Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-08-27

REMARKS.
\ glimpse AZ the market will lntercst
Those Nho have live stcCk to seli, aud
answer several letters r.crivsl asking
Nhcu certain grades II stock viii D. sal-
able. AT New England cattle arrive aud
are uuloaici a Union Market, Mater.
ioSu, and in being shippci frOm any
point la Maine should De- so hilled.
Maine hriugs up the rc4r and come. Last,
arriving, II ON time. at half past i've
tuesday morning ofcach week. sheep.
hogs, bccf cattle, veal calves. and some
~ the working oNrn and milch COWS are
sold AZ this market before ten o'clock. A.
The market hrcaks up az about that hour,
aud all stock remaining unsold l. driven
over o. brighton. a distance of les than
one mile. Here the working oxen arc
tied up IN harms. and well cared for aud
lifted for the next DAYS sale. Wc,lne.-
day. II they have been bought up hy
what l. termed here JOCKEYS" some flnc
titting l. done. II wrinklrs appear too
numerous on their horns, Indicative of
agv, thsy arr removed With rasp and sand
paper in such flne slope a. o. almost
make the animal himself think h. l.
youug again, aud o. effe,tually conVince
the unNary huyer of his youthfulness
Working oxen arr sold under the woke
Tor 80 many dollars, although their value
!. estimated by thslr live weight, the girih
having very little to do Ia nNlng the
pricc. not 80 much a. build aud training.
Horns aid Very much to the value of
workers u hong, smooth, and alike.
Preference l. shown any little uniform
marx. Ike STAR Ia the hcsd or corr,e
spondlng " bite spot. or other distinguish.
ING marks, u alike ou each or, adds ma
terially to hi value, and causes them
frequently a. D. sold AZ tNlns, sthough
they NAV D. the prslucts ~ different
towns AMI couniics. The demand Tor
working oxen l. gvnerally lo.t during the
fill monihs. Mich cuNs. which nov
form quite q feature among Maine cattle.
are shiplsd " lih their ofsprings In some
ear. and arr sold at nion MARKET wholly
ou thr vorl ~ thc druyrr. u i.cing ina
Ios.ihle fOr the buyer o. tell oli cilyc'i
onrs frsm tho.e lu.i cOme iu. AT ~
maining unsold arv driven tu hnghtun
and tie,i ln harms. f~i yell With liberal
aiious 10 short.. ani their capacity Tor
making milk L. shown hy The sire ~ the
har. hich coutsin. tvu milking, or all
De has made sincv tur.day morning
vhrn her offspring "a. sold. rhis show
INK make hrr priCv. Sometimes farm
ers miik fhrir Cows very near up o. the
time thei have their ho.sies, which u an
uruug aud d. Injurious o. The COW. "a hlch
shuulI have 40 least tao mOnihs' ur.t
such roNs " 100 NOT bag out, AMI although
dcsinhlr animal. go fur a loa priv, q
lo.ing game for ths unlucky dro,s- Who
gri. rheatf,i W ith such an animal Cow.
trr .oli largely to milkm.n, although
there arr a class 20 men Callei "Cou
io, ,krts. vho buy. sell anil swap, Who
trr gvurrilly .harIrr., which h. made aIs
parent o. the unsophisticai-d grvrnhoru
Who pat. iu au appearance herr. fur a
sample of thcss lirighiun turks, | uill
give au Incident that ogcurrcd o. me
uhen a buy. u being ms sc'ond trip o.
brighton Carriei o. Rrightuu that
wesk a fuc large coW. bought - a near
usighhof. | knew o. D. gu,si one, Tor
Which paid sti. knuNing this COW
uuuld make sn immcnsc hag With two
milkings. determined to make a profit
on her. .o asks,i scn the hrst day. Au
rarle-sy,,i CIV i,ckey, Who i in The
busius.s nov. saN her aud ufirrssl me so,
which refused aud tied her az, Inviting
him o. look AZ her in the morning. Ia"
harm Nl,rfr cur animals are TIED 4 COM
mon a. an at all hours. dreamed ~ nay
ten dollar profit aud went o. the haru
early to 49, What shoN my COW had made,
and Judge ~ my astontshmrni when D.
hrld Que quarter % her bag slack and no
milk. while the other parts we're vel
dlls,i out ~ ths same time. The same
iossv prrscutcd himself and narrowed
ms for attempting to sell him a thrcc
teats,i cuu aid b. ought o. arrest me
a. "a indlsf. bat aid the coN might io
for him in her Imperfect condition. aud
offered ms sln aud hand shakr. To
avoid truublc took hi Offer, ani lo.t
SIS. learuei afterwards that D. had
fore.tallr,i me at the haru AMI had MIXED
one uddrr al oui dry, aud later h.
laurv,i AZ me. saying b. saS The map ~
Maine in uiy grv,n pumpkin tac". VERY
many tricks arr puctic~i In the coN
trade. AZ the present time ipo 10 80
head of COVE arr sold each week la
brighton. i. 4. lLhHi la Maine iarmcr.
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