Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-24

market holds firm.
Beef cattle were in good supply, AND
sold at about the same level as q week
ago. Few choice steers and oxen were
received, and the best stock in the mar
ket consisted Of heavy cows. For choice
steers and oxen prices would range from
Sls 1-3c, with good quality 1-2@Sc.
The best heavy cows sell at 6Q6 1-sc,
with a few extras a fraction higher.
Fair to good COWS 5u6c; poor to ordinary
4G5c and bolognas and Gamers SAG
4c Bulls we're in rather light supply
at 1-s0s lie, with choice heavy bulls
I'D to 6 Sac.
Veal calves showed no change from
last week, selling from to &c. for the
general run of good average calves, while
choice heavy veals sold up to uac. Coarse
calves brought 5@7c and small calves,
which were in good supply. sass each.
Hogs declined a fraction, the market
ranging from s. to 7c. live weight, and
SsMSc dressed. A few hogs Of poorer
quality sold as low as 6sc. Receipts from
the West we're lighter and the markets
there were lower.
Sheep and lambs were steady at the
previous range, from 4 to &C. for sheep
and 6@Sr. for lambs. Few were re-
ceived.
H f. Whitney sold cows av. $50 lbs
lbs. at &c. cows 1900 lbs at 4c.. COW
6n lbs. at ssc., 10 veal calves av. 80 lbs.
at SIC. and hogs $50 lbs at 6sc-
]. D. Neylou sold COTS av. $50 lbs. at
ss@4ac., ] veal calf 200 lbs at &c.. and %
small calves at $50 each
H E. O'Brien sold cows at sc, 8 cows
at 43c. cows at SIC, and Is small calves
at $3.50 each.
HORSE MARKET
There was a good brisk demand for
horses about the city this week, and
dealers while having much larger
amount Of horses for sale, not only
sold out all their horses, but sold at
general higher values, and sales were
closed quickly. At most OF the stables
there were offerings Of from three TO
four express carloads of green west
ern horses, and these with a generous
entering of seconds made an unusually
good supply. Local business concerns
bought more freely than for many
weeks, and there was also a good de-
mand from Maine. New Hampshire
and Vermont It was hard to &c.
through the shipments of horses for
Maine on account Of the extra pre-
cautions taken to protect that state
from the foo. and mouth disease. and
there will probably be no horses
shipped to Maine for the next two
weeks on this account There was
liberal call for farm chunks of about
1900 lbs weight, and such horses sold
readily from $1S5 & 200. The best
drafters sold at a range Of $500 q
400, but there were only few ami
mails that sold for the top figure.
the general average for the best horses
in this class being 1915. Medium
weight drafters, sold from $210 q
SO; heavy wagon and express horses,
from SITS a 225; light, delivery ser
vice horses from 1925 q 200: seconds
sold at a wide range hardly quotable.
While the blemished horses sold only
at low values, the good quality horses
sold readily at fair values according
to weight, condition and length of SER
vice.
AL tOe CllS SAFE SlapiSS-J- I. heltli,
Stevens & Sweet Horse Company Of
fered express carloads of green horses,
and lot Of seconds. The demand was
good both locally and from the coun-
try, and sales were closed much more
readily than last week. The general
range Of prices was about the same as
week ago, but average sales showed
some advance. buyers being more Gag
er to purchase good serviceable horses
rather than looking for bargains. This
week the firm will offer six express
carloads, the lot including all weights
Of green horses.
At William Hurwitz stables, ex-
press carloads were offered and all
the horses were sold out by the week s
end to good demand. Most Of the
green horses sold at about an advance
Of SO per head, and in the lot Of sec
onds some of the best animals were
reported as bring about $25 per head
more than the same class would have
sold for at the beginning Of the year.