Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-14
Many KENNEBEc JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY,, MARCH H. 1917


1sc Bears were in fairly good supply
at o 10c. .....
Fewer sheep and lambs were Of
fered at the yards and the market was
dull and unchanged. Sheep sold at q
ii Lee. and lambs at II IL @ 13 1-2c.
Mich cows were in larger supply and
there was no change in prices from
week ago. The best heavy mixers sell
from about $50 q lao, with average
mixers SOS a 80, and poor to ordinary
$40@65. Young stock bulls bring SIS
q 40.
The market for live poultry was
steady at previous prices. Fowl Fl q
&c, chickens 20@21c, roosters 14Q15c
TUESDAY BRIGHTON SALES.
Beef Cattle-C. A. Eastman sold
bulls of 1850 lbs. at SC, bull of 1881
lbs. at 1-2c, Is steers Of 5000 lbs at
&c, COW at Sac and / COW at sc. j.
w. Ellsworth sold bull of 1470 lbs at
1-2c. 5 cows, av. 900 lbs. at l-2c,
cows of 1920 lbs, at 3-4c. j. D. Neylon
sold l COW of $40 lbs, at &c, cows from
1-2c@7 1-2c. J. Dexter sold cows at
1-2c and cows ia &C. Otis H. Forbush
sold fancy cows at &c. 2 cows ia 1-2c,
COW ia 3-4c. COW ia 1-2c. l COW
ta5 S-4c and 81 on, / cow at &C and
cows at 5 1-2c.
Veal Calves-J. D. Neylon sold %
calves of 1920 lbs. ia lie; J. w. Ellis
worth sold "a small calves at 81 each
Otis H. Forbush sold 10 calves from s
@12 1-2c.
Hogs-N. Snyder sold hogs t IA 1-2c:
J. w. Ellsworth sold 33 hogs Of 1919
In NJ,
Of $500 lbs. at 14c. Otis H. Forbush sold
II hogs at 15c.
Mich Cows. D. Neylon sold
mixer for s66
HORSE MARKET.
Boston, March 13-There was a quick
demand in the horse market for heavy
horses and the market was firm. with
prices holding at last weeks figures on
all classes of green horses. This was
very encouraging to the sellers as the
weather with it's heavy fall. of snow in
the first of the week. made it almost
impossible to show the horses on the
road, and buyers had to buy the offer
ings in many sales without testing them
out on the road. Supplies were heavy
in green western horses, which aver
agca OF good quality and heavy weight.
Few were unsold at the close of the
weeks trading. AIc;nc buyers bought
freely and there was fair trade from
New Hampshire and Vermont. but the
local trade continues dull SO far.
Secondhand offerings were in fair
ly large supply, but the quality of the
horses as rule was inferior. They
were small, and many had seen their
nest days. Prices on most of them were
fully up to their worth
The best heavy green drafters, 1850
@ 1900 lbs, sold from $325M 375. with
extras selling around $500; medium
weight, first class drafters, sold from
325; heavy wagon horses, from
$165M225; chunks, from S1750250;
seconds, from S35@175.
At the City Sale Stable-J. c. Keith.
Stevens & Sweet Horse Co., hold On
Wednesday last their semi-annual
big sale. There We're $50 holses offer
ed, express carloads of which were
heavy green horses from the west.
the others being seconds, considering
the weather the firm called the sale
satisfactory with prices steady, and
the demand active. This week the
firm will offer express carloads and
the usual run of seconds.
William Hurwitz offered three express
carloads of green western horses, one car,
load Of New York seconds and 50 to CO
nearby seconds. The green horses sol!
at a range, of s275 to 1925, and the seconds
sold at a general range of $50 to slC0
Maine buyers took the larger part of the
horses on sale this week. There will be
five express carloads of green horses, enc
of seconds from New York. and the usua:
entries of seconds from nearby points
this week
The steamship Siamese Prince saiel
from Boston Mary 6 for La Pallicc.
France, with 1850 horses for the French
army.