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tering purpoaea Bold well, at prices varyiug £roiu £7 78. to 

 £9 Ss., stirks from £i. 15s. to £6 lOs., ahorthoma for winter- 

 ing from £7 103. to £10 lOa. Stirks rather a alow sale. 

 Good milk cows, near calving or newly calved, sold readily at 

 good prices. There were 1 7 cartloads of piga in the maik<it. 

 Small ones were a very dull sale. Good-sized pigs,';^fit for the 

 pork market, sold at high prices. 



HAYWAKD'S HEATH FAIR.— Pigs from the sow. at 

 eight weeks old, were offered at 2s. per week, but are selling 

 now at from Is. 6d. to Is. 9d. per week. There was a good 

 show of " shuts " that sold slowly. The show of stock was 

 better than in previous years, and the deicriptionof leau stock 

 shown was superior in comparison, but business was slow. 

 There was a fair display in horses, and some capital cart colts 

 were offered along with some prime nags and useful cart 

 horses, and a considerable number of exchanges took place. 



HORSHAM FAIR.— The supply of beasts was very 

 limited, and the buyers were also less in number than usual, 

 although business was said to be tolerably brisk, and lean 

 beasts made quite as much, and perhaps a little more than 

 was expected, owing to the shortness of feed generally. The 

 root crops in the neighbourhood are very inferior generally, 

 and much below the average. 



LAUNCESTON FAIR.— (From our own Correspondent.) 

 — The supply of beasts was in some classes very good, 

 but the usual number of prime fat cows and good oxen 

 could not be found, the principal supply being steers from 

 two to three years old. We have attended this fair for forty 

 yearj, and never saw such a quantity of young cattle offered 

 for sale here before. For some time past there has been a 

 great depression in the sale of bullocks and sheep, but at 

 this fair the cloud passed away, the demand being good with 

 a brisk sale at a shade better prices. Before noon upwards 

 of 1,300 beasts were sold at fair prices. The supply of sheep 

 was great, but the majority were of inferior quality ; a few 

 lots were good, which sold readily at 6 Jd. per lb. Taking the 

 fair as a whole, it may very fairly be termed a aatiafactory 

 one. 



LINCOLN FORTNIGHTLY MARKET.— A good sup- 

 ply oi sneep and numerous buyers. Average qualities made 

 7d., and wethers 7id. per lb. Beasts were a small show, and 

 the price was from 78. to 8s. per stone. 



MALTON FAIR.— Steers of middling quality, for farm- 

 yard purposes and early feeding, were nearly all sold, but 

 sellers had to make concessions to buyers. The business in 

 the fat market was brisk. Beasts well up were good to sell, 

 at a slight advance, varying with quality, from 3d. to 6d. per 

 Btoue. Sheep, ready for slaughtering, were especially in de- 

 mand; a report that the "rot" had made its appearance 

 among the flocks tending to raise prices id. to Id. per lb. It 

 is said that even on lands well drained indications of the rot 

 are observed. Pigs plentiful, and very firm. Horses very 

 scarce, and for good carriage and ride auimals very high 

 prices were obtaiued. Yearlings and foals very weak in prices. 



MUIR OF ORD MARKET.— There was a good ahow of 

 Highland cattle, which were mostly sold singly for Christmas 

 use. Other breeds and crosses were fairly represented. The 

 following are a few of the sales of cattle : Mr. Barrie, Stone- 

 haven, bought a lot of two-year-old crosses at £2 10s. ; Mr. 

 Cameron, Ness Park, sold a lot of cross stots at £4 lOs. ; Mr. 

 Jeans, Roseisle, bought a lot of cross Highland stots at £3 

 10s. ; Mr. Mackenzie, Balvardie, bought a lot of six-quarter- 

 olds (crosses) at £4 10s., and two fat cross cows for £11 ; Mr. 



Smith, Scotsburu, bought'a lot of Highland crosses at £3 193.; 

 Mr. Eraser, Krenoglac, sold a fine Highland cow at £10. ; Mr. 

