Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-03-10
TONE OF THE MARKET.

WIN Dit e!lHSS dt tHe AUdttOlr ldTS :
er than week ago the demand show
ed a material improvement, and prices
were higher in practically all lines.
Beer cattle averaged q fraction high
CT and sold more readily. Some choice
steers and oxen were received, the
first for some time past, and these
met with ready sale. Even bologn as
and Gamers sold better, and avera ged
Il fraction higher. A few of the light
est and poorest sold at the previous
low figure, but most did better. For
the best steers and oxen the market
ranged from sQs12c, with good quail
ity 712@sc. Choice heavy cows brought
6A06&c; good quality 5A@6Ac1 ordi-
rary to fair. 4leM5Ac; and poor, 81 q
Acc. Bulls we're in larger supply. Good
bulls sold from 5a6hac, with choice
heavy bulls up to &c.
Veal calves We're in fairly g7od sup
ply, and there was little change in the
market. The demand was steady at
about the previous range, but the
tone was strong. The general range
for good quality calves was skGSkc,
with choice heavy veals up to lilac
Coarse calves sold at 51I-sc, and small
calves at s2GS5.5o each.
Hogs advanced sharply, selling at
7AQ712c. with extra good hogs at 7s4c.
The demand was active. and buyers
bid much more freely than for some
weeks previous. Western hogs were
in smaller supply, but there was a
better supply from New England
points. Dressed hogs were quoted at
SA@9Ac.
Few sheep and lambs were received,
either from the West or from New
England, and the market was largely
nominal. at about 517c for sheep and
7M9c for lambs.
Some more cases of the foot and
mouth disease have been located dur
ing the past few days. bur thus far all
the recent cases have been within
restricted area, and SO can be handled
to better advantage. it is asserted
by the officials that the disease is
we'll in hand, and that there Is little
danger of it's farther spread. The
quarantine regulations are very strict
now. Stock can be shipped to mar
ket for immediate slaughter in cars,
but cannot be driven over the roads,
or taken in wagons or other convey
ances.
Beef cattle sales: c. A. Eastman
sold steers. av. 1900 lbs, at Sc; / bull
1900 lbs, and COWS at &c; and )
COWS at 1-c. j. ". Ellsworth sold
l OK, 1910 lbs, at Z lie; / bull, 1850
lhs at &c; and cows, av. rs lbs,
&C. D. Simon sold Z cows from 1-2@
1-2c. II. T. Whitney sold / bull. 1900
lbs, at &c; COWS, az. $50 lbs, at &c,
cows, av. 600 lbs, at sc: COWS, av.
700 lbs, at 4 Lac: and l COW. 500 lbs,
at 1-2c. j. D. Neylon sold COW, 1910
lbs. at SC; cows. 207O lbs, at 4 1-2c,
and l COW, 500 lbs, at 4c. H. E. O'Brien
sold 3 cows at 1-4c.
Veal calves: H. F. Whitney sold
calves. av. 100 lbs, at &c. J. w. ELS
worth sold q small calves at $3.50
each. c. A. Eastman sold II calves
at 8 1-2c. H. E. O'Brien sold veal
calves at 1-2c. and II small calves
at $3.50 each. ]. D. Neylon sold 20
small calves at $3.50 each.
: Hogs: D. Simon sold SO fancy hogs
at 7 3-4c. H. F. Whitney sold hogs,
av. 200 lbs. at lac. J. W. Ellsworth
SOLD l hog, 500 lbs, at LAC.
HORSE MARKET
After two weeks of good, brisk trad
ing, which gave the horse dealers con-
siderable encouragement for the spring
trade, the market during the past week,
slumped and prices were sacrificed on
nearly all classes Of horses in order to
clear up the stables which were supplied
with goodly number of horses. The
dealers accounted for the change in the
tone OF the market to the cold weather,
which was especially severe on their
best sale days. Another pull back to the
trade was the lack OF country buyers.
Shipments were cut off from the State
of Maine on account Of the foot and
mouth disease in Massachusetts,, and
other country buyers were not on hand
to do much trading. Prices were off by
$40 and 80 per head in some sales: but
dealers while seeming to be OF the opan-
ion that sales would drag during the
present week, that the first really warm
spell would start UP trade into brisk ac-
tivity. At the present time Their are
not nearly as many horses sold as is
usually at this time, SO that the trading
will be likely to be heavy when It once
gets a start Horses are reported as be-
ing scarce, and prices will undoubtedly
be higher before long.
During the past week, about the best
price in average sales on heavy green
draIfters was from 500 q $780, with the