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PRICES OF LIVE STOCK. 



[Sept. 1895. 



PRICES OF LIVE STOCK AS RETURNED UNDER THE 

 MARKETS AND FAIRS (WEIGHING OF CATTLE) 

 ACT, 1891. 



In continuation of the statements which have appeared in 

 each number of the Journal of the Board of Agriculture^ 

 the following tables supply information respecting the returns 

 received under the Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Act, 

 1891, from market authorities and auctioneers in Great Britain 

 during the quarter ending 30th June 1895. 



In this period, the number of animals returned as entering 

 markets, the number weighed, and the number thereof the prices 

 were quoted with the necessary information to comply with 

 the order of the Board, stood as follows, the figures for the 

 corresponding quarter of 1894 being added for comparison : — 



Animals. 



1895. 



1894. 



Cattle : 



Entering markets 



Weighed _ - _ _ 

 Prices returned = _ - 

 Prices returned with breed and quality 

 distinguished. 



'm>. 



298,040 

 26,063 

 23,505 

 15,996 



No. 

 294,821 

 25,324 

 23,332 

 15,809 



Sheep : 



Entering markets - 

 Weighed « - _ _ 

 Prices returned with breed and quality 

 distinguished. 



1,131,996 

 10,929 

 5,583 



1,332,162 

 14,901 

 9,503 



Swine : 



Entering markets - 

 Weighed - 



Prices returned _ - . 

 Prices returned with breed and quality 

 distinguished. 



58,943 

 636 

 301 



28,110 

 395 

 37 

 10 



These figures show a falling off in the number of sheep in the 

 markets, and a much smaller number weighed. As regards 

 weighings, the information respecting swine continues very 

 defective. It is only as regards cattle that the returns can be 

 usefully examined in detail. 



If an analysis of these returns be made as between 

 England and Scotland, the much larger proportion of the 

 weighed cattle in the last-named country again attracts atten- 

 tion, md shows that the practice of weighing continues to have 



