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The Corn Markets in October. 



[NOV., 



patents, 305. for Pillsbury's Best, 285. 6d. for 1st Minnesota, 285. for 

 best Kansas, and 26s. 3d. for secondary. Canadian flour closed at 295. 

 for best, 285. for " fine export grade," and 26s. 6d. for secondary. There 

 were some buyers of Australian flour at 25s. 6d., of fine Belgian at 

 315, 6d., and of best French from the famous Corbeil mills at 32s. per 

 sack. The shipments of flour from North America for October were 

 658,000 sks., a fair total, and some increase on the previous month. 



Barley. — Maltsters and brewers recall few Octobers to compete with 

 that under notice. The excellence of the new crop deliveries has been 

 surprising, and while the champion samples have mostly come from 

 Hampshire, Dorset, and the Upper Thames Valley, very fine barley, 

 often weighing 454 lb. to the quarter, has been in evidence on the 

 exchanges of the Severn and Wye valleys, of East Anglia, of Essex, and 

 of East Kent. The price of the best samples has ranged from 405. 

 to 425. per quarter. On the 30th at Mark Lane little was to be had 

 under 345., distillers being driven to buy other grain. The demand 

 since harvest has been so fierce that fully three million quarters of the 

 new crop are held to have been already disposed of. Imported barley 

 has been quoted at 255. to 265. for Russian, Indian, Morocco, and 

 Persian, but buyers do not care, as a rule, to go beyond six shillings 

 per cental (245. per 400 lb.) for the lighter feeding types. Some fine 

 barley is to hand from Anatolia, and took the foreign championship 

 in the Barley Exhibition at Islington. The price is 365. to 405. ; the 

 weight 448 lb. Central Europe has no fine barley to spare in any 

 quantity, but " fancy " orders for small consignments are reported, 445. 

 to 455. being paid. Californian barley, of which some 120,000 qr. are 

 on passage, is quoted at 365. to 375. for fair average quality. Supplies 

 on passage, all kinds, are 560,000 qr. October shipments were 

 50,000 qr. from California, 2,405,000 qr. from Russia, and 455,000 qr. 

 from Europe S.E. 



Oats. — Some extraordinary samples of the new home crop have 

 reached the markets. On the 7th a sample weighing 49 lb. to the bushel 

 was shown at Dorchester, and some 47 lb. lots have reached Mark Lane. 

 Unlike wheat and barley, however, which are conspicuous for good 

 colour, much of the oat crop appears to be unsatisfactory in that respect. 

 Prices have been a full guinea per 336 lb. at the leading markets, with \ 

 Gartons and other named varieties commanding a florin more. There 

 has been an excellent seeding demand for winter oats. Imported 304 lb. ; 

 descriptions have gone but slowly into consumption, but they are nearer 

 to the six shillings per cental feeding level than is grinding barley. 

 The shipments of oats for October were 90,000 qr. from Canada. 

 147,000 qr. from Argentina, 726,000 qr. from Russia, and 428,000 qr. 

 from Europe S.E. The month closed with 350,000 qr. on passage. 



Maize. — Most purchasers consider maize at 28s. 9d. per quarter (six 

 shillings per cental) rather dear; they expect it to be perhaps 3d. per 

 cental under feeding barley and light oats. When, therefore it rises to 

 65. 3d. percental (London), 6s. $d. (Liverpool), and 6s. 6d. to 6s. gd. at 

 many of the inland markets, demand is sharply cut down. A very small 

 importation, less than half an average, has marked the month, but the 

 inquiry has ebbed to about the same extent, and values at the close 

 were not much in either buyers' or sellers' favour. American crop 

 results are awaited with some interest; the crop has been secured in fair 



