Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-13

| Z. Z. Gage ........... 10 80 -
j. b. Goodrich ....... IS A IS
The aggregate of live stock received
| at Boston:
This week: Cattle 227O, sheep and
lambs 6O61, calves 2147. hogs 63i4.
Last week: Cattle 2161, sheep and
lambs AGO, calves 2617. hogs 1909.
One year ago: Cattle 2101, sheep and
! lambs 6619. calves 1866, hogs 91SO.
TOTAL SHIPMENT FROM MAINE
Cattle 164, sheep and lambs TAI,
calves 5l4, hogs 60.
TONE OF THE MARKET
! Beet cattle were in moderate sup
ply at the Brighton yards. arriving
mostly from northern New England
| few being touched in on account of
the holiday. Owing to the limited
! supply the market was cleaned VI
promptly at steady prices despite the
| fact OF a small dressed meat market
| the past week, Few fancy cattle were
| offered but number of fancy cows
and heifers were marketed. Fancy
! steers and, oxen sold at S69 1-2c
with food at 1-2GSc coarse or
! time oxen, and eight pasture steers
! at 5G7c. Extra fancy COWS and
! heifers sold at 1897 1-2c, good
COWS at 3-4M6 lac ordinary al
7 ~ ci--1T NCtIIIlCl CONS SOlu dL Z W =
3-4c, with slippery COWS at 3@3-4c
Bulls were limited to small num-
| Der and the run of the yard sold a,
4 3-4@6 lac, with fancy animals VI
! to 1-2c.
Calves were In moderate supply
with competition active enough to
| clean up the arrival promptly. The
| average quality was good. Fancy
: 1n+e. ne TIL Il =
| at 13 1-2014 1-2cp. h., good lots at
I IL 1-2G 13c. ordinary lots of time
/ calves at 10@ lie, drinkers and gras'
! sers at 7QSc, calves under rs lbs,
| 90 lie
The price of hogs held at the level
t of the past three weeks with no ma
! terial change in condition of trading
| Western arrivals are showing a de-
| crease at the packing houses. Yard
! offerings of native hogs, while linn
! tied to small aggregate amounts, are
! more numerous than a year ago al
this season. All arrivals were taken
! promptly Fancy lots live sold al
| l3 1924 Lie; rough IL 3-491Sc;
! boar 1-2Q7 Lee; dressed hogs al
16 1-2Q17 1-2c.
| The dressed lamb market is well
! supplied with Western, Canadian and
| New England stock with a sufficient
number of sheep for the demand. The
! market live weight is steady with
! good prices paid for the best offer
! ings. Sheep sold at 54Sc and lambs
at 10Q14 12c.
| Dairy cows were in ample supply
and included all grades of mixers.
! The demand was active and prices
| held within the recent range. Fancy
cows sold at -130Q175 per head, gooc
to choice SS54125; poor to fair $40
! 4S0. The live poultry market was
! lower with a generous supply es-
pecially in light weight chickens.
/ Fancy fowl, jobbing lots, use, small
fowl, 22025c: roasting chickens. ZSc;
! chickens, 15@25c. ROSTERS 15Ql6c.
{ TUESDAY SALES
/ Beef Cattle-Otis H. Forbush sold
/ o fancy calves and heifers. at lie,
/ and / COW at 3-4c. J. w. Brooks
! sold 10 COWS at , 1-4q2 SAC. c. F.
! Gage sold 1canner at 2 lie. T. ID.
/ Keenan, sold cows at &C; II cows al
! &c, and % g Gamers at 2.60c. Is. Il
/ Bardwell sold l fancy Duran bull
! 1900 lbs at Z 1-2c. which was eXhi-
/ bited at the cattle shows. j. Cohen
! sold / fancy heifer. $40 lbs at Lac 4;
| IL COWS, 10000 lbs at S.10c. Howard
| Gorges sold / COW, $50 lbs at 3-4c;
! | slippery COW 1000 lbs at 3 1-2c; ]
| slippery cow 700 lbs at SC. P. Simon
| sold 10 cows at 1-2@6c.
| Veal Calves-P. Simon sold Ia
! calves $50 lbs at lie. ]. Cohen sold
! IA calves 1880 lbs at IL 1-2c. r. d.
Pickett sold % calves at lie. T. d
! keenan, sold 81 calves at 9Q12c. A
| c.. Warner and Son sold 80 calves al
10d11 lie. John Fuller and, Son sold
! so calves at 1901 HE. X. Il. Bard
well sold AZ calves at 12c. Otis H,
Forbush sold cows at 15c and
! calf at lie. c. r. Gage sold 80 calves
| in two lots at Sc-2c.
! Hogs-R. d. Pickett sold 80 rough
/ hogs at 13c. Howard Gorges sold Il
hogs at IA lac.
Sheep and Lamb. Cohen sold "a
lamb 1910 lbs at sc. V. A. and R. w
Hanson sold 200 sheep and lamb;
! sheep at SC: lamb 13c.
HORSE MARKET
Boston, Oct. 1.-THE horse max,
ket was quiet, with a demand suf-
ficient to dispose of the light amount
of horses offered. Only two carloads
of western horses arrived at the sale
stables for the weeks trade and
there was but a moderate number Of
used horses. The best demand con-
tinues for heavy horses, but even ii
these classes there is no snap to the
trade, especially at the auctions
Most of the good horses are sold al
retail. and prices for these are sur
prisingly high considering the gen.