Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-18

tone. The market for the best heavy
cattle ranged from 14@l6cts with
good quality ste RS and oxen 139 4
cts and coarse and thin oxen 10412
cts. Choice heavy cows and heifers
sold at 1-@12 IL cts. good cows l..
@10 1-2cts poor to ordinary coy s
6 1905 1-2cts, and bolognas and
Gamers l-4@6 IL cts. Bull we're
in quite good supply. there being a
considerable number of young bulls,
yearlings or younger. The market
for good average bull was from :. q
10 cts.
Veal calves were steady at the
previous range, 11@14 cts por aver
age quality. with choice heavy veaIs
up to II cts. and poor thin calves.
drinkers and grass ers down to 8 cts.
Small calves bring s4@55O each.
Hop made a farther fractional ad-
vance to new high record. selling at
20 to Fl cts live weight. and 25 100
Zects dressed. Receipts were light
and the demand wa. active. Sales
We're made easily at the advance.
Sheep and lambs were in moderate
supply. and tho:c was no change in
the market. sheep selling for 9@13
CTS and lambs from 13@tS cts.
Mich cows were in ample supplv
ana the demand was no better. Good
COWS find buyers but ordinary co.'s
sell slowly. Average cows sell for
about $S0@125 with choice heavy
mixers up to $l75 and poor cows
down to about rs.
The live poultry market was
steady and unchanged. Fowl and
spring chickens $50 36cts. old roost-
ers 24@26cts.
TUESDAY BRIGHTON SALES,
Eeef cattlc-E. f. Ford sold bull
OF 1900 lbs, at 10 l-2c. ID. A. Walker
scid bulls at Sc. and Gamers at
b l-2c. J. D. Neylon sold cow of $50
lbs. at &c. and s bologna cows NJ
1850 lbs at 1-ec. COW at 12c 3
COWS ut s 3-4c. cows Of 2+20 lbs
at 6 Lee and 81 on each. and 4 cove
OF 1850 lbs. at 1.2c.
veal calves--D. A. Walker sold 81
caves at 1cc. j. d. Neylon sold
calves Of $50 lbs. at 1oc. and 10 small
calves at $3.50 each. DIN II. Forbush
sold l calf at 1sc, l calf OF 100 lbs at
1s 1-2c. I calf Of 100 lbs, at Ice.
calves Of $50 lbs. at IL l-2c. s calves
CT $50 lbs at 15c, and l calf Of so
lbs at 14c.
Hogs-D. A. Walker sold IA hogs of
$3.50 lbs at 2lc.
Mich c"ws-D. A. Walker sold
mixer for SG5. ]. D. Ney!on sold .
mixers at s75 each.
HORSE MARKET.
Boston, Sept. 1.-THE market
while showing some Improvement,
over the slump in the sales of tho
preceding week, still continues du,,
ana unsatisfactory. Prices held at
ABOUT the same values. but the
horses moved more quickly than 81
week ago. Supplies were moderate
from the West. but there was Z
fairly large amount Of accIimatea
and second hand horses. There We're
several special sales at auction Of
contractors teams, mostly in pairs.
and weighing from 400 lbs upward.
some OF these horses were in excel
lent condition and were taken
promptly. The local trade is very
Gull, but there was quite a all for
horses for the woods and for farm
Chunks from Maine. New Hamp-
shire and Vermont buyers. At near
~ all Of the sales of the week n fair
clearance was made.
Good quality. heavy green draft
ers. 1S50ml90 Ios We're in limited
supply and sold from $2756s35O: me- |
dunn weight, green drafters Of good
quality, sold from $225Gs275: farm
chunks, from s15o@s25O: chunks. SIZE |
9$225: good quality acciimated |
horses sold from sl50as225, when the |
weight was sufficiently heavy TO at
tract buyers; ordinary run of sec
onds sold low. fr,m s35@Sl0o.
At the City Sale Stables. c.
Keith, Stevens & Sweet Horse Co /
offered 4 express carloads of west !
err horses. which included plenty of i
well acclimatcd horses of nearly all !
weights, as well az a good line o, !
green horses There We're about s. .
seconds. including one or two spe !
cial auction sales. Trade was slight. !
~ better than a week ago. with |
prices unchanged
William Hurwtz offered at his !
Friend street stables express car
LOADS OF green horses. about 20 sec
ondi and ncclimated horses There
was fair clearance, with little