Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-16
Grain, Produce
and Live Stock
Dispatch to The Star.


BALTIMORE. Md. December 10
Potatoes. western Maryland and Penn
sy!vania, No. /. 2.75a3.OO; eastern
shore Maryland and Virginia cohblers.
2.25a2.50; McCormicks. 220a2.30; ali
sections. No. 2, l.25a1.50; No. 3. 75a
100: sweets. North Carolina. No. l. per
barrel. 4.50a5.O0; eastern shore Mary
land and Virginia. per barrel. 4:50a
$50; vans. all sections, No. l, 3.00a4. 90;
sweets and yams. No. ,. 2.00a2.50.
Greensfruits and vegetables-Apples.
all varieties, No. l. per barrel. 5.5Oa
900; do. No. 2. all varieties. 5.O0a6.O0;
do. box apples. all varieties, per box.
: .50a3.50; cranberries, per barrel. 600
a11.00; grapefruit, Florida. per crate.
2.00a3.00: oranges. Florida. per box.
2.50a4.00: tangerines. per box. 6.00a
500: beans. Florida, green per hamp-
er. 25Oa3.0O: beets. per bunch. ava
3ia; broccoli, native, per basket. 3oa40;
Brussel sprouts. per quart. 20a25; cab
bage, per ton. 45.OOa70.00; carrots. ma
tive. per bunch. 2la a312.
Caulifiower. eastern shore Maryland
and Virginia, per bbl.. 5.O0a6.0o. Gel
cry. large. per bunch, soal.1o: do.
small medium per bunch. 5oa75: do.
per crate. 4.50a6.50: do. native, per
bunch. 5aS Cucumbers. Florida, per
basket. 5.0oa700. Elephants, Florida.
per crate. 2.0oas.oo. Horseradish: ma
tive. per bu.. 2.5oa4.00. Lettuce. Flor
ida. per basket. 1.5oa2.50 Onions.
New York and western. No. 1. per 100
lbs. 5.00a5.50: do. all sections. No. ?,
3.00a3.50.
Oyster plant, per bunch. 5aS. Par
ships. native. per basket. 4Oa50. Pep
pers. Florida. per crate 350a4.00.
Savoy cabbage. per bu.. 4oas0. Spinach.
native. per bu.. 1.25a1.50. Kale. per
box, soa4o Tomatoes. fancy. per
crate. 5.00a5.50: do. choice. per crate.
3.00a4.0o. Turnips. per basket. 30a4O.
Pineapples, Florida. per strap. s.oOa
Flour - Quotations per barrel. N
ninety eight pound sacks carload
lots): Winter straight, 10.00a10.25;
spring straight. 14.25a15.00; rye -four.
medium to choice. 7:.75as:7S; corn meal.
winter patent. 11.65; city mills win
ter straight. 11.4o; city mills. spring
patent. 14.25; city mills blended pat
ent. 1878. tThe above quotations on
city mills -four on jobbing prices.)
Receipts. s,so3 barrels, no exports
pie. 2.05, 212. 2.25 and 2.2S per bushel.
Cob corn quoted at-White. 6.65a
go; yellow. 6.75as.S0 per barrel for
carloads; track yellow corn, new. No.
or better. no quotations. Corn sales
bag lots. white. new, delivered, at
1.40 per bushel.
Oats-No. white, 81 asked; No. 3
white, S6E.
Rye-Bag lots of nearby rye. as to
quality, 1.2Oa1.65: No. 2 western ex-
port, 1.76, nominal.
Hay-No. ] timothy. $3.50: standard
timothy. 3050a31.00; No. . timothy.
30.O0a3O.50: No. 8 timothy. 25.O0a2700:
No. light clover mixed, 29.50a30.00;
No. light clover mixed, 27.o0a2s.oo;
No. l clover mixed. 2750a2S.00; No.
clover mixed. 25.oca27.0o: No. l clover.
nominal. %: No. clover. nominal.
$500; sample grade. 2o,25a2s.oo.
Straw-No. l straight rye. 17:o0a
1900: No. straight rye. 15.5Oal600;
No. tangled rye. 14.00al4.50; No. 2
tangled rye, 12.00a12:50: No: ! wheat.
12.0Oa13.o0: No. 2 wheat. l1.ooall SO;
a13.50.
CHICAGO. December 16.-Fresh
strength which developed In the corn
market today was ascribed chiefly to
lightness of receipts and to predic-
lions that it would take several weeks
for railroads to move sufficient corn
to prove a burden on values. After
opening unchanged to v higher with
January 1.36 to 1864 and May 1.3S
to 1.33h VI, corn scored material up
turn all around.
Oats were in good demand, princi-
pally from spectators. Opening fig
ures. which ranged from the same
as Yesterdays finish to ss higher. in
GLIDING May at S1A 10 SIZE. were
followed by a moderate general ad-
vance.
Provisions rose with hogs and
grain. The bulk of the trade was in
lard.
Potatoes weaker; arrivals. % cars:
northern white stock. sacked and
bulk. 3.0oa315: western russets and
rurals jobbing, 3.50a3.75.