Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-09

| A. G. Moulton ........ - - a57 -
| L. F. Alden .......... =
E. E. Gage Cage, :.......... s34 81 81 u
Brighton. WATERFOWL and the local
This week: Cattle 1861. sheep and
lambs 1850. calves 2138. hogs 27.010.
Last week: Cattle 1919. sheep and
lambs 1892. calves 22SS. hogs ,33S46. j..
One year ago: Cattle 1877. sheep and
| lambs 45f2. calves 3075. hogs 30.s29.
TOTAL MAINE SHIPMENT
Cattle 81, sheep and lambs 80. calves
| 161, hogs 13.
TONE OF THE MARKET
The beef cattle market was active
with a heavy throw of stock offered,
including all grades. Although re-
| ceipts were heavy the market was
| firm with a fractional advance on
| the better grades in the more or
| binary and poorer grades. the large
| offerings depressed the market, and
| for these prices were barely steady.
| Fancy steers and oxen sold at %
| @9 1-2c per h., with good to choice
steers and oxen at 1850; coarse and
| thin oxen at 1895 1-2c. Light
steers at 6@7c; fancy well fattened
cows and heifers at colo; medium
| to good COWS at 1906 3-4c; poor
| to ordinary cows at 3 1904 Lee;
| Gamer, bologna and slippery cows at
| 2@3 Lee. In bull beef there were
| some very fancy animals. thorough
| bred, and selling around &c. The
run of the yard sold at 1905 lie.
The calf market was strong. Fancy
! lots of veal salves sold at 10 12@
l3c., with extra choice single calves
up to TIC; average mixed lots at
8 1920 1-2c; drinkers and grassers
at sore.
The hog market advanced IA per
ID in sympathy with prices at the
Chicago market. Receipts of western
/ hogs showed a decrease. below the
recent heavy shipments. Yard Of
fering ran light. and the demand
| was good at the advance. Fancy
lots of live hogs sold at 1-2@9c;
rough, 6W7c; boars 3@5c; dressed
hogs, 9 1909 SAC.
Western sheep and lamb receipts
were also lighter. Few native sheep
or lambs were offered. Sheep sold
at 5Sc. and lambs 9@13 1-2c.
There was a moderate run of
mich cows offered. The market is
steady but quiet. Fancy cows sell
COWS at s75@S125; poor to ordinary
cows. $4O@$65.
The live poultry market was Arm.
Fowl and chicken quoted at 22@2
roosters 16@1Sc.
TUESDAY SALES
Beef Cattle-Otis Fl. Furbush sold
pr of extra fancy Hereford steers,
$40 lbs at top markep price, fatten-
by c. G. Clapp. Storey Farm
lincoln. Mass, l heifer at 2 Lee,
md 81. F. NJ. Dana .:old 1 bull, 1870
Us at 1-2c. Howard Gorges sold
COW. $50 lbs at l &c, l fancy cow.
800 lbs at 1-2c, 3 fat heifers. $50
IS ca, at 4 Sac. l slippery COW at
3-4c, and bologna COW; at 1-2c.
L. D. Keenan, sod 1? cows av 1000
lbs at &c, 80 slippery cows av. 92O
lbs at 1-oc, 80 Gamer cows av $50
lbs at Sc. A. NJ. Bags sold l extra
fancy thoroughbred Holstcin bull,
2340 lbs at &C.
Veal Calves-F. NJ. Dana sold 1S
calves at 8c-10c and 3o calves at &C
&c. Otis H. Forbush sold calves at
1Oc. Howard Gorges sold 13 claves
at 10 1-2c.
Hogs-Otis II. Furbush sold fam
cy pigs at &c.
HORSE MARKET
Boston. Jan. S-The opening week
IN the new year was a. dull one IN
the horse trade at the city sale
stables. The demand was slow and
outside of q few carloads shipped to
Maine and New Hampshire, the trade
was confined to the local demand.
luckily the amount of horses Offered
was not heavy. but even with light
supplies, there were hummer OF
horses carried over for the coming
c.ool;'s sale. Now that the holidays
hon.
ing for better attendance. with
more active market J. c. Keith
holds his scmi-annual big sole of 800
ho~ros this week an at the other
strt'ns thc~e will he : large" amount
Of hor~os o"'o~cd. Heavy horses con-
.;-,"e in tho host Demand with the
col for wn~cn horses of the heavier
weichts Just fair.
Good quality heavy green drafters
100 to 1900 lbs sold at $4,000 $50
with more horses taFen at the loWor
eGuro than the ton: ORATORS OF l52o
to 1900 lbs. green. ut S2Z'T 49,
WAGON horses. both green and sec
o,ds. 1909 to 400 lbs at $50 20
good class acc'irnoted horses. 100 TO
1900 lbs at s,25@225: blemished Sec
! onds. s25G75.
| T. c. Keith sold at his Brighton
stables 1 carload Of green horses, az
| heavy WEIGHTS. and 100 head OF ac-
/ climated and seconds. The trade
was very moor. and prices were sac
rificed. This week there will ne :
express carloads for the big sale on
"Wednesday the 9th. with n 1arre
! number Of well matched pairs IN the
most needed weights, as well rs
siprIas the horses coming fresh from
| Iu;no,c Iowa Ohio and Missouri.
William Hrrwitz Sons COMPANY
cold ot their Traverse street stables
carload of Ohio and Indiana horses
! and 100 acclimated. The demand
was Quiet with prices easy. This
week there will he on sale carload
of fresh Indiana horses. IS head OF
| arclima.ed and some heavy work
horses from a contractors sale.