Evening star., 1922-02-17
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE. February II (spe-
ciaD:-Potatoes. 100 pounds. 1.soa2.2a:
No. 2. 1.00a1.25; $50 pounds. 3.25a3.60:
No. 2. 2.0oa2.25: sweets and yams.
barrel, s4.00a5.00: No. 2, 2.ooa2.25;
bushel. 1.25a1.65; No 2. 50a75: beans.
hamper. s.50aS.oo; beets. bunch. 5a7:
cabbage. hamper. 1.25aL50; carrots.
bunch, z; cauliflower, crate, 2.50a2.75:
celery. dozen. S0a1.40: crate. 3.00a
100: cucumbers, crate. 3.0oas.0o; egg
plants. crate. .2.50a5.0o: horseradish.
bushel. 3.5oa4.0o: kale, barrel. 1.50.
Lettuce. basket, L25a2.50: onions.
100 pounds. 6.00aS.50; No. 2, S.00a5.00;
oysterplants, bunch, Sa9; parsnips.
bushel, 1.00a1.50; peas. hamper. 5.5oa
500; peppers. crate. 2.50a4.50: savoy
rel. :. 2.5oa4.25; squash. crate. 4.eOa5.00;
tomatoes; crate. 2.5oas.oo; turnips.
Apples. packed. barrel. 6.0oa9. 90:
No. 2. 4.Q0a6.00: bushel, 1.25a2.50; box
apples, 25oa4.25: cranberries. barrel.
25.0oa40.00; grapefruit, box, 250a
$50: oranges, box. 4.00a5.25; tan
gerines. strap, 4.0oas.00; Strawberries.
quart. 5oa55.
Selling Prices at Noon.
Wheat-No. l red winter, spot, no
quotations; No. red winter spot,
1874; No. red winter, garlicky,
Corn-cob corn, old. yellow, quoted.
3:25 and $50 per barrel; contract corn.
6'h: No. 4 corn. spot. Sc per bushel:
track corn, yellow. No. 2, domestic or
better. 60 per bushel.
/ Oats-White. No. 2 81 per bushel:
No. 3, 46ia per bushel
Rye-Nearby, 90a1.00 per bushel:
NO. western. export, spot 10 nomi-
nal per bushel: No. 3, no quotation.
Hay-Receipts. So tons: range is
1900 to 21:0o for good to choice limo
thy and mixed hay: market firmer.
Straw-No.' rye, nominal, 1880:
No. I wheat. tangled, 11.O0: No. 1 oat,
nominal. 10.00a115o.
CHICAGO. February 17-W'heat de-
clined in value today during the earl
trading. affected chiefly by downtur,s
in quotations at Liverpool. Besides
numerous holders of wheat continued
TO show a disposition to realize prof.
i. whenever the market rallied. in
Some quarters there was evidence OF
. a desire to let go of hay contracts ani
to take July instead. because Of un-
favorable weather and crop reports
from the southwest. Opening quota
! tlons, which varied from unchanged
hgures to q lower, with May 1.39 10
1899 and July 1.21a to 1.22. werr
followed by an irregular but general
decline.
Corn and oats eased down with
wheat. After opening SAX to z off.
May 52ss to So, the corn market re
Oats started shade to q lower:
| May AZ to 42L, and later rallied
little.
Absence of offerings made provi-
sions average higher despite contrary
action of hog and grain values
! Potatoes-Steady; receipts. ~ cars:
total United States shipments, 4is
cars; Colorado sacked brown beauties.
2.2sa2.35 cwt; Wisconsin sacked
round whites. 1.15a1.a5 cwt.. mostly
! 1.S5 cwt.: Wisconsin bulk round
whites. no sales reported, asking
c.05a2.15 cwt: Minnesota sacked
4 round whites. l.65a1.G5 cwt.
Subsequently reports Of high winds in
Kansas were received, but the news
failed to prove helpful in sustaining
wheat prices. The close was heavy. lss
to 21s net lower. with Nav 1.374 To
1871. and July 1.2o5s to 1-20&.
In the later dealings, the corn market
receded further with wheat. although
| much notice was taken of the fact that
| there are 5000 more hogs on the farms
at present than was the case year
ago. Prices closed unsettled. q to 1a1is
net lower, with May 6sA 10 6fas.