Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-03-26
brighton Cattle .U0rEet,
For the week ending "wednesday, March "a.

from rae boston Journal.
At market for the current week-cattle
1915; sheep and lambs 5906; SWINE 1900;
number of Western cattle las; Northern
cattle and mich cows $50; Eastern cattle so.
Prices of beef cattle per 100 lbs, live weight
extra quality $3.50 to 7.75; first quality
6.!5 to 1914; second quality 6.25 to 6.62I /;
third quality 5.25 to 5s74; poorest grades of
coarse oxen, bulls, &c, So to 500.
Brighton hides SIC; Brighton tulow &c /;
country hides "a to Sc; country talow 5 to
SIC per h.
Calf skins IA to l5c per Id. Sheep and
lamb skins 80 each.
For the week past the supply of cattle was
not SO large from the West rs that of one
week ago. Prices upon all grades advanced
full rs much us the decline of last week, and
the supply being small the trade opened
very fairly on Tuesday morning. part of
the Western cattle did not get in until late
Tuesday. There were but few beeves sold
at our highest quotations. The quality Of
Western cattle was not much different from
those of last market. There were few cat
tie in from Maine, mostly working oxen.
Working Oxen--A few pairs each week is
all the market requires during the cold
weather. AS soon MS spring opens the trade
for workers will probably revive. We quote
sales of pr. girth ! #, Sl7O; lpr, 8 IT in,
Sl55; pr, # 2 In, $2l5; pr, & II IL in,
$3.50; pr, n in, S2i7; pr. #, $780, 2
prs, 6 # 0 in, $l7250 per pair; pr, # 10
in, $l75; pr, Q It IL in, $l75.
Store Cattle-Yearlings $lI to Is; two
year -olds $l5 to ~; three-year-Olds $25 to
80 per head. Most OF the small cattle brought
into market are sold for beef.
Mich Cows-ExtH S55 to 90; ordinary
S95 to 50j store cows Sl9 to IS per head.
Most OF the cows offered in market for sale
are OF an ordinary grade. Good COWS sell
quick at fair prices.
Sheep and Lambs-From tho West there
was good supply, all owned by butchers,
and costing landed Mt Brighton from OF to
71c. From the North the supply wins light
and prices ranging from 81 to &c per ID.
Swlne-No store pigs in market Fat hogs
81 to SIC per Id. ......
AT WATERFOWL.
Cattle-By Hyde Il Wheeler y6 head of
Western cattle last Saturday, and car loads
by Hathaway q Swift the balance of re-
ceipts We're Northern. The business Tues
day morning was with the Northern cattle
Not any Improvement in the demand. Prices
remain steady. Arrivals constituted saugh-
tering cattle, mich cows, and number of
working oxen intended especially for work
Owners could not force an advance, even on
fancy cattle The best fancy oxen were
handled by A Fowler a head fed by Geo.
Crocker, Of Randolph, VT; home weight
5000 lbs; the best bunch received for many
n day. IL W Montague sold oxen, to dress
1900 lbs, ut l0te, ID w. AC Kibbling sold .
oxen at l0c, ID w, that weighed before start
ed to market $3.50 lbs.
Sheep-After prices were regularly estab-
lished the arrivals changed hands early.
We find no Improvement from last weeks
rates, and to notice the quiet mutton trade
in the city we cannot expect much, if any,
advance for u number of weeks. Aldrich Il
johnson sold 80 sheep, that averaged 90 lbs,
Mt To- Sargent sold % sheep, average
"a lbs, at 64c. Lyman sold So sheep, av-
erage 80 lbs, at &c. j wv Armstrong sold
100 sheep, average 50 lbs, at 6Ic, quite u tidy
Hook, led by G w Pease, Of Hartford, Vt.
U Taylor sold 100 sheep, average 81 lbs,
at 7c.
Poultry-Not much doing in live poultry
A little collected in tho vicinity of the mar
ket Mt shilling per ID,