Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-10

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Corsicana was operating in Texas as an
| independent company.
Watertown and Brighton Live Stock
| Markets.
AMOUNT OF LIVE STOCK AT MAR
| KET, OCT. s, 1907.
Cattle 4692. sheep 4119. calves, 1927,
hogs 2O,553.
| PRICES OF MARKET CATTLE.
| 4 few choice at s55OM$6.5O; extra at
, 81 500 $3.50; first quality at $3.50@$4 SO;
second quality at $3W$3.50; third quail
| ity at S20s3.
PRICES OF STORE CATTLE.
F'arrow cows at $1oaSls; fancy cows
at s60NS10; mich cows from $25 to $50;
yearlings from IS to s12; 2-year-olds,
| ST. t. SIS; 3-year- olds from SIS to $25;
Western fat swine. live. 65s to 67sc.
Northern dressed hogs, ~ to sac. per
| ID. Stores, retail, $3.50 to So.
| PRICES OF SHEEP AN DLAMBS.
Sheep from 81: to sc. per Id; lambs
jHM61!c. Veal calves, ca to nc.
TUESDAY AT BRIGHTON.
1 ne I-IdSltIH Train W DIS ltlc dSeilII, Ill
irving after IL o'clock. The market for
beef cattle was slow. There was Il large
supply of poor and ordinary cattle, for
which the demand was light. The
choice cattle sold quite readily, but
prices We're lower throughout the mar
ket. J. d. Neylon sold cows of 3340
lbs. ut &c. S. f. Winch sold 1 cow of
900 lbs. at Sc. and bologna cows at
14c. +. e. Keegan sold cows of 1850
lbs. at 1&c. and l COW of $50 lbs at Sc
G. A. Wait sold . cows of 2240 lbs at &c.
ana IL bologna cows of II, GAO lbs. at
lac. j. w. Ellsworth sold 5 COWS of
ITO lbs. at 1a4c. II. A. Gilman & Co.
sold IS COWS at 1.G0 to 224c. A. Wheeler
sold holognas at 1Ac., heifer at 214c.
and l heifcr at 212c. Robert Connors
sold II beef COWS at IL to 3%c.
Veal calves We're in good supply, but
prices held quite firm, with only a
small decline. ]. O'Brien sold 10 small
calves at $3.50 each. j. w. Ellsworth
sold veal calves of 10 lbs at G1ac. and
20 small calves at $3.50 each. c. A.
Wait sold small calves for SO for
the lot. +. f. Keegan sold small
calves at $2.15 each. S. f. Winch. 8
small calves at SO each. ]. D. Neylon
sold 20 small calves at $3.50 each.
Hogs We're slightly lower. but the
demand held fairly strong. Receipts
were quite heavy. C. A. Wait sold
hogs Of 500 lbs at sac ]. D. Neylon
sold IA hogs of 1900 lbs. at $500, and /
stag OF 40 lbs. at &c.
Sheep and lambs were unchanged
from last week. with a good supply.
Mich COW trade was about as be-
fore. The barns We're we'll filled and
buyers were not plentiful. AS usual the
choicest COWS find buyers at good
prices. j. D. Neylon sold a stock bull
at $40.
TUESDAY AT WATERFOWL.
Beef cattle trade was dull and the
late trains hurt the market still more.
only Massachusetts stock arriving be-
fore noon. The choice cattle only We're
in good demand and the supply there
was stall
II. F. Whitney sold 1 pair of fancy
oxen. $3.50 lbs. at &c; ? steers. 1920 lbs.
and l steer, 1880 lbs. AT SC: l bull,
1900 lbs at 3Ac.; and l. COWS, aver
aging SO lbs. at Il. to Sc. Otis II.
Furbush sold 1 COW, 920 lbs. at 31ac.;
and 81 off, 3 cows, 200 lbs at $3.50,
and cows, 1920 lbs. at $40.
Veal calves-The market for veal
calves was firm. slightly under last
weeks quotations. Otis H. Furbush
sold 3 young calves for S13. H. F.
Whitney slaughtered so calves at Har-
ward
Hogs were in good demand but
prices were little lower than last
weeks. The market is in good con-
dition.
Mich cows sold slowly, and the |
market was very poor, except for the
choicest mixers.
Receipts of live stock were heavy.
but prices were higher by about &c |
Fowl 13T13h; spring chicken 121s to |
&c; rocsters, &c.
THE HORSE MARKET.
Trade in general at the sale stables
was dull. with Il decreased demand !
during the week. but prices held steady |
All tirst-claSs horses sell well at high |
values. but on the ordinary horses
prices are easier. The second hand |
horses this fall are not up to the usual
standard. and consequently bring less |
and are sold rapidly. not being worth |
holding for better prices. Receipts of |
fresh western horses were light, but |
the amount received included horses |
suitable Tor all purposes ana Of fairly |
good QUALIFY. SoEc extra good road |
St"rS We're offered ut both prices and !
at auction sales, selling at fancy figures.
Heavy drafts, 100 to 1Soolbs sold /
readily at $40 also: drafts, 1850 Ia 1850
lbs. ut ST.; tirSt-clasS chunks, 1890 to |
1850 lbs. ut $l15 q 22a; high grade driy-
crs at $500 M6oo: medium to good driv-
erS at $50 Gf25p; seconds at 50 and up-
ward.
At the city sale stables At Isburg
4 cos. 20 head of ordinary be ach and |
mountain horses We're entered. selling
to slack demand at fair value ac
cording to quality.
Colmhn 4 Sons report n good weeks
trade, with m ?ctive demand on high
grade drivers, selling at satisfactory
prices.
The conditions of trade at WEIGH |
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