Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-09

Cotton & Seavey ...... a . 30 y
G. A. Eastman ......... % % ~
w. H. Neal ............ 10 - .
j. W. Brooks .......... 45 y -
{. F. Gage .............. ~ II o' -
NJ. w. Abbott .......... 70 81 p
At WATERFOWL.
George Fogg .:..,...... % 1s' s
Gorges & Haskell .... Is 30
AT n. E. D. NJ. & w. Co.
A. g. Moulton .......... l
E. NJ. Bray & Son $500.
The aggregate of livestock at Brisa'
ton, Watertown and the local slaughter
houses:
This week: Cattle 1852. sheep 1907.
calves 2233. hogs 1921.
Last week: Cattle 3OI3, sheep t'lo.
calves 3176, hogs SOs9.
One year ago: Cattle 1897, sheep 7449,
calves 40i5, hogs 1866.
MAINE STOCK AT MARKET.
Cattle 154 sheep 1876, calves 1894, hogs
1873.
TONE OF THE MARKET
Yard offerings were very light but
the market was we'll supplied in all
lines. Beef cattle were in good de-
mand, relative to the supply. but no
choice cattle were received, and there
were few better than average. There
were few quite choice bull and some
good cows, with more offered the
market for choice steers and oxen
was nominal at 1915 cts. good to
choice and thin cattle 10@12cts. The
best heavy cows and heifers sold at
10612cts, with good average quality
s 1-2@ 10cts, poor to ordinary 1-20
l-2cts, and bolognas and Gamers 5
q sets. Bulls ranged in price from
S@1O cts.
Veal calves We're unchanged with
receipts fairly large. The demand for
the better calves was quite active.
The range on these was from 14@17
cts, with good average veals 11@14
cts, coarse and thin calves, drinkers
and grassers S410 cts. and small
calves s3.5O@5.50 each.
Hogs were very weak, showing
decline of a cent from last week.
Receipts were small but the packing
houses are congested, owing to the
shortage of help due to the influenza
and so are not in a position to buy
as usual Live hogs sold at IS 100
10 IA cts, and dressed hogs at s40
% IL cts.
Sheep and lambs were in moderate
supply with no change in price.
Sheep sold at 9d13 cts and lambs Is
ais cts.
Mich COW tade continued quiet,
with offerings ample for all demands.
Fancy cows sell readily for $3.50
115 each, good average mixers sell
fairly we'll for $90@125, and poor
to ordinary cows sell slowly and I'M
satisfactorily for bout s65G90.
The live poultry market was Tower.
Fowl and spring chicken 33@34 cts,
and old roosters 20425 cts.
TUESDAY BRIGHTON SALES
Beef cattle-W. H. Neal sold l fan
cy Devon bull. 1900 lbs. at 12c, raised
by w. Fl. Neal. MoriditteP. Shapiro
sold l heifer at 10c, cows at &c,
/ COW. 700 lbs at S IA c, ! bull at Sc,
/ COW, S67 lbs. at : SAC. l COW at
lac. G. A. Eastman sold / bull at
Lee. w. H. Neal sold steers at
15c. working oxen at lac. raised by
Clarence Gordon, Meridith Neck, N.
H. j. w Ellsworth sold 3 cows,
$3.50 lbs. at &c and 9 cows, $3.50 lbs.
at SC j. D. Neylon sold II cows
$3.50 lbs. at &c, and Gamers, 1880
lbs. at sc.
Veal calves-Otis H. Furbush sold
l calf, so lbs. at lac, and l calf, 20
lbs. at 13c w. Fl. Neal sold Il
calves at 15c. j. W. Ellsworth sold 43
calves. 1850 lbs. at 12c. J. D. Neylon
l. q he at np1 q
grassers, $50 lbs. at 5.
Sheep-W H. Neal sold l sheep at
10c.
Hogs-J. ". Ellsworth sold hogs.
1900 ubs. at 1Sc.
Milkers-J w Ellsworth sold 5
mixers to av. SIS each. J. D. Ney-
lon sold 1 mixer at $50
HORSE MARKET.
Boston, Oct. s.-There was about |
the poorest horse trade during the |
past week that dealers have expert |
enced in many years. Supplies were !
heavy both in seconds and IN the |
green horses from the West, and !
what is very unusual there were a |
large number Of horses unsold at the |
weeks end. Another unusual feature |
of the market was the fact that |
there were hardly any out Of state |
buyers at the sales, most OF the |
horses being taken by buyers near
10 Boston. The most serious draw |
back to the trade at present is the |
lack Of men to work at the indus
tries where horses are used, and this |
of course curtails sales. There was
an extra good run Of green horses
offered. and although prices were
cut down from slods25 per head in
many sales, even this advantage was
not enough to sell out the horses on
band.
Good quality. heavy green drafters,
Of 1650019o0 lbs. sold from $215Q$S25: |
medium weight. green drafters. from
s225I $3.50; heavy wagon and express
horses from s1504s20o; chunks. OF
which there were some extra heavy
choice animals. sold from $175g$3o0;
good quality, acclimated horses sold
at a range Of s125gs175; ordinary Sec
onds from s25d$10o.
At the City Sale Stables. G.
Keith, Stevens & Sweet Horse CO..
,fferec two express carloads Of green
horses. and IS seconds. Sales were
very backward and prices were low U