Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-01

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The aggregate of live stock al,
Brighton, WATERFOWL and the local
slaughter houses:
TINS We. week Cattle 1879, sheep $685..
Last week: Cattle 1850. sheep $3.50.
One year ago: Cattle 1887. sheep
Sol6. calves 1916. hogs 11.iS5.
MAINE STOCK AT MARKET.
Cattle 2S5, sheep. $50. calves s04,
TONE OF THE MARKET
Good quality cattle sold better
tnan week ago, but with no ad-
vance in prices. The medium and
low grades showed no change. Choice
heavy steers and oxen ranged from
1o4l1 IL cts. with good quality
) l-2G 10 cts. and coarse and thin
cattle I 1925 1-2 cts. The best
COWS and heifers brought Lao
3 IL cts, more bringing the top
figure than week ago. Fair to good
COWS spld from s 1-2dS cts. poor to
ordinary i 1-2d6 Il cts. and bologna
and Gamer COWS 504 cts. Bulls
we're in about the usual supply. sell
ing at 59s cts
Veal calves held about steady at
. the previous quotations. The best
veals brought 1915 cts. good av-
erage veals S l-2d IL cts. and
coarse calves 1910 cts ,,-. -
Hogs we're fractionally lower. de-
clinine Ia cent live weight. and no
increase in the receipts. which were
hight Live hogs sold at 1915 cts
and dressed hogs at IS. 3-461s ga
cts.
Sheep and lambs were weak and
lower, with offerings moderate
Sheep brought 5@S cts and lambs
9613 cts.
The demand for mich COWS held
steady. good heavy mixers selling
fairly we'll at about s150H 200. Good
average mixers sold from $1,000
$50, and poor light mixers ss5a1oo
Stock bulls ranged from about $3.50
SIS.
Live poultry was lower. Fowl AZ
03s cts. broilers $50 3s cts. ROSTERS
23925 cts.
TUESDAY BRIGHTON MARKET
Beef Cattle-C. A. Eastman sold II
steers. 21.550 lbs at 1oc, and 1 COW.
1850 lbs. at 10c. Rowe 4 Gleason
sold IA fat heifers and steers av 900
lbs at 3-4.
Veal Calves-A. A. Foss sold 1o1
calves at 16c.
Lambs-A. A. Foss sold 1875 lambs.
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HORSE MARKET
Boston. August 31.-The market
While continuing weak showed a bet
ter demand and with it a slight ad-
vance in prices on the green western
horses. the supply Of which was
heavy. During the week several lots
OF horses were bought by agents for
the Aroostook County potato fields.
taking mostly good quality horses of
medium heavy weights. Then there
were some wood horses bought by
lumber agents and these two outlets
beginning of the Fall demand. There
we're quite a lot of seconds on the
market. but with good fresh country
horses moving lower price than for
long time past they found little
eagerness in the demand. and sold in
consequence extremely cheap.
Good qaulity heavy green drafters
1s5o6 1900 lbs sold at s275d $50: me-
dunn weight green drafters. 1869
1850 lbs sold at s2oo927 heavy
wagon and express horses. at $500
225; good qaulity acclimated horses
we're in scanty supply and sold at
$3.50 275: ordinary esconds at s2Sd
IS.
J. c. Keith sold 9 carloads of green
westerns and so head of second hand
horses. There was a better tone to
the sales and the horses were all
cleaned out. but prices were not
wholly satisfactory to shippers OF
western supplies. This week there
will be on sale carloads Of green
westerns and the usual entry Of sec
onds.
William Hurwitz offered carloads
Of green western horses and $50 head
Of seconds. Trade was fair with the
horses bringing about the same prices