THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



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BOGBAIN MONTHLY MARKET.— There was a good 

 show of stock of all kinds — better than there has been for 

 several months. The demand for cattle was very brisk, and 

 good prices were readily given. For Highland cattle the 

 prices were those of last market : for good crosses they were 

 slightly higher. There was scarcely any difference between 

 the prices and those given ou the previous day at the Muir of 

 Ord. Milch cows were in good demand ; but the show was 

 not large. The sales were mostly iu small lots. Of sheep 

 there was a considerable show ; but the transactions were not 

 numerous. There were some fine lots. The prices were 

 slightly below the level fixed by the wool-market sales of the 

 previous week. A good many horses were shown ; but few 

 sales took place. 



BROMYARD FAIR.— There were but few steers, cows and 

 calves, and barrens on offer, and little business was done ; rates 

 rather lower. Lambs fetched 8d. per lb., and sheep 7d. Pigs 

 were much reduced in price. In the horse fair there was no- 

 thing doing. 



CAMELFORD FAIR.— There was a very good supply, 

 upwards of 3,500 sheep being penned, 3,000 of which were 

 sold, the lambs varying in price from 15s. to 27s. each. The 

 bullock fair, ou the 18th, was also well supplied with cattle of 

 all sorts ; and although business appeared to be very dull for 

 a long time m the morning, it was found, at the close of the 

 fair, that more than 350 head had exchanged hands, at prices 

 about the same as at late fairs in the neighbourhood. 



CAWDOR MONTHLY TRYST.— The number of cattle 

 on the ground was scarcely up to the average of the former 

 trysts held there this season. There was fully the usual pro- 

 portion of fine-conditioned, heavy animals present ; but by far 

 the greater portion of the market was made up of one and 

 two-year-olds, all in thriving condition. The difference 

 between the lighter and heavier kinds of stock exhibited, 

 either in size or condition, was not so wide and marked as 

 usual. A good many sales were effected, slightly below 

 K mer rates ; but many of the best lots, towards evening, left 

 the market unsold. The following are a few of the sales which 

 took place during the day : Mr. Anderson, GoUanfield, sold 

 14 two-year-old crosses at £15 5s.; Mr. Cruickshank, Milton, 

 Petty, a lot of three-year-old polled stots at £17 5s., and a 

 pair of small queys at £11 ; Mr. Macpherson, Torrich, a lot of 

 two-year-old polled stots at £12 (the finest of the kind, at 

 their age, in the market) ; Mr. Morrison, Alnahall, a lot of 

 two-year-old crosses at £9 ; Mr. C. Forsyth, Clune, a lot of 

 two-year old polled stots at £11 ; Mr. Kennedy, Lievarattach, 

 a lot of two-year-old cross queys at £10 ; Mr. Anderson, 

 Glackton, a lot of year-old cross queys at £8, ditto two-year- 

 old cross stots at £15 ; Mr. W. Gordon, Lethenbar, a mixed 

 lot of two-year-old ditto at £10 ; Mr. W. Grant, Flenas, a lot 

 of two-year-old polled queys at £9 lOs. ; Mr. Clark Milton, of 

 Kilravock, a lot of year-old crosses at £8 ; Mr. C. Clunas, 

 Auldearn, a lot of two-year old ditto at £8, and another lot of 

 ditto at £9 12s. 6d. ; Mr. C. Smith, Raitloan, a lot of ditto at 

 £11 ; Mr. Macarthur, Rait, a lot of two-year-old mixed at 

 £8 ; Mr. Macpherson, Knockanbowie, a year-old cross qney at 

 £10, aud a lot of small year-old crosses at £3 lOs. Mr. C. 

 Forsyth, Newton, Darnaway, bought a lot of one-year-old 

 crosses at £5 53. Mr. Henry, Achneim, sold one of the few 

 cows on the stance at £18 ; and the only lot of sheep present 

 — blackfaced ewes and lambs — were disposed of at 13s. per 

 head. A few horses were also shown. A year-old colt was 

 sold by D. Macpherson, CuUodeu, at £9 10s. 



GLOUCESTER MONTHLY MARKET.— There was but 

 an indifferent supply of fat stock. Beef was very scarce, not 

 half equal to the demand. There were very few fat sheep 

 penned, which were soon disposed of. Lambs were also 

 scarce, and in indifferent condition. Nearly the whole of the 

 stock was disposed of, at the following prices :^Beef, 7d. to 7id. ; 

 mutton, 7d. to 75d. ; lambs, 8d. to S^d. per lb. 



HORSHAM FAIR was well attended aud abundantly sup- 

 plied with stock of all kinds. There were between 11,000 and 

 12,000 sheep and lambs. There were horses in good number, 

 but not many of first-class quality. Trade was unusually 

 dull, and scarcely any business was transacted until the latter 

 part of the afternoon, and a great many sheep, lambs and 

 horses did not change hands at all. It was a sluggish day 

 throughout. 



KNIGHTON FAIR. — Lambs were in great demand, and 



realised high prices. There was a good supply of both sheep 

 aud cattle, and the price of the latter was high. 



