Evening star., 1922-05-23
Grain, Produce and Live Stock
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE, May % (Specia):-
| Potatoes. white, 100 pounds. 1.26al:5o;
No. 2. 50a75: new potatoes, barrel o,oS
| a5.25; bushel, 1.O0a1.15; sweets anu
| yams. barrel, 3.00a450; No q 2OOa
| ESQ; bushel. 1o0a1 so: No. 2. b0a1o: as
paragus. dozen. 2.50a3.5O: No. q, 1.20a
| l.S0; beans. hamper. 1.25a2.5O; beets'
| 100. 5.OOa6.00: cabbage, crate. l.ooa
! crate. 2.00a4.OO; cucumbers. crate, leo
a2.50; eggplants. crate. 1.25a3.0O; kale'
bushel. 2Oa30.
Lettuce. basket. 4oa1OO onions. 100
pounds, 3.50a5.OO; No. ., 2.50a3OO;
spring onions, 100, 150a1.75; peas,
a35O; radishes. 100. 50a2.00: rhubarb.
| 100, 4.O0a6.OO: spinach, bushel, 30a50:
squash: crate. 1.25a250: tomatoes
crate. 2OOa4.50.
Apples. packed. barrel. 650as;5o;
No. 2, 5.00a6. 90: bushel, 1.75a2.50: box
apples. 2.50a4.00; blackberries. quart.
20a25: cherries, pound. 20; grapefruit.
box, 3.50a5.00; oranges, box, 6.00a9.00;
peaches. crate. 4.5Oa5.0O; strawber-
ries, quart, 13a22.
Selling Prices nt 1 O'Clock.
Wheat-No. 1 red winter, spot. no
quotations: No. 2 red winter, spot.
lao; No. red winter, garlicky, spot,
lao; May wheat, no bid.
Sales. 1855 bushels of No. 2.
Red winter spot at LAO per bushel;
1000 bushels of No. red winter
spot at 1.S7 per bushel; bag lots OF
| nearby sample at 1.lO, lis and les
,, per bushel.
Corn-Cob corn. old. yellow, quoted
$50 per barrel: contract corn. spot,
o9s No. corn, spot, 677s; track
corn. yellow, No. 3 or better, 72 and
721a.
No sales
Oats-White. No. 2, 4s1s and so per
bushel; No. 3, 40 and 1917 per bushel.
Rye-Nearby, 95al.05 per bushel:
NO. ?, western export, spot, 1.1oA !;
No. 3, no quotation.
Hay-Receipts. 106 tons; range is
1900 to 2200 for good to choice tim
othy and mixed hay; market firm;
supply on hand. ample for trade.
Straw-No l tangled rye. 1900: No.
/ wheat. ll5Oa12 90; No. l oat, nomi-
nal, 12.00a13.00.
CHICAGO, May 23.-Heavy deliv-
cries on May contracts. 1000 BUSH
els toSetner with big receipts, 400
carloads, put bulls at a disadvantage
in the wheat market today during the
early dealings. On the other hand.
absence of liQuidating sales gave the
market comparative firmness at the
opening. Demand, however. was
limited. and the market showed a
tendency to sag. Opening prices.
! which varied from unchanged figures
to half cent higher. with May 1.3A
and July. 1.23A to 1.241s, were fol-
/ lowed by little further upturn for
May and then by a setback all round
to below yesterdays finish.
Corn and oats were easy with
wheat. After starting unchanged to
y lower, July. 63a to GA. the corn
market declined little for all de-
| liveries.
| oats started unchanged to 4 lower.
July, 3Sl2 to 3S5s. and then suffered
slight general setback.
Potatoes Srp4IV- r,.painrS ;
Total United States shipments. 473
.ars; Wisconsin sacked round whites.
! whites, 1.50al.60 cwt.: Idaho sacked
russets, 1.S5 cwt.: Idaho sacked rurals,
| l.I0 cwt.; Canadian sacked whites.
( No. l, lao cwt.; New stock, steady on
barrels; weak on sacks, Florida
/ Spaulding rose doubled headed bar
! rels. No. l. $50; South Carolina slat
| barrels, Irish cobblers, 6.25; Alabama
I sacked Bliss triumphs 3.20a3.35 cwt.;
/ Louisiana sacked Bliss triumphs fair
| quality, 500 cwt.; Texas sacked Bliss
| triumphs 3.0oa3.l0 cwt.
Announcement was made that rail
roads west of here had ordered
wheat shipments to Chicago rushed
on a twenty-four-hour schedule from
Missouri river points to Chicago Sub
sequently. though, improved prospects
from Chicago led to enlarged buying
and to higher values, May delivery
showing temporary an overnight ad-
vance of 5 cents.
COrn-AdVanCe enSued when the
wheat market developed strength.
I The close was nervous at shade off
to Is cents gain with July 64B.