THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



513 



closed in small compass, and beyond speculative 

 rates. Trefoil has found no attention, Canary- 

 seed remains a dvu{r from its inferior quality. 

 Rapeseed steady. Mustardseed quite neglected, 

 and prices are nominal. 



CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. 



SliillinRS per Qunvter. 



WHEAT.Esse.x and Kent, white, new 40 to C6 line old 66 to 74 



„ „ red „ 39 62 .. „ 66 70 



Norfolk, Line, and Yorks., red ,. 39 CO .. ,, 64 68 



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



Grinding 29 30 ... .Distilling 31 35 



MALT, Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk .. 53 to 60 .. fine GG 76 



Kingston, Ware, and town made .. 54 62.. ,, 65 7G 



IJrown 5G 59 



RYE, seed new 32 37 



OATS, English, feed... 19 to 24 Potato 25 33 



Scotch, feed 23 27 Potato 26 33 



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



Ditto, black 19 23.. „ — 25 



BEANS, Mazagan 3.' toll Ticks 32 41 



Harrow 33 47 Pigeon 45 51 



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



FLOUR,persack of 2801b., Town, Households 49 65 



Country 38 to 39 Households . . 40 47 



Norfolk and Suffolk, ex-ship 37 38 



FOREIGN GRAIN. 



Shillings per Qunrter. 



WHEAT, Dantzic, mixed, new 61 toG7....extraold,. 70 to 7G 



Konigsberg „ 54 64 „ ., 69 74 



Rostock „ GO 63 fine old 09 72 



American, red 60 63 white 62 66 



Pomera., Meckbg.,& Uckermrk, red, new 57 62 



Silesian, red 57 G2 white GO 65 



Danish and Holstein, red 57 62 



Russian, hard 53 to 55 .. French 58 to 62 .. white 60 64 



St. Petersburg and Riga 54 58 



Rhine and Belgium, new 58 64 



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



OATS, Dutch, brew, &Polands 20 29 ..Feed. .15 19 24 



Danish and Swedish, feed.. 22 26 ., Stralsund 2i 26 



Russian 23 26 



BEANS, Friesland and Holstein 36 43 



Konigsberg 39 to 45 .. Egyptian.... 37 38 



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



INDIAN CORN, white 38 40 ..yellow 38 41 



FLOUR, per sack.... French 40 4G .. Spanishp.sk. 46 48 



American, per br) 30 32 ., extra & dbl. 33 34 



IMPERIAL AVERAGES. 



For the last Six 



Weeks : 

 April 13, 1861 .... 

 April 20, 1801 .... 



April 27, 1861 



May 4, 1861 



Jlay II, 1861 



Way 18, 1861 



Aggregate Average 

 Same time last year 



s. d. 



5*5 10 



iG 9 



55 8 



55 4 



55 



54 4 



55 8 

 61 2 



COMPARATIVE AVERAGES— 1861-60. 



From last Friday's (?aj. s. d.[ From (7a^e»eof 1860. s. d. 



Wheat 70926 qrs. 54 4 i Wheat 95250 qrs. S2 1 



Barley 10438 . 35 11 i Barley 5428 .. 36 6 



25 1 I Oats 8071 . . 25 3 



32 Rye 52 .. 36 2 



44 4 i Beans 3592.. 44 3 



40 5 ! Peas 584 .. 39 5 



Oats 9883 



Rye 45 



Beans 4855 



Peas 191 



FLUCTUATIONS in the AVERAGE PRICE ofWHEAT. 



PRICES OF SEEDS. 



BRITISH SEEDS. 



MnsTAHDSEED, per bush., brown lis. to 153. 



Coriandeh, per cwt 148. 16s. 



Canart, per qr. 50s. fiSs. 



Trefoil 24s. 303. 



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



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



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



Rapeseed, per qr 70s. to 76s. 



Rape Cake, perton..., £5 lOs.to £6 Os. 



