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THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



class) would range from £14 to £18, second quality from £10 

 to £14, aod inferior kinds from £10 to £7. It was a stiff 

 market throughout, and at the close a clearance was not 

 eflFected. The show of horses was meagre, and few sales were 

 ed'ected, 



GLOUCESTER MONTHLY MARKET.— A short sup- 

 ply of cattle and sheep, and especially of beef, and conse- 

 quently there was a ready sale at advanced prices. Sheep 

 were also very limited in number, and former pricea were fully 

 maintained; Jamba were in demand, and sold readily. Trade 

 was generally good. Beef from 7d. to 7id., mutton from 7d. 

 to 7i'i., Ismb from 81 to 9id. per lb. 



ILSLE Y SHEEP FAIR.— The supply was good, aad the 

 aheep generally were in good condition. There was a numer- 

 ous attendance of dealers. Busijiess commenced rather slow, 

 but durii'.g the day nearly all changed hands, at pricea a turn 

 in favour of the purchaser. 



IPSWICH.— HANDFORD HALL FAIR.— There was 

 a slow trade, what little there was being the result of the rain 

 on the previous evening, which it was thought would improve 

 the feed, the shortness of which is the subject of considerable 

 complaint. Beef Ss. to 83. 6d. per st. Lambs ranged from 

 15e. to 22s., couples from 488. to 543., and some, it was said, 

 realized 63s. 



KELSO FORTNIGHTLY MARKET.— A small attend- 

 ance of farmers, and the show was a poor one. Beef may be 

 quoted at from 73. 6d. to 83. per stone, and mutton 6d. to 6^d. 

 per lb. There was a pretty ?ood show of cows, and for these 

 there was a fair demaud. Bred cows realized from 13/. to 

 151, Ayrshire cows brought from 'i2l. to HI. lOs. 



LUDLOW fair.— Store pigs sold well; and fat sheep 

 out of the wool realized Tld. per lb. There was a good de- 

 maud for cows and calves of fair quality; aad beef fetched 7d. 

 per lb. Horses there were few, and scarcely anything really 

 superior. 



M ALTON FAIR.— The fair was crowded with cattle, 

 chiefly lean beasts. The best English stock found buyers at 

 average rates ; but owiug to the continued dry weather and 

 the backward state of the grass lands the trade was not brisk, 

 and the droves of poor quality were nearly all left unsold. 

 Lean sheep were not plentiful, and demand slow. Fat beasts 

 and sheep, and cows for dairy purpose?, maintained the firm 

 aspect of late markets. Pigs few and dear. Lambs averaged 

 lOd. to Is. per lb. 



MAIDENHEAD FAIR.— A pretty good supply of cattle, 

 Bheep, pigs, and horses, and mostly of a quality superior to 

 those we have seen for several years. The trade appeared 

 more active than usual. 



MORETONHAJMPSTEAD MARKET was pretty ulPy 

 attended, and a good share of business was done. Good cows 

 and calves sold at from 12/. to 16/., fresh barreners, 7s. to 83. 

 per score, steers in goo3 condition 10/. to 12/. each, fat lambs 

 7^cl. to 8d. per lb., good keeping sheep in their wool SSs. to 

 423. each. 



_ ROCHDALE FAIR.— The show was middling in qnaa- 

 lity, and fair in quality; but there was only little inquiry 

 except for calving cows, which sold readily, the prices being 

 rather easier than at recent local fairs. Horaes were in good 

 show, and the few sold fetched good prices. 



ROTHBURY FAIR,— The show of both cattle and sheep 

 was small, and met with a slow demand at prices 10 per cent, 

 below those of last year. The stock shown was in fair con- 

 dition, and was mostly sold. Two-year-old cattle brought 

 from 9/. to 11/. each, one-year-old /rom 5/. to 7/. each. Che- 

 viot ewes and half-bred lambs from SOs. to 323. per couple, 

 half-bred hoggs from 253. to 283., Cheviot wedder hoggs from 

 I83. to2l8. 



SANDHURST FAIR.— Our annual fair was held on Sa- 

 turday last, and was tolerably well attended. All kinds of 

 Btore cattle met a dull sale, at somewhat lower pricea. 



SHREWSBURY FORTNIGHTLY CATTLE MAR- 

 KET.— A capital show of stock, and somewhat in excess of 

 the demaud. Prime beef reached a trifle over 7d., inferior 6d. 

 to^6id; mutton (shorn) J^d. to 7^-d. per lb. Lambs 203. to 

 33a. each. Cows and calves, of good quality, scarce and dear ; 

 frc3h barrens fetched good prices, but lean stock was lower ; 

 fat calves, 5d. to 7d. per lb., according to quality; small store 

 pigs sold well, small ones lower. 



