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Livestock marJcets — Contiuued. 



Ai'ticles. 



Saixt Louis — Continued. 



Sheep per cental . 



Swine do 



Horses, pings per head. 



street-car horses do . . . 



good work-horses do . . . 



driving horses do . . . 



heavy draugh t-horses do . . . 



Mnles, 14 to 15 hands high do . . . 



15 to 16 hands high do... 



extra do — 



NEW ORLEANS. 



Cattle, Texas heeves, choice per head. 



Texas beeves, first quality do . . . 



second quality do... 



Western beeves per cental . 



Milch-cows per head. 



Calves do . . . 



Sheep, first quality do . . . 



second quality do... 



Swine per cental. 



February. 



March. 



$4 .50 



$4 90 to 



30 00 to 



80 00 to 



85 00 to 



100 00 to 



125 00 to 



50 00 to 



115 00 to 



150 00 to 



45 00 to 



35 00 to 



20 00 to 



10 00 to 



35 00 to 



7 00 to 



4 00 to 



3 00 to 



tj 00 to 



5>5 05 

 GO 00 

 90 00 

 100 00 

 140 00 

 165 00 

 100 00 

 165 00 

 200 00 



40 00 



28 00 



12 50 



100 00 



10 00 



5 00 



4 00 



7 50 



$4 90 



30 00 



80 00 



85 00 



100 00 



125 00 



50 00 



115 00 



150 00 



to §5 00 

 to 5 30 

 to 00 00 

 to 90 00 

 to 100 00 

 to 140 00 

 to 165 00 

 to 100 00 

 to 165 00 

 to 250 00 



45 00 



35 00 to 40 00 



20 00 to 28 00' 



8 00 to 10 00 



35 00 to 100 00 



7 00 to 10 jOO 



4 00 to 5 00 

 3 00 to 4 00 



5 00 to 7 00 



FOREIGN MARKETS. 



Wheat, — The weather iu Europe has been remarkably mild since the 

 opening of 1874, but a sharp frost daring the second vreek of February 

 checked the dangerous forwardness of vegetation and greatly benefited 

 the soil for spring crops. From the continent comes a complaint of lack 

 of snow to cover the winter crops. The mild weather iu the United 

 States greatly favored the continued shipment of grain. Both English 

 and French deliveries of wheat were increasingly short, owing to the 

 exhaustion of stocks iu first hands. The deficiency of English home- 

 supplies, however, was more than met by'copious foreign imports. The 

 Bengal famine is influencing the Europeiin markets by diverting sup- 

 plies from Australia. The weekly deliveries of English grain are at 

 least 10,000 quarters short of last year, while in France strong induce- 

 ments are necessary in order to bring native produce to market. The 

 effects of the American monetary crisis were visible in the increased 

 sensitiveness to English advices in the IS^ew York markets. The defi- 

 ciency in the English markets must be mainly supplied from America^ 

 from which at least half the late foreign arrivals have come. 



The imports of wheat into the United Kingdom, during the second 

 week in February, amounted to 594,34:0 cwts. The London market 

 opened the following week with small supplies of English wheat and no 

 great stock of foreign, half the latter being from America. The show 

 of fresh samples from counties near London was limited and poor. The 

 London averages were 65s. 8d. on 1,299 quarters. In Paris holders were 

 successfully resisting further decline, the new offers being scanty; good 



