Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-17
Grain, Produce
and Live Stock.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.


Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md, February II q
pm. quotations).-Potat - White.
western Maryland and Pennsylvania,
per 100 pounds, 2.00a2.25: do. New
York per 100 pounds, No. /, 2.00a2.25;
do. eastern shore, Maryland and Vir-
GINA, Mccormick. 1.50a1.75: do. Jer-
seys, per 1o0-pound sack. 1.5oa1.75.
Sweets-Yellows, North Carolina, per
barrel. 6 sva7.oo; do, eastern shore.
Maryland and Delaware, per barrel.
7.Ooa750: do. York river, per
barrel. s5oa7 90 Yams-Fancy bright
per barrel. 5.5oaS.5o.
Vegetables and green fruits-Ap-
pies. eastern shore Maryland. per
Dbl. loose. 2.soas.50; do, ordinary
Dbl, No. /. s.5oasoo: do, western
Maryland and Pennsylvania packed,
Dbl, 5.5ea75o; do, No. 2. Dbl, s;5oa
green. 4,5oa5:o 90: do, per basket, wax.
3.o0a4 90. Cabbage, Florida, per crate,
3.50a4.60; do, New York state, per
ton, Danish, 2o.ooa3o.oo. Celery. New
plants. Florida. per crate. 4.ooas.5o.
Grapefruit Florida, per box, 3.50a4-00.
kale. Norfolk, per Dbl, 1.5oa1.75. Let
su 1a. d Tiori n;o per basket beaded led
western, per 100 lbs, 2.25a2.5o; do,
Maryland and Pennsylvania, per 100
lbs, 2.00a2.50. Oranges, Florida, per
box as to size, :.50a4-50. Peas. Flor
ida, per basket. s;ooa4.oo: Peppers,
Florida, per crate. 4.00a5.00. Spinach,
Norfolk. per Dbl, ss0a4.50 Straw
berries Florida. per quart refrigera-
tor. 45aso. Tomatoes. Florida. per
per bushel, 25a40.
arrivals by boat-l Live poultry
Chickens, young. large, smooth, pound,
31a3s; do. young. rough and shaggy,
pound, 3oa32, do. young. by express.
36a37: do. old ROSTERS, pound, 22a23; ;
s4a35; do, small. pound. s3a34: do,
white leghorn hens, pound. 34a35.
Ducks, muscovy and mongrel young,
pound. 32a33; do. white Pekins. young,
pound, 36a38: do, puddle, 31s pounds
and over. a5a36; do. smaller. poor.
hens, pound. 40: do, gobblers. pound,
80; do, old toms, pound, IS; do,
crooked breast, poor. pound, 32a34.
Pigeons, old, pair, 25a30; do, young,
pair, 25a30. Guinea fowl, young, over
Il pounds, each, LOO; do. old. each,
6Oa65
Eggs-Western Maryland, Pennsyl-
vania, nearby. dozen. Hats; eastern
shore, Maryland and Virginia, dozen,
44a45: western (Ohio), dozen, Haas;
west Virginia, dozen, A; southern
North Carolina), dozen, 40.
Butter-Creamery; west separator,
extras, 55a5s; firsts. 53a54; do. prints,
u pound, extras, 56a58; frsts, Sass
do, prints, Is pound, extras, 56a58
flrsts, 54a55; nearby creamery, extras.
s2a54; f1rsts, 5oa51; dairy prints,
Maryland y. and pennsylyania' extras
frsts. 32a33; rolls, Maryland and
Pennsylvania, extras. 33a35; do. West
Virginia. extras, 32a34; do. Ohio, ex-
tras. 32a34.
Flour quotations. per barrel. in
| ninety-eight-pound sacks carload
dunn to choice, 7.ooas.75. Cornmeal
per 100 pounds, 3.s5a4.00. City mills
winter patent, 11.o5: city mills winter
straight, 1923: city mills blended pat
ent, 1I.30; city mills spring patent
1880
The above quotations on city mills
-four on jobbing prices.
Receipts, gill barrels; prices I'M
! changed.
| Wheat sales-Little trading; small
| lots at 2.2S per barrel.
| Cob corn-Quoted at white, 610;
yellow, $50 per barrel for carloads.
! Track yellow corn-No. 3, for do
nestle delivery, quoted at LAO per
busheL
l 1OIH SaleS-baS lOtS OF Wnfte De
ivered at 1-30 per busheI.
Oats-Receipts, 9,265 bushels; range
| of prices. standard white, 66a66 e
No. white, 65a65h.
Rye-No receipts or quotations
Hay-No. / timothy, 300; standard
| timothy, $500; No. 2 timothy, a700a
27.50; No. 8 timothy, 24.0oa26.o0; No.
l light cioyeB mixed, 26.50a27.0e; No.
| l light clover, mixed, 24.5ea25. 90; No.
| clover, mixed, 25.5oa26.00; No. 2
| clover, mixed. 23.ooa25. 90; No. 1 cIo-
yer, $500: No. 2 clover, e3.o0a24. 90;
No. clover, 20.0ea23.68.
| Straw-No. / straight rye, 17.ooa
! 1900; No. straight rye, 16.00a17 90
No. tangled rye. 1890; No. tangled
rye, 13:0oa14-oo; No. 1 wheat 13.0oa
| 1880; No. wheat, 1z.60a 1880; No. !
| oat, 14.00a15.00; No. 2 oat, 125oa13. 90
CHICAGO. February I7-Corn de.
veloped strength today owing more
or less to scantiness Of country Of
| ferings. Opening prices ranged from
Saturdays close to IL up, followed
by moderate decline all around, bu,
then by a decided upturn.
Oats took the same path as corn
After opening " OF to q advance
! with May 605z to 60A, the market
underwent a general setback and
then scored a sharp gain.
Provisions gave way under scat
tered selling. Record breaking ex-
ports seemed to have been discounted
for the time being.