Evening star., 1922-05-22
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE, May 20 (SpeciaD.-
Potatoes, white. 100 pounds. 1.25a
1.50: No. 2. 5Oa75; new potatoes. bar
rel, 3,00a525; bushel, 1.00a1.75; sweets
and yams. barrel. 3.00a4.50: No. 2.
2.00a2.50; bushel. 1.00a1.50: No. ?. so
ais; asparagus. dozen, 2.50a3.50; No.
., 1.20a1,s0; beans, hamper. 1.25a2.50;
10Oa1.25: carrots. 100. 6.00a7.00: corn,
crate. 2.oOa4.o0; cucumbers, crate, 90
a2.50: eggplants, crate, 1.25a3.00; kale.
bushel 20a3O.
Lettuce-Basket, 40a1.0o; onions,
100 pounds. 35Oa5.Oo; No. 2. 2:50a
500: spring onions. 100. 1.50a1.75.
Peas. hamper. 2.5oa3.5O. Peppers,
crate, 200a35O. Radishes, 100, 50a
200. Rhubarb. 100. 4.00aS.00. Spin
ach. bushel, 30a50. Squash. crate. 1.2b
a2.50. Tomatoes. crate, 2.00a4.50.
Apples-Packed, barrel. 6.60aS: 30;
No. 2. 5.o0a6.OO: bushel. 1.75a2.5o; box
apples. 2.5oa4.00. Blackberries, quart.
20a25. Cherries, pound, 20. Grape
fruit. box, 35Oa5.OO. Oranges. box.
6.00a9.00 Peaches, crate. 4.5oa500.
Straw wberries, quart. l0a2o.
Selling Prices ut 10 O'Clock
Wheat-No. l red winter. spot. no
quotations.; No. red winter. spot,
1.37; No. = red winter. garllcky, spot,
l,37. May wheat. no bid.
Corn--Cob corn, old. yellow. quoted
$50 per barrel: contract corn. spot,
6Shs; No. 4 corn, spot, 6Th track
corn, yellow, No. or better. 72k.
Sales-3,270 bushels of No. l white
at 69ia per bushel
Oats-White, No. .. 491s and 30 per
bushel; No. 3. 40 and 49ls per bushel.
Rye-Nearby. 95al.05 per bushel;
No. ., western export. spot. LIS 12 !;
NO. 3. no quotation.
ID SC
1900 to 22.00 for good to choice tim
othy and mixed hay; market firm;
supply on hand ample for trade.
Straw-ANo. l tangled rye. 1900; No.
l wheat, II 5Oal2 90; No. l oat. nomi-
nal, 1300al3.00.
NEW YORK. May 22.-Flour, un-
settled; spring patents, s.25as'io:
strais hts, s.50a6.75; hard winter
straights, 7.40a7.75.
Pork, steady: mess, 26.5oa27.oo;
family, 27.00a29.O0.
Lard easy; middle west. 9oal2.00.
CHICAGO. May o2-Despite big re-
ceipts Of wheat here today, 5s5 car
loads. and Notwithstanding deliveries
of $4,000 bushels on May contracts.
the wheal market averaged little
higher in price during the early deal
inss. The upturn. III quotations re-
suited from speculative buying based
come oversold. Demand. however.
lacked volume. The opening, which
varied from "a decline to p advance,
with May 1856 and July 1.23h to
l.:3ss was followed by moderate gem
eral gains, and then something OF a
reaction.
Corn and oats reflected the action Of
wheat. After opening 4 off to s ad-
vance, July 64is to 64L. the corn
market hardened a little all around.
oats started 5 to q lower, July SO
to 39ls. and later rallied a trihe.
Lower quotations on hogs weakened
the provisions market.
Poiatoes-Steady: receipts, eighty
nine cars; total United States ship
ments. ISL; Michigan and Wisconsin
sacked round whites. 1.5oa1.60 cwt:
Idaho sacked round whites, I.50a1.T 10
cwt. New stock weak on sacks: steady
on barrels; Florida Spaulding rose.
double headed barrels. No. /. $50;
Alabama, Texas sacked triumphs, No.
/. 3.40a35O cwt.; Louisiana sacked
II riumphs. 3.25.
Commission houses that recently
have been bullsh were free sellers
when the wheat market underwent a
setback. The close was nervous. at
u to 8s net decline, July 64a64k TO
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