Evening star., 1922-03-07
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE March .fSpecial9s-
Potatoes. white, i8o pounds. .l.75a2.15: {:
No. sas l.7sa2.o0: sweets and syahs.
barrel, 3.08a4.50; No. g. 1.75a2.O0;
bushef., :4.40a1.65; No. 3. aoa75; bean 8,
hamper, 2.60a400: beets,, bunch, 4a1;
cabbage. hamper, sL00al.25; carrotD.
bunch, aa6; cauliflower, crate. ,1.6ea
aa.50 = scucumbers, tcrate.s 4.50a6.60; egg
plants, crate. 2.50a5.00; horseradish,
bushel 4.5oa5.00; kale. barrel. l.25a
Lettuce. basket. 3.5oa4.5o; onions,
leo pounds. 6.00a8.50; No. 2, 300a5.0 90;
bushel, 60a75; peas. hamper. 5.ooa6.5 So:
peppers. crate, 2.59a4.50: spinach, bar
rel. 2.50a4.oQ; sdQxsh crate, 4.60a5. SO; !;
tomatoes. crats 3seaa4.5o: turnips,
basket. 30aS5. .S:S.;S r.
apples, 2.s5a4.oo; .efanberries, barrel
oranges, box, 4OOa6. 90; tan1erines
strap, 6.ooas.oo; strawberries. quart,
Selling Prices at tNoon.
Wheat-No. 4 red winter. spot. no
quotation; No. 2 red winter, spot,
"; No.. 2 red winter. sarlicky,
Corn-Cob corn. old. yellow. quoted
S.60a3.65 per, barrel: contract corn,
spot. 68&: No. 4. corn, spot, S7k per
bushel: crack corn. yellow. No. 8, do
mestic or better. Is per bushe1.
,,e oats-Whte. No. .. 74s per bushel;
Rye-Nearby. 95a1.05 per ,bushel;
No: 2 western export, spot, 1.12A; No.
Hay-Receipts. II tons; range is
1s.0oa21:eo for good TO choice timothy
and mixed hay: market firm.
Straw-No. 1 rye. nominal, 1880:
No. ! wheat. tangled, 11.Qo: No. 'oat.
nominal. 10.0Oa11.50.
CHICAGO, March Wheat UNDER
went material setback in price to-
day during the early trading. sellers
having an advantage because of an
unlooked-for decline at Liverpool. Be-
sides, crop reports from the southwest
were of a.favorable character. Fields
which had appeared dead were re-
ported as showing a noticeable re-
V1vaL Opening quotations, which va
ried from u to TX lower. with May
l.42 to i:s2& and July L20h to 1.21.
were followed by moderate further
drop, and then something Of a rally.
Corn and oats went downward in
price with wheat. After openingAa3s
to l lower. May 63% to. "a, the corn
market. continued weak for while
and then recovered to some extent.
oASS uISpidS Gu independence OF Otn-
er grain. There was said to be lib
eral export dealings in oats at the
seaboard. The. opening ranged from
/ 4 on to a like advance. May at AN
deliveries =,
Slight upturns in the value of hogs
were promptly reflected by the pro-
visions market. = 80
Potatoes-Weak: receipts. 104 cars;
total United, States shipments, 629;
Wisconsin sacks round whites, 1.7Oa
1.S0 cwt; Wisconsin bulk round
whites, 1.s0a1.s0 cwt.; Michigan sack
ed round whites. 100 cwt.; Minnesota
sacked round. whites. 1.65a1.75 cwt.;
minnesota sacked mixed red and
white. 1.60af.70 cwt.; Minnesota sack
ed red rivers. mostly, 200 cwt.; idaho
sacked ruralsi- 1sS5a1:90 cwt.;, Colorado
sacked brown'beauties. 2.10 cwt
subsequently,, the wheat market
here showed rather stubborn resist
ance to selling pressure, considering
that he-LiNerpnol market was down
~ to 3Ad. and that selling there on
q large scales eswas~feported. The clos
ing In Chicago was unsettled, 19a to
2 net lower with May 1.41S to 1.41M
and July 1.19A to 120
White corn went to a premium over
yellow and mixed. The close was
steady at sak to ! net decline, May
Later, the provision market weak
ened as result of selling Of lard by
certain smaller packers with foreign
connections