PRICES OF TIVE STOCK 
RETURNED UNDER THE WEIGHING OF CATTLE ACT, 
The returns furnished to the Board of Agriculture under 
the Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Act, 1891, show 
that during the second quarter of the current year the 
numbers of cattle, sheep and swine entering the 21 scheduled 
markets of Great Britain were less than in the correspond- 
ing quarter of 1899. The number of cattle exposed for 
sale in the three months was 309,000, as compared with 
nearly 320,000, while sheep numbered 1,145,000, against 
1,200,000 in 1899; the number of swine appearing at these 
markets was 103,000, as compared with 106,000 in the second 
quarter of the previous year. 




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2nd | 2nd 
Animals, Quarter, Quarter, 
1QOO. 1899. 
CATTLE: No. No. 
Entering markets - - - 300, 384 319,826 
Weighed - - : - =a ie 34,806 36, 305 
Prices returned - - - - - 31,684 32,498 
Prices returned with quality dis- | | 
tinguished - . : - - 25,709 25,962 
SHEEP : 
Entering markets” - - - - 1,145,266 1,200,077 
Weighed - - : - - - 10,802 14,124 
Prices returned with quality dis- 
tinguished” - - - - - 8,392 12,045 
SWINE: 
Entering markets” - - - - 103,473 106,310 
Weighed - - . - - - | 721 713 
Prices returned with quality dis- | 
tinguished - : - - - 717 | 601 
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The number of cattle returned as having passed over the 
weighbridge in the six Scottish markets was nearly a third 
of the whole number shown, or 30°7 per cent. In England 
