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THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



obtained, iu genera), would be a shade under the last market, 

 which might be owing to the excessive dryness of the weather. 

 Had there been a few refreshing showers previous to the 

 market day, no doubt but prices would be fully equal to last 

 tiryst. The buyers chiefly consisted of parties buying in for 

 the grass. 



HAVERFORDWEST FAIR was unusually well supplied 

 with stock of all descriptions, but there was scarcely any de- 

 mand, and prices slightly decreased. Stores were not at all 

 sought after. Cows and calves were somewhat in requisition, 

 and sheep did not share the downward tendency of price. On 

 the whole, however, it was a very dull fair. The demand for 

 pigs was slack, and prices stationary, or perhaps slightly de- 

 pressed. 



HA.Y FAIR. — There was a tolerable supply of all sorts of 

 stock, &c., but the shortness of keep made the market dull, 

 except for fat stock, which still commands a good price. 



HEREFORD FAIR.— The late drought had excited the 

 fears of buyers and sellers of live stock, and the consequence 

 was a dull demand for every description ; values had not 

 much receded, but although there was but a little depreciation, 

 stock sold very sluggishly. Fat beasts were in most request ; 

 lean stock moved off slowly ; had there been twenty-four 

 hours' rain immediately preceding the fair, stores would have 

 realized fully 10 per cent, more than they did, and the sales 

 would have beeu as quick as they were slow. There were 

 many useful cows with calves on offer, which were mostly sold. 

 Fat wethers realized, shorn 7d. per lb., unshorn 8d. per lb. 

 There was a large number of store pigs and sows with litters, 

 for all of which there was a lively demand. In the horse fair 

 there was the usual variety, though there is a remarkable 

 falling off in the supply of first-class saddle and harness 

 horses, which are consequently sought after eagerly, and 

 realize great prices. Of moderate hacks there was a large 

 number, and a great portion of them changed hands. Cart 

 horses still maintain their value, though yearlings and two- 

 year-olds have gone back in price. 



HIGH BICKINGTON FAIR.— A good supply of cattle, 

 and it was remarked that the animals generally were in prime 

 condition. Cows and calves, £11 10s. to £17 ; barreners and 

 young steers were worth from lOa. to 203. a head more than 

 they were three weeks since, and a good many changed hands. 

 A dull sale for sheep, but a tolerable demand for lambs for the 

 upper markets, and they sold freely at 7id. per lb.; good fat 

 hoggerels were worth G^d. per lb. ; couples, 373. to 463. 



LEDBURY FAIR.— The supply of fat cattle was very 

 good ; of sheep, the number penned was larger than at last 

 fair ; pigs, a moderate supply ; horses were scarce, avd but 

 few changed hands ; prices not quite so high. Buyers very 

 numero\is. Fat cows from G^d. to 7d., ditto sheep, in the 

 wool, 8|d. to 9d., shorn 6Jd. to 7d. per lb. ; pigs, 23s. to 

 358. each for stores. 



MAIDSTONE FAIR.— A good supply of horses, and a fair 

 supply of stock, sheep, and pigs. Lean beasts sold at £5 to 

 £12, Kent tegs fetched from 26s. to 37s. 6d., and Down tegs 

 from 303. to 35s. This was a reduction from the prices of 

 last month of from £1 to £1 lOs. per head in lean beasts, and 

 3s. per head in sheep. Notwithstanding the lowness of prices, 

 business was unusually dull, the sales eifected being remark- 

 ably few. 



NEWARK FAIR.— The stock fair was supplied with a fair 

 show, but buyers were very scarce, and only a little business 

 was done. Good steers made £11 to £14; good drapes £11 

 to £12, inferiors could be had for less money ; fat beasts 

 made from 7s. 6d. to Ss. per stone. Many sheep were offered, 

 but few sales were effected. Hoggs made 4s. or 5s. less money, 

 in consequence of the low price of wool at present ; ewes and 

 lambs can scarcely be said to have had any price, for next to 

 none were sold. The horse fair was larger than usual ; many 

 were shown, and buyers being plentiful, good prices were ob- 

 tained. 



l^EWTON-STEWART FAIR. — The market was ex- 

 tremely dull. Prices, however, were high for those sold, 

 three-year-olds selling from £13 lOs. to £15, two-year-olds 

 selling from £8 lOs. to £12, stirks and six-quarters from 50s, 

 to £6 lOs. Of pigs there were three carts, gelling from lis. 

 to 14s. each. 