LINCOLN FAT STOCK MARKET.— There was a good 

 show of both beasts and sheep, and notwithstandiug that there 

 was only a slack demand, holders remained firm to the close of 

 the market. Beef realized fully 83. per stone, and mutton 7d. 

 per lb. 



MORETONHAMPSTEAD FAIR was not very largely 

 supplied, neither was there a large attendance of buyers. A 

 few fat bullocks were disposed of at from lOs. 6d. to lis per 

 score ; cows aud calves, though not eagerly sought after, found 

 purchasers at prices varying from lAl. to 171. the cow and 

 calf ; good fresh steers sold well at from 201. to 25^. the pair ; 

 barreners changed hands at from 7s. to 83. per score. Of 

 sheep there were 465 penned, out of which number 380 were 

 sold, and among these there were some fat sheep, which were 

 disposed of at about 6^d. per lb.; fat lambs sold well at from 

 188. to 243. each ; keeping sheep at from 30s. to 368. each. 



NEWARK FORTNIGHTLY MARKET.— The supply 

 of sheep was small, but there was a good show of beasts. Beef 

 realized fully 8s. to 83. 6d. per stone ; mutton e^d. to 7d. per 

 lb. 



NEWCASTLE EMLYN FAIR was held on the 20th 

 inst. Cattle were low to what they have been, and of a slow 

 sale. Horses and colts were a little more lively, but not at all 

 brisk. 



READING FAIR was tolerably well supplied with cow 

 cattle. The business has ruled rather dull, and prices were 

 lower. Milch cows sold at £14 to £17, barreners £10 to £16, 

 and in-cdlf heifers £12 to £18. For horses the fair was very 

 dull, and all sorts were cheaper than last May. 



ROSS FAIR. — The supply of store and fat stock was not so 

 good as is usual. Beef made about 7d. per lb.; mutton 7d.; lamb, 

 7d.to8d. Lamb sold briskly. Store cattle and sheep were a 

 dull sale, and the sellers not being willing to comply with the 

 offers of the buyers, many were driven away unsold. The 

 horse fair was also thinly supplied, and trade was dull in this 

 department. 



ST. BOSWELL'S ANNUAL MARKET, the most im- 

 portant in the south of Scotland, was composed of bred, 

 three-part and half-bred lambs, and three-part, half-bred, and 

 Cheviot hoggs. The stock, with few exceptions, were in fully 

 better condition than they were last year. The buyers were 

 numerous from all parts of the country. The advance on the 

 prices from last year was from 6d. to Is. 6d. per head, ac- 

 cording to condition. At the close a good number of lots re- 

 mained unsold. Bred lambs : A lot of wethers from Nisbet 

 Mill, going to Houndrigg, brought 263. ; and another lot of 

 ewes and wethers, from Sunnilaws, fetched 20s. There were a 

 few other lots disposed of at similar prices. Three-parts (ewe 

 aud wether lambs) : A lot from Cappuck, going to Earuslaw, 

 233. 6d.; Lord Lauderdale's lot was sold, going to Mouutfair, 

 at 22s. ; a lot from Oznamneuck, at 21s. 9d. Mr. Ritchie, 

 salesman, Edinburgh, bought at 21s. ; Mr. Scott, Frogden, 

 got I83. 6d. ; Mr. Hogg, Glendarg, 223. 6d.; and the Cleck- 

 mae lot, 213. 3d. Half-bred: The Marchclugh lot (wether) 

 brought I83. ; Mr. Bryden, Netherbarns (wether), 22s. 6d.; 

 and a few other lots were disposed of at similar quotations. 

 Mr. D. Anderson, salesman, bought the following lots : Seven 

 score at I83. 6d.; five score at l/s. 3d.; ten score at 16s. 6d.; 

 four score at ISs. ; and four score at 193. The hogg market 

 was largely supplied, there being, in fact, more stock than was 

 ever seen here at this market before. Three-part, half-bred, 

 and Cheviot sheep in condition, brought last year's prices ; but 

 the inferior kinds Is. to Is. 6d. per head under that of last 

 year. The show of shorthorned cattle was very extensive. 

 The following are a few of the sales : Messrs. Swan and Sons 

 sold 32 two-year-old shorthorns to Mr. Hubback at £12 15s. 

 Mr. Bishop, salesman, Edinburgh, bought a lot of two-year- 

 old shorthorns at £14. Mr. David Anderson, salesman, bought 

 20 two-year-old shorthorns at £17, and 20 at £13 15s. 

 Mr. Ritchie, salesman, bought a lot of two-year-old short* 

 horns at £16 10s., allowed to be the best value in the 

 market, and another lot at £14s. 5s. There was a 

 tolerably fair show of milk cows. For real good milkera 

 there appeared to be a demand, for the better class of which 

 about £15 was obtained; secondary qualities about £12, and 

 inferior kinds from £8 to £10. There was an unprecedentedly 

 large show of all descriptions of hor.ses. First-class draught 



