THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



IMPERIAL AVERAGES. 



Foa TriE LA9T Six Wheat. iBarley. 

 s. d. 



37 8 



Weeks: 

 July 11, 1857 

 July 18, 1857 

 July 25, 1857 

 Aug. 1, 1857 

 Aug. 8, 1857 

 Aug. 15, 1857 

 Aggregate average' 61 3 

 Same time last year 75 4 



s. d. 

 63 10 

 63 8 

 fi2 7 

 59 8 



58 10 



59 2 



40 

 38 6 



41 7 



Oals. 

 s. d. 

 27 2 

 27 9 



27 8 



28 7 

 28 2 

 27 8 

 27 10 

 26 6 



Rye. Beans 



s. d. i s. d. 



40 6 45 4 

 42 7 45 11 



41 3 45 6 



39 5 4G 5 

 38 10 46 11 



40 5 47 1 

 40 G 46 2 

 48 3 45 3 



s. d. 



43 11 



44 4 

 42 8 

 il 1 

 40 10 

 40 10 

 42 3 

 42 8 



COMPARATIVE AVERAGES— 1857-56. 



From last Friday's Caz. s. d. 



Wheat 78,060 qrs., 59 2 



Barley 1,422 .. 40 



Oats... 8,237 .. 27 8 



Bye 250 .. 40 6 



Beans 2,745 .. 47 1 



Peas 1,738 .. 40 10 



From Gazette of 1856. s. 



Wheat 44,082 qrs., 71 



Barley 2,385 .. 43 



Oats 7,518 .. 26 



Rye 132 .. 44 



Beans 2,339 .. 44 



Peas 412 .. 39 



PRICES OF SEEDS. 



BRITISH SEEDS. 



Tares, new, per bushel 6s. 6d. to 6s. 9d. 



MD3TARDSEED, per busIieL.new 17s. to 20s., brown to 21s. 



Coriander, percwt 20s. to 24s. 



Canary, perqr 74s. to 86s. 



Linseed, per qr., sowing — s.to — s... crushing 71s. to 72s. 



Linseed Cakes, per ton £9 lOs. to JEIO Os. 



Rapeseed, per qr..... . 70s. to 72s 



Rape Cake, per ton £& 08. to £h 10s. 



FOREIGN SEEDS. &c. 



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



Hempseed, small, per qr — s.to 44s... Do. Dutch i6s. 



Coriander, percwt... 15s. to 20s. 



Carraway ,, -. 42s. lo 4r>s. 



Linseed, per qr., Baltic ..69s. to 72s... Bombay 71s. to 73s. 



Linseed Cake, per ton £9 lOs.to £10 Os. 



Rapeseed, Dutch 76s. to 80s. 



