THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



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never, we think, has more good hay been gathered in any 

 one season. The bulk lias been more than, from the dry 

 state of the weather, you might have supposed. Our corn 

 is ripening apace, and we shall soon be in the throng of an 

 early harvest. Our corn markets have rallied a little, but 

 must soon recede, from the quantity of old corn on hand. 

 Many of our farmers never made a greater mistake, we think, 

 than to hold so obstinately last autumn, while the foreigner 



sold, and pocketed the cash. It is all up now : we advise 

 them to hold on : prices for wheat cannot be much worse. 

 Our labour market is better; good labourers are fully em- 

 ployed, and, with the moderate price of bread, they must 

 feel themselves in more comfortable circumstances. Wages 

 128. to 15s,, and harvest wages 20s. per week. We hope 

 the poor may be well employed and paid, and that there 

 may be no complaining in our streets.— July 19th. 



AGRICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE, FAIRS, &c. 



BEDALE FORTNIGHTLY FAIR.— There was a small 

 show of beasts, owiog to Topcliffe fair beiug held the previous 

 day. A gooJ supply of sheep. Business was rather brisk, 

 Beef, 63. 6d. to 73. 6d. per stone; muttou, 5il. to 6|d. per lb. 



BEWDLEY FAIR.— There was a good show of sheep, 

 short supply of cows, and very few pigs. The attendance of 

 buyers was scarce, and business very dull. Fat sheep fetched 

 G^d. to 6ijd. per lb. ; stores from 283. to SGs.; lambs, about 

 Tjd. ; beef sold at from 6d. to 6^d, Pigs were a trifle dearer. 



BRENTWOOD FAIR. — There was a large show of 

 good cart horses, with an active demand. Mr. Barker, of lu- 

 gatestone, showed some very clever hacks and hunters, at 

 prices averaging from £10 to £70 each, several of which were 

 sold ; in cattle but little was doing. 



BRISTOL COLT FAIR.— There was an unusually large 

 show of colts, principally two-year-olds. Buyers, however, 

 were not proportionately numerous, and the colts sold slowly, 

 the highest price given being £44. Several animals were sold 

 at 38 to 39 guineas, but the gener.il prices for useful colts 

 were from £23 to £2.5. The rates may be stated at about 20 

 per cent, below those which were obtainable last year. 



CAMELFORD FAIR. — 3,500 sheep and lambs were 

 penned, nearly all of which met with a ready sale, the lambs 

 varying in price from ISs to 26s. per head. The supply of 

 cattle was large, but the demand for them was far from brisk, 

 and only about 200 changed hands at prices rather on the 

 decline. 



CARMARTHENSHIRE. — FAIRS have beeu held at 

 Lansawal on the 15th, at Haverfordwest on the 19th, aud at 

 Newcastle Emlyn on the 20th of this month. There was a 

 fair number of store beauts on offer at each of those places. 

 There was a fair attendance of dealers ; business was more 

 animated than of late, whilst prices were a shade higher. 

 Cows with calves and fat cows were in fair supply and demand 

 at late prices. A large number of horses and colts were 

 shown at Haverfordwest and Newcastle Emlyn; sales were 

 brisk at satisfactory rates. A large number of sheep and 

 lambs were penned at the two last named fairs, and the whole 

 sold at late prices. Pigs of all descriptions continued without 

 alteration. 



COLCHESTER FAIR.—The supply of sheep (about 2,000) 

 was not so large as usual, and there was but little business 

 done. There was a very large supply of horses, nearly 600 

 being on the ground, consisting of hackneys, Suffolk cart 

 horses, prices varying from 35^. to 45Z , Welsh horses, ponies, 

 &c. Mr. Martin, of Cattawade, showed 60 fine Suffolk horses, 

 of which he sold about 40. He also exhibited a very fine two- 

 year-old Suffolk colt, thought to be the handsomest in the 

 fair, which realized 50/., and a two-year-old filly, 461. There 

 were about 150 head of neat stock, but no business doing. The 

 attendance altogether small. 



CAWDOR MONTHLY TRYST was well attended, and 

 the stock, taken as a whole, considerably above average in con- 

 dition. The market was extremely stiff, business, from an 

 almost entire absence of dealers, being confined to transac- 

 tions among the farmers. For the best cattle there was scarcely 

 any demand, and a number of superior lota left the ground 

 early in the afternoon unsold. Jlighland breeds were, how- 

 ever, in much more than ordinary repute, and the greater bulk 

 of the sales effected were among them. Though business was 

 not spirited, by the evening a good many sales were effected 

 at much about the prices of last month's tryst. 



