Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-06
Grain, Produce
and Live Stock.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, February Il pm.
quotations .--Potatoes-White, west
ern Maryland and Pennsylvania. per
100 lbs, 2.0oa2.25; New York, per
Maryland. and Virginia. Mccormick.
$50. Jerseys. per 150-lb. sack. 3,l3a
400. Sweets-Yellows; North Caro-
lima. per barrel, 6ooa6.5o; eastern
shore, Maryland, and Delaware. per
barrel. 6eoa6.50; York River. per bar
REL 60oa650. Yams-Fancy, bright,
per barrel. 5.5oa6.oo.
Vegetables and green fruits-Ap-
pies. eastern short. Maryland, per
barrel. loose. 2.5oa-3. so: ordinary, 1.50a
200: New York state, per barrel. No;
i, 675aS.50: western Maryland and
Pennsylvania, packed, barrels, s5.50a
$50, No. - barrel, 4.5oa5-50. Beans
Florida. per basket, green, 4.0Da5.OO,
per basket, wax. 3.o0a4oo. Cabbage
Florida. per basket. 1.f5a2o0; New
$500. Celery-New York. per dozen.
1.01af.75.
Cucumbers. Florida, per basket. 500
az 90; elephants, Florida. per crate.
6.50aS.00; grapefruit. Florida. per box.
350a4.0o; kale. Norfolk. per barrel,
2 25a2. so: lettuce. Florida. per basket.
headed, 3.50a4.5o; onions. New York
250; Maryland and Pennsylvania. per
100 pounds. 2.00a2.5o: oranges; Flori-
da, per box. as to size. 3.5ea4-5o; peas.
Florida, per basket, 3.0oa4.00: peppers.
Florida, per crate. 4.00a5.5o; squash,
Florida, per crate. 4.ooa5.0o; spinach.
Norfolk. per barrel. 3-o0a4-s0. straw
berries. Florida, per quart. refriger-
ator. 5oa65; tomatoes. Florida, per car
rier, fancy ripe, 5.50a7.00.
ARRIVALS by boat.) Poultry-Live,-
chickens. young, large. smooth. pound.
35; young, rough and shaggy, pound.
27a2S; young, by express. 33a35: old
roosters. pound. 22a23; old hens. over
pounds. pound. "a: small. pound, 30;
white leghorn hens, pound, 32a33. Ducks.
muscoyy and mongrel. young pound.
32a33; white pekins,' young, pound,
34a35; puddle, X pounds and over,
pound, 33a34; smaller. poor. pound.
2ea30. Turkeys. choice young hens.
pound, As: gobblers. pound. 40; old
tons. pound, 37a3s; crooked breast,
poor. pound, 34a35. Pigeons, old. pair,
25a3o; young, pair. 3oa35- Guinea
fowl. young, over u pounds. each. 80
a1.oo; under IL pounds, each. 6oa7c;
old, each, so.
Eggs-Western Maryland, Pennsyl-s
vania. nearby, 80: eastern shore,
Maryland and Virginia, 40: western
(Ohio). 4e: West Virginia, 40; south
ern North Carolina), SO.
Butter = Creamery (west), sepa-
rator. extras. 50a51: frsts. 47a4s;
prints thalf pounds, extras. 51a53;
firsts, 49a50; prints Zone pound). ex-
tras, 51a53; firsts. 4sa5o: nearby
dairy prints, Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania, extras, 40; firsts, 35a3s, store
packed. firsts, 80; rolls. Maryland and
Pennsylvania, extras. 2Sa3e; West Viz
ginia, extras, 2SaS0; Ohio, extras, 2S
a30.
Breadstuffs. etc. Quotations per
barrel in ninety-eightzpound sacks.
carload lots)-Winter straight. s.5oa
s75 Spring straight. 1o.15a1o-50-
Rye flour, medium TO choice, 7.5ea
9 25. Corn meal, per 100 pounds, 5.s5a
4 90. City mills winter patent. 11-05.
City mills blended patent. 1.l3. City
mills spring patent. lib. Receipts,
2.S3S barrels. including SIS barrels for
export. Wheat sales. small lots, at
2 26a2.2S.
Cob corn, quoted at white. 100; vel
low. 65, per barrel for carload. Corn
sales, three small lots delivered. at
s1.3o. Corn: do. No 3, for domestic de-
livery, quoted at S1.40 per bushel.
Oats-No. sales.
Rye-No quotations.
Hay-Standard timothy, 2S-50a29. 90.
No timothy. 27.5oa2sOo; No. 3
timothy. "a. GOA rs 90: no. 1 light clover.
AAiAto- -t'P"S-'
mixed, 25.ooa25.50; No. 1 clover. mixed.
IS 0oa26. so; No. 2 clover, mixed, 200
a25. 90: No. clover, 200: No. = clover
% OOa25.0o; No. clover. 2oo0a23.oo.
1 straight rye. 2o.oo; No
straight rye. 19.0oa19-5o; No. / tangled
rye. 1900; No. tangled rye, 1900
al 90; No 1 wheat, 14.50a15.50; No
, wheat. 1300sI4.50; No. oats, 14-0oa,
Is. 100; No. oats, 13.0oal3.5o. .-7- -
NEW YORK. February 6.-Lard---
Weak; middle wesr 22.5ea22-60- Other ).
articles unchanged. q.
CHICAGO, February 6--Reports
that a big advance in the ninin1nm
export price on corn had been made
by the Argentine government had .
decided buIlish effect today on the corn
market here.
Prices opened with May 113% to LIS
and July I10% to Liz, and wore
followed by a slight reaction, then by
sharp upturns all around 49,
Oats paraIleled the action Of corn.
After opening with May 55E to Ssh,
the market sagged a. little, but soon
hardened.
Packers buying presumably against
government allotments carried pro-
visions upgrade. Revival OF eastern
shipping demand for live hogs tended
further to lift values.