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Live Weight Prices of Cattle. 



Years . 



Cattle 

 Entering the 

 Scheduled Markets. 



1 q tt If R pf niriPf 1 oc 

 ^dLLlC IXCLUIllC^l *lo 



Weighed. 



Proportion of Number 

 Weighed to Number 

 Entering. 





No. 



No. 



Per cent. 



1893 



1,219,208 



92,492 



7*59 



1894 



1,203,533 



96,344 



8-oi 



1895 



1,186,149 



100,033 



8 '43 



1896 



1,000,014 



109,184 



9*93 



1897 



1,115,183 



111,767 



I0'O2 



• 1898 



1,263,991 



138,652 



10-97 



1899 



1,236,091 



139,482 



11-28 



1900 



1,187,603 



141,611 



11-92 



1901 



1,161,516 



156,289 



13*46 



1902 



1,302,601 



184,499 



14-16 



1903 



1,262,301 



183,466 



H-53 



. The difference between the favour shown to weighing in 

 Scotland and in England is still very marked. In the six Scottish 

 markets the proportion ranges from about 22 J per cent, at 

 Glasgow to 53 per cent, at Dundee, and averages on the whole 

 no less than 35^ per cent, of the number entering those 

 markets. In England, on the other hand, the average is only 

 about 9 per cent., the proportion varying from under 4 per cent, 

 at Leicester, Newcastle, and Salford to 15^ per cent, at Carlisle 

 18 J per cent, at Liverpool, 23 per cent, in London, and 48 per 

 cent, at Shrewsbury, while at Ashford, Birmingham, Bristol, 

 Lincoln, Norwich, and York the use of the weighbridge appears 

 to be comparatively rare. 



In addition to the six markets named above as making no 

 appreciable use of the weighing machine, the two markets of 

 Salford and Wakefield fail to furnish any sufficient particulars 

 as regards prices realized, although 4,195 head of cattle were 

 weighed at the former and 6,006 head at the latter during the 

 past year. Details relating to values are consequently available 

 only in the case of the thirteen markets named in the following 

 table. 



