THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE, 



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only of English, and 34,1 G5 qrs. forei^. The 

 quantity in granary is not large, and has rather di- 

 minished this month, in consequence of the mode- 

 rate imports. 



The malt trade lias been steady throughout the 

 month, fine qualities being more in favour at the 

 close, and prices rather against buyers. 



The importations of foreign oats during the 

 month have been extraordinary, reaching in four 

 weeks to nearly a quarter of a million qrs., with 

 prices very little affected, the large export demand 

 of July being followed by an equally important 

 drain from the country markets. The arrivals 

 have been mostly Russian, the ports of Archangel, 

 Petersburg, Cronstadt, and Riga having all contri- 

 buted freely to this market ; those in the Baltic 

 having also to execute large orders for Holland 

 and Belgium, where the crops are very deficient. 

 Our own, too, though the quality is said to be 

 good, is below an average; so, vmless Russia can 

 keep on exporting at an equal pace, there seems 

 no chance of lower rates, excepting in occasional 

 gluts, all through the season. The first Monday 

 had the heaviest supply known for years ; but the 

 value of Russian samples then decreased only Gd. 

 per qr., and this was fully recovered on the second 

 Monday, and kept up till the fourth, when Russian 

 sorts again gave way, on a heavy supply, 6d. per 

 qr. The imports in four weeks were 246,914 qrs. 

 foreign, 2,623 qrs. Ii'ish, 2,131 qrs. Scotch, and 

 3,388 qrs. of home growth — in all, 255,056 qrs., 

 giving a weekly average of 63,764 qrs. Last 

 March, the total weekly average was 12,213 qrs., 

 or less than one-fifth ; and yet the price then rose 

 only Gd. per qr. on the last Monday. 



Both beans and peas having very much failed as 

 crops, they have maintained their value without an 

 active demand. The Egyptian supplies of the 

 former have hitherto been very small, including 

 some of the present year's produce, which, by the 

 samples received, does not excel. The arrivals of 

 old English beans, though rather increased, have 

 therefore been steadily placed at full rates. The 

 new samples of winter appear more than usually 

 eaten by the weevil, and the weight consequently 

 reduced. The new peas are sounder, but very 

 small — both boilers and those for hog feed. White 

 boilers, for such an inferior crop, appear dispro- 

 portionately low-priced, and we expect, as the sea- 

 son comes on, must advance, as reports from the 

 Baltic are unfavourable, and Canada is said only to 

 have an average crop ; but maples and dun sorts 

 being dear, may be supplanted by maize and low 

 barley, and even blighted wheat. Of beans, the 

 imports for four weeks were 2,06l qrs. English, 

 4,525 qrs. foreign; of peas, ],304 qi'S. English, 

 4,126 qrs. foreign. 



The linseed trade has been without any change; 

 the high price of seed, as compared with oil, deter- 

 mining crushers rather to stop their mills than 

 buy freely. Cakes alone have sold well, the rains 

 not having been sufl!iciently ])lentiful to give 

 enough keep to farmers and graziers, and its fat- 

 tening properties, as well as service to the soil, 

 being better understood than formerly. The 

 London imports were 13,028 qrs., and the exports 

 6,013 qrs. in four weeks. 



The seed trade generally has been entirely with- 

 out excitement. New trifolium has advanced from 

 25s. to 45s. per cwt., in consequence partly of the 

 great rise in France, the quality there being much 

 below an average from drought. New white mus- 

 tard-seed has been reduced in price from the time 

 it first appeared, l/'s. per bushel being a top price, 

 and difficult to realize. New brown a still slower 

 sale at 12s. per bushel. New winter tares being 

 scarce, have been held at l2s. per bushel — no 

 new canary-seed having yet appeared, this article 

 has kept its high price, from the limited receipts. 

 Cloverseed has been quiet at last month's im- 

 provement, the crops here being still better re- 

 ported than those abroad, though both in Germany 

 and France, as well as Holland, there has been a 

 better prospect of seed since the plentiful rains. 

 Trefoil has been steady at fully former rates for 

 new samples. Hempseed has maintained its value, 

 but rapeseed has been more difficult to sell. 

 Carraway-seed and coriander-seed have sold in 

 retail without quotable change of price. 



CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. 



Shillings per Q'larter 



Wheat, Easex and Kent, white 41 to 50 ....,, new., 44to5l 



„ red. .38 to 45 , new.. 42 48 



Norfolk, Line. and Yorks., red 39 43 .... new.. 40 46 



Barley, malting, new — to 30 ChevaUer,new 38 40 



Distilling, new ..29 32 Grinding 25 30 



MALT.Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk ....56 64 fino 66 68 



Kingston, Ware, and town made .. 56 64 „ 66 68 



Brown 52 54 _ _ 



Rye new— ■- 30 36 



Oats, English, feed 23 28 Potato 27 35 



Scotch, feed 23 27 31.. Potato 28 35 



Irish, feed, white 22 25 fine 26 32 



Ditto, black 22 24 ,, — 25 



Beans, Mazagan 37 39 Ticks ...... 37 39 



Harrow 37 42 Pigeon 41 47 



Peas, new, white boilersiO 47.. Maple 44 46.. Grey 42 44 



Flour, persackof2801bs., Town, Households 36s., fine 40 43 



Country 31 83...... Households.. 31 35 



Norfolk and Suffolk, ex-ship 30 31 



FOREIGN GRAIN. 



Shilliugs per Quarter, 

 do. — — extra — 63 



Wheat, Danteic, mixed 45 ~ high 



Konigsberg 40 48 „ 



Rostock ..........45 —fine. 



American, white ..43 51 red. 



Barley, grinding 23 28 



Oats, Dutch, brew, and Polands 25 

 Danish .<vnd Swedish, feed ...25 

 Russian 



Beans, Friesland and Holstein 



Konigsberg 36 



Peas, feeding 42 



Indian Corn, white 34 



Floor, per sack French 33 



American.per barrel, sour ,,20 



.,.42 47 — 



.. Distilling.... 30 



31 Feed 24 



27 Stralsund.... 26 



,.. 23 



33 



40 Egyptian.... 35 

 44 fine boilers.. 44 



36 yellow 34 



37 Spanish .... — 

 22 sweet.,.,... 24 



