1910.] Live and Dead Meat Trade in October. 691 



owing to the expectation of ample supplies of American in the first 

 four months of 191 1. Maize shipments for October were 354,000 qrs. 

 from the United States, 2,254,000 qrs. from La Plata, 27,000 qrs. 

 from Russia, and 76,000 qrs. from Europe S.E. On the 31st 1,115,000 

 qrs. were on passage. 



Oilseeds. — Very high prices have continued to rule in this branch 

 of trade, but the offers of new Egyptian cottonseed for January ship- 

 ment are now liberal, and the new linseed of Argentina was quoted 

 on the 31st at 6 is. for February delivery, against a spot price for old 

 linseed just ten shillings higher. Imports of linseed, January 1st to 

 October 31st, have been smaller than last season, and stocks are low. 

 Supplies on passage on the 31st were 28,000 qrs. of linseed, 20,000 qrs. 

 of rapeseed, and 39,000 tons of cottonseed. 



Various. — A large if not a record production of sugar-beet is spoken 

 of at Mincing Lane, the German, Austrian, Hungarian, and Russian 

 yields all being reported as above an average. Prices, therefore, have 

 fallen rapidly, and the month, which opened with 115. obtainable, 

 closed with 95. per cwt. accepted. Rice has been firm at js. 6d. per 

 cwt. for ordinary "feeding" cargoes. Japan has already become the 

 free buyer anticipated last month. A remarkable fall in the price of 

 red cloverseed has occurred. The English crop appears to be both 

 larger and finer than anticipated, while Chile has entered the field with 

 free offers at ^3 per cwt. The month witnessed at its close new 

 English Dun peas selling at 32s., new English winter beans at 30.?. 6d., 

 new Essex rye at 255., and good North Cambridgeshire mustardseed 

 at 805., all per quarter. 



THE LIVE AND DEAD MEAT TRADE IN OCTOBER. 

 A. T. Matthews. 



Fat Cattle. — The clearing off of grazing stock in only middling 

 condition and the great influx of chilled beef had the effect of reducing 

 the average prices of all breeds to the following extent : — Shorthorns, 

 3fi., 3d., and 2.\d. per 14 lb. for first, second, and third qualities; 

 Herefords, qd. and 2fd. for first and second qualities ; Devons, 5<i. and 

 2\d. ; and Welsh Runts, 3^<i. and 4IJ. The following are the actual 

 averages for the month: — Shorthorns, 8s. 4^., ys. 6fd., and 6s. y\d.\ 

 Herefords, Ss. yd. and 75. n^d. ; Devons, Ss. y\d. and ys. g^d.; Welsh 

 Runts, 85. qd. and 75. yd., and Polled Scots Ss. 6d. and 75. nfd. per 

 stone. These figures refer to English markets only. 



The records for the last week of Shorthorn values in twenty English 

 markets presented some remarkable variations, and point, even more 

 emphatically than those of September, to the conclusion that the 

 decline in average values of British beef during the autumn is chiefly 

 owing to the defective system of feeding pursued at that season. The 

 Ipswich official report stated that prime beasts were scarce and dear, 

 making up to gs. gd. per stone. The price of first quality Shorthorns 

 was gs. 6d. in that market, and gs. at Lincoln and Norwich. Against 

 these prices we find that Ss. was the top price at Bristol, Newcastle, 

 Nottingham, and Wakefield, the general English average for that 

 week being 8s. ^d. The reward for good feeding, therefore, appears 



