Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-16

| At Brighton
Howard Gorges 15 s. IS
D. q: Clark .......... NJ - SIS 4
NJ. iC eban ....'.'-''' * - II
AT N, e. D. NJ. & w. Co.
Cotton q Seavey ..... 20 SO -
J. a; Clark .......... as 40 26
/ Z. i. Gage ........... IL So 2
a. y. Moulton ........ 81 2
! f. =; M; Bray & Son go. 80 3
Whiting Co. ....... s =
The aggregate Of livestock received
'This week: Cattle 1855, sheep and
lambs 1856, calves 3031. hogs 1854.
7 Last week: Cattle 1887. sheep and
| lambs 1919. calves 2SS9. hogs 1880.
I One year ago: Cattle 1858 sheen and
| lambs 71S9, calves 3549 hogs 17.0Sl.
| additional, POS Canadian and 2lO
engage export cattle.
| TOTAL SHIPMENT FROM MAINE
| Cattle 115. calves 500. hogs 22s.
TONE OF THE MARKET
| The beef cattle market was active
| and with light run of offerings was
cleared promptly. Prices held at last
weeks level, firm, and in some sales
showed a fractional advance. No
fancy or intermediate quality of
steers or oxen were offered at the
Brighton yards and but few head at
! the n. Z. d. NJ. & w. Co. If offered
fancy steers and oxen would bring
from 10Q11 1-2c, good 1909 1-2c,
carse or thin oxen 6M7 3-4c. Fancy
cows and heifers were in scant sup
ply and We're snapped up quickly at
II 1-2@9 1-2c. One fancy Holstein
sold by a. NJ. Bags. weighed 1850 lbs
at II lie, fair to medium cows sold
at 5@6c. good 6@7 lie. Gamers
sold at 1903 Sac, with good Slip
perry cows up to 3-4c.
The calf market was steady at last
weeks range of prices. The move
,ment y the market was delayed by
the late arrival of the Rutland stock
train. Fancy lots of heavy veals sold
at Is 414c, with extra singles up to
lie: good lots of mixed calves at II
1-2G12 12c, fair 9 1-2Q11c. Small
calves 5@6 1-2c
Inc hog market was strong at a
lie advance above last weeks prices.
J Hogs are now not only selling at the
highest price so far reached in 1926.
but are selling at 1-2c above the peak
attained in 1925. The better prices
are bringing out a weekly increase in
the amount of n. r. hogs and wes-
tern arrivals are of good volume. At
the local yards. live hogs. fancy, sold
boars ia Sc; Dressed weigh 1Sm19c.
Rejecting the Boston dressed sheep
and lamb market. prices are a shade
higher of live sheep and lambs Near
ly the entire shipment came from the
West. Sheep sold at 5@9c; lambs 10
G15 1-2c.
The market for dairy cows was
'quiet mad steady with offerings mod
lerate. Fancy graded mixers sold at
$3.50 4175 with good to choice at SIS
013O; poor to fair. s401 80.
Live poultry sold steady, with
drop in the price of broilers as the
season advances. Fowl quoted at 30
qSSc, jobbing broilers 500 3Sc; roos-
TUESDAY SALES
Beef Cattle-A. NJ. Braggs sold
fancy extra heavy bun, 2370 lbs. at
| sac, and l extra fancy COW. 1850
lbs, at 11hc. p. Simon sold l bull.
$50 lbs, at &C, and cows at 4 q
| Sac. Otis II. Forbush sold ! bull.
sac, and 81. r. d. Keenan, sold .
| bulls at 5& c.. 10 cows at sc, and IS
| Gamers at 312c. J. w Brooks sold
9 cows at 314 q size
Veal Calves-P. Simon sold ex-
ira fancy calf, $50 lbs. at lie and 10
calves, 1890 lbs. at lie. ]. Higgins
sold AZ calves at 12c. John Fuller
' = I.
A. c. Warner and Sons sold Is
calves. q 12c. T. d. keenan, sold
Sc n Y. calves at q lac. and 81
Vt. calves at 9 % lac. +. NJ. Dance
sold 60 calves at q &c. c. F. Gage
sold 36 calves at 7 a 11&c
Hogs. Higgins sold II hogs. av.
$50 lbs, at 14&c. A. d. kilby, 5
hogs at lac. 2. Simon. hog, 200
lbs, at 131ac. c. f. Gage sold Z
hogs at 14Ac.
! HORSE MARKET
Boston, June 15.--There was
good all round trading at the sale
stables during the past week which
cleared up all offerings at steady
prices. The amount of horses did
not offer as many high priced horses
as in the previous week, but there
was a suff1ciency Of good class COM
mercial horses to satisfy the de-
mand. and dealers expressed salts
faction in the demand for the sea-
son of the year, which has ruled so
active in the past two months.
There We're several sales of saddle
horses held and these were well at
tended with good sales reported in
nearly all cases.
Good quality heavy drafters OF
| 1850 to 1900 lbs. sold at 5000 a $50
per head. with those OF 1870 to 100
lbs at $225 q 275; wagon horses.
farm chunks and general purpose
| horses, 1900 1450 lbs at $3.50 q
| 225. including both western and ac-
| climated horses. Ordinary or blem-
| ished seconds. s25 @ 125.
J. C. Keith sold at his Brighton
| stables express carloads of west
ern horses. 1 carload of New Rork
seconds. and so horses from local
firms. The demand was active and
the horses were cleaned up at fair
| values. This week there will be 2
carloads OF western horses due, and
the usual entry of nearby seconds.
McKenney Bros. sold to good
demand / carload Of fancy draft and
wagon horses. 75 head of seconds.
Land also held special sale of Ohio
saddle horses, so seconds and few
, speed horses. the latter offered at