THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



419 



The imports for Uie Kingdom in March were 

 •222,097 qrs. 



The expected supply of foreign oats having 

 lately poured in from the Baltic as well as from 

 Holland, this grain, though dealers were very 

 short in stock for some time, gave way. Is. 6d. 

 per qr. ; but this has since been partially recovered, 

 say to the extent of fully Gd. per qr., with a iirm 

 aspect. Many of the arrivals were exceedingly 

 inferior as to quality and condition, so much so 

 that no buyers could be found, and as a conse- 

 quence they have been placed in granary to be 

 worked off in good markets as they occur. Many 

 inferior damp oats are still procurable in the Baltic ; 

 but it is doubtful whether there will not be a defi- 

 ciency of good kinds till the Russian arrivals get in. 

 We therefore do not see much chance of a serious 

 decline this side harvest, especially as the English 

 are falhng off", and very few Scotch or Irish come 

 to hand. The imports into London for the four 

 weeks were 9,046 qrs. English, 1,164 qrs. Scotch, 

 3,636 qrs. Irish, and 218,879 qrs. foreign, against 

 7,037 qrs. English, 756 qrs. Scotch, 3,180 qrs. 

 Irish, and 75,369 qrs. foreign, in I860. The total 

 imports for the kingdom, in March, were only 

 72,273 qrs. 



The supply of beans being small, and the low 

 damp sorts mostly got rid of, this corn has in- 

 creased in value during the four weeks fully Is. 

 per qr., both in English and foreign sorts, and we 

 think it likely to rule firm, as Egypt is apparently 

 deficient in the yield. The imports in London 

 for the four weeks were 2,509 qrs. English, 7,691 

 qrs. foreign, against 553 qrs. Enghsh, 830 qrs. 

 foreign, in I860. The imports for March were 

 33,787 qrs. 



English peas have been in very short supply, the 

 crop apparently being nearly used up ; maples 

 have all along been scarce and dear, and new grey 

 have been getting up fully Is, per qr., there being 

 scarcely any at market ; but white boilers, which 

 are 'nearly all foreign, have been all through the 

 month as well as the entire season excessively dull, 

 and there is no chance of a rally now without some 

 Government contract. The imports into London 

 for the four weeks were 261 qrs. English, 4,149 

 qrs. foreign, against 885 qrs. English, 1,188 qrs. 

 foreign, in 1S60. The March imports for the 

 kingdom were 13,292 qrs. 



The linseed supplies being considerably reduced, 

 prices have rather hardened, with more demand, 

 and there seems no prospect of lower rates. Cakes 

 have continued to sell well from the cold weather, 

 and the consequent demand for stock. 



The seed trade has passed its zenith, with unusual 

 disappointment to importers and the trade gene- 

 rally. So small a consumptive demand has scarcely 

 ever been known ; and though rates commenced 

 low, they have been declining for red cloverseed, 

 and would have done so more seriously but for the 

 unexpected demand for France, where the crop 

 was short, and we have, therefore, been almost ex- 

 clusively dependent on American arrivals. White 

 seed and trefoil have also been dull, and tares 

 nearly as disappointing to sell as clover seed. Large 

 Brunswick, generally of a quick sale and scarce, 

 are now offering in vain at 45s. per qr. The new 



canary being most inferior and unfit for keeping, 

 has sold at irregular rates ; but old has been steady 

 as to value. White mustard-seed, commencing at 

 18s. per bushel at the beginning of the season, 

 has sunk to about half the price without attracting 

 attention, being below the average quality. Other 

 seeds have little changed in value. 



CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. 



SliilIiiis-3 i,ev (iunrtei-. 



