Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-16
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Apples. early harvest. No. l. per Dbl.
S.5oa4.oo: do, No. ?. 2.0oa2.50; No. l
peaches. per crate. No. l, 1.o0a3oO;
do. per basket, Scars: beans, per bu
basket, green, 75a10O; stringers. 100
al2o; limas. per basket, 1.O0a1.25;
cabbage. per 100. 1.00a3.00; cucumbers,
per per o ssl l5aso; elephants. per bas-
ket, 5oal.oo: onions. Maryland and
Virginia and Pennsylvania, per 100
lbs, 1.50: squash. per basket. 15a
20; Maryland and Virginia, per doz..
|a30. ~
Tomatoes, native. per basket. 3oa5o:
do, packing stock, per bu.. 60a75: beets.
per 100 punches. 2.00a3. 90: carrots. per
100 punches. S.ooa4 90; huckleberries, at,
z2 Wstsr 1la siebs M, gt,. 15a2s.
selects, per 100. 81. ooa60. 90: do. primes,
per 100. 25.oOa3o.0O; culls, 150Oa2O 90
Catalogues. eastern shore MARYLAND
and Virginia, per crate, 1.50a175; pony,
l 90; native, per basket, 75a1.25; pine
per basket. 4oa75: do. Bartiett's' per
basket. 1.ooal.25: plums. per Id, Sa5;
damsons. per h.. g.
Wheat-Midday quotations: No.
red winter spot. 2.71 Y; No. red win
ter spot: quoted at 2.701@ per bu.; No.
2 red winter, garlicky. spot. at 2601a
per bu.; August wheat. at 2.S01s; Sep
TENDER wheat, at 2.591..
Sales-Bag lots nearby wheat by
sample. at 2.10, 2.15, 2.25, go, 235.
2.4O and 2.45 per blu. Car lot of No.
red winter, garlicky, at 2.71 per blu.
Cargo of No 3 red winter garlicky, at
2.56 per bu. Cargo of No 4 red win
ter. garlicky. at 2.52 per blu.
Track corn-Yellow, No. or better,
at 1.65 asked per blu.
Cob corn-No quotations.
SaleS-None.
oats-No. . white. IS per bushel;
No. 3. 81 per bpshel.
Rye-Nearby sample. LIS to 2.o5 per
bushel; No. 2 western. 212 per bushel.
.Hay-No: l timothy. $500; standard
timothy. $500: No 2 timothy. 3Ooa
l light clover mixed. aO.ooas1.oo; No.
light clover mixed. 27.0Oa29.0O; No.
clover mixed. 1900; No 2 clover
|22.0O.
straw-No; I straight rye. 1000; No.
No. 2. 14.0oa14.5o; No. wheat. II. GOA
1900: No. 2. 9.OOa1O.5o; No. l oat, 1900:
No. 2, 1400a14.50
CHICAGO. August 16.-Liberal re-
celpts and lack of support TODAY
carried wheat. prices off u to % at
the start. with December. 2.36 to 2.37,
and March. 2.39 to 2.41. Trading was
prices lowered about the initial quo
tatlons. Hedging sales were a factor
Corn sympathized with wheat Sell
ing by several strong commission
houses caught the local element gen.
orally long, and prices which started
sharply. there being lax of sup
port on the way down. Initial quota
tions for September were 1.4S1a to
Lag. and December, 1.23A to 1.24A.
Oats were dull at the start, and
there was lack of aggressive pres
changed to rs lower. with September.
sos. VIZ ~
Provisions started firmer with hogs,
but selling of October lard by cash
houses turned the market easy. The
trade was not large, the packers
doing little.
Wheat-No. 2, red. 2.52za2.54A;
ern spring, 2.53a258
Corn-No. 2, mixed, 1.59a1.61; No. 2.
yellow. 1.60a1.65s.
a,s 9ats@ 90 y 81 2: white, 7sHa75; No. 3,
Rye-No. 2, 2.021a.
Barley. 1.05a1.19.
WHEAT Open. High. Low. Close
March Ssss -: a.ss al 3sSs 2sss
zss!s$ss' " 1:s s 1 1:s 1 :sa +:
F Dsss%ssi 81 81 7sa S. S. S.:
NEW YORK, August 16-Flour-
Steady; spring patents. 13.0Oa14OO;
spring clears, 10.00a11.0O; win
ter straights. 11.00a11.50; Kansas
straights. 12.50a1350.
DAIRY MARKETS
BALTIMORE, August 16 tspeciaD.
Arrivals by boat: Poultry-Live
chickens, springers. one and one-half
pounds and over, 45a46; do. one and
quarter to one and a half pounds.
43a44: do, ten to eleven and a quarter
AZ: do. old roosters. %: do. hens.
over four pounds. 37a3S: small to me-
dium. 35a36; white Leghorn hens. 35;
ducks. spring. three pounds and over.
35a36: small and poor. 80: pigeons.
old, pair. 35a40; young. pair. 3Oa35.
Eggs Qoss off)-Western MARYLAND,
Pennsylvania and nearby. doz.. 49,;
eastern shore, Maryland and Virginia.
4s: western Maryland, At; West Vir-
ginia, Al; southern, IS.
Butter-Creamery. fancy. 56a51;
prints, 57a59: nearby creamery extras.
53a54 dairy prints. ma ISsan st orr-
packed. 37a3s; Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania rolls. 40a42; West Virginia
rolls. 3sa4O: Ohio rolls. ISAAC; process
butter. 51a53.
NEW YORK, August 16.-Butter-
Firm; receipts. 1856 tubs; creamery,
higher than extras, SASS Y; creamery.
extras coz score). 55A a55 " cream
cry. firsts (SS to 81 score), 5la54 n;
packing stock, current make. No. l,
43a44.
Eggs-Firm; receipts. 9,S0l cases.
Fresh gathered, extra flrsts, 54a56;
fresh gathered. firsts. 49a5S; state.
Pennsylvania and nearby western
hennery whites. firsts to extras. 60a12;
state, Pennsylvania and nearby gath
erred browns and mixed colors, first to
|extras. 49a5S.
Cheese-Steady: receipts. 1916 box
es. State, whole milk, flats, current
make, white and colored specials, - II
|a2Sk; do. average run, 251e a26 y;
istate, whole milk. twins, current make
specials, 26k a27h; do. average run,
|25a26.
CHICAGO. August 16.-Butter. I'M
changed; creamery, 44a54. EGGS,
lower; receipts. 1876 cases: firsts. IS
a46k; ordinary firsts. 4Oa42; at mark.
cases included, 43a45; storage packed
|firsts, 47a47la. Poultry, alive. higher;
fowls, 29a34; springs. 3S.