Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-09-20

Veal calves were strong at about the
previous range. but perhaps a slight
practical advance. Ordinary veal calves
sold at 71a@91lc, with choice veals st
@11c, and fancy 11@12c. Small calves
brought $250@$45o each. Yard offerings
were light.
Hogs were higher. IN response to
higher market in the west. Live hogs
sold at 10K@11xc. with dressed hogs
13k@14c. Prices here are lower than in
Chicago. Yard receipts were very light
and the packing houses received only
a moderate amount from the west.
No change was shown in the market
for sheep and lambs. and there were
very few at the yards. Sheep brought
5@7c. and lambs s@1oc.
Mich COW trade continued dull with
no change in the market. Average cows
sell at $500$75, with choice up to $l26.
and ordinary down to $40. Stock bulls
sold at $25@$a5. Nothing has been done
as yet toward providing shelter for
milch cows during the winter. Now q
large number are kept out in the open.
but this cannot be done when the
weather becomes cold.
The live poultry market was steady
and unchanged. Fowl zoe; chickens 22c.
BOOSTERS 12@1sc.
TUESDAY SALES AT THE YARDS
Beef Cattle-C. A. Eastman sold
oxen at 7 1-2c. Z heifers at &c. 2 cows
at &c and 81 OF each, 2 thin oxen at
SC and 1 bologna COW at 3.4c. H. J.
canney sold Is cows 1850 lbs. at s Lac.
2 bulls 1870 lbs at &c, bulls 66S lbs
at 1-2c and Is cows 10,100 lbs At
Lee. J. D. Neylon sold / COW 1910
lbs at s 1-2c. H. E. o'Brien sold
cattle 226o lbs at 8 S-4c. Otis H. For
bush sold bull at 1-lc. COW at
4 1-2c and bologna cows at 5000. ].
w. Ellsworth sold / COW 730 lbs at
lac.
Veal calves-otis H. Forbush sold 20
calves from 8 1-2c q 12c. J. w. Ellis.
worth sold II calves at &c. H. e.
O'Brien sold 3 calves 2s0 Tbs at 1.2c
J. D. Neylon sold s calves $50 lbs at
SC and 10 small calves At $3.50 each
c. A. Eastman sold calves at 1oc and
calf at 1-2c. H. J. Canney sold II
calves at 10c and "a calves at 7c.
Hogs-H. J. Canney sold 1 hogs 1910
lbs at 10 1-2c. c. A. Eastman sold, 10
hogs at 10 1-2c. ]. D. Neylon sold
hogs $50 lbs at lie. Otis H. Forbush
sold 16 hogs at 11.10c and 8 coarse hogs
at 10 1-2c.
Lambs-H T. canney sold lambs at
9 1-2c.
Mich Cows-J. d. Neylon sold
mixers to av $40 each.
HORSE MARKET
Boston. Sept. 10.
There was an excellent demand for
heavy horses and those of medium
weight during the week. Supplies were
not heavy, though ample. and most of
the sales cleaned up the larger part
of the horses offered, at prices a shade
higher than q week ago. There was
quite a heavy entry Of seconds. and
buyers found some very good animals
in this class, and took them quickly,
paying good values. The bulk Of the
demand is for the heaviest horses. but
there is good trading also in horses
weighing from 1900 to 1900 lbs. The
demand came from the local trade, and
also from dealers outside, and there
was number of horses sent to the
lumber camps. Coal companies took off
quite lot of the heaviest horses, and
there was a good market for chunks.
The best quality green drafters.
1850 a 1900 lbs. sold from $500 @ a75
per head; medium weight. first class
green drafters, sold from $3.50 q 800;
heavy wagon and express horses sold
from s150@225: chunks, from $40 O
225. with a few extra heavy ones SELL
ing up to $3.50: general purpose horses
sold from 500 q ITS: seconds, from
SIS, upward.
At the City Sale Stables-J. e.
Keith, Stevens & Sweet Horse Co. Of
fered 1 express carload of green West
ern horses. all draft horses. and 50
second hand horses. Trade was good
and all the horses were sold at slight.
1y higher values than q week ago.
Next week there will be 2 express
carloads Of green Western horses ON
sale.
William Hurwitz offered express
carloads Of green horses and 100 Sec
onds. There was q good demand and
all the horses but about 10 were sold
at the weeks end. Prices on the gen
eral run Of sales averaged higher.
On Sept. IA the steamship Etontan
sailed from Boston for Liverpool with
800 army mules. and 36S cavalry
horses, for the British army. Sept. II,
the steamship Arrino sailed from bos-
ton for ST. Nazaire. France. with 1000