Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-10
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SALES AT THE YARDS.

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SALES AT THE YARDS,
Beef cattie-A d. Kelley & Son sold
l pr. oxen. $40 lbs at 714c J. Lacker
& Son sold / pr. oxen, $500 lbs. at 61zc,
5 cows, averaging 100 lbs. at 4c.. and
COW at &c. D. A. Walker sold bull
1900 lbs. at age and / COW, $40 lbs.
at 314c. c.. /. Rich sold cows at
31ac.. 8 cows at &c., and l COW ats2Ac.
Otis H. Forbush sold COW. $50 lbs
at 4&c., and 81 off. 1 COW. 100 lbs
at 4Ac. c. E. Wyman sold 1 bull, $50
lbs. at 4Ac. and 81 off, and cow, 100
lbs. at 4Ac F. o. Thompson sold 8
bulls at 4Ac.
Veal ealves-D. A. Walker sold
calf, 10 lbs. at 71ac and calves at
"a each. A d. Kelley & Son sold 25
calves at TIC. G.. Z. Wyman sold IL
calves at TIC. F.O. Thompson sold
10 calves at 7c
Hogs-A. d. Kelley & Som sold s5
hogs at 71ac. G. E. wyman sold 20
hogs at INC. F. o. Thompson sold lis
hogs at INC.
FOREIGN CATTLE TRADE.
Reports from the English beef cattle
hiuihCtS at biNoi pun anu lDnQOn
quote slightly higher market. but
prices abroad do not advance to such
a marked degree as prices in the Unit
ed States have during the past month.
At London late advices quoted live
cattle. firm at 16m16sAc, dressed weight.
sinking the offal: at Liverpool, more
| recent quotations report an advance of
y of cent over figures cabled the first
| of the week, live cattle selling at 14G
141sc per h., dressed weight, including
the offal.
Shipments. this week. from Boston
were wholly OF Canadian stock The
amount was light and included cargo
on only one steamer, the Canadian,
sailing for Liverpool on the 9Th. and
carrying the following amounts: Nor
ris Beef Co. $50 cattle: Swift & Co.,
16S cattle.s and ]. Shamburg & Son. PSI
Canadian cattle: making total of $40
Canadian cattle. From New York the
shipment was very small so sheep were
sent TO the Indies and to Bermuda, IS
| cattle and 6s sheep
HORSE MARKET.
Boston, July 9-The horse market
was Gull and quiet during the week
of the holiday and prices on general
sales average from s54S15 per head
| lower. The best sales were made on
the secondhand horses, as the drift
of the trade tended to the cheaper
| class of horses. for the real active
business of the season is over until
| the fan trade "Opens. Supplies of
] green horses were light, dealers buy
| ing only enough to satisfy the de-
mand. for prices on fresh western
horses are. If anything. advanced. and
dealers about Boston cannot, COM
mand values that will insure fair
profits. The bulk of the trade is for
| cheap horses for summer use. which
later on will be returned for quick
auction sales
| The best heavy green drafters sold
at s3004425: medium weight, first
class draftcrs at s225Q325; heavy
| wagon and express horses for city use
| at s225d 250; light delivery and gem
eral purpose horses at s135 and up
ward. Seconds sell from $50, upward
| according to quality. 1900 .usafs
At the City Sale Stables-Wheeler
| McElveen e Co. sold IS head of fresh
country horses and about the same
| number of seconds, and acclimated
| horses. The trade was quiet with lit
| tie doing after the regular Wednes-
| day sale. Prices were lower
Welch & Hall & Co. sold l freight
and l express carloads of green horses
The sales were slow and prices easy
Myer Abrams & Co. sold 2 carloads
of green horses and. a few acclimated
horses. The firm reported dun mar
ket, with lower prices on general
sales. f.
J. c. Keith at his Brighton SALE
stables did a good business in sec
ondz hand horses. but reported that the
green horses were hard to sell. and
values were hard to hold even at the
decline of the past month on such
consignments. All seconds entered of
fair and good quality made quick
sales. dsgss