THE FARMER^S MAGAZINE. 



325 



Beans have been dull, but steady as to value. 

 The new English show but little improvement in 

 quality as yet, and have therefore been a very slow 

 sale, but always being low-priced they have gradu- 

 ally worked off the markets. Good English being 

 scarce have remained dear, and foreign of all sorts 

 have been pretty firm ; we do not anticipate much 

 change of value. The imports for four weeks 

 were 1,963 qrs. English, 8, ISO qrs. foreign: against 

 5,582 qrs. English, 5,532 qrs. foreign in March 

 1860. 



Hog peas have been dull — maples from their 

 high price, and the cessation of the demand for 

 seed; and duns from their soft and inferior 

 quality; but white boilers being now past their 

 season have declined in value fully 2s. per qr., and 

 without Government contracts, they w ill be worked 

 off for horse feed, as they are not dearer than good 

 beans. The four weeks' imports for London were 

 1,029 qrs. English, 2,025 qrs. foreign : against 

 ],585 qrs. English and no foreign in 1S60. 



With free imports of linseed in the first week of 

 March the market became dull; but supplies since 

 then falling off, the trade has recovered tone, and 

 as the late imports from the East Indies lost 

 money we do not expect a further decline at present. 

 Cakes all through the month have sold well, from 

 the scarcity of fodder. 



The seed trade hitherto has been excessively 

 disappointing. With an almost total failure of the 

 English crop, there has yet been very little demand 

 for foreign. Good American red had, hov/ever, 

 fallen so low as to attract some buyers, and has, 

 at last, recovered about 2s. per cwt. from its 

 lowest point. Fine French has kept its value, and 

 60 have white seed and fine trefoils. Should the 

 weather take up fine, there will no doubt be a re- 

 vival in trade, and some extensive demand as yet, 

 with possibly improved rates for red seed ; but no 

 doubt some holders, on the other hand, will get 

 anxious rather to sell in season than keep on 

 speculation ; so, much change cannot, therefore, 

 now be expected. Tares being offered abundantly 

 have been retarded in sale by the ungenial wea- 

 ther, and have been bought at irregular rates. 

 Canary seed has remained exceedingly heavy. 

 Mustard seed only nominal as to value. Other 

 seeds much as last month. 



IMPERIAL AVERAGES. 



Fob the last Six 

 Weeks : 



Feb. 9, 1861 



Feb. IG, 1861 



Feb. 23, 1861 



March 2, 1861 



March 9, 1861 



March 16, 1861 



Aggregate Average 

 Same time last year 



Wheat, 

 s. d. 

 54 

 54 9 

 54 

 54 2 

 54 2 



53 8 



54 2 

 44 5 



Barley. 

 s. d. 

 39 8 



38 11 



39 4 

 39 2 

 3i 11 



38 7 



39 1 

 35 9 



Oats. 

 s. d. 



22 6 36 



35 



2 35 



35 



6 34 



9 34 10 



2 ,35 3 



6 32 4 



Rye. 



s. d. 

 3 

 7 

 6 

 1 

 6 



Beans. 

 8. d. 



39 10 



40 



Peas 

 s. d. 



36 11 



PRICES OF SEEDS. 



BRITISH SEEDS. 



McsTARDSEED , per bush., brown 1 1 s . to 1 5g. 



Coriander, per cwt 14s. 16s. 



Canary, pcrqr 50s. 58s. 



Trefoil 248. 303, 



Tares, winter, new, per bushel 10s. — s. 



Linseed, per qr., sowing — s. to 74s. crushing,. 58s. to 60s, 



Linseed Cakes, per ton £9 lOs. to £10 10s, 



RAPESEED,per qr 70s. to 76s. 



Rafe Cake, per ton £5 10s. to £6 08, 



HOP MARKET. 



IMid aud East Rents SOs., UOs., 2003. 



Weald of Rents , 60s., 1 20s., I683. 



Sussex 60s , SOs., 12Gs. 



Yearlings SOs., 1203, 1703. 



POTATO MARKETS. 



SOUTHWARR WATERSIDE. 



Yorkshire Flukes 120s. to 1408. per ton. 



Liucolnshire Regents IOO3. to llOs. „ 



Uuubar red soil do 140s. to 160s. „ 



Ditto, ditto, reJa ... 105e. to 120b. ,, 



North Berwick Regents 120a. to 1253. „ 



Perth, Forfar, aud Fife do 903. to llOs. 



Ditto, do. do. Rocks SOs. to 903. „ 



Ditto, do. do. Reds 753. to SOs. „ 



French Whites 60s. to 90s. 



Belgian do 6O3, to 80a. „ 



Dutch do 6O3. to SOs. „ 



BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELD9. 

 Per Ton. 



York Flukes ISOa. to 150a. 



Scotch Regents llOs. to loOs. 



DittoCups 758. to 903. 



Ditto Rocks 'Mi. to lOOs. 



Dunbar Regents 160a. to I8O3. 



Other kinds 80a. to 100?. 



WOOL MARKETS. 



ENGLISH WOOL MARKET. 

 Per sack of 240 lbs. 



Fleeces— Southdown Hogs ..jEIS 0tOi£18 10 



Do. Half-bred Hogs 19 



Do. Kent 17 10 



Do. Southdown Ewes & Wethers 17 

 Do. Leicester do 17 



Sorts— Clothing, picklock 19 10 



Do. Prime and picklock 18 



Do. Choice 17 



Do. Super 15 



Do. Combing^Wethermatching.. 19 



Do. Picklock 17 



Do. Common... 16 



Do. Hog-raatching ....21 



Do. Picklock matching 17 



Do. Super do 16 



LIVERPOOL WOOL MARKET, March 23. 



s. d. s. d. 



Laid Highland Wool per 24Ibs 11 6 to 13 



White Highland do 13 9 17 



Laid Crossed do. .unwashed .. .. 14 6 



do. .washed 16 



do.. unwashed. .. . 18 



do.. washed 22 



do" washed 34 



Do. 

 Laid Cheviot 



Dn. 

 White Cheviot 



FOREIGN AND COLONIAL WOOL 

 Perlb. s. 



German, Mst and and Elect 3 



Saxon, 3 Prima •••• 2 



and ) Secunda 2 



Prussian. (.Tertia 1 



Colonial: — Sydney — Lamb s 1 



Scoureddo 1 



Unwashed 



Locks andPieces 



Slipe and Skin 1 



Port Philip— Lambs 1 



Scoureddo 1 



Unwashed 



Locks and Pieces 



S. Australian — Lambs 1 



Scoureddo 1 



Unwashed 



Locks andPieces 1 



V. D. Land — Lambs 1 



Scoureddo 1 



Unwashed 



Locks andPieces 1 



Cape OF Good Hope — Fleeces ,. 



Lambs 1 



Scoured 1 



Unwashed ...>,•..,,«.,... •> 



