Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-25
w. Mills sold 20 small calves at $3.50

w. Mills sold 20 small calves at $3.50
each.
Receipts of hogs at the yards were
very small but at the packing houses
the receipts We're much above the aver
age. being SIS cars greater than week
ago. Prices were unchanged and the
market was steady.
Only few sheep and lambs were
received and prices were as previously
quoted.
The mich COWS offered for sale were
much fewer than before, only about
soc being tied up. The demand was
small and the trade dull. j. d. Neylon,
mich cows for 500.
Tuesday at Watertown.
Beef cattle We're lower and the mar
ket was very dull. There was only Il
moderate supply, but even then Went
slowly. N. H. Woodward sold a cows
at 1s4c.. and 3 at &C. Winn & Hoi-
brook sold 1 bull, 1850 lbs. al 3Ac.,
cows. 1850 lbs. at &C., and cows, $3.50
lbs. at &c. Otis H. Furbush sold l
COW. 1000 lbs. at 3l2c., cows. 2l6o lbs.
at 3Ac., and 81 on each, l cow, $50 lbs.
at &C., and 81 on each, l COW, 1860 lbs.
at &c., and l COW $50 lbs. at 2l2c.
Veal calves sold we'll at previous
prices and the demand held strong.
Winn & Holbrook sold 90 veais at &c.
and 40 veals at 6%c. Otis H. Furbush
sold l calf, 40 lbs. at SIC. ! calf, 100
lbs at 7c., calf. 115 lbs. at &C.. and :
young calves at So each
No change was recorded in the price
1T Eerbt
Sheep and lambs were scarce. Prices
We're steady at about the previous quo
tation5. Winn & Holbrook shipped 60
to the slaughter house.
The supply of mich cows was smaller
and trade was dull. Winn & Iiolbrook
sold 10 mich COWS at $50 to $50.
Quotations for poultry are unchanged
and the market holds steady. Fowl
and spring chickens 11@12c., and roost-
ers &c.
THE HORSE MARKET
The tone of the market continues
steady. with slight Improvement in
the demand for fresh country horses.
Receipts are larger, and last week
marked an increase in the number of
heavy draft horses for sale. Trade is
slow however with buyers still con-
tending for lower prices, and dealers
in horses are having hard luck under
the existing conditions of trade. Dis
posals of secondhand horses are
fairly brisk, with no decrease of the
weekly entries. The demand for first
class drivers diminished, and dealers
are advising raisers to hold back until
The market for such types picks up
again.
First class. fresh drafters, 1900@
100 lbs, sold at s150@350; fresh light
commercials. at $125@200: second
hand horses for general purposes, sold
readily at $10O6175. First-class har-
ness types slow at $4,000 600; medium
to good, at s125 q 200.
At the City sale stabIes-Wheelcr
McElveen & Co. disposed of 40 &C
climated seconds, weighing from 1909
to 1900 lbs. suitable for general pur-
poses. Trade was active and fair val
ues were obtained
WEIGH & Hall &; Co. offered one eX-
press and one freight load Of fresh
country horses, and 80 head of ac-
climated horses. Trade was steady at
lilC 1CSSi VI tiiC past 1c" "cChS, Will
no perceptable change in demand or
values.
Myer Abrams & Co received four
freight and two express loads of fresh
country horses. They consisted most
ly of heavy horses weighing from 400
to 1900 lbs, and sold to a fair demand.
at even values. They also had on sale
40 acclimated horses
Vch O.
of good all-round business horses and
for general purposes, selling well to
local demand.