 Fraser, Cradlehall, sold seven three-year-old crosses at £11 ; 

 and a lot of six-quarters-olds at £7. There was but a poor 

 show of sheep on Thursday, which, however, sold at high 

 prices. Blackfaced sold at from 14s. to 258., and Cheviots at 

 from 3os. to 45s. each. Good work horses sold at from £20 

 to £30 ; twc-year-olds from £12 to £14 ; roadsters from £20 

 to £25 ; Highland ponies from £5 to £11. A large number 

 of pigs were shown, which brought various prices, according 

 to weight, the general price given being 4^d. to 5d. per lb. 

 sinking offal. 



NEWTON-STEWART HORSE FAIR.— The amount of 

 business transacted waa very considerable. Prices ranged, for 

 good useful draught animals, from £30 to £35 each ; second- 

 ary, £20 to £25, and third-class animals, £15 to £20 each; 

 inferior were selling at any price, price from £5 upwards. The 

 principal inquiry was for the best description. The highest 

 figure obtained was (or a very fine horse, the property of Mr. 

 M'Master, Stillock, near Port-William, which realized £45, 

 and was bought by Mr. Wilson. For roadsters the prices 

 ranged between £10 and £25. 



PENRITH FORTNIGHTLY MARKET.— We had a 

 much smaller show of cattle and sheep than usual. Buyers 

 were more plentiful, consequently there was a better demand, 

 and prices advanced at least a halfpenny per lb. for mutton ; 

 ewes 6d., hoggs 7d. Beef was also better to sell, from 78. to 

 7s. 6d. per stone. 



RUABON FAIR. — Cattle and sheep were sold at prices 

 considerably less than what they have been of late. Fat pigs 

 and porkers obtained good prices, whilst sucklings were sold 

 at extraordinarily low rates. Horses, of which the show was 

 poor, sold at aversge prices. 



SHREWSBURY FORTNIGHT MARKET.— There was 

 but a scanty supply of beef, prime qualities fetching full GJd. 

 per lb., inferior ditto 5 Jd. to 6d. Cows and calves scarce and 

 in good demand, and useful store cattle improved in value. 

 There was a short supply of sheep of all sorts, best fat wethers 

 fetching T^d. to 8d. per lb. Calves, G^d. to 7d. Pork pigs 

 were worth 6d. to ejd., and bacon ditto 6d. to 6^d. per lb, ; 

 moderate supply. Store pigs about the same as last fair. 



TRURO FAIR.— The number of sheep on offer was 11,000, 

 and the whole were disposed of at about 6d. to 6^d. per lb. 

 There was a fair supply of jobbers' bullocks, but few really 

 fat animals. Prices ranged from £2 16s. to £3 per cwt. The 

 supply of store cattle was large, and they sold at from £2 to 

 £2 2s. per cwt. 



WELSHPOOL FAIR.— Beef and mutton sold from 6d. to 

 7d. per lb. There was not so good a demand for horses. 

 Pigs were lower on Thursday. Bacon pigs were selling from 

 5d. to 5^d. 



WIRKSWORTH FAIR.— The stock of beasts was un- 

 usually large, but somewhat inferior in quality ; and the sales 

 effected were numerous, at slightly advanced prices. Of pigs 

 a good supply, of sheep a scanty one; but both maintained 

 high prices. 



YEOVIL FAIR was a very poor one ; but there being a 

 scarcity of all descriptions of stock, prices were on the ad- 

 vance. The show of stock was, however, the " roughest" 

 seen for some long period, the horses especially. The trade 

 in beef was slack, at from 93. to 10s. a score, A good many 

 rough old cows were sold for contract at low prices. , 



REVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE 



DURING THE PAST MONTH. 



The past month, though of but ill-repute, in the 

 present extraordinary year has excelled its predeces- 

 sors, and by its early fineness has helped on the com- 

 pletion of this long-delayed and indiflferent harvest. 

 The straggling pieces of white corn, both in the 

 North and South, as well as the beans and peas, 

 have at last been gathered, and it is a matter for 

 thankfulness that, whatever be the state of the 



gatherings, the actual amount of cereals destroyed 

 this season has been small. The seeding time has 

 also been more favourable than expected, though 

 a considerable breadth of land has yet to be planted. 

 The early-sown pieces are looking well ; but the 

 general foulness of the land will make tillage very 

 expensive, and the cold clays are very unpromis- 

 ing. It is be regretted, however, that the new 



