Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-02

been in August, and in November trad
ing. Farmers have found that there
was ready market for their produce.
and at war prices They were quick 70
take advantage Of these conditions by
raising as large crops as possible, be-
ing held in check only by the scarcity
of farm laborers. This increased in
terest in extensive farming resulted in
an urgent demand for horses, and
country buyers bought very freely in
good quality, heavy and mediumly
heavy horses. Maine buyers from
Aroostook county were amongst the
most generous buyers. taking the best
horses on the market. New Iamp
shire, Vermont and Connecticut buy
ers were also good customers.
The highest prices received for extra
good and heavy draft horses at ]. c.
Keiths sale stables. at the Brighton
Stock Yards, was 5000 for matched
pair Carload lots of green horses Of
heavy weight, sold in the pest seasons
at $3.50. s34Q and $3.50 per head. while
in the dull season. the same quality
horses sold from $3.50 and 1925
Medium weight, green drafters were in
the year. AT a range of $3.50 and 1925.
and at times the demand was in excess
of the supply, while in the duh season
prices dropped to a range of 5000 and
S275. Throughout the fall trade the
demand for heavy wagon and express
horses fell off to large extent This
class has been usually taken BY the
! local demand for city delivery teams,
which is now being done almost wholly
| by auto trucks. This was an ad-
| vantage to the dealers. as they were
! just about the type of horse taken for
expectation for the Allied army.
| Chunks We're in good demand all the
year round and hardly varied from the
range of 5000 and $500 per head.
Acclimated horses have been offered
in larger numbers than at any time
during the past ten years 4 large
amount OF them were shipped from
New York state, and they sold at
prices very little under those received
for the green horses of the same weight
and quality. one great advantage being
| that they were thoroughly seasoned.
Second hand horses have been in
very heavy supply during the year,
and at times have over-stocked the
market. In these entries all types of
horses are to be found. Some that are
young, and had been worked only a
short time, being turned in from either
contractors sales, or from firms thai
were replacing their horses with auto
delivery service These horses have al
ways been taken quickly. and at values
| ranging from $1s5 to s275 per head.
Others We're ordinary. and partly used
up. and generally sold at low prices, al
! though at full worth. A third type in
! seconds. OF which there are many,
We're of badly blemished and used up
animals, that barely escaped the con-
Gemnation of the Animal Rescue
League, which takes all animals unfit
for use, at S. per head, the value Of the
hide.
Supplies during the year have been
considerably larger than a wear ago,
and the usually good cleanup at the
close of each week, shows the strength
of the market.
The following table Is a summary of
| the livestock received during the wear of
1917 at the Brighton Stock Yards, Brigh.
ton Abbattoir. WATERFOWL, the New Eng
land Dressed Meat & Wool Company.
Squire & Company, and at the North Pkg.
Company. including comparison with the
10 preceding years.