Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-04-13


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The aggregate of livestock at Brighton.
Watertown and the local slaughter
houses:
56sS, hogs 12.69l.
Last week: Cattle l4oS, sheep eO4S calves
5o3S, hogs 1880.
MAINE STOCK AT MARKET.
cattle ~. sheep II. calves SIS. hogs alS
TONE OF THE MARKET.
There Was Il good demand for fancy
beef cattle. the supply of which was
light. Prices for the choicest steers and
oxen ranged FROM 1i4M Sc, with No. /
steers and oxen 6iA@7L,. good steers and
The best cows 81. q 6lic, good and ordi-
nary COWS A 51ac. and the poorer cows
"a, ~. FeceiptS Of medium cattle were
fairly large but the demand was quite
good and prices held firm at last week s
quotations.
Veal calves We're in large supply The
receipts of small and poor calves were
very heavy and prices were lower, bring
ing some decline also i'll veal calves with
the exception of the choicest heavy veal
some of which sold up to SIC. The gen.
eral run was from @7Ac. and small
calves brought from $1.50 to 2.25 each.
Hogs were in good demand, at frac-
tionally lower prices. Live hogs ranged
from 1910 lie, with dressed hogs 1870
1870. The receipts were moderate, and
the quality average.
Sheep and lambs were in the usual
small supply, with sheep 1860. and
lambs 6ISc. The market was quiet
Mich COW trade was dull. Some ex-
tra choice mixers sold readily at good
prices but the ordinary cows were in
light demand ut the previous range SIS
Gp5o.
The live poultry market was strong.
Quotations were one cent higher than
last week, making an advance of ? cents
in two weeks. Fowl, 10000 and roos-
ters 13Ml4c.
SALES AT THE YARDS.
Beef Cattle-W II. Neal sold ! pr.
steers. 400 lbs, ct TIC; l pr. steers,
$500 lbs. at &c; ! pr. steers. 5000 lbs,
at &c. ii. L. Whitney sold ] bull 1000
lbs. at sc; COW $50 lbs. at 4lac; cow
1900 lbs, at 43tc. and / COW. 900 lbs. at
31%c. G. A. Eastman sold ] pr. steers
at Ghc.; ! pr. oxen, $3.50 lbs. at SIC,
and COW. $50 lbs. at 3Ac. N. II. Wood
ward sold / COW, TAO lbs, a 412c; COW,
7o0 lbs, at SIC. J. D. Neylon sold 6
cows, Also lbs. at &c. Fl. l.. Gilmore d.
Co sold 10 cows, at ;Gp5 SC. Otis II. Fur
bush sold l COW. go lbs, at sac; 1
COW, $50 lbs. at SIC! 3 cows. $500 lbs,
at 3Ac; bull. 7Se lbs. and l COW. 900
lbs, at Sc, and cows, 1000 lbs, at 2.90c.
Veal calves-Ots H. Forbush sold
calf, 13O lbs, at 10c., l calf. 125 lbs
at nc, cows, 400 lbs. at SIC, and
10 small calves at $3.50 each. j. D.
Neylon sold 20 calves at 7c., and 80
small calves at 50 each. n. H. Wood
ward sold 115 calves at TIC, 25 calves
at &C., 40 calves at sc. and SO small
calves at $1.50 each. d. A. Walker
sold calves at Size. A. P. Needham
sold 204 calves at 1925 each. Part
ridge & Ward sold 40 fancy calves at
| Size W. W. Mills sold 6 veals at &c.
and 16 small calves at 81 each.
Hogs-Otis H. F'orbush sold q hogs
and pigs from 10M10Ac. ]. d. Neylon
sold IL hogs, 2O70 lbs. at 1oAc. H. F.
Whitney sold hog, 200 lbs. at 10Ac.
| w. H. ANtel Solo lloSS a. iV''OS'
Partridge & Ward sold 25 hogs at lie.
w. W. Mills sold 13 hogs at 10Ac. c.
A. Eastman sold 13 hogs at 10.70c.
| Sheep and lambs-W. H. Neal sold 2
sheep at &c. and 8 lambs at SC.
Mich cows--Otis H. Forbush sold l
fancy milkcr at $50 l springer at $55.
and 1 springer at $40. i. Q. Thomp-
son sold | extra fancy Holstein cow,
| 5 years old. weighing 1920 lbs, giving
80 quarts for s125. A. II. Woodward
I~sold 5 mixers for S235.
EXPORT CATTLE TRADE.
| The export beef cattle trade was va
| riable. quotations at the beginning of
| the week from the Liverpool and Lon
Idon markets quoted an advance with
| Il brisk demand. but later cables in
dictated . weaker market, with de-
cline Of about &c per lb. Supplies re-
ceived were in light amounts and Of
average quality.
Late cables from Liverpool and Lon
don quote live cattle lower at 1870
| 141ac per Ib., dressed weight; and re-
| frigcrator beef lower at 10A41lMc per
| ID.
Three steamers from Boston carried
cattle supplies to Liverpool, London
and Manchester, each boat carrying
but = comparatively light shipment
| The amount was largely from Cana
da sent forward by two Of the regular
exporters.
Shipments and destinations, April 2
| to 8:
| By the Winifredian to Liverpool
| Morris Beef Co. so State and 14O Cana
| dian cattle; Swift & Go. 225 Canadian
| cattle: total. f25 cattle; Swift & Co.
33s pecf quarters
| BY tlie Piiladelphian to London
| Norris Beef Co. 40 State and $50 Ca
madam cattle: Ssift &t Co. 235 Canadian
| cattle; total, 1876 cattle; Swift & Co.
971 beef quarters.
| BY the Bostonian to Manchester
| Morris Beef Co. 400 Canadian cattle.
| Total of shipments: Cattle, 1860; beef
| quarters, 1909.
| THE HORSE TRAFFIC.
| Boston. April 12-Horse sales were well
| attended by buyers and the movement
of the market was active on all classes