RENFREW FAIR.— There was a large display of milch 

 cowB, and a numerous attendance of buyers. Prices ranged 

 high for good animals, and sales were effected freely for this 



class ; but inferior qualities were not easily disposed of at the 

 rates asked, and a large number remained unsold. First-class 

 cows ranged from £15 to £19, and inferior lots at propor- 

 tionate prices. Fodder cattle, of which there was a good 

 stock shown, did not sell well, and the greater portion of 

 them were in comparatively poor condition. The prices for 

 them ranged from £6 to £9, according to quality. 



RIPON MAY FAIR.— A plentiful supply of beasts, but 

 the quality was only middling, and to effect sales lower prices 

 had to be taken. A few fat beasts sold at 6s. 9d. to 76. 6d. 

 per stone. The show of sheep was below the average, and 

 little business done in them. Mutton, in wool 7d. to 7id., 

 clipped 6d. to 6|d. per lb. ; well bred hogs 403. to 488., half- 

 bred do. 23s. to 283. per head. 



RUGBY FAIR.— There were few fat beasts brought. 

 Sheep were plentiful. Beef sold at 7d. per lb. Mutton 

 (shorn), 6|d. to 7d. Tegs were dull of sale. There was a 

 large quantity of store beasts, which, owing to the want of 

 keep, were offered at low prices. 



STOW-ON-THE-WOLD FAIR.— The horse fair was 

 particularly good, there being no less than 1,200 horses on 

 sale : a good business was done at prices varying from £250 

 downwards. A great falling off in the cattle fair. There was 

 an average supply of sheep, and quick sales were effected. 

 Pigs were scarce. Beef made 6Jd. per lb., and mutton the 



STURMINSTER NEWTON FAIR.— The supply of 

 stock was somewhat below the average, both as regards quan- 

 tity and quality. There was a considerable amount of busi- 

 ness done, though purchasers for the most part were shy and 

 cautious. Fat beef lis. 6d. to 12.s. per score. 



WHITSUNBANK FAIR.— A good attendance of buyers, 

 and the whole were disposed of at high prices. Bred hoggs 

 ranged in pricea from 378. to 479., half-bred from 24s. to 383. 

 There was a small show of short-horned grazing cattle, and 

 few sales effected. A few lots of two-year-olds sold at from 

 £11 to £13 103. A few lots of stirks were shown, and met 

 with a good demand at from £7 to £9. A good many Irish 

 cattle were in the market, but there was little or no demand 

 for them. A large show of cows, for which there was a good 

 demand. A good show of horses, in which a fair business 

 was done at all pricea according to description. 



IRISH FAIRS.— At Dundalk the beef department was 

 well supplied, and anything good was bought up, the top 

 figure being 6O3. per cwt. The description of milk cows 

 offered was very indifferent. There was a large show of 

 springers, but not many first-class animals, and prices ranged 

 from £11 to £16 per head. In the cattle trade everything 

 had a downward tendency, and the buying on the whole was 

 very languid. There was a large supply of lambs, but buying 

 was very slow. The pig fair was very extensively supplied, 

 but bacon was very slowly bought up, and prices were down. 

 At Bective Bridge there was au average supply of store 

 cattle. Beef was scarce, and varied in price from 55s. to 608. 

 per cwt., according to quality. Store cattle sold quicker and 

 better than at late fairs, but yet a number were unsold. The 

 supply of springers and milch cows was good, prices ranging 

 from £13 to £16 and £18. Hoggets brought fair prices. 

 Bacon lower in value. At Strokestown there was a good 

 supply of sheep and cattle, and a good attendance of buyers. 

 There was a fair demand at much the same prices as those ob- 

 tained at the late fair at Ballinasloe. Hoggets sold from 353. 

 to 48s. each; two-year-old sheep from 42s. to 528. each; 

 three-year-old heifers from £10 to £17; bullocks from £12 

 lOs. to £17 each. At Castlebrtdge business was dull in 

 all descriptions, except in bacon pigs and prime sheep, which 

 maintained their late prices, the former averaging 438. to 46s, 

 per cwt. 



GLASGOW CHEESE MARKET, (Wednesday last.)— 

 Seven tona passed the weigh- house scales, and there were two 

 carts in the bazaar. Trade quiet, but prices firm. Prime 

 early-made 65s., late-made 56s. to 60s., skim 243. to 26g: 



CARMARTHEN, (Saturday last.)— Fair supply of Butter ; 

 market steady and without change, prices varying from 90s. to 

 lOOs, according to quality. We have great complaints on the 

 part of the farmers of the prevailing drought, no rain of conse- 

 quence having fallen since the last month. With the exception 

 of the Wheat plant all vegetation suffers seriously from the 

 absence of that genial rain which appears to be such an obstacle 

 to military operations in Sardinia, where it is in excess. 



