Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-27
cRAIy AND pRnvIsIoNs

BALTIMORE. Md. August 27( Spe-
ciaD .-Potatoes. Maryland and Vir.
ginia, No. /. per bbl, 3-50a4.OO; No. 2
ern. s50a4.Oo; do. No. and No. 3.
/. 50a2 90: York River, No. 1, 3.50a4 90:
do, No. 2 and No. 3. 150a2.Oo: native
white. No. I. per 100 lbs, 2.50a2I5;
do. No. 2, 1.5oa1.75; do, No. 3. 75a1 90;
yams. No, l. per Dbl, 5.50a6.00; do,
sw Gets and yams, No. ,, 3.o0a4.00.
Apples, early harvested. No. l, per
Dbl, 300a3. so; do, No. .. LOCAL so; No.
l. hamper. 1.25a1.5o; do. No. ., 5oa
100; do. native. per basket, 25aSo;
do, per basket. 75a1.00; beans. per
bu. basket, green. 40a5O; stringless.
1 00a1-25; limas. per bu- basket. 75a
90: do, hulled, per H., II; cabbage,
per 100. 1.00a2.00; cucumbers. per bas-
ket. 20a1.00.
Eggplant, per basket, 4oa5O; lettuce,
native, per basket, 40ajO; onions.
Maryland and Pennsylvania, per 100
lbs, 1.00a1.50; squash, per basket.
15a25.
Corn, Maryland and Virginia. per
doZ.. SAILS: peppers. native, per basket.
20a25; tomatoes. native. per basket.
15a25; do, packing stock, per bu., 25a
40; beets, per 100 punches, 2.00a3.00
carrots, per 100 punches. 3.O0a4.00;
huckleberries. per at. 20a25
5000; do, prime. 15.00a20.00; culls.
7.0Oa1000.
Cantaloupes. eastern shore Maryland
and Virginia, crate, 75a1- rs; do, pony,
s0a75: native, per basket. 25a75; pine
apples. crate, 5.O0a7.00; pears, native,
plums per h., 3a5; damsons, native.
per h., 6.
Wheat-Midday quotations: No.
red winter, spot. ar No. red win
ter, spot. quoted at PIT per bushel:
No. red winter, garlicky, spot, at
2-57 per bushel; August wheat at 2;o7
per bushel: October. 2.67 per bushel.
Sales-Bag lots nearby wheat, by
sample. at 2.3o. 233, 235, 2.4o. 2.45
and go per bushel Cargo of I'M
graded No. 2 red winter. garlicky,
at 2.66 per bushel; cargo OF migrated
No. red winter. garlicky. at 263
per bushel; cargo of No. ) ungraded
red winter, garlicky, at 2.62 per
bushel; cargo of No. 4. PSI per bushel.
Track corn-Yellow.. No. . or better,
at LIS per bushel: No. , yellow, at
Locust Point. at 1.55 per bushel.
Contract corn-Spot, at 1.S0 per
bushel.
Cob corn-No quotations
Rye-Nearby, 2.1S per bu.; No. 2
western export. spot, at 1.S5 to 2.1o
per bu.
oats-No white. so per bu. asked;
No. 3, l9 per bu. asked
Hay-Standard timothy. $500; No.
2 timothy. 34.00a34.50; No. , timothy.
23-c0a26.oo; No. 1 light clover mixed,
90. o0a3o.oo; No. 2 light clover mixed.
%. O0a27 90: No. 1 clover mixed. $500;
No. . clover mixed. 22.00a26.00; sam
pie hay, 1S.00a22.0o.
Straw-No. straight rye. 1000:
No. .. 1700a1S.00: No. 1 tangled. 1a.00:
No. >, 14.Ooa145o; No. l wheat, 11.ooa
1900; No. ?. 9o0a1O60; No. l oat,
1900. No. 9. 14.00a1450.
CHICAGO. August 81 Buying
which was credited to shorts was
feature of the early wheat market
The demand for cash grain from the
seal board was less urgent, and the
market seemed to feel the effect of
the offerings of Canadian grain at
lower prices than previously here, due
to the difference in exchange After
starting unchanged to y higher:
March 2,29L2, additional strength de-
veloped and prices soon advanced
above yesterdays highest point.
Corn was steady to firm at the
start. house taat usually acts for
some of the large New York cotton
traders was fair buyer of Sep
TEN Der. which. combined with the
strength in cotton stocks and hogs.
was mainly responsible for the up
turn. After starting unchanged to
- hlsner, Win september dI 40 n
to 143a.- and December 1.lS1s to
1.191, the market followed wheat and
started upward.
Oats showed a firm tone with scat
tered buying. first quotations show
ing a net. gain of Is to 5 cents over
yesterdays finish with September
671s and December 66s4 to 667s.
Provisions were strong because of
the strength in grains and 25-cent
advance in the price of hogs. initial
prices ranging from ~. to 90 cents
bove the previous close.
Potatoes--Receipts 81 cars: market
steady; eastern cobblers, 525 per Dbl.
Jersey cobblerS, 3.25a3.35 per cwt.
Minnesota early Ohios. 2.75a2.90.
NEW YORK. August 27.-Flour,
hrmer; spring patents. 12.25a 3 Is
winter straights. 11.00a11.50: Kansas
straights, l2.OOal3. 90. Lard, firm: mid
! die west, 1S.S0a1S.90. Others unchanged.