought only in retail. Floating car- 

 goes were readily disposed of, at full rates. The 

 country markets this week, with better supplies, 

 were generally calm and unaltered. 



On the fifth Monday the arrivals of foreign were 

 heavy, and the supplies from the near counties 

 better, but no change took place. 



The imports into London for the five weeks 

 noted were 21,159 qrs. English wheat, and 175^208 



qrs. foreign, against the corresponding five weeks in 

 1859, as follows, viz., 40,157 qrs. Enghsh, 72,213 

 qrs. foreign. The imports for last September, 

 throughout the kingdom, were 653,442 qrs. wheat, 

 557,960 cwts. flour. 



The flour trade during the month has been quiet, 

 Norfolks opened at 43s., and the top price of town 

 at 57s. The rise in wheat for some time stimulated 

 the price of country flour, and it rose on the first 

 Monday Is. per sack, but this was lost on the 

 third Monday, the indiff'erence of the quality since 

 the use of new wheat making the sales extremely 

 heavy. Fine American and French have conse- 

 quently been more in demand at full prices, as well 

 as the best Spanish. Notwithstanding the free im- 

 ports, more especially from New York. Town 

 rates have remained unaltered. The imports into 

 London for five weeks were 70,757 sacks country, 

 29,631 sacks, 90,598 barrels foreign, against 90,085 

 sacks country, 785 sacks 551 barrels in October 

 last year. 



The very limited supplies of barley, both British 

 and foreign, have forced up this grain, in spite of 

 its inferior quality, to an unnatural height, the gain 

 upon last month's high prices being fully 2s. to 3s. 

 per qr. This is simply traceable to the lateness of 

 the harvest and the unlit condition of the grain, and 

 on the appearance of large supplies of new there 

 must be a reaction downwards, for all but the 

 best qualities of malting, which are as yet extremely 

 scarce. The supplies during five weeks have been 

 10,107 qrs. British, and 35,420 qrs. foreign, against 

 29,488 qrs. British, 47,452 qrs. foreign for October 

 1859. The imports for last September were 111,881 

 qrs. for the Kingdom. 



Malt during the month has advanced fully 2s. to 

 3s. per qr., very little new being yet made, and the 

 fine samples of old having become scarce. 



Our anticipations as respects good old oats have 

 been partly fulfilled. The supplies, including new 

 foreign, have not been heavy ; and these latter not 

 being liked from their soft state, old have advanced 

 in value from Is. 6d. to 2s. per qr., audit is doubt- 

 ful whether London will have enough to go on 

 with for the winter, and therefore high rates for 

 such are likely to rule. New corn, on the con- 

 trary, has already receded from its starting price, 

 say 6d. to Is. per qr. Hardly anything has yet 

 come from Scotland, and very httle from Ire- 

 land. The five weeks' supplies were 14,507 qrs. 

 English, 313 qrs. Scotch, 3,127 qrs. Irish, and 

 131,439 qrs. foreign : against 11,124 qrs. Enghsh, 

 3,487 qrs. Scotch, 22,086 qrs. Irish, and 168,805 

 qrs. foreign in October 1859. The entire imports 

 for September last were 175,943 qrs. 



Beans and peas have been advancing at the rate 

 of Is. per qr. weekly, the former for old English, 

 and the latter for all sorts, old and new. Had it 

 not been for fair arrivals of foreign beans, rates 

 by this time would have been extravagant, as, not- 

 withstanding the reported abundance this year, 

 many remain jet to be gathered, and all wUI be 

 unserviceable till after March. The supply of 

 foreign peas being trifling, even damp new Eng- 

 lish duns and maples have sold at great rates, the 

 former at 43s. and the latter at 47s., while scarcely 

 any whitehaveyet come to market; such havochaving 



