Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-18
Grain, Produce
and Live Stock
,pecial DISPATCH to The Star.

BALTIMORE, Md, December IS
Potatoes-Western Maryland and
Pennsylvania, No. 1. 275a3.O0; eastern
shore Maryland and Virginia cobblers
225a25O; Mccormick. 2.20a2.30; all
sections. No. 2. 1.25a1.5o; No. 8. 75a
LOO; sweets, North Carolina, No. l.
per barrel, 400a500; eastern shore
Maryland and Virginia, per barrel,
4. O0a5 90; yams, all sections. NO. l,
3.00a350; sweets and vans, NO. z
Green fruits and vegetables-Ap-
pies. all varieties, No. l, per barrel,
5.50aS.50; do. No. 2, all varieties. 400
Assoc; do. box apples. all varieties,
box, 2.50a3.50; cranberries. barrel,
7.00a10.00: grapefruit. Florida, per
crate, 2.00a3.00; oranges. Florida. per
box, 2.5Oa4.00; tangerines, per strap
6.00aS.00; beans, Florida, green, per
hamper. 2.0oa3.00; beets, per bunch,
'2ka31s; broccoli, native, per basket.
40a45; brussels sprouts, per quart, goa
25; cabbage, per ton, 4O.OOa7O.00; car
rots, native, per bunch, 2ka3 II ;
caulif1ower, eastern shore Of Maryland
and Virginia, per barrel, 5.oOa6.oo;
celery, large, per bunch, 1.0Oa1.25;
small, medium, per bunch, 75a90; per
crate. 5.00a7.00; do. native. per bunch,
5aS; cucumbers, Florida, per basket,
5.00a7.00.
Elephants. Florida, per crate. 2oOa
2.5Oa3.5O; lettuce, Florida, per basket,
1.50a2. 25; onions, New York and west
ern. No. l. per 100 pounds. 5.0Oa6.0O; do.
all sections. No. 2, 3,00a3.50; oyster
plant, per bunch. Gas; parsnips. native,
per basket, ISAAC; peppers, Florida, per
crate, 3.50a4- 400; savoy cabbage, per
bushel, 35a50; spinach. native, per
bushel, 1.25a1.50; kale. per box, 3Oa4o.
Tomatoes, fancy, per crate, 5.00a5. So;
do. choice, per crate. 3.oOa4 90: turnips.
per basket, sOa4o; pineapples, Florida.
per crate. 6.oOa7.o0; peas, Florida. per
basket. 3.00a4.00; squash, Florida, per
crate, 3.5Oa4.00.
Flour-Quotations per barrel. in
ninety-eight-p pound sacks carload
lots): Winter straight. 1o.oOa o,25;
spring straight. 14.25a15.00; rye flour,
medium to choice, 7.75aS.75; corn meal
per 100 pounds. 3.75a3.9O; city mills
winter patent. 11.90; city mills win
ter straight. 1855: city mills spring
patent, 1850: city mills blended pat
emit. 400 CThe above quotations on
Receipts. 1862 barrels. including LII
barrels for export.
Wheat sales. small bag lots by sam
pie, 200. 2.10. 2.24 and 2.26.
$50; yellow. 6.S5a6.90 per barrel for
carloads; track yellow corn. no quo
tations. Corn sales. bag lots. white,
new, delivered, at 1.40a1.47 per bushel.
Oats-No. 2 white. sou asked; No.
white, 90 asked.
Rye-Bag lots of nearby rye, as to
quality. 1.3Oa1.65: No. 2 western ex-
port, 1.S5, nominal. -
Hay-No. 1 timothy, $3.50; standard
timothy. 30.50a31.0O; No. timothy,
3O.00a30.50: No. timothy. 25.00a27. 90: :
No. 1 light clover mixed, 2s.5Oa3O.0O;
No. 2 light clover mixed. 27.OOa2s.O0;
No. l clover mixed. 27.6oa2s.OO; No. 2
clover mixed, 25.00a27. 90; No. l clover.
nominal, 81; No. 2 clover. nominal
rs. 90: sampe grade, 20. 25a23. 90.
Straw-No. 1 straight rye. 17.O0a
1900; No. 2 straight rye. 15.50a16OO:
No. 1 tangled rye. 14.00a14.50; No. 9
tangled rye, 12.00a12.50; No. 1 wheat.
120Oa13.00; No. Q wheat, 11.0OaI1.5O
No. l oat, 14.00a15.00; No. 2 oat, 1880
a13.50.
CHICAGO, December 1S.-Most of
the traders in corn leaned to the opin-
ion today that the market had been
overbought, and that a reaction from
the recent sharp advance was due
Bearish sentiment was emphasized by
lower quotations on hogs and by a
fall in British exchange. Commission
houses led the selling. Opening prices.
which ranged from ha1H lower. with
January 1.40a1.40A and May 1886 u a
1861, were followed by moderate fur
Their declines and then by something
of a rally.
Provisions were weak as result
of setbacks in the value of grain and
hogs. Selling, though. was not urgent.