FOREIGN SEEDS, &c. 



Cloverseed, red 46s. to o6s white 72s. to OOs. 



Trefoil 18s. 28s. 



Hempseed, small, — s. per qr Dutch — s. 48s, 



Coriander, per cwt 16s. 18s. 



Carraway ,, 32s. — s. 



Linseed, per qr., Baltic 50s. to 52s.. ..Bombay 52s. 56s. 



Linseed Cake, perton £9 10s.to£ll Os. 



Rapeseed, Dutch — s.to— s 



Rape Cake, perton £5 o s.to £6 Os. 



MONTHLY RETURN. 



An Account shewing the Quantities op Corn 

 Grain, Meal, and Flour, imported into the 

 United Kingdom, and admitted to Home Con- 

 sumption, in THE month of April, 1861. 



T ,„j Imported 



Species of Corn, Grain, .^™P°"-^^ British 



Meal, and Flour. 



from foreign 

 Countries. 



Possessions 

 out ofEurope 



i)rs. bush. 



Wheat 699833 7 



Barley 16'J22< 7 



Oats 262915 1 



Rye 



Peas 



Beans 



Maize or Indian Corn 



Buck Wheat 



Bere or Bigg 



3S86 



31148 



61172 



194452 



121 



Totalof CornandGrain I4I2760 2 



Wheat Meal and Flour. 



Barley Meal 



Oat Meal 



Rye Meal 



Pea Meal 



Bean Meal 



Indian Meal 



Buckwheat Meal 



cwts. qr.lb. 

 384319 2 2 



823$ 

 37 



822 

 16 



1 16 



2 



Total of Meal and Plour.;393434 2 16 



qrs. bush, 

 1748 3 



Total. 



cwts.qr.bl. 

 90 2 14 



90 2 14 



qrs. bush. 



701582 2 



169228 7 



26S917 5 



3886 6 



31543 



51172 3 



194452 5 



121 7 



cwts. qr.lb. 

 384410 16 



8238 2 12 

 37 2 14 



822 1 16 

 16 2 



3y3525 1 2 



HOP MARKET. 



BOROUGH, Monday, May 27.— The reports from every 

 district of the plantatious speak of a strong attack of fly, 

 which haa very much increased during the last few days. Our 

 market ia exceedingly firm, but there is little busiueas doing, 

 owing to the scarcity of fine samples. The duty put at 

 £140,000. 



Mid and East Kents SOs., HOs., SOOs. 



Weald of Kents , 60s., 120s., 168s. 



Sussex 603,80s., 1263. 



Yearlings 110s., 1403., 1898. 



POTATO MARKETS. 

 SOUTH wark waterside. 



LONDON, Monday, May 27.— During the past week the 

 arrivals coastwise and by rail have been good for the season ; 

 but owing to the very warm weather the consumption haa 

 fallen oflf more than one-half, and trade very dull, at a reduc- 

 tion in prices ; the following are this day's quotations : — 



Yorkshire Flukes llOa. to ISOa. per ton. 



Lincolnshire Regents 8O3. to 90s. „ 



North Berwick do lOOs. toll03, „ 



Perth, Forfar, and Fife do 703. to 903, „ 



Ditto, do. do. Rocks 65s. to 75s. „ 



Ditto, do. do. Reds 6O3. to 7O3. „ 



BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. 

 LONDON, Monday, May 27. —The supplies of old 

 potatoes on sale here are moderately extensive, and the trade 

 generally rules dull, on rather easier terms. New potatoes 

 arrive in small quantities, and are selling at lOa. to 20s. per 

 cwt. Per Ton. 



York Flukes 130s. to I50a. 



Scotch Regents 9O3. to I6O3, 



Ditto Cups 658. to SOa. 



Ditto Rocks 6O3, to 90s. 



Dunbar Regents 140s. to I6O3. 



Otherkind ; ,, 60s. to 85b. 