Rape Cake, per ton £5 Os.to £5 10s. 



~~~ HOP MARKET^ 



BOROUGH, Monday, Aug. 24. —We have no new 

 feature to notice iu our market since our last report. The 

 improvement in the plantations, of which mb spo\e last week, 

 continues, aud the chances of a fair crop appear at present 

 more certain. The tr^r'e continues quiet at about the cur- 

 rency of last week. Duty, £155,000 to £160,000. 



POTATO MARKETS. 



BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS, Monday, Aug. 24. 

 —Since Monciay last rather large supplies of Potatoes in ex- 

 cellent condition have come to Land, chiefly by railway. The 

 demand is steady, and prices are well supported. York Re- 

 gents, 5s. to 63. ; Shaws, 4s, to 53. ; middiiugis, 3s. to 3s. 6d. 

 percwt. Tlie imports are 83 baskets 11 bsgs from Ghent, 

 aud 20 bags from Rotterdam. 



COUNTRY POTATO MARKETS.— York, August 15 : 

 Potatoes, 2J-'1. to .3d. per quartern, aiad lOd. to Is. per peck. 

 Leeds, August 18: A good show of potatoes, at 9d. to lOd. 

 per 21 lbs. wholesale, and lOd. to 12d. retail. Riceimond. 

 August 15 : Potatoes, 4s. per bushel. Sheffield, August 

 18: Potatoes, 10s. to 123 per load of 18 stones. Man- 

 chester, August 20: Potatoes, 9a. to 133. per 252 lbs. 



ENGLISH BUTTER MARKET. 

 LONDON, Monday, Aug. 24.— Our trade is firm at 

 week's prices. 



Dorset, fine . , per cwt. 116a. to 113a. 



Ditto, middling lOOa. to 1 !s. 



Devon 108a. to 112s. 



Fresh pei doz. lbs, 12s. to 143. 



BELFAST, (Friday last.)— Butter : Shipping price, IOO3. 

 to lOQs. per cwt.; firkins and crocks, lid. to llfd. per lb. j 

 Bacon, 638. to 683, ; Hams, prime, 84?. to 903., second quality 



70i. to 768. per cwt. ; prime mess Poik, 105s. to UOs. 6d. per 

 brl. • Beef, 120s. to ISOs. per tierce; Irish Lard, iu bladdtrs, 

 76s. to SOs.; kegs or firkins, G8s. to 7O3. per cwt. 



WOOL MARKETS. 

 ENGLISH WOOL MARKET. 

 LONDON, Monday, Aug. 24.— The public Ealea of colo- 

 nial wool, owing to the enormous demand aud the high prices 

 realized, have now been brought to a close. Since cur last, the 

 attendance of buyers has been numerous, and the whole of 

 the supply cfltred has changed hands at very full prices. By 

 private contract, the trade continues very firm. All English 

 wools are active, and ouite as dear as last week. 

 Per pack of 240!bs. 



Fleeces— Southdown Ho;s ...£20 10to£a 



Do. HalfbredHogs 20 21 



Do. Kent 17 10 18 10 



Do. Southdown Ewes and Wethers 18 10 19 



Do. Leicester do 17 



Sorts— Clothing, picklock 22 



Do. Prime and picklock 19 10 



Do. Choice... 18 



Do. Super 17 



Do. Combing — Wether matching ... 98 



Do. Picklock 19 10 



Do. Common , 16 



Do. Hog matching .... 2'i 10 



Do. Picklock n.aiching 20 10 



Do. Siiperdo 17 10 



YORK WOOL MARKET, August 20.— We had about 

 200 sheets, chiefly Moor wool fleeces, which sold at lis. 9d. 

 to 12s. 6d. per stone — a few sheets of good bred fleeces sold 

 at former prices. All the wool was ao'd. 



LIVERPOOL WOOL MARKET, August 22. 

 Scotch Wool. — There is a moderate demand for laid 

 Highland Wool at the quotations. White Highland is srsrce, 

 and enquired for. For Crossed and Cheviot, little new having 

 ccme to market, the transactions are limited. 



8. 



Laid Highland Wool, per241bs 16 



■White Hi:;U and do 19 



Laid Crossed do.. unv. ashed .... 18 



Do. do. .washed 19 



Laid Cl:oviot do..unwasl)ed...... 29 



Uo. do.. washed, V...... 22 



White Cheviot do. . washed .-. 83 



Foreign Wool. — The attention of the trade is still taken 

 up with the public sales now progressing iu Loudon, which are 

 going off very satisfactorily, snd give a firmer tone to our mar- 

 ket generally. A considerable quantity of low aud middle 

 clabs wools are being bought up ft r the American market. 



MANURES. 



PRICES CURRENT OF GUANO, Sc, 

 PERUVI.iN GUANO,(perton,for30tons)nominali;13 5 to .£ 



Do. Do (under SOtons).... 14 



BOLIVIAN GUANO none 



ARTIFICIAL MANURES, &c. 



£22 Otoi;23 

 29 30 

 17 10 18 



Nitrate Soda I 



(per ton).. .J 

 Nitrate Potash \ 



or Saltpetre J 

 Sulpht.Ainmoni 

 Muriate ditto... 22 

 Superphospht. 1 6 



of Lime.... 3 



'"ir^aii^''..::} « »« 



Gypsum 2 



Coprolite 3 16 







Sulph.ofCoppe 



8 



or Roman Vi- { 



trioljforWheat ( 



steeping J 



Salt 15 



Bones, Dust,perqr. 1 5 



Do. J-inch 14 



Oil Vitriol," 



centrated 



£ a. d. 

 42 to 43 



■lb.. 



ih 



Do. Brown 



1 



0{ 





 6 



Linseed-caliCB, per ton 



Thin American, I ^,„ j, „^ji g q 



inbrl3.orba{<8 j 

 Thick do. round 



Oto .£0 

 5 10 10 

 « 10 



2 10 

 4 



OIL-CAKES. 



I Marseilles £10 



English 10 



Rape-calces, prton 6 5 

 10 I 



John Keen, 35, Leadenhall-street, 



(Late Odams, Pickford, and Keen.) 

 Williams & Co., 24, Mark Lane— Azotic. . . ■■^■■■■- ■_• ■■ • 777. 7^7... £fi 10 

 llanufactured hy Hodi^son & Simpson, ■vVakefield, and 

 Matthews & Co., Driffield. 



Ammonia-Phosphate and Nitro-Phosphate per ton £8 



Superphosphate of Lime „ 7 



Ajjrricultiiral Chemical Works, Stowmarket, Suffolk. 



Prentice's Cereal Manure lor Corn Crops per ton £8 10 



Prentice's Turnip Manure :„ 7 



Prentice's Superphos phate of Lime ^, fi 10 



Lancashire Manure Company, Widnea, near Warrington. 



J. Knifflit & Co.'s Nitms'cniied Bone Manures per ton £S 15 



" Manu7eTVorks, GrovehiU, Beverley. 

 Tijjar & Co.'s Celebrated Turnip Manures per (on £7 10 



Printed hy Rojjerson and Tuxford, 246, Strand, London. 



