THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



56:5 



operations have taken jjlace in Russia, and at St. 

 Petersburgh it is expected that 600,000 qrs. will be 

 forthcoming for the season ; but should they prin- 

 cipally come here, it will be late first, and the near 

 countries not being likely to send enough, Swedish, 

 Danish, and Russian sorts must be the principal 

 dependence ; and there seems every proba])ility 

 that rates will be comparatively high till next har- 

 vest. Nearly every market was more or less against 

 buyers till the fourth Monday, which, being well 

 supplied with foreign, lost Gd. of the previous rise, 

 leaving the entire advance about Is. for the month. 

 The imports into London for the four weeks were, 

 2,9/'5 qrs. English, 25 qrs. Scotch, 2,808 qrs. Irish, 

 and 88,758 qrs. foreign, against 1,687 qrs. English, 

 5,961 qrs. Scotch, 10,935 qrs. Irish, and 123,148 

 qrs. foreign, for the four weeks in May, 1859. The 

 total foreign imports for the kingdom in April 

 were 113,177 qrs. 



Beans have been firm, and ratlier tending up- 

 wards, more especially for English qualities, which 

 have been in demand. The new crop of Egyptian 

 is beginning to arrive at Alexandria, but is said 

 only to be partial, in consequence of damage by 

 high winds during the time of bloom. We antici- 

 pate but little change in jjrices this side harvest. 

 The arrivals in the port of London were 2,997 qrs. 

 English, 5,842 qrs. foreign, against 1,963 qrs. 

 English, 2,582 qrs. foreign in May, 1859. The 

 imports into the kingdom for April were 36,062 qrs. 



Very little has been doing in peas through the 

 month, yet dun and maples, from their scarcity, 

 have improved in value Is. to 2s. per qr. ; but 

 since the reduction in grinding barley there is little 

 prospect of any further advance. Boilers have 

 continued very little enquired for. Prices being 

 little different to those for hog food have under- 

 gone no change. Stocks are said to be very short. 

 The imports into London for the four weeks were, 

 in Enghsh sorts 540 qrs., in foreign 2,118 qrs , 

 against 571 qrs. English, and 950 qrs. foreign, for 

 four weeks in May, 1859. The arrivals from 

 abroad for April were 14,801 qrs. for the United 

 Kingdom. 



Linseed all through the month has continued to 

 rule high ; the steady export trade and active en- 

 quiry for cake, in consequence of the deficiency of 

 fodder and high price of meat, contributing to the 

 support of prices, which have increased 6d. to Is. 

 per qr. The seed season has closed with great dis- 

 appointment to all concerned in it. Foreign arrivals, 

 though not heavy, came in before the demand com- 

 menced, which was seriously checked by the back- 

 wardness of spring. This made holders of red 

 cloverseed uneasy, and many sold at rates which 

 would have justified a speculative operation. Sup- 

 plies eventually becoming lighter, as suitable wea- 

 ther came, prices rose for consumption, and even- 

 tually some quantity was taken for holding over at 

 2s. to 4s. above the rates paid for sowing. Many 

 farmers lost their seed by the untoward weather. 

 White seed has gone down considerably; holders 

 presuming too much on its scarcity, limited their 

 own sales, and rates have become entirely nominal. 

 Trefoil has also been sold low. Tares only go in 

 quantity at feeding rates, and the imports all 

 through the season have been to poor account, ex- 



cepting some early shipments of large Brunswick. 

 Canaryseed has remained low-priced without at- 

 tracting attention, and the unremunerative prices 

 seem likely to shorten its growth in this country. 

 Rapeseed has been dull, and only fine whole mus- 

 tardseed has been saleable. Carraway has ruled 

 cheap, but with little demand. Other seeds much 

 as previously quoted. 



CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE, 



Sbilliiigs per Quarter. 



