Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-06
Grain. Produce and Live Stock

Grain, Produce
LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.
The wholesale market prices this
morning ranged about as follows:
EGGs-strictly fresh. 4s: average re-
ceipts, -; southern, A..
LIVE PoULTRY-Roosters. per ID.
young, per lb.. 75aso.
DRESSED POULTRY-Fresh-k killed
spring chickens. per ID, soa1.oo:
turkeys. per ID. 5oa55. .
LIVE STOcK-Calves, per h.. 1saeo;
lambs. e0a25: sheep, Sa1o.
GREEN FRUITS-Apples. per Dbl.
new. 4.ooa1o.0o: boxes. .2.5ca4.2S; Cali
rGnesa sme sooa7oe r1orida oranges
sooas.0o: grapefruit. 5.o0a7.00.
VEGETABLES - Potatoes. Florida,
new. No. !. l4.5oa1o.O 90 per sack; do. No.
2. 17.boals.oo per barrel: western. old.
Pr string seans per sas
ket. 2.ooa4.oo: lima beans. per basket.
Florida. 6.00a750; eggplant. 3.50a6.0
per crate: new cabbage. basket. Liza
225; beets. Florida. per crate. 2.5Oa
s25: lettuce. southern. per basket. 200
celery. per dozen, 1.25a1.75: romaine
lettuce, LOCALS; squash. 3.00a4.00 per
crate: spring onions. 2.50a3.O0 per 100
punches; onions, per 100-pound sacks
yams, 5.ooa7.o0: spinach. 5.ooas.5o per
Dbl: Florida peppers. per crate, 5.OOa
500; Florida tomatoes, 6.ooaS.50 per
crate; Texas onions. per crate. 4.00a4. SO;
asparagus, per dozen. 1.50a6oO.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE. May Especially .-Po-
tatoes-White western Maryland and
Pennsylvania. per 100 pounds. 75oa
500: do. New York and New Jersey.
Maryland and Virginia, McCormicks.
675a7.c5: cobblers, 7.50as.o0; do. all
sections. No. 2, 4.00a4.50; do, No. 3,
c00a2.50; sweets, yellow North Caro-
Ira, per barrel, 7.50aS.50 do. eastern
shore Maryland and Virginia 7.5oa
barrel, 6.00a7. 90; do. No. 2. 3.5oa4.5O.
Vegetables and green fruits-Ap-
pies, all varieties. No. l. per barrel,
8.00a11.0o; do. box. apples: per box.
2.50a4.50; beans, per basket. 3.oOa
400: do. Der basket. wax: 3;ooas.So; 90.
per basket, 1.25a2.25: celery. per
crate. 4.o0as.oo: cucumbers. per bas-
ket. 3.0oa6.0o: elephants, Florida, per
crate, 3.00a6.O0.
Grapefruit. Florida. per box, S;ooa
$50: kale. native, per bu.. Soa ~. l eo.
onions, New York and western, per
100 lbs. s.ooas. 90; do. all sections. No.
., per 100 lbs. 5.00a6.00; do. spring,
per 100 punches. 2.25a2.75.
Oranges, Florida. per box. as to size,
peas Florida per basket esate
4.00a7.OO; squash. Florida. per crate.
3.O0a4. 90; spinach. native. per bu.. 1.25
al 40: rhubarb. native, per 100 bunches'
3.00a5 90.
Tomatoes. fancy. per basket. 5;ooa
500; do. choice. per basket. 4.00a6.00;
beets, per 100 punches. 8.O0a10.00: car
rots. per 100 lbs. 4.OOa4.50; asparagus.
green. No. I. per doz.. 3.50a4.00; do.
No. 2. per doz.. 2.40a3.00: do. white,
No. 1. per doz.. 3.o0a35o; do. No: 2.
per 100 punches, 3.00a3.50.
Strawberries. southern. open crates,
20a35.
Flour-Quotations per Dbl. in 80 ID.
sacks carload lots): Winter patent,
12.o0a13.00; winter straight. 11.50a
1900; spring patent, 14.50a15.00; spring
G hard wnts patent s
a12.75: rye -four, 10.00a11.00: corn
meal. per 100 lbs. 4.15a4.sO; city mills
winter patent. 1850: city mills winter
straight, 1925; city mills blended pat
ent l4.75: city mills spring patent,
1875. (The above quotations on city
mills -four on jobbing prices.) Re-
ceipts. 1905 bbls. including 10.2s7 bbls.
for export.
Wheat sales-None Wheat market is
Arm on basis of $40 per blu. for No. red
winter.
Cob corn-Yellow and white prime,
$50 per bbl. track, yellow. No. 8. for
domestic delivery. 1.s3 per bushel.
Corn sales-None.
Oats-No. white. 100. nominal.
per bushel.
Rye-Bag lots of nearby rye. as to
quality. o.0oa2.35 per bushel; No.
western export. spot. 2.3s.
Hsy-No ! timothy. 400; standard
400: No. timothy. ss.ooa41. 90: No.
! light clover, mixed. 43.00a43.50: No.
2 light clover. mixed. 390Oa42.O0; No.
I clover. mixed. 42.00a43.00: No.
clover. mixed. :9.00a41.00; sample
hay, 2s. O0a36.o0.
straw-No. 1 straight rye. 200: No.
1 tangled rye. 1890: No. tangled
1900: No. 2 wheat. 135Oa14.OO; No. /
oat. 1000: No oat. 17.00a1s.0o.
CHICAGO, May 6-Excellent wealth
er. together with cuts in the price Of
silk and other commodities. gave an
today to bears in the corn
market. Besides. little Improvement
in the railway traffic situation was
reported. Commission houses were
fairly active sellers. Opening prices.
which ranged from 4 to * lower.
with July 1874 to 1853 and Septem-
Der 1894 to 1.59A. were followed
by further setbacks and by a mod
crate rally. with May leading the up
turn.
Gate wera "a siar NTH corn Acc.
opening 4 to IN lower. including
July. at 915 to 911.. the market un-
derwent an additional sag before be-
ginning to react.
Higher quotations on hogs put
some firmness into provisions. De-
mand, however. was not OF an ag-
gressive sort.
Potatoes. strong: receipts. 26 cars;
northern white, sacked and bulk.
I 25a7 40: Maine Green Mountains, 735
ALSO. New. weak: Florida Spaulding
Rose, No. !. 100 per barrel: No. 2,
400,