1829.] Agricultural Report. lli> 



the com for possession, the yeUow of the charlock being the most prominent object of vision 

 for many miles. If there be no present remedy for this calamity, what will be the labour 

 find expence of cleaning and renovating a soil, annually seeded and exliausted by weeds of 

 every possible description ? 



The cattle markets are reported very differently from different parts of the country In 

 the North there seems a very brisk demand for both store cattle and sheep ; in other parts, 

 in consequence of the want of grass, there is no demand, all persons being desirous to part 

 with their stock. The price of pigs, which had held up during years, beyond all prece- 

 dent, has at last submitted to a fall of between forty and fifty per cent. ; and as the breeders 

 have lately set earnestly to work, that most useful stock may be expected still cheaper. It 

 has ever appeared to us strange conduct in stock masters, who in seasons like the present 

 are so loud in their complaints of want of grass for their sheep, that they should almost 

 universally neglect those artificial grasses which have been so long known to resist drought. 

 We have lately seen pieces both of lucerne and mUelot, in fuU luxuriance, whilst tlie 

 natural grasses beside them scarcely afforded a bite for a sheep. The Rutabagn, or 

 Swedish turnip, so valuable, not only for its superior quality, but for its endurance, is also 

 too much neglected. The loss of sheep by the rot in the south-western districts, is said 

 to amount to upwards of one hundred thousand ; and in Lincolnshire and the Fens, 

 perhaps to nearly an equal amount ; yet hitherto we have experienced no want of sheep, 

 whether store or fat ; and our markets are all abundantly supplied with beef and veal. 

 As to the rot in sheep, every shepherd ought to know his doom, from which there is no 

 possible exemption. Prevention only is available. Canine madness and the sheep-rot 

 have ever been opprobria, and so, as far as can be rationally determined, will ever con- 

 tinue. Quackery, however, has always been a profitable trade, and, in all probability, will 

 continue likewise. The horse market is precisely in statu quo, overrun with ordinary 

 horses, with scarcely the relief of an individual worth the purchase. The import of cart 

 horses stiU continues on the coast of Kent, but, it is said, of an inferior quahty. 



Smithjield.—Beef, 3s. to 4s. 4d Mutton, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. — Lamb, 6s. to Cs 



Veal, 4s. 8d. to 5s. 6d Pork, 4s. to 4s. lOd Dairy Pork, 6s. to 5s. 2d. — Rough fat, 



2s. 2d. 



Cor7i Exchange Wlieat, 44s. to 82s Barley, 25s. to 36s — Oats, 9s. to 33s — 



Fine Bread, the London 41b. loaf, lO^d Hay, 48s. to OOs — Clover, ditto, 70s. to 112s. 



—Straw, 36s. to 48s. 



Coals in the Pool, 23s. to 35s. per chaldron. 

 Middlesex, June 2Glh, 



MONTHLY C03IMERCIAL REPORT. 



SuGATi. — The sugar market has remained in a very languid state all the week ; the 

 total sales do not exceed 1,700 hhds. and tierces ; the prices are in several instances a 

 .shade lower, but no further reduction can be stated. The stock of refined sugar is on a 

 limited scale : there can be no further decline stated in the prices. By public sale, 

 yesterday, 10,539 bags, Mauritius sugar, a good parcel, and the whole sold with more 

 than usual briskness ; the good brown sugars 47s. 6d. a 43s. sold at a small reduction : 

 all the other quahties at very full market prices. In Bengal and Siam sugars, no sales 

 are reported. In foreign sugars, several parcels of new yellow are reported to be sold 

 29s. a 32s. The only purchases of Brazil is a parcel of low to middle yellow Bahia, 

 19s. a 23s. There is no alteration in West-India molasses ; some sales of good Demerara 

 are reported at 23s. and very old landed 21s. 6d. 



Coffee. — The coffee market continues steady in price, but without briskness. The 

 British plantation coffee has gone off heavily, but without any decUne in the currency. 



Rum Tlie demand for Rum continues limited, there is reported considerable orders 



for export, yet the prices are so limited that they are not executed, on account of the 

 general expectation of lower prices. 



Bhakdy and Hollands. — In Brandy and Geneva there is no alteration. 



Hemp, Flax, and Tallow. — The tallow market has been steady all the week, 

 and there is rather more firmness. In Hemp and Flax there is no material alteration. 



Course of Foreign Exchange Amsterdam, 12. 4^ Rotterdam, 12. 4^ — Ham- 

 burgh, 1.3. 144 — Paris, 25. 65 Bordeaux, 25. 90 Frankfort-on-the-Main, 152 



Petersburg, 10 — Vienna, 10. 7 Trieste, 10. 8 Bladrid, 36. O^—Cadiz, 36. Of — 



BUboa, 36. 04 — Barcelona, 36 Seville, 36. OJ Gibraltar, 49. 0.', Leghorn, 47- O.i. 



—Genoa, 25. 75 — Venice, 47. 0^ Malta, 48. Oi Naples, 39. O'a — Palermo, 119 — 



Lisbon, 45. 0| — Oporto, 45. 0| Rio Janeiro, 24— Bahia, 32 Dubhn, 1. OJ — 



Cork, 1. 04. 



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Bullion per Oz Portugal Gold in Com, £0. Os. Od Foreign Gold in Bars, 



£3. 17s. 9d. — New Doubloons, £0. Os. — New Dollars, 4s. 9 4d. _ Silver in Burs, 

 (standard), 4.U Os. Od, 



