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BRISTOL.

(From United States Consul Lathrop, Bristol, England.)

 
 

No macaroni is made in Bristol and the term ‘‘macaroni wheat”
is not precisely understood by the grain merchants of the city.
It does not necessarily follow, however, that there is not a sale
for the wheat. Bristol is one of the great cereal-importing ports in
England. It is believed in the grain trade here that macaroni wheat
refers to a cereal with a very hard, dry, transparent berry, containing
a minimum of moisture, such as the Cubanca, or hard Azof. Such
a wheat as this finds a market in Bristol, though at a lower than
standard price. It might bring from 10 to 20 cents per bushel less
than No. 1 Northern Duluth or No. 1 hard. ;
Millers sprinkle this hard wheat with water, and thus soften it;
or they throw it in with a lot of very soft English wheat, and let it
absorb moisture thus, before milling. They are ready to buy this
wheat at a price which in their opinion will make it remunerative.
I will be glad to put any intending shipper in touch with firms of
exceptional standing. The shortest and simplest way, if time is of
importance, is to send me samples, without which nothing can be

 

done, and references.
Lorin A. Laturor, Consul.

Bristor, ENGLAND, November 4, 1903.

CORK.

United States Consul Daniel Swiney, of Cork, Ireland, reports,
under date of October 14, 1903, that the principal corn merchants
and millers of his district give it as their opinion that there is no
opening whatever in the south of Ireland for the marketing of wheat
suitable for the manufacture of macaroni. :

DUNDEE.
United States Consul J. C. Higgins, of Dundee, Scotland, reports, |
October 19, 1903, that the manufacture of macaroni is not carried
on in Dundee, and consequently there is no market for wheat for that
purpose.

EDINBURGH.
(From United States Consul Fleming, Edinburgh, Scotland.)
No macaroni is manufactured in this district, nor, I believe, in |
Scotland, and, excepting semolina, no special product is made in
this country from wheat peculiarly suitable for the manufacture of

macaroni. No firm in Scotland manufactures semolina—for use as