Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-20
Grain, Produce and Live Stock
LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.


The wholesale market prices this
morning ranged about as follows:
Esgs-Strictly fresh, 5saSo; average
receipts, SO; southern. IS.
Live Poultry-Roosters. per h., 80:
turkeys. per lb. 3sa43: chickens.
spring, per H.. 4oa42: hens. per h.,
36a37; keats. young. each. 5oa60.
Dressed Poultry-Fresh killed spring
chickens. per h.. 3Sa42: hens. per h..
30; ROSTERS, per h., 26; turkeys. per
h.. 45a50.
Live Stock-Calves. per h., 16a17;
lambs, 13a15; sheep. 5a6.
Green Fruits-Apples. per Dbl. 2.5oa
$50: per basket, 75a2.50; California
lemons. per box. 2.50a3.oo; pineapples.
6.00aS.0O; California oranges. S.0Oas.00;
peaches. per crate, 2.50a4.0O; grapes,
per crate. Niagara. 3.0oa35o: Della
ware, 2.O0a3.50; black. 2.50a3.0O.
Observation-Disclosures No. 1, per bbl.,
S25a3.50: do. No. 2. 1.50a2.50; sweet
2, 1.00a20o; string beans. per basket.
1.50a3.00: per Dbl. 6.ooa7.o0: eggplant.
per crate. 1.00a1.50: cabbage, per Dbl,
1.00a1.50; beets. nearby, per 100. 2.00a
400: lettuce. per crate. 1.00a2.00;
lettuce, New York. per crate. 1.50a2.25;
tuce, 1.00a1.25; squash, per crate. 50a
100: spinach. crate. 1.O0a1.5O; peppers.
per basket, 50a1 90: tomatoes, per box,
50a1.00; onions, per crate. 1.00a1.5O;
cucumbers. 2.ooa3.00 per basket;
cantaloupes, nearby, 1.00a2.50 per crate !;
corn. 20a40 per doz.. lima beans, 40a
so per qt
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE. September 20 (Spe-
ciaD .-Potatoes-Whit western Mary
land and Pennsylvania. No. 1. per 100
pounds, l.75a2.00; eastern shore Mary
land and Virginia. No. 1. 75a2.0o;
native and nearby, No. !. 1.75a2.00;
all sections. No. 2. 1.00a1.25; No. 3,
50a75; sweets, eastern shore Mary
land and Virginia, No. 1. per barrel.
4.75; No. 2. 1.75a2.0O; No. 3. 1.25al.50;
vans. all sections. No. 1, per barrel,
3.ooas.5o; No. 2. 1.75a2oo; No. 3. LISA
1.50: beans, green, per buShel. LISA
1.50: stringless, 1.50a2.50; 1imas. 2.5Oa.
800; hulled, per pound. Halls: cab
per barrel. 9.00a10.00; celery, washed,
per bunch. 50a1.00; rough, per crate,
4. O0a5.0O: carrots. per 100 punches.
4.00a5 90.
Corn. per dozen. 20a35: cucumbers.
per basket. 40a50; elephants. per
basket. 4Oa50; lettuce. per bushel
basket. 50a75; onions. western Mary
land and Pennsylvania. yellow, per
100 pounds. 2.0Oa2.25: eastern shore,
Maryland, and Virginia. bulk, per 100
pounds. 1.50a2.00; peppers. per basket,
40a60; squash. per basket, 40a50: to-
matoes. per basket. 25a35; packing
stock. per bushel. 40a50.
barrel. 2.00a2.50: ordinary mixed, No.
2. 1.25a1.50; common Windfalls, No. L.
per bushel, 75a1.00; No. 2. 25a50;
Maryland and Pennsylvania. packed.
No. 1, d. h. barrel, 4.00a6.00; native. in
bulk, per 100 pounds. 50a1.0O; dam
sons. per pound. 6a61a.
Grapes, common, per As basket.
15a1.25; Concords. 25a27; Delaware, %
a27 Crabapples, per basket, 75a1.25.
Peaches. per basket. 75a1.50; per
crate. 150a2.50. Pears. Bartletts,
per bu. basket, 75a1.00: Sickles. LOO
25a35: New York ,Bartletts and Sic
kles, per Dbl. 7.50as.50; No. 2. 450a
soc Plums AMI Prunes, New York.
per Glib. basket, 25a50.
Watermelons. Anne Arundel selects,
per 100. 3O.00a35.o0: all sections.
CHICAGO, September 20.-Wheat
prices declined today in sympathy
with depression of the corn market.
On the break. however, fair support
developed. and a rally followed Re-
ceipts were not large. and country Of
feringS light. opening quotations,
which ranged from l cent to 2k cents
lower. with December 2.38 to 2.39. and
March 2.33. were followed by an ad-
ditional setback. but then by an up
turn to nearly Saturdays finish.
Favorable weather and generous re-
ceipts led to general selling of corn
and to sharp setback in values.
After opening l cent to ga cents
down. including December at 1.05A to
LOT, the market continued weak
Oats went lower with corn. start
ing y to ~ cents Off. December 61k
to 81, aud then reacting a little.
The provisions market was dull and