Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-06

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NEW HAMPSHIRE
At Brighton.
Cotton & Seavey ...... 81 10 10 10
J. A: Clark ......... 10 % =
). W. BROOKS ......... % 80 =
L. f. Gage .......... 90 rs 50 -
at WATERFOWL.
A. F. Chickering ..... "a 80 -
Howard Georges ...... 16 AZ -
ID. q. Clark ......... IS sc -
At n. E. d. NJ. q W. Co.
A. F. Jones ........ 20 -
=. $. Holden SON., Is -
The aggregate of livestock at
Brighton, Watertown and the local
slaughter houses:
This week: Cattle 2216, sheep and
lambs 67S7. calves PAS, hogs 12.07s.
Last week: Cattle 1860, sheep and
lambs 1904, calves 29s9, hogs 15,206
One year ago: Cattle 1898, sheep
and lambs 269s, calves 2632, hogs IA
U34
MAINE STOCK AT MARKET.
Cattle 76. sheep and lambs 1910,
calves 5S1, hogs 20.
TONE OF THE MARKET
Trains of livestock were late in ar
rival and the movement of the mar
kct was late. Beef cattle were in
light supply, with shippers withhold
ing their best stock under the present
dull demand. A few head of choice
oxen and steers weighed in sold at
6@7c and if offered fancy cattle
would sell around Sc. Buyers were
indifferent to the poorer grades of
beef cows. Best offerings of COW beef
sold at 1895 1-2c, with medium
and good cows at 3 i-244 1-2c. Poor
cows sold at 1898 1-2c, with can
ners and bologna cows at l lao
IA. Bulls We're in limited supply
selling at 3@4 1-2c. The whole tone
of the market indicated weakness and
lack OF demand
The veal calf trade was steady,
both in prices and demand. Receipts
We're light. Lot of fancy choice calves
sold readily at 1-2@11 1-2c, with
average mixed lots at 1-2Q9 1-2c,
drinkers and grassers at So Z 1-2c.
Hogs were in hardly large enough
supply to make quotable market at
the yards. Live hogs sold at go
9 Lee and dressed hogs sold at 12c
Sheep and lambs We're in moderate
heavy supply, with little if any
change in market conditions. Sheep
sold at 3Q6c. lambs 9@12c.
The mich COW trade was dull and
quoted at about the same range in
prices as week ago. blu it was no.
ticeable that more cows sold at lower
quotations than the top. Fancy cows
sold at $40 at $50, with good choice
cows at $50 to 10. Poor and ordin-
airy mixers at s35060.
Live poultry sold steady. Fowl at
25c@26c and chickens at 24@26c.
TUESDAY BRIGHTON SALES
Beef Cattle-Otis H. .Forbush sold
fancy cows 1880 lbs at sc, and
cow. $50 lbs at &c, and 81 on. A. F.
Chickering sold 2 cows, 2100 lbs at
3 3-4c, l COW 1000 lbs at &c and 2
Gamer COWS, 1900 lbs at &c. F. NJ.
Dana sold bull. at &c, cows at
2 SAC, cows at 2 lac, and 9 cows
at &c. F. B. Howard sold COW at
&C and l COW at &c. B. F. & f. A.
Howard sold cows at &c.
Veal Calves-P. Simon sold 16 CAL
YES at 10c. B. F. and f. A. Howard
sold "a calves at Zoe. Otis H. For
bush sold calves, 800 lbs at lac, and
3 calves, $50 lbs, at &c. A. F. Chick
ering 80 calves at 10c. F. B. How
ard 35 calves at 10 1-2c. Howard
Gorges 43 calves at 9 1-2c F. NJ.
Dana sold % calves, 2150 lbs at 10c
and calves, 40 lbs at sc.
Hogs-F. NJ. Dana sold hogs at
9 lac. F. B. Howard sold 9 hogs at
8 l-2c
HORSE MARKET
Boston, Sept. 5.-There were more
buyers at the horse sales than for
several weeks, and bids came quicker
with the Horses selling a shade high
err. Farm chunks were in active de-
mand. and horses of 1900 to 1900 lbs
sold readily being in more urgent de-
mand than any other weight of horse
on the market. There was a. heavier
offering of green horses, as we'll as
a larger number of acclimated Sec
onds.
Good quality heavy green drafters
1900 to 1900 lbs sold at ss00935
weight green drafters, 1900
to 100 lbs sold at It S2351b2 90; farm
chunks, and wagon horses OF 1900 to
400 lbs were taken at $500 225: good
acclimated. horses, 1907 to 1900 lbs
at sl25@e75. with blemished seconds
at 2561oo
j. c. Keith sold at his Brighton
stables carload Of big green horses
and IS head of acclimated and sec
onds. One carload of IS horses was
taken by a Maine buyer and shipped
to Aroostook county. The horses sold
to better advantage than a week ago
and at higher prices. This week there
will be on sale carloads of western
horses, and so to so seconds.
]. !. Brooks sold at his Traverse
street stables carloads of fresh
country horses, and Is seconds There
was a fair demand and all the horses
were cleaned out by the weeks end.
This week there will be carloads
Of western horses, big number of
a cclimated horses, and the entire
stock OF an ice cream company going