Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-14
Grain, Produce
and Live Stock.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md. February IA q
pm. Quotations). - Potatoes - White.
lvania, per hundred pounds. 2.ooa
AIS: do. New York. per hundred
pounds No. /. 2.ooa2.1o: do, eastern
shore Maryland and Virginia. Nc
Cormicks, 1.25a1-50; do. Jerseys per
hundred-pound sacks. 2ooa2.1o:
barrel. 6.50a7.00; do. eastern shore
Maryland and Delaware, per barrel.
7.0oa7. so; do, York river. per barrel.
! 650a7.00; yams, fancy bright, per
/ barrel. 5.50a6.o0.
Vegetables and green fruits-Ap-
barrel loose, 2.s0a3.50: do, ordinary.
l.50a2.00; do, New York state, per
barrel. No. 1. 600aS.50; do, western
Maryland and Pennsylvania, packed
! barrels, 5.0oa6.50; do, No. 2, barrel,
s,50a5.0o: beans, Florida, per basket,
green. 4.eoa5 90; do. per basket. wax,
3.00a4.0o cabbage, Florida. per crate.
s.50a4 90; do. New York state. per ton.
Danish, 20 09a30.00.
Celery. New York, per dozen. 1.50a2. 90.
Cucumbers. Florida. per basket. 5.00a6. 90.
Elephants. Florida. per crate. 4.0oa5.oo
: Grapefruit, Florida. per box, 3.50a4.00.
! Kale. Norfolk, per barrel. 1.50a2 90;
| Lettuce, Florida. per basket, headed.
! 3.0oa4.0o. Onions. New York and
| western, per hundred pounds. 2.25a
| $50; do, Maryland and Pennsylvania,
per hundred pounds. 2.ooa2:5o.
| Oranges, Florida, per box, as to size,
| 3.50a4.0o. Peas, Florida. per basket,
! 3.00a4.00 Peppers, Florida, per crate,
| 5.o0a6.00. Squash. Florida, per crate.
| 4.0oa5.00 Spinach. Norfolk, per bar
rel. 1.50a2.00. Strawberries. Florida.
per quart, refrigerator, 50a65. Toma-
toes. Florida. per carrier. fancy ripe.
! 3.50a6.50. Turnips. per bushel. 30a60.
| arrivals by boat).-Live poultry
Chickens. young, large, smooth.
pound, s7aSS; do. young. rough and
express, ssa37; do. old roosters.
| pound. 21a22; do old hens over four
I pounds, pound. IS; do small, pound,
33a34; do, white leghorn hens, pound.
! 34a35. Ducks-Muscovy and mongrel,
young, pound. 30a31; do, white Pc
die. three and half pounds and over.
pound, 33a34: do, smaller poor,
pound. 29a3o. Turkeys-choice young
hens. pound, 40; do, gobblers. pound,
IS; do, old toms, pound, 35ase; do.
crooked breast, poor. pound. a2aa4.
Pigeons-Old, pair. 25a30; do, young
! pair. 2baSo,. Guinea fowl-Young, over
one and three-quarter pounds, each
81; do, old, each 60a65.
Eggs-Western market, Pennsyl-
liz
shore, Maryland, and Virginia, dozen,
AZ; western Ohio, dozen, As; West
| Virginia, dozen, 43; southern North
Carolina), dozen. AZ If warm
weather continues eggs will drop to
| 400 cents tomorrow
extras ala52; first. 50a51; do. prints,
one-half pound extras. 52a53; firsts,
| 50a51; do. prints. Is 1-pound extras,
S2a53; frsts. 50a51; nearby creamery
extras. 5oa51: hrsts, 4Sa4s Dairy
prints. MARYLAND and Pennsylvania
extras. 32a33; frsts, soasI; store
packed frsts, 30a31; rolls. Maryland
| and Pennsylvania extras. 31a32: do,
| West Virginia extras. 30a31; do. Ohio
| extras. 3oa31.
r1eur-geeeipts. 2.sss bbls.; PRICES
unchanged; no sales of wheat. Cob
corn quoted at: White. 500; yellow.
$50 per Dbl. for carloads: track, yell
lew corn. No. 3, for domestic delivery,
quoted at LAO per bushel.
Corn-Sales small Tag lots white
bushel: yellow delivered at 135.
| Oats-Sales, carload No. white at
| 65k; 1000 bushels No. 2 white at IS.
| Rye-No quotations.
| Hay-Prices unchanged.
| Straw-Prices unchanged
CHICAGO. February 14.-Profit-t TAX
1 ing by holders brought about down
1 turns today in the corn market.
Opening prices, which ranged from u
off to " gain, with May 1.22% to
1.23A and July 1.19 to 120h, were
followed by material setback all
around.
| Oats declined with corn. Pit trad
ers were mostly on the selling side.
After opening unchanged to y higher,
| with May sos to 81, the market un-
derwent pronounced sag.
| Provisions quickly jumped to the
maximum limit. Shorts were the
chief buyers.