The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-16
Wholesale Markets

545,714 bushels in 1908.
Wholesale Markets
New York.-Wheat- steady;
No. 2 red, 1335s @1345sc. elevators;
No. red, $1.34ss f. o. b. afloat;
No. / Northern Duluth, 1919 f. o.
b. afioat; No. 2 hard winter, 1879
t. 0. b. afioat
Corn-Spot easy; No. q, 76hc.
elevator, and TAX f. o. b. afioat;
No. 2 white, 75A, nominal, and No
yellow, TAN +. o. b. afloat.
Oats Spot steady; mixed, ECO
80 lbs, 57@58c; natural white, eco
80 lbs, 5000; clipped white, 32@
40 lbs, 5000.
Potatoes-Barely steady; Florida,
new, per bril-, $4.5O@6; Maine, in
bulk, per 1870 lbs, So. Cabbages
firm; Southern, white. per crate,
1925 @3. Freights and peanuts un-
changed.
Butter-steady; receipts, 1927
pkgs. Creamery specials, 2S (oficial
2S); extras, 81. Cheese firm; un-
changed.
Eggs-Barely steady; receipts.
S0.754 cases; state Pennsylvania
and nearby, fancy, selected, white,
23c.; do, fair to choice, 21 14@22h:
brown and mixed, fancy, %; do,
fair to choice, 21@21h; Western
storage-packed, 21A @21h; West
ern firsts, 201s @21; seconds, 20;
Southern firsts, 2OA; seconds, 20.
Poultry-Alive steady; chickens.
broilers, 25@33c.; fowls, 1901.
Dressed easier; Western chickens.
12h; fowls, 14h @15A.
Philadelphia. - Wheat - Steady;
contract grade, April, 132@133c.
Corn-Ac. lower; April, 62h@
Oats Quiet: No. white, natural;
59h @60c.
Butter - Quiet; extra Western
creamery, 29c.; do, nearby prints.
80.
Eggs-Firm; Pennsylvania and
other nearby firsts, free cases, 205hc.,
at mark; do, current receipts In re-
turnable cases, 20, at mark; Western
firsts, free cases. 20, at mark: do,
current receipts, free cases, 5000.
at mark.
Live poultry Firm: fowls, $50
1910; old ROSTERS, 1919 GIL;
spring chickens, 800 So; ducks. II
OILS.
Baltimore-Wheat-The market
for Western opened easier; spot
135hc.; May, 1.31 "; July, 1.1OA.
Settling prices were: No. red
Western, 1861; contract spot.
1851; steamer No. red, 1921;
steamer No. 2 red Western, 1921.
Corn-W Western opened easier;
spot, 73A @73hc.; May, 1910
73%.t While prices showed little
change. the tendency was rather
easy.
Settling prices were: Contract,
mixed, 69A.
Oats-W hite-No. 2. 5s@60c.:
No. 8, 57k'@5Sh; No. 4. 55h@
Sc. Mixed, No. 2. 57@57A; No. 8.
56@56h; No. 4, 54@54h.
Hay-We quote, per ton: No.
timothy. large bales, SIS @15.50;
do. small blocks. $15@15.5O; No. 2
timothy, as to location, $4,000
1880; No. timothy, $11.50@12.
Choice clover. mixed. $13. No. I
clover, mixed. $12.50; No. 2 do.
$10.50@12; No. 1 clover, $500
1880; No. 2.-do.. $1O@11.50. No
grade hay. as to kind, quality ami
condition, $6@9.
Eggs-Receipts are now ample
for the demand and the market is
easy. The price of duck eggs drop
ped sharply. We quote. per dozen:
Maryland, Pennsylvania and nearby,
firsts, 20c.; Western firsts. 20; West
Virginia firsts. 20 Southern firsts.
20; guinea eggs, 10; duck eggs. 90:
goose eggs. AS so.
Live poultry-The market is gem
orally steady. Choice winter and
spring chickens in good demand and
firm. Old hens easy. Large, fat
ducks in good demand. We quote.
per lib: Ch!ckens-Old hens, heavy.
15c.; do. small to medium, 141s a
Is; old ROSTERS, each, 25@3O;
young, large. 1902 20; do, rough and
shaggy. Ia winter. / u to 2M lbs.
25@2S; spring, L to IN lbs, IS.
Ducks, 14c.; white Pekings. Is.
Pigeons, per pair, young, ESQ soc;
old, 5000. Guinea fowl, each,
old, 25c.; young. X lbs and over.