WHEAT, Essex and Kent, white, new 40 to KG tine old GG to 74 



„ „ red „ 39 62 .. „ G6 70 



Norfolk, Line, and Yorlvs., red „ 39 CO.. ,, Gt G8 



BARLEY, malting .... 31 to 37 Chevalier, new.. 34 42 



Grinding '^9 ;^0 Distilling 31 35 



MALT, Essex, Norfolli, and Suflolk .. 53 to 60 .. fine GG 76 



Kingston, Ware, and town made .. 51 G2.. „ G5 76 



Brown 56 59 



RYE, seed new 32 37 



OATS, English, feed... 19 to 24 Potato 2G 33 



Scotch, feed 23 27 Potato 26 3i 



Irish, feed, white 19 to 23 .. fine 24 26 



Ditto, black 19 23.. „ — 25 



BEANS, Mazagan 31 to 44 Ticks 31 41 



Harrow 32 47 Pigeon 45 SO 



PEAS, new, white, boilers 39 45 Maple 42 to 48 Grey 37 42 



FLOUR.persack of 2801b., Town, Households 51 67 



Country 33 to 39 Households . . 40 49 



Norfolk and Suffolk, ex-ship 37 38 



FOREIGN GRAIN. 



Shininj?:s per 

 extra old. 



Qunrttr. 

 7u to 76 

 G9 74 



WHEAT, Dantzic, mixed, new 61to69 



Konigsberg ,,54 65 „ 



Rostock „ 62 Gi fine old 69 72 



American, red 61 63 white 63 67 



Pomera., Meckbg.,& Uckermrk, red, new 59 62 



Silesian.red 61 G4 white 62 66 



Danish and llolstein, red 59 62 



Russian, hard 53 to 56 .. French 58 to 62 .. white 62 65 



St. Petersburg and Riga 56 60 



Rhine and Belgium, new 60 65 



BARLEY, grinding 27 to 29 .. Distilling. 31 34 



OATS, Dutch, brow, &Polands 20 30 .. Feed .. 15 19 24 



Danish and Swedish, feed., 22 26 .. Stralsund 22 26 



Russian 23 26 



BEANS, Friesland and llolstein 36 44 



Konigsberg 3y to 46 .. Egyptian.... 37 38 



PEAS, feeding 38 40 .. fine boilers.. 40 42 



INDIAN CORN, white 38 40 .. yellow 38 41 



FLOUR, per sack French4l 47 .. Spanishp.sk. 47 49 



American, per; brl 29 32 .. extra & dbl. 33 34 



For the last Six 

 Weeks : 



March 9, 1861 



March 16, 1861 



March 23, 1861 



MuTih-jO, 1861 .... 

 April e, 1861 .... 



April 13, 1861 



Aggregate Average 

 Same time last year 



IMPERIAL AVERAGES, 



Barley. Oats. | Rye. 



Wheat. 

 s. d. 

 64 2 



5() 10 

 £5 

 46 6 



s. d. 

 3S 11 

 38 7 

 38 6 

 37 11 



38 2 

 36 9 



d. s. d. 

 23 6 34 6 

 23 9 34 10 

 23 10 32 11 

 23 4 : 36 7 

 37 8 1 24 I St 4 

 37 5 124 1 35 11 

 23 9 I 35 2 

 23 6 I 33 9 



Beans. iPeas. 



s. d. 



41 8 



40 1 



40 1 



40 U 



41 8 

 41 6 

 41 

 39 8 



s. d. 



43 



41 



10 



43 



40 



40 



41 



PRICES OF SEEDS, 



BRITISH SEEDS. 



MusTAiiDSEED,per bush., brown lis. to 15s. 



CoEiANDEa.per cwt 14s. 10s. 



Canary, per qr. .., 50s. £83. 



Teefoil 24s. 303. 



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



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



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



RAPESEED,per qr 70s. to 76s. 



Rape Cake, per ton £5 10s. to £6 Os. 



FOREIGN SEEDS, &c. 



Cloverseed, red 4Gs. to 56s white 72s. to 909. 



Trefoil 18s. 28s. 



Hempseed, small, — s. per qr Dutch — s. 488. 



Coriander, per cwt 16s. I89. 



Carrawat ,, 32s. —8. 



Unseed, per qr., Baltic 508. to52s.. ..Bombay 52s. 56s. 



Linseed Cake, per ton £9 lOs.to ;ei 1 Os. 



Rapeseed, Dutch — s.to — s 



B&rs OAE£,perton,,,,,., £5 Os.to £6 Ob. 



