Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-09
Grain, Produce
and Live Stock
Special Dispa tch to The Star.


Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, September B.
Potatoes Western Maryland and
Pennsylvania, NO. /. per 100 pounds.
2.50a2.75; eastern shore, Maryland
and Virginia, No. 1. do, 2.50a2.15; ma
tive or aearby. No. !. do, 2.5oa2.!s; all
sections No. 2 do, 1.25a1.50; do, No. B.,
do. 75a1.0G: all sections. No. l., per
! barrel, 3.!5a4.25; sweets. new. North
Carolina, No. l, per barrel, 3.50a4.00;
do. eastern shore Maryland and Vir-
ginia, No. l, do, 3.75a4.25; vans, all
sections, No. l, CO., .2.75a3.00; do. ma
til. or nearby. No. l. do. 4;o0a4.25.,
Vegetables and green fruit-Apples.
400; 90, ordinary, mixed, No. 2. do.
e.5o..3.00; do. western Maryland and
Pennsylvania. No. l.. per barrel. 500
a-.o0; do, per hamper. 1.25a2.00;
sraoa3p!es. per basket, LOCALS; do.
per barrel. 6.ooaS.0o: cantaloupes,
sas;ern shore OF Maryland and Vir-
Sin.a. standard, per crate. 1.00a2.o0;
CO.. native, per basket, 5Oa9o: dam
sons, per h.. s; grapes, per basket,
l3al. %; do, concord. per small basket.
20; do. Niagaras. do. IS; do. Della
ware, Co.. 2.a23; peaches. mountain,
as % quality. per crate, 2.SoaS.25; do,
per basket. i.0oa1.75: do. per busheE
2.a5a2.7o: 90, eastern shore of Mary
!; LAID ard Virginia, per box. 1.ooa1.50;
do, Per crate. 1.G0a1.50; do. per
basket. ?5a1-25: pears. New York.
Pi.rtlett. y 40. l. per barrel. 9.o6a9.50:
do. per hushel basket. 2.0oa30o; do.
other varieties. nearby, per basket,
.5a1.G0: do, per bushel. 90a2.00.
Plums. per h.. 4ae; watermelons.
Anne Arundel. selects, per 100. COCOA
30.0o; do, Maryland, Virginia and
Delaware. selects. do. 25aS0.o0: do. all
sections, primes, per 100. s.0oa10.00:
beans. native. green. per bushel GOA
limas. per bushel hamper, 2.00a2.50:
hulled. per h., Is; beets, per bunch.
2a3: cabbage, native. per 100. 6.00a12;
carrots, native. per bunch. 2a3; eel
cry, per crate, 4.O0a5.00; corn. native,
per doz., 20a3O; cucumbers, New York,
plants, native, per basket, 40a6O; let
tuce. native, per bushel. 50a1.00:
onions. Maryland and Pennsylvania,
yellow. No. 1, per 100 lbs, 3.75a4.00:
New York and west, yellow. No. 1, per
100 lbs. 4.00a4.25; white. per 100 lbs.
S.75a4.oo; peppers, native: large. per
basket. 20a25; squash. native, per bas-
ket, 20a30; tomatoes. native. per bas-
ket. 75a1.00; packing stock. per
bushel, 1.60a1.80: yellow. per AS bas-
ket. 40a65: turnips, native, per basket,
40a50.
Flour-Quotations, per bbl., in ss-lb
sacks carload lots): Winter straights.
11.25a11.5O; rye -four. medium to
choice. 7.50as. SO: corn meal. per 100
lbs. 4.90a5.10; city mills. winter pat
ent, 12.15; do, winter straight, 11.90;
do. blended patent 1855; do, spring
patent. 1855.
u.
-four on jobbing prices.
Receipts. 2o,313 bbls.. including
1918 'bbls. for export.
Wheat sales-Cargoes, No. g., red
winter garlic, 2.35 per bu.; sample,
graded winter garlic A, 1.7s, 2.15. Eli
per bu.: small bag lots, 100. Ito. 1.ss.
1913. 1.s5. 200. 2.02, 2.03. 2.07. 2.1o, PIP,
Els. 2.20, 2.23, 2.24. 2.25, 2.26, 2.2S,
$50 per bushel
Cob corn quoted at: White, 75a7s;
yellow. 75a79 per Dbl. for carloads;
track yellow corn, No. 3. for domestic
delivery. no quotations; corn sales at
wharf. LES per bu.; for delivery, 1.70
per blu.
oats-Range of prices: No. 2, 77h;
Rye-Ranse of prices: Bag lots of
nearby rye, as to: quality. 1.10a1.40
per bushel
Hay and straw--No change. -'
. hed - tdHuaru prices, enectlve
September 2. 1919: Red winter. No 1.
2.ssA; No. 2 2.352: No. 3. 2.332; No.
4. 2.2sA; No. 5. 2.24N. Red garlic
No. 1, 2.36A: No. 2. 2.asA; No. 3,
2.so&: No 4, 2.2SA; No. S. 222X.
/ CHICAGO, September s.-Sharply
lower prices in the corn market today
resulted chiefly from the unexpected
bearish showing of the government
crop report: The general selling which
took place. however. was also due more
or less to prospects of a, nation-wid
strike of stockyard and packing
house employees. Reports that owing
to labor troubles freight was piline
up in eastern parts tended likewise to
weaken the corn market Opening
lower. with September 1.61al.e2 ana
December 1.27h a1.29. were followed
by further drop in December and by
moderate rallies in December and May.
Oats declined with corn. After open
ing to rs down, including Decem-
Der at II to 71K. the market displayed
little power TO rally.
weakness Of prices of grain and
hogs pulled down provisions. Selling,
however. was not aggressive
quotations: Hogs-Receipts. $1,000
head: mostly IS to LOO lower than YES
terday's average Heavy, 17.a5a1s.o0:
medium. 18.00a1s.5o; light, 1s.50a1s50:
!; light light. 18.00a19.25; heavy packing
sows, smooth. 16.0Oa16.75: packing
sows, rough. 15.25a15.75; pigs, 16.5oa
1850.
Cattle-Receipts, 10000 head: I'M
jsettled: beef steers. medium and heavy
weight. choice and prime, 16.25a1s.o0;
medium and good, 11.50a1625; COM
mon, 9.50a11.50: lightweight, good and
choice. 13.75a1775; common and medi-
UNI. 9.00a1S.75. Butcher cattle, heifers.
6.75a14.75; cows, 6.5oa135o; Gamers
and cutters, 5.5oa6.50; veal calves.
light and handy weight, 19.50a21. 90;
feeder steers. 7.25a12.75; stocker
steers, 6.50a10.25; western range beef
steers. s50a15.5o; cows and heifers,
6.75a12.75.
Sheep-Receipts. $4,000 head: high
err: lambs. "a lbs. down. 14.00a16.o0:
culls and common. s.50a13.75; yearling
wethers. 10.75a12.50; ewes. medium,
good and choice, 7.25as.75; culls and
common, 2.25a6.75..
DAIRY MARKETS.
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