WHEAT, Essex and Kent , white , new 45 to 5G old 4 6 to 57 



,, ,, red new 44 53. ...old 46 54 



Norfolk, Line, and Yorks., red 43 53 



BARLEY, malting .... 30 to 30 ... .Chevalier, new. . — — 



Grinding 28 30 Distilling 30 31 



MALT, Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk . . 49 to 57 . . fine GO 70 



Kingston, Wai-e, and town made .. 49 57.. ,, GO 70 



Brown 48 49.. — — 



RYE new— — .. 30 31 



OATS, English, feed... 22 to 27 Potato 28 31 



Scotch, feed 23 28 Potato 28 31 



Irish, feed, wliito 22 to 26 . . fine 2G 29 



Ditto, black 22 26.. ,, — 27 



BEANS, Mazagan 34 to 40 Ticks 37 39 



Harrow 3G 45 Pigeon 4G ^0 



PEAS, new, white, boilers 3G 41 Maple 38 to 41 Grey 36 38 



FLOUR, persack of 2801b., Town, Uouseholds44s., fine 46 60 



Country 37 to 33 Households . . 40 42 



Norfolk and Suffolk, ex-ship 3G 37 



FOREIGN GRAIN. 



Shilling's per Quarter. 

 WHEAT, Dantzic, mixed 56 to — high do.— to 5se.\tra— to Gl 



Konigsberg 50 53 ,, — — — — 



Rostock 55 — fine 59 old 59 — — 



American, white .. 50 53 red.. ..48 to 54 — — 



Pomera.,Meckbg.,& Uckermrk,red 53 50 — — 



Silesian, red 43 54 white 52 58 



Danish and Holstein 50 55 



Russian, hard 49 to 54 .. French 47 to 54 . . white 60 66 



St. Petersburg and Riga 48 56 



Rhine and Belgium 52 63 



BARLEY, grinding. 28 to 29 .. Distilling.. 30 31 



OATS, Dutch, brew, &PoIands 24 30 .. Feed 21 26 



Danish and Swedish, feed.. 23 27 .. Stralsund. 24 27 



Russian 23 26 



BEANS, Friesland and Holstein 36 42 



Konigsberg 36 to 39 .. Egyptian .... 30 38 



PEAS, feeding 37 38 .. fine boilers. . 38 41 



INDIAN CORN, white 36 39 .. yellow 36 38 



FLOUR, per sack.. . .French 33 41 .. Spanish, none — — 



American, per brl., sour 20 27 .. sweet 28 30 



IMPERIAL AVERAGES. 



Oats, 

 d. 



24 2 

 24 2 



24 5 



25 5 I 34 

 25 10 I34 

 25 3 I 36 

 24 10 |S4 

 24 2 I 32 



Rye. 



s. d. 



36 10 



32 11 



31 5 







1 



2 



3 



6 



Beans, 

 s. d. 

 39 9 

 42 



41 C 



42 4 



43 8 



44 3 



42 3 



43 3 



Peas, 

 s. d. 



39 

 ■:8 

 39 



40 3 



39 



S9 



,40 8 



FLUCTUATIONS IN theAVERAGE PRICE OF WHEAT. 



PRICES OF SEEDS. 



BRITISH SEEDS. 

 M0STAEDSEED, per bush., new 10s. to 14s. brown 12s. to 16s. 



Coriander, per cwt 14s. ICs. 



Canary, per qr..o 50s. 54s. 



Trefoil, new 17s. 2Is. 



Tares, winter, new, per bushel Os.to Os.Od. 



Linseed, per qr., sowing — s. to 64s. crushing.. 54s.to58s. 



Linseed Cakes, per ton £9 lOs. to £10 10s. 



Rapeseed, per qr 62s. to GGs. 



Rape Cake, per ton £5 10s. to £6 Os. 



FOREIGN SEEDS, &c. 



Cloverseed, red 38s. to 48s white 82s. to 90s. 



Trefoil 17s. 21s. 



Hempseed, small, — s. per qr Dutch — s. 40s. 



Coriander, per cwt 16s. 18s. 



