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THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



rage prices of wheat per quarter during that and the followiug 



years: — 



YEAR. 



PRICE. 

 8. d. 



PRICE. 

 8. d. 



43 



..... 49 3 



52 3 



75 2 



.... 78 7 



53 9 



51 10 



.... 69 



18C0 113 10 



1792 



1793, 



1794, 



1795, 



1796, 



1797 , 



1798 . 



1799 . 



1 1808 

 1809, 

 1810 



1811 , 



1812 , 



1801 



1802 



1803 



1804 



1805 



1806, 



1807, 



119 6 



69 10 



58 10 



62 3 



89 9 



79 1 



75 4 



81 



97 



106 



95 3 



126 6 



1813 109 9 



1814 



1815 



1816 



1817 



1818 



1819 



1820 



1821 , 



1822, 



74 

 65 



78 



96 11 

 86 3 

 74 6 

 67 JO 

 56 1 

 44 7 



In 1792 the average price of wheat was 433. per quarter, but 

 I am unable to lay my hand upon that of rye, barley, and oats. 

 I therefore proceed to the average price of the following 

 description of produce for December, 1821, aud following 

 months :— 



Deceitbee, 1821. 



Wheat 

 Rye .. 

 Barley 



GRAIN. 



Per Quarter. 

 8. d. 



49 

 23 

 22 



2 to 53 11 

 7 to 25 3 

 1 to 25 1 



Oats . 

 Beans 

 Peas . 



d. a. d, 



7 to 19 1 



9 to 28 ] 



3 to 30 3 



BREAD. 



Beat wheaten per loaf 10:^d. 



Smithfield .. 

 Whitechapel 

 St. James'a , . 



Beef .. 



Mutton , 



FODDER, 



Per Load. 



Hay. Clover. 

 a. B. B. s. 



60 to 80 80 to 90 

 70 to 80 80 to 100 

 60 to 84 72 to 90 

 Meat. 

 (Newgate Market.) 

 By the carcase, per stone of Slbs. 



s. d. 8. d. 8. d. s, d. 



. . 2 4 to 3 4 1 Veal 3 8 to 5 8 



, . 1 8 to 2 8 I Pork 3 to 5 



Live Stock. 

 (Sold at Smithfield Market.) 



Beasts. Calves. Sheep. Pigs. 

 Numbers 18,166 1,634 118,320 1,590 



Straw. 



26 to 32 

 30 to 36 

 24 to 31 



January, 1822. 



There was little variation in grain, particularly as respects 

 wheat and barley. Oats went off at an advance of Is. per qr. 



At Newgate Market there was a trifling reduction in beef, 

 mutton, apd pork. Veal remained the same. 



March, 1822. 



Bread was reduced to lOd. per quartern loaf. 



fodder. 



Per Load. 



£ B. d. £ B. d. 



Hay 2 15 to 4 4 



Clover 3 3 to 4 12 



Straw 1 6 to 1 14 



GRAIiV. 



Per Quarter. 



Oats, feeding 14 to 20 



Ditto, brew or Poland 19 to 23 

 Beans, new tick,. . . 20 to 24 

 Ditto, old 25 to 28 



Wheat, old 46 to 68 



Ditto, new white . . 36 to 64 



Ditto, new red ... . 34 to 53 



Rye 23 to 26 



Barley 18 to 28 



In April the highest price of the best wheaten bread 

 throughout the metropolia was PJd. the quartern loaf of 4lbB. 

 5, ozs. 



In mutton there was a slight increase, aud a reduction in 

 veal. Lamb sold at 6s. to Ss. per stone. 



In May hay advanced to 663. to SOs., clover 753. to 87s., 

 and straw 26a. to 363. per load. Pork was reduced to 2b. 8d. 

 to 4s., and lamb to 43. to 5s. per stone. 



Oa June the 7th bread and wheat remained as per last, 

 Barley, beans, and peas rather increased. 



The price of meat was as follows : — 

 Per stone of Slbs. 



Average price of wheat in December, 185G, was SOs. 8d. per 

 quarter. Between that month and September, 1857, the 

 lowest price was 53b. 2d. in April, and 628. 7d. in July, 1857. 



The price of meat for the same period was as follows:— 

 Beef, prime large ox, 43. 2d. to 43. 8d. ; mutton, prime South- 

 down, 4s. lOd. to 6s. lOd.; pork, neat small porkers, 4?, 8d. to 

 5s. 2d, per atoue. 



MALT AND HOPS. 



As the main staple in the production of our malt 

 liquors is grain, the statistical parliamentary papers 

 recently issued relative to brewing and distillation 

 are deserving of notice and analysis. One return 

 issued last month furnishes us witli details of the 

 number of persons engaged in brewing, or in the 

 sale of beer. From this statement we learn that there 

 are in the United Kingdom 2,4o3 licensed brcwer.«, of 

 whom 2,217 are in England.' 83 of those carry on 

 business in London. Manchester stands first in the 

 number of provincial brewers, 102 being returned for 

 that district; Cambridge ranks second, having 02. 

 Then follow Surrey, 70 ; Liverpool, 77 ; Durham, 7G; 

 and Hants, Hull, and others gradually smaller. 



Passing to Scotland, wo find there ar« 129 brewers, the 

 principal locations being Edinburgh and Stirling — 21 

 each J Haddington, 16: then follow Ayr, Dumfries, 

 Aberdeen, &c. Ireland has 107 brewers: of these 14 

 carry on business in Dublin, 12 at Naas, 9 at Nowry, 

 and 8 at Waterford. But besides these brewers par 

 excellence, we have in the United Kingdom 91,484 

 licensed victuallers, of whom 25,143 brew their own 

 beer. About 39,000 beer retailers, who are licensed 

 to sell their beer to be drunk on the premises, and of 

 those 12,000 make their own beer; and 820 out of 

 2,743 beer-shop keepers, who have no licences for 

 drinking on the premises, also brow beer. Last year's 

 return shows a slight decrease on these numbers^ the 



