Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-12

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Howard Godges ...... 3 -
Halcoyote Farm $500. -
Percy & Rlakely. 35 -
Brighton, HVatertown and the local
slaughter houses:
This week: Cattle 1927, sheep STA.
calves 4o95: hogs 1854.
$50: calves 3s17, hogs 1l.57e.
One year ago: Cattle PATS. sheep
1897. calves 4267. hogs 11,109
MAINE STOCK AT MARKET.
! Cattle 219 sheep 2Ss, calves 729,
| hogs IS.
| TONE OF THE MARKET
! Yard offerings were only moderate
but the tone of the market was weak
except in hogs. Beef cattle were not
in active demand and a large percent
age of the offerings comprised poor
cattle, bolognas and Gamers. A few
good cattle were brought in, but no
fancy cattle. The best steers and oxen
ranged from 7@Sc, good quality go
/ &c, poor and ordinary Acc. For the
best cows and heifers the market was
5GGc, with good average COWS 4M5c,
poor and ordinary cows 3@4c, and
! holognas and Gamers 2@3c. The mar
ket On bull, ranged from 1905
1-2c
/ The demand for veal calves was
less active. with yard offerings mod
crate. While prices held within the
previous range, there was a weaker
tone and average prices were lower
i Choice heavy veal brings 1-2@11
1-2c, good quality calves 6@8c, poor
and ordinary calves, drinkers and
grassers 4@6c.
! Hogs were fractionally higher, at
sos Lee, live weight and 10 1-2@11
1-2c dressed weight. Few were re-
ceived at the yard and the supply at
the packing house was not heavy.
! Sheep and lambs were in smaller
supply at the slaughter houses and
only few were brought to the yard
There was no change in the market,
at 3G5c for sheep and G@10c for
lambs.
| Mich ocw trade was steady at the
previous range, from s110@160 for the
best, $65@110 for average and 5000
65 for poor cows. Young stock bulls
range from s20@35 Offerings of mich
cows were not heavy
The live poultry market was irreg-
ular. with fowl 30@31c and broilers
286 29c.
TUESDAY BRIGHTON SALES
Beef Cattle-Otis H. Forbush sold
/ COW at 5 1-2c. COW at Sc and 500 3
cows at 1-2c, / COW at lac, 1 COW
i at lac, cows at 2.s5c. 1 COW at
2 34c, and COWS at 1-2c.
! Veal Calves-Otis II. Forbush sold
l calf at 0 1-2c. 2 calves at Sc, and 1
small calf at $3.50
! Hogs--T. Rosenblatt sold Is hogs at
8 Lee. Otis III. Forbush sold 1 hog
at lac, and hogs at 3-4c.
HORSE MARKET
| Boston, October 1.-THE horse
market was extremely dull with
! PRICES showing sharp decline where
| horses We're sold at auction sales. At
retail the trade was lacking in any
active demand and at many of the
stables a large part of the good
western horses We're held over fer
! this weeks sales. Some of the deal
crs quoted that horses were selling
during the past week at prices as low
as those that figured for horses back
in the year of 1895. Nearly all the
trade was to local spectators buy
ing Tor reselling. Very few of the
extra heavy horses are coming to
this market, as the German Govern
ment is buying up large amount of
this class of horses for the French
and Belgians, the amour, under.
stood among horse dealers being
about 10000 head contract. which
is being shipped from Jersey CITY
ny one or two hundred weekly. This
contract calls for the best horses.
and the agents do not stick at prices.
| When dealer gets hold of a goo,
pair of 1900 Id. horses he can sol,
them readily at $500 per head. but
| the average heavy horse now of
fercd rarely weighs above 1850 lbs.
and they sold during the past week
at S1756225 each. Horses Of 1900
to 14oo lbs. sold at s125@175: good
acclimated horses at s12502OO: with
ordinary seconds at $25@10O.
J. c. Keith sold at his Brighton
stables carloads Of green western
horses, the best pair of which only
brought S470.50. There were IS
seconds and these moved SLOWLY 1T
| very low prices. This week there
will be carloads of green horses
and the usual entry of seconds.
| William Hurwitz offered car
loads of fresh country torses. for
which the demand was very cuiet
so that only one carload was dis
POSED of. the others being held for
this weeks sales. with an additional
car Of fresh horses. Prices averaged
lower.