Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-20

came in fair season, but the Eastern
train wax detained until nearly noon.
The market movement was retarded
and few sales were made at Brigh-
Ion during the morning. With the
approaching holiday. beef was in
rather dull demand. Really fancy
steers ard oxen brought D and 1Oc
with good to. choice steers and oxen
at q II and Sc, poor and thin oxen
at 3 and &c. Fancy well fattened
COWS and heifers at and &c. with
the bulk in this grade selling at IL
and &c. Medium to good cows at
cows at and 4c. Fewer Gamer
cows were offered, selling at l 2 and
lie Bulk at 3 and lie.
Calves were in fairly good supply,
but there was no vigor to the de-
mand. buyers holding off in bids.
Fancy lots of heavy veals sold firm
at IL and 12c. with good mixed lots
at and 3-4c. Drinkers and grass
ers at 5 and &c.
The hog market was firm at the
fractional, advance of a week ago.
Yard offerings continue scarce, but
receipts from the west were heavy.
Live hogs sold at s IA and 9c,
dressed, 10 IA and IL lac.
The sheep and lamb market 10 at
this season lightly supplied with
New England offerings and ship
ments from the west are also rum
ming light. Little change of prices
has been made, followed the dressed
mutton and lamb market, which is
active and steady. Sheep sold at 3
and &c. and lambs 10 and lac.
There was a small number Of
mich cows offered. ~he demand is
quiet but fairly active on the better
grades Fancy cows sold at $40 to
$3.50, with good to choice cows at
$50 to 500. and the poorer offerings
taken at $40 to $50
The live poultry market was firm
Fowl sold 1c higher at "A and 26c;
chickens at - AMI 24c.
TUESDAY SALES
Beef Cattle
Robert Connors sold bulls at &c,
COWS at 4c, and 5 bologna COWS at
&c. j. W. Brwooks sold 10 COWS at
2@4c. Otis II. Forbush sold l fancy
cow at &c, / cow at f-2c, 2 cows
at sc, and 81 on each; 1 COW at Lac
cows at -12c, and 81 on each, and
II COWS at -12c.
Veal Calves
A. +. Chickering sold 40 calves at
Zoe, and 30 small calves at Sc.
HORSE MARKET
Boston, Dec. 1.-THE horse trade
for the week was very dull, and the
horses sold hard an at a lower aver
age than in the previous week, al
though the general range of prices
still. held. Consignments of fresh
country horses were moderately
light, and while the better grades of
commercial horses we're taken at
fairly good values, when it came to
the poorer offerings. bids came in
slowly and the horses sold at prices
cutting out all profit. There were
q large number of poor seconds as
usual that owners want to dispose OF
at any price, and there are drag
on the market. Nearly all the sales
were made to Maine, New Hamp-
shire and Vermont dealers for re-
selling, as the local demand is in
active, even the snowfall not calling
for any extra teaming horses.
Good quality heavy green draftcrs
1900 to 1900 lbs sold att 1915 $685.
drafters, of 1850 to 100 lbs at 1850
S225; wagon horses of 1900 to 1400
lbs, both green and fresh horses sold
at $l35MS 5000; good quality acclimT-
mated horses, 1900 to 1900 lbs at s1s5
@$225; seconds, at $40. upward.
]. c. Keith sold at his. Brighton
stables 3 carloads of green western
horses and over a hundred seconds.
The sales were poorly attended, and
the horses sold hard with an average
cut of s. to $40 per head. Until after
the first of January it is not expected
at this stable to offer any green
western horses, combining the weekly
sales to the entries of nearby sec
ondS.
]. I. Brooks sold at his Traverse
Street stables l carload of fresh
country horses, and IS seconds. Sales
were quiet, with the horses selling
at barely even values with those talk
en- a week ago. This week there will
be l carload of fresh horses and 90
seconds.