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THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



WELSH FAIRS have been held at Llandilo on the ]2th, 

 et Llansawel ou the 13th, and at Carmarthen on the 14th of 

 this month. There was an immense number of store cattle 

 for sale at each of these places, and a fair attendance of 

 dealers, but they purchased very sparingly, and at considera- 

 bly lower prices than have ruled of late. Cows with calves 

 continued very scarce, and sold at very high rates. Fat beasts 

 were in fair supply and demand at late prices. There was but 

 a meagre number of horses and colts on offer, with a very slow 

 demand at lower rates. There was a large number of fat and 

 store pigs for sale at each place on the following days ; the 

 demand was but lang^nid, at a considerable reduction in their 



value. The supply of horned cattle and horses was good, and 

 those sold readied high prices. The supply of pigs was very 

 good, most of which were sold at an early hour at fair rates. 



IRISH FAIRS. — Letteukenny. — The greatest demand 

 was for newly-calved cows or springers ; and these brought 

 from £8 to £13. There was a number of fat pigs, but the 

 demand for these was very limited. A few were bought at 

 aboat 408. percwt., suckers from lOs. to 12s. 6d. each. Bal- 

 LINAKIL, — Fat cows and bullocks averaged from £11 to £17, 

 new milch cows (very scarce) £10 to £14, strippers £8 to 

 £12, springers £10 to £15 (a single animal went as high as 

 £19), two-year-olds £8 to £10 IDs., yearlings £6 to £8, 

 weanlings £3 10s. to £1 lOs. Fat sheep hardly to be found. 

 Lambs (very inferior) 263. to SOs. No fat pigs; stores SOs. 

 to 503.; bonhams most numerous, and bringing about £1 per 

 couple. DuNDALK. — Heifers sold at £14 to £15 per head. 

 Spriugers went at from £10 to £18, according to size and 

 quality. Yonng bullocks of from two years to two years and 

 a half old went at from £a to £10, yearlings and one and-3- 

 half years old at from £3 lOs. to £4 15s. and £G each, accord- 

 ing to quality. Porkers went at from 383. to 43s. per cwt. 

 Stores appeared in considerable numbers, and were in fair 

 demand, at from 25s. to SOs. each, which was considered low. 

 There was a large supply of slips, rating from 20s. to 258. per 

 head. Young pigs were in great abundance, and went pro- 

 portionately low, at from 3s. 6d. to Ss. 6d. and Ss. 6d. ; few 

 went beyond lOs. each. There were not many horses 

 brought forward for sale. Those exhibited were of an 

 inferior class. Long tails were from £10 to £14; and 

 farmers' working cattle brought from £7 7s. to £12 123. 

 Trim. — Prime heifers went at from 91. ISs. to 12Z. 15s. ; 

 some very superior lots brought from 13/. lOs. to 14^, but 

 these were rare exceptions. Two-year-old heifers went at from 

 8/. to 12/. Two-and-a-half-year-old bullocks went at from 91. 

 to 12/., and some good lots brought 13/. Springers went from 

 10/. to 12/. 103., and raitch cows brought from 12/. to 17/. 

 lOs. Some prime lots of sheep were sold at the rate of from 

 5d. to 5jd. per lb Ewes went at from 36s. to 453. each. 

 Lambs brought from 223. 6d. to 279. 6d. and SOs. Bacon 

 pigs rated at from 473. per cwt., stores from 33s. to 403., and 

 suckers from Ss. to 10s. 6d. Horses for farming purposes 

 from 8/. upwards. Carlanstown. — Beeves, stc re bullocks, 

 Bpiingers, every description, in fact every class, were exceed- 

 ingly well represented. Beef ranged from 453. as the minimum, 

 to 60s. as the maximum figure per cwt. A tolerably fair show 

 of sheep appeared on the green. Ewe mutton rated at 6d. 

 per lb., wedder mutton from 6|d. to 6^1. per lb. Rath- 

 ICEALE. — The first winter fair of the town was held on 

 Thursday, aud, although the weather proved unfavourable, it 

 was one of the best that took place in the county Limerick for 

 sometime. The beasts were prime and good ; heifer beef was 

 in great request, and sold briskly at fron SOs. to 54s. per cwt. 

 Slaughter beef, a quantity of which cleared off, rated at from 

 363. to 443. per cwt. Milch cows were not pleutifal, and sold 

 at from 91. to 14Z. per head. There was very little demand for 

 young stock. 



passed through the weigh-house. We continue former quota- 

 tions — 483. to 503. for new, 603. to 673. for old ; skim, 248. 

 to 263. 



GLOUCESTER.— On Monday, about 100 tons of Cheese 

 (a moderate supply for the season) were pitched. Only about 

 half of this found buyers, aud that at lower prices by about 6s. 

 per cwt. than on the previous market day. Best thick and 

 doubles made from 6O3. to 633., singles 523. to 568., seconds 

 40s. to 483., skim 203, to 283. per cwt. 



