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ling Cotswold lambs sold at £5 15s. 6d.; 15 Cotswolds brought 7gs. each; 6 
gray-faced ditto brought 6gs.; 35 Cotswold rams averaged £6; 12 Oxford 
rams averaged £10 each, the hichest bringing 16gs.; lowest, £6 16s. 6d. ; 
capital rams of the Oxford Down cross brought an average of £6 10s. 4d., A 
10 Oxford Down rams averaged £9 2s., the higest reaching 143gs.; lowest, 
7gs.; 8 superior shearling Lincoln rams and two older rams ranged from £5 10s. 
to 13gs.; 15 shearling Lincoln rams from £3 7s. 6d. to £8 5s.; and 10 prime 
cross-bred Lincoln and Cotswold shearlings brought from £3 2s. 6d. to 5dgs. 
each. 
At the Partney fair sales the Huttoft rams (40) reached the highest average 
of any at the fair, £11 13s. One sold for £33, one for £29, and another for 
£27. 'The Langton Grange sheep, (40,) descended from some of the best sheep 
in the county, commanded great attention, and averaged £11 6s.—one bringing 
£28, two £25 each, and two £21 each. A lot of 24 sheep averaged £9 16s.; 
one of 17 sheep, £8 13s.; another lot averaged £9 5s.; and still another, grass 
fed, about £5. . 
At the Gordon Castle sale a remarkably fine lot of Leicester and Southdowns 
were sold. The average price of 100 ewes, sold in lots of 5, was 33s. 10d., and 
the average of 78 gimmers, also sold in lots, was 35s. 8d.; 58 Leicester rams 
averaged nearly 82s. ; ; 10 Southdown ewes, 33s. 6d.; 4 Seaton rams, 65s., 
and 10 Southdown gimmers, 30s. 6d. 
About 37,000 sheep were offered at the eee sheep fair on the 21st, the large 
number being caused principally by the scarcity of food. Prices ranged from 
20s. to 41s. for ewes, and from 14s. to ¥7s. 6d. for lambs, but it is probable that 
half were driven away unsold. The following figures will show the ruling of 
sheep and lambs, and the number offered at this fair, for the past 18 years: 
Year. Number. Ewes. Lambs. 
PB sO Seats ase iciaisie sis cies bnew sclaniecieweeceancnceiemenssccmiacseieiss 28, 000 22s. to 26s. 15s. to 20s. 
US ROT EONS Sle a Oo oimwia ajar ee a ajalemie a sloigiaa een ele stele cStele arciala ais sintas 30, 000 25s. to 34s. 15s. to 25s. 
PEER) ee aeiere te lala = win) a/ale rw wis <i cial eiwinlana ova ars wa crae wataletereiwinie wie.wtal sera <tuiauccr 30, 000 30s. to 40s. 14s. to 30s. 
HAD ate ee a aetcincie sarcin a halve cn aimaic c hater? cuntae ose sca case Nace mene 24, 000 30s. to 42s. 17s. to 32s. 
RGD ae eis ae ok eae a et owln sain dake sauce ete de Sen anes Seecee aeoeee 16, 000 34s. to 525. 23s. to 40s. 
DS Bree ete eer canine a Racine wie'a erste aiae wa sae somes aecsiue cite enemas 29, 000 30s. to 48s, 20s. to 32s. 
DRUG ee eee eee anes teams clans Come nt sees nesisicnncacee cepeaeertee 37, 000 20s. to 41s. 14s. to 27s. 6d. 
EUROPEAN HOP CROPS. 
The English hop crop, though not up to the expectation of last June, is still 
large. The quality, pai le dite is exceedingly various, about one-third being 
very fine, one-third moderately fine, and the remainder shading down to the 
lowest and brownest samples. The continental crop will probably be about 
one-half that of last year, and quite variable in quality, of which 45,000 bales 
will probably be shipped to English markets under promise of good prices. 
English dealers also count upon 25,000 bales from the United States. Consid- 
ering the moderate stocks of old and yearling hops now remaining, there is a 
prospect of a firm and advancing market. 
