Evening star., 1922-08-03
Grain. Produce and Live Stock
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.


BALTIMORE. August 3 (SpeciaD.-
Potatoes-New, barrel, 1.50a2.00; No.
2, 75a1.6o; bushel, 75a90; No. 2. 40a45;
new sweets, barrel, 3.00a6.00; yams.
3.00a3.50. Beans, bushel, S0a9O. Lima
beans. bushel. 1.25a1.5O. Beets, hun
drsd. 2.0oa4.0o. Carrots. hundred, 200
a3.00. Celery, dozen. 50a1.00.
Corn. dozen, 4a1O. Cucumbsrs. bas-
ket, 25a35. Elephants, basket. 75a
bushel basket. 20a25. Squash, basket,
25a30. Tomatoes, basket. 25aS5; pack
ing stock, bushel, 40a50
Apples. early varieties. barrel, 1.00a
$50; bushel. 5oa1.25; basket. 2Oa4o.
Blackberries, quart. 15a20. Canta-
Crab apples. basket, 50a65. Currants.
quart, 1oa15. Damsons. pound. SAL
Huckleberries, quart. 12a2O. Peaches.
basket. 25a75; crate. 125a2.25. Pine
apples. crate. 2.50a4.50. Plums. bas-
ket. 40a65. Watermelons. each. 15a40
Selling Prices at O'Clock
Wheat-No. / red winter. spot, no
quotations.; No. 2 red winter, spot,
1.21; No. 3, LIS; No. 2 red winter, 'garS
1.05A August wheat, 1.14& per BUSH
ell; September, 1.12h per bushel asked
Saies-Bag- lots of nearby. by SAM
pie. at 65. 70, IS, so. IS, So. 80 and IS
per bushel.
Cargoes on grade-No. 2 red winter,
garlicky, Lac per bushel; No. 3, LOS !:
No. 4. LOO per bushel; No. S, 95 per
bushel.
Car lots-No. 2 red winter. spot.
1.20A per bushel; 10000 bushels of
September No. red winter, 119A
Corn-Cob corn quoted 3.75 asked
per bb1.; contract corn spot, 74M per
bushel; No. 2 corn. spot, 1913 No. 4
corn, no quotations; track corn, yell
low. No. or better, 79a791z per
bushel.
Sales-None
oats-White, No. ., 461z per bushel;
No. 3 new, As.
Rye-Nearby. bag lots. soa1o3 per
bushel; No. western export. spot. 81
per bushel; No. 3, no quotation.
Hay-Receipts, "A tons; range is
16.0Oa1S.O0 for fair to good timothy
and light mixed; market firm; supply
on hand ample for trade
Straw-No / tangled rye, 1900; No.
! wheat. 11.50a12.00: No 1 nominal
IL. 2.00a13.O0.
CHICAGO, Ill, August 3.-Wheat
dropped today to a new record price
for the 1922 crop. The fall took place
in the early dealings and appeared to
be due chiefly to pressure Of hedging
sales and to favorable weather for
harvesting. Besides receipts here
We're large, being estimated at 500
| carloads. Opening prices. which
| ranged from .A to 7s lower. with Sep
tember los to 1.O5A and December
1.07 to 1.O7A. were followed by
moderate further setback and then
something of reaction.
Corn and oats were easy with
wheat. After opening unchanged to
"a half cent lower, September Sis to
6la, the corn market declined a. little
more and then recovered somewhat.
advance. September 33 to 33h, and
held near the initial figures.
Provisions lacked support.
Potatoes-Barrels, slightly strong
er: sacks steady: receipts. 81 cars:
total United States shipments. 400
cars: eastern shore Virginia cobblers,
2.75a2.9O; Kansas sacked cobblers.
1.00a1.15 cwt.; Minnesota sacked early
Ohios. 1.00a115 cwt; Kansas sacked
early Ohios. mostly poor quality and
condition. 65as5 cwt.
Subsequently. announcement that
100000 bushels of wheat here had
been bought for export and that in
addition 100000 bushels had been
taken at the Atlantic seaboard lifted
wheat prices a little, but the effect
failed to last The close was un-
settled at u net decline to II ad-
vance. with September 1865 al .05 y =.
and December 1.07Sa1.07la.
Rains where most needed in the
southwest counted later against at
tempts at corn rallies. Dhe close was
unsettled at the same as yester-
days finish to Is lower. with Sep