Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-15

at 6@7c; poor and coarse oxen at
3 1904 1-2c; choice fat cows and
heifers at 1906 1-4c; medium to
good cows at 4 1906 1-2c; poor to
ordinary cows. 3@4c; bologna, can
f1ers and slippery cows, at / 3-49
3.4c: bulls 394 lac, the latter be-
ing in very poor demand.
The veal calf market was steady,
with receipts moderately light. Fam
cy lots Of choice calves sold at 100
II 1-2c: average mixed lots at Z 1-2
% 1-2c; drinkers and grassers
@7c.
There was no change in the hog
market. Live hogs sold at lao
1-4c; coarse hogs at 1906 3-4c;
boars 3Q5c; dressed hogs 9 SAG
10 lac.
The sheep and lamb market was
steady. Western receipts were of
good volume at the packing houses.
and a small increase was noted in
shipments of N. E. Stock Sheep
sold at 5@8c and lamb 9@13c.
Receipts of milch cows were mod.
erately heavy. Fancy cows sold we'll
at $125@$175. with good to choice
cows at s65@sl25: poor and ordinary
COWS at $35@S65
Live poultry sold steady. Fowl at
24@25c; ROSTERS, 16@1sc; broilers
25@30c.
TUESDAY SALES
Beef Cattle-J. w. Brooks sold
20 steers, %, $50 lbs. at Sc and Z
COWS at 2 1-4G4 1-2c Howard
H. Forbush sold l COW at 5 1-2c.
P. simon sold 2 cows, 234O lbs. at
SAC, and COWS. 2950 lbs, at 4
lac. j. D. Neylon sold Gamer
cows. av 700 lbs. at l SAC. A F.
Chickering sold Is good cows. 49,
$50 lbs. at &c, 1 COW. 1920 lbs at 3
1-2c. F. NJ. Dana sold 4 bulls at &c.
and ! COW at &c.
Veal Calves-Otis II. Forbush
sold l calf at 13c. calf at 1Oc. 1
| calf at S 1-2c, and l calf at Sc. p.
, Simon sold II calves. go lbs, at 8
lac. j. ID. Neylon 10 small calves
at 81 each. A. f. Chickering sod
II calves at Gc-0c and II calves at
5c-7c
Hogs-P. Simon, 10 hogs, 251O
lbs at S.30c.
Mich Cows. d. Neylon sold Z
mixers to av so each A. +.
Chickering stock bulls SO to 50.
HORSE MARKET
Boston. August 1.-THE horse
market continues with dema.d
which takes the larger part of the
weeks offerings. which are running
very light. This week. there was a.
| some of the sales slightly quicker
| movement in the bids at the auction
sales, with slight advances in prices,
but on the whole the market is
! barely steady, with prices easy. OF.
| ferinGs of the heavier horses were
very light. with a small call for the
same, but wagon horses sold fairly
well and formed the bulk of the
weeks trading. The earlier demand
| for saddle horses for summer Use,
| mostly for summer school camps
has fallen off, and few in this class
| were offered. Seconds are entered
from nearby points in fair numbers
but the quality averages poor. and
few of theGe bring above $50 per
head.
Good quality heavy green draft
ers. 1000 to 1900 lbs sold at $500 a
800: medium green drafters, of 1JCO
to 100 lbs at $40 a 225; wagon
horses. both green and seconds, 1900
to 14OO lbs ct $125 OTIS; good class
acclimated horses. 1900 to 1900 lbs
S25 975.
J. G. Keith sold at his Brighten
stables, ] carloads of western hor.
ses and 80 seconds. About the TOP
price In the weeks trade was 5000
PAID for horses Of 1900 lis, and
this price was about $50 off from
those prevailing two months back.
ms week there will be l carload
OF western horses. and so seconds.
William Hurwitz Sons Company
sold > carloads of fresh country
horses. and 20 acclirated. The
green horses We're all heavy weight
and sold at $3.50 q 325. while SIS
was the top price paid for sec
onds. This week there will be .
carloads of fresh horses and the
usual entry of seconds.