Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-04-26

10 3-4@ II lac, and dressed at
.13 1-4@1l lac. Receipts were about
the same as recent shipments,
The sheep and lamb market IS
merely nominal, with too few sales
at the yards to make a hardly quot
able market. Western receipts were
moderate. Lambs quote at 9@12c.
and sheep at 5@7c.
Mich cows were in moderate sup
ply with the market fairly steady but
not much vigor to the demand.
Fancy mixers sell at $100@150. with
good to choice COWS at $50@100 and
poor to ordinary COWS at $3.50 SO.
Young stock bulls at $20Q35.
The live poultry market was hrm,
with fowl quoting at 30@32c, and old
roosters at 21@23c.
TUESDAY WATERFOWL AND
BRIGHTON SALES
Beef cattle-Robert Connors sold
1 carload of fancy steers at 7c,, S
cows at &c. and 4 bologna COWS at
2 lac. J. H. Clark sold / cow, 1880
lbs, at sc, cows, 1850 lbs, at 4c, 2
cows, 1880 lbs, at 1-2c, A COWS,
2930 lbs. at lac. Otis H. For
bush sold fancy COW at &c, 1 COW at
1-2c and 81 on, bull at Lac and
81 on, cow at 4c. 2 COWS at 1-2c.
2 COWS at 3 lac. COW at SC, and l
COW at &c. Z. NJ. Dana sold bull,
1170 lbs, at 4 lac.
Sheep and lambs-Howard Gorges
sold 5 sheep at 1-2c, and l lamb,
50 lbs, at 12c.
Veal calves-J. A. Clark sold g
calves at &c. L. G. Piper sold
calves. av. IS lbs, at SC. Otis H. For
bush sold calves at &c, and 2 calves
at 1-2c. f. M. Dana sold 65 calves,
$50 lbs, at &c, and 10 "throw-outs
under IS lbs, at s1.50 per head. How
ard Gorges sold 40 calves at &c.
Hogs-F. NJ. Dana sold Z hogs,
1860 lbs, at lie, ands1 boar, 400 lbs.
at lie. Otis H. Forbush sold hog
at 11.15c. j. A. Clark sold Is hogs
at lie. Howard Gorges sold 80 hogs
at II lac.
HORSE MARKET
Boston. April 25-There was an ac-
tive demand for horses at the weeks
sales, but the larger part of the trad
ing was with buyers from outside, as
the local demand was uiet. What with
the big sale at the France Canadian
Stock Yards, and other dealers having
a larger amount of horses than usual
to sell. there was on the market the
largest offering of horses for any one
week that has been seen since the
close of the war, when all the Army
horses were turned in for quick sales.
Although the supply was so heavy.
nearly all the horses were taken at
the weeks end. and prices held steady.
with values averaging the same as a
week ago.
l. Good quality heavy green draf
100 to 1900 lbs. sold at $4,000 $50 per
head, with'an excellent lot of matched
pairs offered selling at s550@ 700 nor
palr. Medium drafters sold at s225@
20 for horses of 1900 to 100 lbs and
wagon horses of 1900 to, 400 lbs. sold
at SIoO4 215; some choice farm CHUNKS
were on sale selling in pairs at s3o5m
4oo per pair. Good acclimated horses
i.oo 70 1900 lbs. sold at 1880 zoo. with
oIemished second at sa5@100.
j. Z. Keith held a sale of 1000 be, \
" horses at the France Canadian
stock Yards, at Watertown. Mass
covering three days. Buyers were in
attendance from all the New England
states, many of whom were LOOKING
up horses for reselling. Prices re.
ceiVed. We're fair values Cor the horses
oHered which included all classes of
Doth commercial. as we'll as harness
rms week Mr.. Keith will sell 5 ex-
press carloads at his Brighton Stock
Yard stables.
>. l. Brooks sold at his Traverse
9tock stables $50 horses, including .
,arse number of extra good draft
horses. Sales moved quickly. nrices
hoidlng at the level of the past tbreo
weeks. This week there will be ;
carloads Of fresh countr, horses and
aoout 100 acclimated and seconds