Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-09-12

| $40 Tbs. at &c and l bull. 500 TBS. a.
| 21ac. Minis & Holbrook sold 8, 2940 fbs !
| at SIC, ! beef COW, $50 lbs. at 2Ac.
cow, $50 lbs, at 113c. J. H. Look, pair
| of blue ribbon State fair cattle. about
5000 his. at the highest price. Otis
Forhush, COW, 100 Us at 324c.
Veal calves were in excellent demand
with the range of prices about as last
week, but with more sales at the high
er figures. j. D. Neylor sold 20 small
calves at $3.50 each. J. Leclar sold Is
veals at &c. \. NJ Bags sold 80 at
1-2c ]. O'Brien sold at 1-2c. Minis
& Holbrooll, 125 calves at &c.
Hogs brought Ii to 3-S of a cent
pound above last weeks prices. Buy
erS took what came in with alacrity,
and the tone of the market was very
strong. ]. OBrien sold "a hogs, aver
aging 90 lbs, at $500. j. Leckar sold
hog at ga.
MICH COWS.
Quite number of mich cows We're
in the barns, left over from last weeks
sale, when the supply was too great to
be sold proftably. New receipts werci
fairly heavy and the supply was am.
pie. ]. ID. Ncylor sold mixers at $50
each.
Receipts of sheep and lambs were
much heavier than Of late most of the
receipts at the yards being from Maine.
Thompson e Hanson brought in 600
lambs.
The above company also brought in
$50 fancy hens.
TUESDAY AT WATERTOWN. 4
Trains were late again, which made
trouble for the drovers, as it gives less
time in which to sell. The market was
rather better all around. Feet catts
brought Il higher average, but trading
was not active. The cheaper grades
sold more readily than for several
weeks past.
Fl. F. Whitney sold beef cows. $3.50
lbs, at Sc. and 1 bull. 500 lbs, at lie.
Otis II. Fcrbush sold l bull, 1850 lbs.
and cows. 1910 and 500 lbs at 1-4c.;B
COW, 500 lbs, lie; / COW, $50 lbs,s
at &c.
VEAL CALVES.
Veal calves were in better demand
at higher prices The supply was am
Pie. Otis II. Torbush sold 8 calves, av-s
Il .iisS ltu us, at a. IL. w
sold 20 on commission.
HOGS
Prices on hogs were up about lac
With the demand proving only tempo
rary. II. +. Whitney sold 10 hogs. av-
eraging ESQ lbs, at 3-ic., and ] stag
hog. 1525 lbs, at sc.
MICH COWS.
The supply of mich COWS was large
a number being left over from the pre-
ceding weeks sale. Prices showed pu'
little change, and the trade was SION.
A. p. Necdham sold IL mixers AT s~
to $50. IL
LIVE POULTRY.
Poultry was steady at last wen
prices. Quotations are lac. Tor SP''n'
chickens. IL to 12c. for fowl. with roos-
tiers at 3 to &c.
THE HORSE MARKET
Horse trading in the Boston NJ
market is reviving, but the deInaiu
not as good as is usually deFe"!cu
September. The tone of the MAJ
improved in the past three Weehs'
prices do not run at as high q ieFei =
| in last June's sales. The medium cias' \.
horses are selling lower 10 !" In Z
mand. Prices on Western ho'se9
strong at 500 to $500; extra heaty s,or
quality drafts are selling at S-oV - s
medium drafts. express, seIei", Y u
pose and business horses OF NOV ~
and good drivers at $3.50 to Sooo.
Moses Coleman & Son report d -
weeks trade, and this week VIII ioil
special sale Of 10 or 80 horses co'lsisl
| ing of several pairs of carriage iioi
single drivers and nice pony teams.
Wheeler McElveen & Co. receiVed -
loads of mixed horses. which sofa rev
lily at good prices. WEIGH 4 han
received 2 loads Of fresh cou"s
| horses, comprising heavy drafts
press. farm and driving horses aiso
IS 20 80 acclimated driving no, "a
IS to 80 acclimated. They o.d d ~
to 5000 Cavanaugh Bros. SOFA d IN.
fine business horses and drivers u -
ing the week, at range oi from
to $50 according to quality. -
Niger. Abrams & Co. received NJ
press ana freight loads, seihhs #s
we'll sustained priceS. ~