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were lower in price. Beef fetched 7cl. per lb. ; sheep and 

 pigs also met with a dull sale. There were a good mauy 

 horses in the fair, but few purchasers, and little was done. 



CAMELFORD FAIR.— The show of stock was much in- 

 ferior to that shown iu past years. There was not a good lot 

 of sheep there. Ewes and lambs sold at £2 and upwards per 

 couple; cows and calves were scarce and inquired for; good 

 fresh steers were also sought after ; ordinary kinds of lean 

 stock a dull sale, but the prices of all kinds of stock were 

 much the same as at late fairs. 



CARMARTHENSHIRE FAIRS have been held at 

 Lampeter and Maeiiclochog onthe 11th, at Mydrim, Llanarth, 

 and Llaogadock on the 12th inst. There were but very few 

 cattle for sale at each of those places, as the dealers have not 

 yet commenced their trade for the season ; about the usual 

 number of horses and colts were shown, with a few useful ua^s. 

 Although a fair amount of business was done the trade cannot 

 be called brisk, at stationary prices. Pigs of all descriptions 

 continue in fair supply and demand, at highly satisfactory 



CORNHILL MARKET.— Fat was not ruling so high as 



they were some weeks ago, but young stirks, although in 

 abundance, were selling at extraordinary prices. Mr. Allan, 

 Glassaugh, two atots at £52; two stots from the Rev. John 

 Innes, Fordyce, sold at =£47 ; Mr. M'Connachie, Linkbrae- 

 heads, three beasts at £54 ; Mr. Stuart, Clean, Deskford. 

 four queys 8t £72 less luck-penny ; Mr. J. Stevenson, New 

 Mills of Boyne, three beasts at £17 7a. 6d. each ; Mr. Mur- 

 ray, Muckletown two queys at £31. Coming two years : Mr. 

 Clark, Birkenbog, five beasts at £17 each, and two stots at 

 £18; Mr. Stevenson, Legsmill, a stot at £15 123. 6d.; Mr. 

 Brown Auchandland, two stots at £27 ; Mr. Ogilvie, Ter- 

 nemnie, two stots at £26. Last year's calves sold at 

 from £5 to £9. Cows calved or to calve fetched from £10 

 to £18. 



DUMFRIES PORK MARKET.— The number of carcases 

 was larger than last week, namely, 390 ; most of these were 

 of the secondary description. There was an average attend- 

 ance of buyers, but transactions somewhat slow. The prices 

 were a shade lower than last week, namely, prime carcases 7s. 

 4d. to 78. 6d. per imperial stone, secondary 78. 2d. to 73. 3d., 

 over^lisht 6s, bd. upwards. 



REVIEW OE THE CORN TRADE 



DURING THE PAST MONTH. 



The character of the past month was not sea- 

 sonable. Only the third week was fine, and that 

 not wholly so. The earlier and later portions were 

 stormy and wet, leaving the soil very sodden at the 

 period when it is generally dry and dusty. Small 

 growth has, therefore, been made by the young 

 wheat, and a much less quantity sown than usual, 

 the deficiency in planting being probably one- 

 eighth. Our prospects, therefore, of a wheat crop, 

 are not encoui'aging, as spare sowing cannot be 

 expected to yield abundantly, more especially as 

 much that is up still looks weak and sickly. A 

 good deal has been said in favour of the spring 

 wheat called " April," which in some seasons has 

 certainly done well when late-sown. But practical 

 men have found that all late agricultural move- 

 mefits are extremely doubtful in this climate ; and 

 the probability now is, that much of the land 

 prepared for wheat will be used for spring corn, 

 as, should good spring wheat be wanted, where 

 are the samples ? Even for Lent corn, the weather 

 has been bad ; but there is time yet for a favourable 

 change; and though the public are likely to have a 

 diminished supply of British wheat, farmers may 

 do better than of late. 



We have now reached a point since harvest 

 when a comparison can be made of the deliveries 

 for the last six months ; and we find them to stand 

 thus— viz. : The last three months of I860 and 

 first three months of this year show the sales noted 

 to be 1,846,703 qrs., against 3,166,607 qrs. for the 

 same period of 1859-60, the deficiency being 

 1,319,904 qrs. The proportions, therefore, are as 

 about 7 to 12 ; and if this be taken as a fair index 

 of last year's yield, it is much worse than even the 

 late careful statistics of the Mark Lane Express 

 revealed. The markets have, therefore, been im- 

 proving for all useful qualities of English growth, 

 the general advance for the month being 4s. to 5s. 

 per qr. 



Foreign supplies, though still good, have been 

 less, trade, till lately, being dull, and much op- 



pressed by the high rate of discount ; but, as the 

 money market is improving, and our entire stock 

 of English wheat must be reducing fast, we may 

 expect to see more healthy markets, and probably 

 some further advance, till the Baltic fairly opens, 

 and larger foreign supplies fall in. 



France has of late been gradually rising in her 

 markets, her crops being short, though not to an 

 equal extent ; and smaller supplies have appeared 

 in the provinces — so much so, indeed, of late, that, 

 instead of a revived prospect of supplies here from 

 Nantes and Bordeaux, those ports are now closed 

 by the higher rate of duty ; and there have been 

 inquiries in London for American flour ; and even 

 the Baltic markets, during the cessation of exports, 

 have kept up their rates better than expected. 



Though affairs should settle pacifically on the 

 Continent, we are not without fears of civil war in 

 America, which would immediately hmit our 

 arrivals. 



The following rates have been ruling at the 

 places named : The best native wheats, at Paris, 

 weighing about 6241bs. per bush., was worth 63s. ; 

 second quahties, 39s. per qr. American red, at 

 Antwerp, was 62s. 6d. ; low Zealand white, 55s. 

 per qr. Native wheat, at Rotterdam, 56s. ; Baltic 

 red, 73s. 6d. per qr. Fine Wahren red, at Ham- 

 burgh, 6ls.; Hungarian, 56s. 6d.; kilndried 

 Danish, 54s. per qr. At Konigsberg, 62|lbs. 

 mixed, 60s. per qr. Red, at Cologne, 55s. 6d. ; 

 for delivery, 54s. 6d. per qr. Wheat, at St. Peters- 

 burg, for August, 50s. 6d. ; at Odessa, 46s. to 

 50s. 6d. per qr. Soft Berdianski, at Genoa, 60s. 

 per qr. Hard wheat, at Algiers, 52s. 6d.; soft, at 

 Oran, 62s. 6d. per qr. Blanquillo wheat, at 

 Bm'gos, 46s. per qr., the Spanish markets being 

 easier, from more favourable weather. Fiour, at 

 Santander, 42s. per sack; wheat, 59s. to 60s. per 

 qr. New York prices had been irregular, closing 

 firmer— spring wheat, 42s. to 45s.; red winter, 

 48s. 9d. ; white, 50s. to 57s. 3d. per qr. 

 The first Monday in London opened on moderate 



