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Soy bean cake had an initial quotation of £y 2s. 6d. per ton, and closed 

 at jQj. For June delivery £6 13s. gd. would not, we understand, be 

 refused. 



Various Feeding Stuffs. — Beet sugar, which in 1900-1 stood at Ss. yd. 

 per cwt., fetched 125. 6d. at the beginning of this year, and was quoted 

 at 12s. lod, on 31st January. Despite this steady tendency to appre- 

 ciate, the demand for feeding purposes remains good. Feeding rice has 

 fallen id. per cwt. on the month, but closed with a fair sale at the 

 terms demanded. Soy beans have been steady at js. yd. per cental. 

 Chinese are cheaper: 325. per 480 lb., washed. China is also sending 

 us cheap peas at 6s. $d. per cental. Bran, sharps and middlings, have 

 been rather easier to buy on the month, and currencies ruling are 

 fairly moderate for the time of year. Lentils have come down in price, 

 and at 32s. per 504 lb. command a somewhat increased attention. 

 Those who prefer to buy pulse already split, are paying 10s. 6d. per 

 cental for lentils, ios, per cental for peas, and us. per 160 lb. bag for 

 beans in that state for use. 



THE LIVE AND DEAD MEAT TRADE IN 

 JANUARY. 

 A. T. Matthews. 



Fat Cattle. — The new year began with a scarcity of first quality 

 animals, and trade was firm for any cattle in fair butchering condition. 

 Prices showed a tendency to revert to the level of those prevailing 

 before the special Christmas markets. Shorthorns began with an 

 average of Ss. 2\d. in 22 English markets, showing no advance, 

 but second quality did better by \\d. per stone, a feature of the trade 

 which, in itself, pointed to the existence of a keen demand. All through 

 the month there was a remarkable steadiness, with only here and there 

 a weak market, while prices gradually hardened week by week. By 

 the end of the month Shorthorns of first quality attained a general 

 average of Ss. ^d. per stone, and second quality js. y\d. There is 

 always an excellent supply of Norfolk-fed Irish Shorthorns in the 

 London market in January, and these are so well fed and of such handy 

 weights that in the absence of Aberdeen Angus, direct from Scotland, 

 which only put in an occasional appearance, they fetch more than 

 anything else in the market. On the 25th at Ipswich they made the 

 extreme price of gs. 6 J. per stone for a few particularly choice speci- 

 mens, and at Islington on the 24th large numbers realised gs. On 

 that day there happened to be a few capital Aberdeens direct from their 

 native county, and these were quoted at gs. /\d., or only about \d. per lb. 

 more than the Norfolks. In all the markets officially quoted the same 

 week for "Polled Scots," a term which includes many animals far 

 inferior to the genuine Aberdeens, the general average was Ss. y\d., 

 or 2%d. per stone more than Shorthorns. The prices realised for Devons 

 and Herefords in January were comparatively low. They were shown 

 in small numbers, and at Islington only second quality Herefords were 

 present. 



Veal Calves.— There was a good steady demand for fat calves 

 throughout the month, with very little variation in the average price. 



