Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-15

at Boston
This week: Cattle 225s, sheep and
lambs All. calves 24so. hogs 941i.
Last week; Cattle 1907, sheep and
lambs 1862, calves 2344. hogs 1905.
one year ago: Cattle 302J. sheep and
lambs 1923, calves 292S. hogs 9940
TOTAL SHIPMENT FROM MAINE
Cattle PA. sheep and lambs 2, calves
49,, hogs l6S.
TONE OF THE MARKET
There was a heavier arrival al the
Brighton yards of beef cattle and for
the first time in many weeks there
were extra fancy steers and oxen Of
fered. many from the Agricultural
State fairs of New England. The
dressed meat market was firm and
this was reflected at the Brighton
yards in the fractional advance paid
for good beef cattle and cows. ord
mary COWS and Gamers sold steady
at the previous range. One of the
best lots of Hereford cattle was
shipped and sold by G. s. Lowell.
Pennington. Me. They We're show
cattle and Is head were taken by
local killing plant. Fancy steers and
oxen sold 10 IL a II lac, good .
a loc. ordinary : II q S lie.
Coarse oxen IL d &C. Extra fan
~ Np"ss VI pNt tilplNt ldl GUNS anu
heifers at 6 a 8 &c, fair to medium
cows a 3-4c, Gamers and slip
perry COWS at > "a q s. 4c. Bulls
at ; a 6 Lee.
The calf market was firm. With
quick demand. Offerings were mod
crate and the quality avera ging
good. Fancy lots of picked heavy
calves SOLD at 1S a lac. with individ-
ual extras at 10 a 16 1-2c Good
mixed lots sold at II IL a II l-2c.
poor 10 a lie. Drinkers and grass
ers q Sc. Light weight calves g
q Q 1-2c.
The. hog market advanced Ia a
l-2c. in sympathy with the stronger
Chicago market Yard offerings
We're quite numerous and these We're
taken promptly upon arrival.
Fancy lots, live. IA Ia a II 3-4c.
rough. 10 Ia q lac: boars : q Sc:
dressed weight, 16 IL q II lie.
quite number of fairly good siz-
ed lots of sheep and lambs came in
from New England farms Most of
these were shipped direct to the
slaughter houses. The market was
dull, with prices unchanged. Sheen
sold at a SC. and lambs Q a lac.
Dairy cows were in liberal supply
and the market was active and
steady. Fancy cows sold readily at
$3.50 a lis, good to choice SIS a
l25, poor to fair $40 a so.
The live poultry market after
many weeks of unchanged quotations
was firm with an advance of lie per
10. on fancy fowl. which quoted. lob
ping lots, at p q 29c: broilers rs a
soc; roosters l6 a 1Sc.
TUESDAY SALES
Beef Cattle-Robert Connors
bought | pr of fancy Holstein cows
at Sc. *. L. Bardwell sold 5 Gamers
at SC. j. Higgins sold COW al &c.
l bull at &c. 4 Gamers at SC and s
Gamers at 3-4c. ]. A. Clark sold
. Hereford fancy heifers, 300 lbs. at
&C. , cows, 1850 lbs. at SC, cows.
$50 Tbs. at &c. Howard Gorges sold
! heifer. $50 lbs. at lie. l COW.
$50 lbs. at lie. cows at !: lac.
! slippery COW. $50 lbs, at 4 1-4c and
l COW. go lbs. at 4c. r. D. Pickett
sold slippery cows at &c. p. ST.
mon sold IA cows at 3 IL q ) 1-2c.
9tis H. Forbush sold / csw at 1-2c
and / COW at &c. c. r. Gage sold
Is cows at 366c. ]. w. Brooks sold
20 cattle at 2 3-4 q DC. F. NJ. Dana
sold bull, $50 lbs. at 3-4c, l bull,
72O lbs. at lac. 1 COW, 920 lbs, at
36Oc, and 5 Gamers at Sc.
Veal Calves-F. NJ. Dana sold AZ
calves in two lots at 5c-11c. c.. F.
Gage sold 10 calves at 2 3-4 q Sc.