PRICES OF LIVE STOCK. Cake 

It has been frequently pointed out in previous numbers of 
the F¥ournal that the extent to which the practice of public 
weighing prevails varies greatly in localities. In Scotland it 
has been from the first very much more in favour than in 
England. Only 6°33 per cent. of the cattle entering the 15 
scheduled English markets in 1900 were returned as weighed, 
while 30°79 per cent. were so returned in the six scheduled 
markets in Scotland. The recent figures, however, show that 
while in Scotland the returns indicate a comparatively small 
extension of the practice, in England the movement toward 
the more accurate method of sale, though slight, has always 
been progressive. In Scotland the percentage weighed was 
26°86 in: 1893.and 30°79 in 1900, while in England the percen- 
tage has risen from 2°22 in 1893 to 6°33 in Ig00. 
Although the figures above referred to furnish an 
indication of the use of the weighbridge in connection with 
the sale of cattle, the weighings are not in every instance 
accompanied by the prices obtained. Prices are, however, 
furnished in an increasing proportion of the animals weighed. 
The “‘ weighed and priced” cattle have risen from 4'70 to 
8-78 per cent. of the total number entering the scheduled 
markets in the past eight years. 



Animals, 1900. 1899. 
CATTLE : No. No. 
Entering markets - - - - I,187,603 1,236,001 
Weighed - - - - - - I41,611 139,482 
Prices returned - - - - . 124,648 124,552 
Prices returned with quality dis- . 
tinguished - - - . - 104,318 103,613 
SHEEP : 
Entering markets’ - - - 2 4,325,013 4,681,602 
Weighed - - - 43,581 48,643 
Prices returned thd quality dis- 
tinguished - - 36, 312 42,154 
SWINE: ; 
Entering markets - . - . 442,216 455,050 
Weighed - - - 2,196 2,205 
Prices returned with quality dis- 
tinguished” - - 2,120 2,070 
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