Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-31
Grain, Produce and Live Stock
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE. August 81 Especially -
Potatoes-Maryland and Virginia, No.
l, per Dbl. 4.00a5.00; No. 2 and No. 3.
l.50az.5O; doc No. 1 southern. 4.00a
ZOO zoo; do: No; and No No. 3, 1.soa2;s
No. 1. per 100 lbs, 2.5oas. 90; do. No. 2,
l50a1.75; do, No. 3, 75a1.00; do.
sweets, No. 1. per bbl.. 7.00a7. so;
vans, No. 1. per bbl., 5.Ooa6.00; do,
sweets and vans. No. 2. 3.00a4.00.
Dbl, s.ooa3.5o; do. No. 2. 1.ooa1.5o;
No. l.. hamper. 1.25a1.5o;. do. No. 2,
50a1.00; do, native. per basket, 25a
SO. Peaches. per crate. No. 1. LISA
200; per basket, 50a75. Beans. per
bu. basket, green. 1.o0a1:25: string
1.25a1;75; do. hulled, per H.. 12a13:
Cabbage, per 100. 1.0oa2:5o. Gu
cumbers, per basket. 20a6o. Egg
plant, per basket, 30a40. Lettuce, ma
tive. per basket. 75a1.00. Onions,
Maryland; Virginia and Pennsylvania,
basket, 15a25. Corn, Maryland and
Virginia. per doz, 10a1S. Peppers.
native. per basket. 20a25.
Tomatoes. native, per basket. goa
40; do. packing stock. per bushel, Asa
SO. Beets. per 100 punches: 2.5oaS5o.
Cantaloupes, eastern shore Maryland
and Virginia, crate. 65a1. 90; do. pony,
35a5O; native, per basket, 25a50. Pine
apples, crate, 5.00a7.00.
Pears, native per basket. 90a1.50:
do, bartlett, 90a1.5O. Plums. per
pound, 5. Watermelons, selects, per
100, 25. 00a30. 90; do, prime. 10.00a12.00;
do. culls, 4.00a5.0o.
Wheat-Midday quotations: No. l
red winter spot, 2.75h: No. red win
ter spot. quoted at 2.75 per bushel: No.
2 garlicky spot at 262A per bushel;
September wheat at 2.62A per bushel.
Sales-Cargo of ungraded No. 2 red
winter garlicky at $50 per bushel: Sep
TENDER No. 2 red, 2.74A; No. 3, 2.56; No.
2.74ka2.75.
Spot corn-Yellow No or better. 1so.
oats-No. 2 white, IS asked; No. 3
Rye-Nearby, 200 and 2.26: No. 2
western export, 2.15.
Hay and straw-None.
CHICAGO, August 31.-Butter-
Lower; creamery, 43a54k.
Eggs Higher; receipts, 1881
cases; firsts, 5Oa51; ordinary flrsts, 46a
At; fat mark, cases included. 45a4S;
storage packed, firsts, 52h.
Poultry-Alive, higher; fowls, 26a
35; springs, 33h.
NEW YORK, August 31.-Butter-
Firmer: receipts. S,519 tubs; creamery,
higher than extras, 56ha57; cream
cry, extras COZ score), 56; firsts (SS to
81 score), 50k 5h; packing stock.
current make, No. 1, 43a44.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
BALTIMORE, August 31.-Cattle-
Receipts for the week ended yester-
day were 1896 head, against 4,7S3
head last week. Receipts. 14s car
loads for market for the week: IS
carloads for market yesterday. Fair
to choice steers, Is lower; other
cows and bulls about steady; steers.
per hundred pounds. choice, 14.00a
1900; good butcher. 12.50a1350;
medium. 1O.50a12.00; common. 6.50a
$50. Heifers, per hundred pounds.
choice, 11.00a12.00; fair to good. 9.00a
1000; common to medium. 7.00aS. SO.
Bulls, per hundred pounds, choice, 500
to medium. 5.00a6.00. Cows. per hun
dred pounds, choice. 9.00a10.00; fair to
good. 7:5oas.5o: common to medium.
3. 00a5.50.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts for the
week were 20,o35 head. against 1864
market higher, with fair demand.
Sheep, 2.00a7.50; lambs. s.00a15.50.
Hogs-Reeeipts for the week were
10,421 head. against 1876 head last
week; light supply; market higher.
Lights. 1900; heavy, 1850; medium,
1875; pigs, 1925: roughs, 10.25a13.00.
Calves-Receipts for the week were
1,944 head, against 1850 head last
week; fair supply; market higher.
Calves, S.00a17.50; extra. 1900.
POULTRY AND DAIRY PRICES.
BALTIMORE, August 81 (SpeciaI).-
Arrivals by boat: Live poultry
Chickens, spring. ~ lbs and over, IS;
do. spring, IL to 1 " lbs. 33a34; do,
spring, 1 to ~ lbs, 32a33; do.,s white
leghorns, SO; old ROSTERS, 21a22; old
hens, over 4 lbs, 36a37; do, small to
medium, h., 33a35; do. white leghorn
hens, h.. 33a34. Ducks. muscovy,
young, h.. %; do. white pekings. h..
soas2: do. puddle, ID. 2saso; do.
pair, isaac; do. young. pair. 30a35.
loss off, western Maryland and Penn
sylvania, nearby. per doZ., 53a54;
eastern shore Maryland and Virginia,
So; western, per doz., So: Virginia, SO
a51; do, southern, 49a50. Butter,
creamery. fancy, So; do. prints, so:
dairy prints, Maryland, Virginia and
Pennsylvania, 38a40; Pennsylvania
rolls, 3Sa40; West Virginia rolls, asa
80; Ohio rolls. 3Sa39; process sbutter,
51a53.
Live poultry-steady: broilers, by
freight, 35a38: by express. 35a40:
fowls, 32a37; old ROSTERS, %; turkeys,
IS.
Dressed. quiet; western broilers,