Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-25


was a little nervous In the morning.
but apparently none the worse for her
experience.
Briahton and Watsrtown Live Stock
b. ". Market.
AMOUNT OF LIVE STOCK AT MAR
VI MARKET. JULY 30. 1907.
Cattle 1864; sheep S349; calves 205S;
hogs 2731.
PRICES OF MARKET CATTLE.
A few choice, s. I5@*e.5o; extra, s5.25
@s5.75: first quality, s4.25QS.25; second
quality, $350@si.25; third quality. $50
$780,
PRICES OF STORE CATTLE.
Farrow cows, s1OQs1s; fancy. cows,
$60@S75; mich cows from So to sos
ycarling, IS to $12; two years old. $12
to SIS; three years old. SIS to $25;
western fat swine, live, to 8 1-f cts;
northern dressed hogs 717 1-2 cents
per lib. Stores, retail 81 to S..
PRICES OF SHEEP AND LAMBS. =
Spring lambs, COS cts. per lb; sheep,
from to cts. per h.; lamb 6Q7c;
veal calves, 6 IL to &c. F
~, TUESDAY AT BRIGHTON.
Receipts of all kinds of stock were
light but buyers were few, and prices
only about held their own. Beef cattle
sold quite well at last weeks prices.
A. c. FOss sold oxen. 5000 lbs, at
S 10. l. steers, 1850 lbs, at l-2c.
and l steer, 100 lbs, at 1-4c. G. A..
Wait sold 8 cows, averaging 925 IBIS,
at 3 3-4c. Otis H. Forbush sold 1 COW,
1920 lbs, at 3-4c, COWS, 1880 HIS, at
3-4c, and cows, 1880 H., at 2 1-2c.
Hutchinson & Dyer sold choice year
bull, 400 lbs, at Ice, and fancy
steers. Robert Connors sold 10 beef
cows from 2 to &c. w. w. Mills sold
l cow, $50 lbs, at 8 1-2c. A. NJ. Baggs
sold cows, 1910 lbs, and l bull, 900
lbs, at 3 1-2c.
Veal calves averaged somewhat low
err. though there was light run. w.
w. Mills sold Is small calves at $3.50
each. Hutchinson & Dyer sold loo veals
at 1-2c, and Il small calves at So
each. c. a. Wait sold s small calves
for s2i. S. L. Winch sold 10 small
calves at SO each. -
Receipts of hogs were smaller, both
from New England and the West, and
a slight advance in prices was shown.
f. w. Wormell & Son sold Is hogs,
averaging 80 lbs, choice lot. at s. 3Oc.
Weston & Hutchins sold hogs at S.3Oc.
Hutchinson e. Dyer sold Z hogs at 6.35c.
The demand for mich cows did not
improve. Receipts were below the av-
erage. Buyers were few, and were not
willing to pay much. Hutchinson &
Dyer sold l nice cow at $65 and 2 for
$40. Weston & Hutchins sold a choice
millier for $63.
TUESDAY AT WATERTOWN.
Receipts at Watertown were light.
For beef cattle there was a good de-
mand with prices about as last week.
n. II. Woodward sold 1 bologna COW
for Sc. H. F. Whitney sold cows,
1920 lbs. and 1 bull. $50 lbs, at 3 3-4c.
2 cows, 1850 lbs. at &c, l bull, 1000 lbs,
at SAC, bull and 1 cow, 3-4c, 1
bologna COW, SIS. Otis II. Forbush sold
cows. 2648 lbs, at lac, 1 cow, $50
lbs. at 8 SAC, 2 cows, 227O lbs, at 1-2c.
Veal calves sold about as last week,
with slight decline, only the very
best bringing the top quotation. A. P.
Needham sold IA calves at &c. OtfssH.
Forbush sold choice calf, 140 lbs. at
lac. II. T.. Whitney slaughtered 10
at Harvard. @
Hogs were a trifle stronger, with
quotations about 1-Sc higher. A. p.
Needham sold 20 hogs at 6.1Oc. e. G.
Piper sold II hogs at 6.10c.
There were no sheep or lambs at the
market.
Mich cows sold slowly, with the
range Of prices about as before A. p.
Needham sold 10 cows from SIS to $55.
Live poultry was quiet, with prices
little lower. Spring chickens zoe,
fowl IL 1-2c, ROSTERS &c.
THE HORSE MARKET.
The horse market continues strong
with an excellent demand, particularly
for high grade drivers, and for heavy
acclimated draft horses Most arrivals
ind ready sale and there is no ac-
emulation at the stables. Receipts for
the week included a goodly number of
choice animals. t
Heavy draft horses, from 1900 To 1SoD
lbs. bring from $500 to $3.50. lighter
drafts, 1900 to 1900 lbs. from $225 to
1910; light mercantiles from SITE to
S25o; first class drivers from $3.50 up
ward. according to quality; medium to
good acclinated drivers $3.50 os4250:
sadClers from $3.50 upward; Shetland
ponies. $3.50 to $3.50. ~
At the city stables--Welch & HaN
had a lot Of country and acclimated
norscs, Of almost all styles. and for al
most all purposes. They sold readily.
Myer. Abrams & Co. sold some choice
heavy draft horses, also a consignment
OF driving and general purposes horses.
Wheeler. McElveen & Co. brought ir
four carloads Of fresh country horses
from Ohio and Illinois. This was a
choice lot of horses for various pur-
pses. They sold also about IS excellent
acclimated drivers and cobs.
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