Prices of Meat. 



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Berlin Market. 



Average Prices of Cattle and Sheep (First Quality Dead 

 Weight) in the Berlin Cattle Market in the under- 

 mentioned Months of 1897. 



Months. 



Cattle, 



Sheep. 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



1897. 



June .... 

 July .... 

 August . . . - 



s. d. s. d. 



57 0 to 60 I 



63 9 67 7 

 65 5 70 9 



s. d. s. d. 

 50 II to 52 3 



60 8 ,, 63 II 



62 I 65 8 



Note. — The above prices have been compiled from the weekly returns published 

 in the Deutsche Landwii'thschaftliche Fresse. Since June a change has been made in 

 these returns of prices : those for cattle now comprising only oxen instead of all kinds 

 of cattle as formerly ; those for sheep including lambs, which were formerly separated. 



Paris Market. 

 Average Prices of Cattle, Sheep, and Swine (Medium 

 Quality) in the Paris Cattle Market in the under- 

 mentioned Months of 1897. 







Oxen. 



Calves. 



Sheep. 



Pigs. 





Months. 

























Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Live Weight. 



June 



1897. 



s. d. 

 31 6 



s. d. 

 35 8 



s. d. 



40 3 



s. d. 



32 0 



July 





31 I 



36 0 



39 5 



35 6 



August 





31 3 



34 II 



38 7 



40 II 



Dead Weight. 



June 



1897. 



s. d. 



56 7 



s. d. 



68 10 



s. d. 



67 5 



.r. d. 



43 2 



July 





54 II 



64 8 



65 6 



48 10 



August 





57 3 



65 9 



68 10 



55 10 



Note. — The above prices have been compiled from the weekly returns published 

 in the Journal d' Agriailture Pratique. 



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