Evening star., 1921-08-23
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.


BALTIMORE. August % (SpeciaD.
Potatoes. white. bushel. 1.75a1:so;
100 pounds. 2.2sa2.75: Nos. and 3.
75a1.50; sweets. barrel. 4.50a6. 90;
yams. 4.00s4.50. Beans. bushel, 75a
1.4o. Beets. bunch. 2as. Cabbage,
head. 4as. Carrots. bunch. 2as. Gel
cry. crate. 3.5oa4.oo.
Corn. dozen. sails. Cucumbers. bas-
ket. s5a45. Eggplants. basket. 25a30.
Lettuce. bushel, l.o0al.50. Lima beans.
bushel. 5oaso. Onions. bushel. LISA
1.5e: PEPPERS. basket. 16as6. Squash.
Tomatoes, basket. 5oa7o: bushel, LIS.
Apples. barrel. 2,50a4.00: bushel. 1.5oa
800. Cantaloupes, basket. 30a50:
crate. 50a1.25. Damsons, pound, Z.
| Grapes. common. basket, 1.25al.5o.
Peaches. basket. 1.50a1.75: crate. 2.00a
500. Pears. bartlett. basket. 1.ooal.25:
Plums. bushel. 2.ooa3oo. Watermel-
ons. select, per 100, 200Oa35.00; primes,
s.00a15.00; culIs, 3.00a5.00.
| Selling Prices Mt Noon.
per bushel: No. 2 red winter. spot.
1857: No. 2 red winter. garlicky,
spot. 1.1sh.
August wheat. 1.1sh per bushel;
septsmber 1.lsh; cargoes on grade
No i, 5sa So Stnts1 osH ssTi'ssy' sc' s. III NO.
| sales--Bag lots OF nearby at 100,
| 1.10 and 1.12.
Flour-A reduction Of rs per barrel
| on all grades Of western and city
mills flour were announced today.
| Corn-Cob. new. yellow. $50 per
corn. yellow. No. 8 or better. domes-
tic. 76.
oats-No. white, new: Az: No:
3 white, new. 37h. Old oats at
RyeWBag lots of nearby rye. as to
| quality. 80 to lis per bushel; No.
western export, spot, 1.0sA per
bushel: No. 8, no quotation.
Hay-Receipts of new hay yester-
day were IS tons. and sold on an
to quality and condition. Generally
speaking, receipts OF new hay are
| ample for trade wants.
Straw-No. l straight rye. nominal; /;
No. 2 straight rye. nominal: No. l
tangled rye. 1850; No: tangled rye.
| nominal. 1880 to 1900; No. oat. no
quotation.
CHICAGO. August 23.-wheat open
ed u higher on the Chicago Board
Of Trade today, advanced to full cent
over yesterdays finish and then eased
of. Initial prices were III to 1.17A
for September and 1.1s to 1.1s& for
december. Trade was light after
some scattered general buying at the
start. especially in September. There
| was some moderate commission house
buying in December. Country oner-
| ings were reported light and export
demand slow with advices that Eng
Hand was requesting reoffers at
lower prices. A rally at the end OF the
first hour carried prices back to
around the opening figures.
Corn generally followed wheat
starting Il to = higher. with Septem-
Der 53M to 53N, and December. 64A
| to 54X. The market was heavy. the
early recession being in the neigh
borhood of a cent under the opening
and the subsequent recovery Deihs
Oats opened AaA higher. lost only
fractions, and then went back 70 yes
terday's fnal figures. First traces
made September, BAN to 34A, ana De-
cember s7M to 37Aa3711.
provisions were slow and generans
unchanged, the hog market 1en.s
sI;ghtly firmer than YESTERDAY anu
CENTS at the stock yards some"ha'
[ lower than estimates. ,.;n+s
| Potatoes slow and weaK: acs.
1125 cars; Jersey cobblers' sacnI shIneton
Idaho, Colorado and Sahrs 81, a
round whites. 3.00aS:lS', ,sotas Seo
early Ohios, 2.ssa3.0o; Minnesos' o o..
! 2.OOa2. so; Red river Ohios, 9, 1'"'''
Kansas Irish cobblers. S'oo.