HAILSHAM FAIR.— With regard to the numbers on the 



ground, the horses and bullocks seemed to be about an ave- 

 rage, but certainly presented no feature worthy of remark, 

 beiug on the whole comparatively poor, and most part unsold. 

 Of sheep and lamhs there were upwards of 2,000, the latter 

 greatly predominating ; indeed, the fair was essentially one 

 for lambs, which brought excellent prices. One lot of lambs 

 brought 243. The other prices averaged from 14s. to 233. 

 Nearly all were sold. Tegs were scarce : their prices ranged 

 from 25s. to 323., and one lot brought as much as SBs. 



HORSHAM LAMB FAIR.— There were 11,000, princi- 

 pally lambs. In the morning the sellers asked prices which the 

 buyers were not inclined to give, but about noon a better 

 understatiding seemed to have been arrived at, from 15s. to 

 3O3. being about the average range of prices. Only oue of the 

 lots, we believe, however, reached the latter figure, Mr. 

 Emery's, of Hurston Place, which really was a very superior 

 lot, and much admired in its bonny blue ribbons. Next 

 in price was a very fine lot shown by Mr. Heasman, of Ang- 

 mering, which made 29s., Mr. Heath, of Upper Hurston, 

 made 273., Mr. G. Penfold, of Wiggcnholt, 263., Mr. Hard- 

 wick, Snllington, 25s., Mr. Reed, Kithurst. 26s., &c., &c. 

 There was a fair supply of horned cattle, and the strong 

 hackneys aud heavy horses rather exceeded the usual supply 

 both in quality aud quantity. 



MORETONHAMPSTEAD FAIR.—The show of bullocks 

 and sheep was tolerably good. Among the former were some 

 prime fat bullocks, which were disposed of at from Qs. 6d. to 

 10s. per score. There were many cows and calves in the fair; 

 and, although the sales were not brisk, several were sold at 

 from £12 to £16. Barreners, in good condition, also found 

 purchasers at from 73. to 8s. per score. Many of the steers 

 driven in for sale also changed hands at from £10 to £24 the 

 pair. The number of sheep penned did not exceed 579 ; cut 

 of the above number 350 were sold, and among these were 

 some prime fat sheep, which were disposed of at from 55d. to 

 6d. per lb. Good keeping sheep sold at from 283. to 363. 

 each. Fat lambs sold pretty freely at about 7d. per lb. 



OVERTON FAIR. — The supply was rather over an ave- 

 rage, but the trade was brisk from the commencement at from 

 Is. to 2s. per head under those of last year, at which a clear- 

 ance was effected. Ewes sold from 30s. to 38s., extra 423. to 

 45s. The prize ewes, exhibited in fatting condition, realized 

 from 48s. to 52s. Lambs 22s. to 34s., extra 35s. to 373. 6d. 

 One lot belonging to W. J. Chaplin, Esq., of Ewhurst, which 

 obtained the first prize, realized 40s. per head. Stock wethers, 

 323. to 38s. The sheep exhibited for the various prizes were 

 of first-rate quality, and the competition unusually keen. The 

 judge^were Messrs. J. T. Twynam, Winchester, Mr. Thomas 

 Gerrish, Hurstbourne Tarrant, and Mr. T. H. Saunders, of 

 Watercombe, Dorset, who awarded the premiums m the fol- 

 lowing order : For the best pen of 100 wether lambs, bred 

 from a flock of any number, a cup of ten guineas value, given 

 by Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, to W. J. Chaplin, Esq. ; a 

 cup of five guineas value, given by G. Sclater Booth, Esq., 

 M.P., for the second be3t, to Mr. Digweed, Steventon. A 

 cup of ten guineas value, given by W. B. Beach, Esq., M.P„ 

 for the best 80 lambs, to Mr. James Parker, Lasham. A cup 

 of ten guineas value, given by Melville Portal, Esq., for the 

 best 100 ewes, full-mouthed, to Mr Anthony Budd, Overton; 

 a cup of five guineas value, given by his Grace the Duke of 

 Wellington, for the second best, Mr. Davis. For the best 

 ram, a cup of ten guineas value, given by the Earl of Ports, 

 mouth, to Mr. Parker, Lasham. A cup of five guineas value, 