ST. IVES FAIR.— A large supply of store beasts; the 

 trade was very slow for all descriptions except good fresh 

 steers. Store sheep were in good supply; demand by no 



means active. Horses were in average supply ; the trade was 

 very slow, and lower prices had to be submitted to, except for 

 the very best cart-horses, which sold at good prices. 



TOLLER DOWN FAIR was weU supported and at- 

 tended, but business was quite a drug. Down ewes sold as 

 low as from 22s. to SOs. ; horses, 45s. to 50a. ; calves from 

 60s. to 100s,, the latter being very choice cows and calves £9 

 to £10 



TRURO FAIR. — There was a large attendance, and in 

 consequence of the scarcity of keep, a larger number of fat 

 bullocks was brought to the fair than is generally seen there. 

 The demand also was much better than it has been for some 

 time past, there being a good attendance of butchers, including 

 some from Plymouth. The best beef realized from £3 to i'3 

 53. per cwt. Store bullocks were not so much in demaud, in 

 CDnaequence of the scarcity of keep before referred to. There 

 were very few fat aheep in the fair, and not much inquiry for 

 them : those sold made about 8^d. per lb. in the wool. 



WHITSUNBANK FAIR.— For sheep there was a good 

 demaud, but cattle was a dull sale. Bred hoggs in their wool 

 sold readily at from 35s. to 453. a head, and half-breds from 

 SOs. to 38s., an advance we do not over-estimate in quoting at 

 4s. a head more than has been realized at the recent farm 

 sales in this district, and 4s. or Ss. a head above last year's 

 prices at this fair. There were a good many small lots of 

 ewes and lambs, which realized extreme pricea, ewes with twin 

 lambs bringing as high f.s £4, and ewes with single lambs as 

 high a3 65s. There were some very fresh lots of cattle shown 

 by farmers in the immediate neighbourhood. The demand for 

 cattle was not, however, so good as for sheep, and a good 

 many were unsold. Good two-year-olds brought from £10 to 

 £14, and young cattle from £5 to £8. Of cows there was an 

 extra number, and they readily found purchasers at from £10 

 to £14. Horses were pretty numerous, but of a very inferior 

 description : for useful farm-horaes there was a good demand, 

 and a good many changed hands at from £30 to £40. 



YORK FAIR. — The number and quality of horses shown 

 was rather superior to those exhibited for some years. There 

 were some of middle size, suited for summer ride and drive, of 

 good breed and action, which sold well ; and some for agricul- 

 tural and general road business, which had similar demand. 

 Calving and dairy cows met with fair demand for thecheese 

 dairy districts. Little was done in Shorthorned grazing steers 

 and heifers, the quaUty being only inferior. A fair number of 

 Irish grazing beasts, and a moderate amount of business was 

 done in them. 



IRISH FAIRS.— Templemore : Tliree-year-old heifers 

 ranged at from £12 to £14, ta'o-year-olds £8 to £11, year- 

 lings £7 to £8, ewes and lambs 403. to SOs. Ballingarry: 

 There was a large supply of stock ; the demand was good, 

 and the attendance of buyers numerous. Fat cattle ranged 

 at from £14 to £18, r.ew milch cows at from £9 to £15. 

 springers £9 to £14, strippers £8 to £13, two-year-old heifers 

 £7 to £10, yearlings £4 to £5 ; bonhams, :173. to 21s. per 

 couple, Ballyclare was not, by any means, so good a fair, 

 either in show of stock or in business transacted, as many 

 former fairs, or even as that of May last. Very useful 

 farm horses were largely in supply, but not in 

 brisk demand, except for very useful animals. The 

 show of black cattle was of an average amount, and 

 springers brought from 2O3. to lOs. a head less than last fair. 

 Sheep were few, in bad condition, and brought only from 

 7d. to 8|d. per lb.; lambs from 7^d. to 8^d. per lb., and in 

 poor supply. Camlough : In general, all kmds of cattle were 

 in good demand throughout the day. Springers were sought 

 after, and owners realised fair prices. Dry cattle ranged from 

 £4 to £12; the supply of this description of cattle was 

 greater than the demand. Poktadown : The supply of beef 

 cattle was inadequate to the demand, and prices were con- 

 sequently high, 653. per cwt. being the extreme figure. Half- 

 fiuished beasts were bought sparingly, the grass being rather 

 backward; the current rates were from £8 to £12. Well-bred 

 springers were anxiously sought after by dealers, and brought 

 fine prices, say from £10 to £14. Dundalk: There were 

 not many lots of fat beasts exhibited. Tlie demand for them 

 was active, and thoae of good quality sold freely at 7d. to 7id. 

 per lb. Three-year-old store cattle sold at 10 to 12 guineas ; 

 two years sold at £8 to £10 ; and yearlings from £3 to £6 

 10a. There was a fair supply of sheep, and prime wethers 

 rated at £3 to £3 IO3, The top price for lambs was 31s. 6d 



