Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-19

large per cent OF thin calves. THESE
sold at z 1899 1-2c. Drinkers and
srassers at 697c. Calves 20 lbs and
under 4@6c.
The hog market was steady with
no change in market conditions for
the past two weeks, other than an In
crease in western arrivals. At the
stock yards receipts of n. e. hogs
ran light, with the demand active.
Fancy live lots sold at 1OG10 1-2c;
rough. 500 3-4c: boars 4G5c;
dressed hogs at IL 1902 3-4c.
Sheep and lambs came in from n.
Z. points in small lots with nearly
all the shipment going direct to the
slaughter houses. Prices were steady
with sheep at 4GSc., and lamb So
12c.
The mich cow trade shows slight
improvement under the lighter sup
plies of the past two weeks. with
fairly good demand for fancy cows
Fancy and graded cows sold at SD
@$175; good to choice $40 Q $50;
poor to ordinary $40 q $65: young
stock bulls, so q $50.
The live poultry market was steady.
Fowl quoted at 20@25 roasting
chicken. 25G27c; chickens, 1S9:4c;
roosters, 16c.
TUESDAY SALES
Beef cattle-J. II. Clark sold 3
steers and oxen. $500 lbs, at &c, 2
bulls at 3 1-2c and 1 Gamer at &c
Howard Cages sold l pr. steers 1900
lbs, at SC. and bologna cows av.
200 lbs, at &c. A. +. Chickering sold
z Gamers at &C, Otis H. Furbush sold
l cow at 1-2c, COW at 4 1-2c and
| COW at 3 I-2c. D A. Walker sold
heifers $40 lbs to the pair at lie,
and Gamer COWS at &c. j. w.
Brooks sold Is beef cows at 1.6 q &c.
Veal calves-A. C. Warner & Son
sold 80 calves at Co.'S 1-2c. John Full
Ter and Son sold 80 calves at 6c-sc.
Otis II. Furbush 2 calves at l0c. D. A.
Walker sold veals 240 lbs. at Toe,
and . grassers. $40 lbs. at SC. A. F.
Chickering sold 20 calves at 6c-sc.
Hogs-Howard Gorges sold hogs
at 10c.
HORSE MARKET
Boston, Nov. 1S-The horse market
continues weak. with surprising
lack of demand for the season. 1t is
now too late to look for any great
improvement and the fall trade has
been marked with an Indifferent de-
mand and low values. Dealers are
now offering but a small amount of
fresh country horses. with a large
number of seconds, among which are
some good class acclimated horses.
The latter are good sellers and
bringing better proportionate prices
than other types. Prices at the auc-
tions rule low, and it is only in pri-
yate retail trade that prices are at
all held up to compare with those of
year ago. There has been but very
Ia tho OF u-anL for heavy
Grafters. but in mediumlV heavy hor-
ses, especially wagon horses, the de-
mand is most active. In the west
the market is firm and should the de-
mand here pick up, there would be
no lack of western horses offered.
During the week good class green
drafters 1900 to 1000 lbs were in linn
tied supply selling mostly at retail at
$500 to $3.50 per head with green
drafters 1850 to 1900 lbs at $3.50 O
$500; wagon horses, farm chunks and
general purpose horses. 1900 to 1400
lbs. both green and seconds sold at
s125 % 1928; good class acclimated
horses. at private and auction sales
blemished seconds at $25 q SIS.
J. c. Keith sold at his Brighton
stables 100 head of second hand hors-
es. The demand was dull and they
were bid in at the auction sales at
low values. This week there will be
another large entry of seconds, but
no fresh country arrivals are expect
ed
At The other large sales stables,
sales of western horses were confined
to one carload each of naked weights
with a moderate amount of seconds.
These amounts being all that the
trdae can take, and these are not al
ways cleaned up at the weeks end.