CHIPPENHAM. — Our market was well supplied with 

 cheese of all deacriptions. Nearly 200 tons were pitched, not 

 more than one-half of which changed bauds, in consequence of 

 factors refusing to purchase unless at a leduction of from 48. 

 to 6s. on last market prices. The following prices were barely 

 maintained: Broad doubles, 523. to 583.; prime Cheddar, 

 568. to703. ; thin, 42s. to 50s.; loaves, 523. to 6O3.; skim, 

 22s. per cwt. 



GLASGOW.— The market still remains dull, aud few if 

 any sales effected. There were only two carta, aud two tons 



ENGLISH BUTTER MARKET. 

 LONDON, Monday, Nov. 23.— Our trade is generally 

 dull, but Dorset butter, from its scarcity, ia supported in price 

 for beat quality. 



Dorset fine per cwt. 1 26s. to 1288. 



Ditto, middling lOOs. to 104s. 



Devon 116s.toll83. 



Fresh perdoi.lbs. 12s. to 15a. 



BELFAST, (Friday last.)— Butter : Shipping price, 100s. 

 to 113s. per cwt.; firkins and crocks, lOd. to lid. per lb. ; 

 Bacon, 563. to 6O3 ; Hams, prime 84s. to 903., second quality 

 70?. to 783. per cwt.; prime mess Pork, 953. per brl. ; 

 Pork, 40s. to 50s.; Beef, 1203. to ISOs. per tierce; Irish 

 Lard, in bladders, 763. to 8O3. ; kegs or firkins, 683. to 703. 

 per cwt. 



LONDONDERRY, (Thursday last.)— The supply of butts 

 and firkins this week small; for the latte.- the demand con- 

 tinues dull, and we note a further decline in prices — the 

 quality of the butta at market being very inferior, an advance 

 of Ojd. to 0.|d. per lb. was obtained for any fiue : firkius, first 

 Is. Oid., secoud 10|d., third 9fd., fourth 8|d., fifth 8d. ; butts, 

 fiuels. OJd., good lid. to llijd., middling lOd. to lO^d. per lb. 



POTATO MARKETS. 



BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. 

 LONDON, Monday, Nov. 23. — Since our last report 

 only moderate supplies of home-grown Potatoes have come to 

 hand, coastwise and by land-carriage. From abroad the im- 

 ports have been liberal, viz., 180 tons from Rotterdam, 20 tons 

 from llarlingen, 230 tons from Hambro', 312 tons from Ant- 

 werp, 30 tons from Ghent, 20 tons from Ostend, 140 tons 

 from Nieuport, 145 tons from Bruges, 10 tons from Bremen, 

 and 20 tons from other ports. The trade for all kinds is in- 

 active, as follows : — 



York Regents 1403. to I6O3. per ton. 



Kent & Essex do 608. to I6O3. „ 



Scotch lOOs.tolSOs. „ 



Do. Cups 75s. to 858. „ 



Lincolus SOs. to 140s. „ 



Foreign 7O3. to 853. „ 



SOUTHWARK WATERSIDE, Monday, Nov. 28.— 

 During the past week the arrivals both coastwise and from 

 abroad have been much more plentiful than the demand ; the 

 trade is in a very depressed state, and the greater part of last 

 week's arrivals are still on hand. The following are this day's 

 quotations: 



Lincolnshire Regents 90s. to 1203. per ton. 



Perth, Forfar, and Fifeshire do. 903. tollOs. „ 



Ditto, Reds 55s. to 60s. „ 



Irish Whites 70s. to 90g. „ 



Belgian Whites 6O3. to 70s. 



Dutch do 6O3. to 7O3. „ 



COUNTRY POTATO MARKETS.— York, Nov. 14: 

 Potatoes sell at lOd. to 1?. per peck, and 2s. 9d. to 3s. 6d. per 

 bushel. — Malton, Nov. 14: Potatoes Is. to Is. 3d. per peck. 

 — Richmond, Nov. 14: Potatoes 43. per bush. — Thirsk, 

 Nov. 16 : Potatoes 9d. per stone. — Leeds, Nov. 17: A fair 

 show of Potatoes, which sold readily at 12d. to 13d. per 211bs. 

 wholesale, and 13d. to 14d. retail. — Sheffield, Nov. 17 : 

 Potatoes sell at 128. to 15s. per load of 18 stones. — Man- 

 chester, Nov. 17. — Potatoes sell at from lis. to 15s. per 

 252 lbs. 



PERTH POTATO TRADE.— There was very little doing 

 ill Potatoes on Friday, the principal dealers not purchasing at 

 any price. — Perth Courier. 



