Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-20


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The aggregate of live stock at Erigh-
ton. Watertown and the local slaughter
houses:
This week: Cattle 232o. sheep l1.75i,
| calves PISS, hogs Is. 742.
Last week: Cattle 2713, sheep l2,i6',
| calves 1852 hogs 1897.
| MAINE STOCK At MARKET.
Cattle 231, sheep 49, salves 9sl, hegs 2oi.
TONE OF THE. MARKET.
| The supply of beef cattle WAS not
| heavy, but the market tone was weak
| especially for the poorer grades. Nc
| really choice cattle were oered, the bes,
steers that were brought selling at
| 07kc. For the best heavy cows the
| market ranged frem 5Am6iic though
very few brought the latter figure
Good quality cows sold at 5m5Ac, or
dinary to fair 4m5c, poor. S12dic, and
holognas and Gamers, Sm3iac. the lat
ter showing the greatest decline Bulls
were in fair supply at iG6c.
Veal calves showed no change in quo
tations from last week, but the demand
WAS nuot active. and only the best
reals sold we'll The general range was
from 7mS1&c, with heavy veals Slsd
9IIc, and a very few extra fancy up 10
1e1hc.
Hogs declined fractionally farther.
the demand being limited, and the re-
ceipts also light. Western markets
lave been lover and the local market
has ruled relatively higher than the
Western markets. Live hogs were
quoted at ss,G9i4e. and dressed hogs
10a G11Ac.
Sheep and lambs were in small sup
ply. with prices unchanged sheep from
ShG5c. and lambs at sac.
Mich COW trade was quiet but
steady, the better quality of COWS sell
ing Well at the previous quotations.
The general range was $35@Se0, with
good heavy mixers up to $S5 and fan
cy up to 800.
The live poultry market was weak
with decline in quotations. Fowl and
broilers were off l cent per h. Broilers
at 16G17c, fowl at 15G16e, and ROSTERS
steady at 1o@11c.
SALES AT THE YARD.
]. NJ. Phlbroe1 sold 3 steers. 1910 lbs
at &c; | steer 1000 lbs. at el2e; . cows,
1900 lbs. at &c and cows. 1850 lbs.
at sc. II. j. Carney sold bulls, av
800 lbs. at sc; ) bulls. av. 900 lbs. at
5.16c; II bologna cows, at 34c and
cow, $50 lbs. at 4c. A. d. KiIby & Son
sold l bull. 800 lbs. at sc; l COW, 500
lbs. at &c and cows, 3100 lbs. at 312c.
H. E. O'Brien sold cows at &c. J.
w. Ellsworth sold l bull. $50 lbs. at
4i5c; 2 Gamers. 1870 lbs. at &c. j. d.
Neylon sold l bull, 500 lbs. at 4c and
2 cows, 1920 lbs. at &c. c. l. Rich sold
Gamers, at &C. Otis II. Forbush
sold l bull. $50 lbs. at 4Ac; bologna
cows, 29+0 lbs. at 9.30c: bulls, 1850
lbs. at SC; / heifer, $50 lbs. at 54c; l
heifer. SO lbs. at SIC. COW, 800 lbs.
at sac and 81 Oft; l COW, $50 lbs. at
SC; / COW, $50 lbs. 3.40c; l bull, at 5lac;
1 at SAC. 2 cows, $40 lbs at SC; cow,
10 lbs. at &c and / COW, 1896 lbs at
3hc.
Veal calves-H E. O'Brien sold 2
veal calves at Sc and small calves at
$3.50 each. J. w. Ellsworth sold Is
small calves at $3.50 each. J. d. Ney-
Ion sold 2 calves at 7lac and IS small
calves at SO each. c. l. Rich sold
veals at slac and 9 small calves. at
$3.50 each. Otis II. Forbush sold /
fancy calf, POO lbs. at II C; calf, 100
lbs. at &c; calves, 290 lbs. at 9Ac
and 0 calves, 1890 lbs. at &c.
Hogs-H. E. OBrien sold 1 hog. at
SIC. Otis FL. Forbush sold pigs,
$40 lbs. at Sc and hogs at &c
1ah n
mixers at $50 each. c. l. Rich sold 4
mixers at $50 each.
FOREIGN CATTLE TRADE.
Shipments of cattle for the Euro
pean markets was just doubled, this
week, over those sent forward a week
ago. The aggregate from Boston and
New York being CPS cattle. From Bos-
ton, by the Bohemian sailing for Liv-
erpool there were 251 Canadian cattle.
| shipped by the Swift Co. From New
York for London, by the Minnehaha,
there We're 377 cattle. There were no
! shipments for the Bermudas, this
week. Whether the forced market of
beef cattle on account of the drought
| in the western states will effect the
shipments for the foreign cattle trade
\ is uncertain, as there is a good home
, market, at high values, the REGIME
| fractionally, of the past two weeks not
being at all likely to continue. special.
ly as the decline was partly due t.
excessive shipments of very poor cat.
tie of the cheaper Sort anything ot
good class stock selling at only very
slight decline.
| HORSE MARKET
Boston, Augusta 19-The midsum
mer dallness still holds in the hors'
trade, but although the general ton
of the market is quiet, still there wa
La fair amount of business at the sal
stables Receipts for the past weel
were very light which helped dealer
to clean up the horses on hand at fai
values. For the coming week the sup
ply Will probably be heavier as tn
drought which has in the western cat
tie states sent extra large shipment
OF cattle to market, has also mad
horses raisers willing to sell at lowe
values than have been obtained for
lon gtime past, as there is a scarcit
of both feed and water in these sec
tons. During the week the first orde
for wood horses was received, buyer
taking advantage of the easy marke