Evening star., 1922-02-06
Grain, Produce
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE, FEBRUARY tSpecid)-
Potatoes. white, 100 pounds, 2.o0a
ESQ: No. 2, LOCALES; $50 pounds. $50
a3.75; No. 2. 2.o0a2.25. Sweets and
yams, barrel. I00a5.0O: No. 2, 2.ooa
225; bushel. I.5oa1.e0: No. 2. 5oaI5.
Beans. hamper. ,3.O0a4.50. Beets. crate.
2.75a3O0, Broccoli. bushel. 25a35. cab
bage. hamper. l.10a1.50. Carrots, 100
pounds. $50. Caulifiower. crate. Lisa
$50. Celery. dozen. 1.00al.75; crate,
3:75as.O0. Cucumbers;; crate: 2.5Gss,oo.
radish. bushel. 3.50a3.75. kale, barrel
75a1.00
Lettuce. basket. 1.5oa2.oo. Onions,
100 pounds. 7.5oas.50; No; ?, 3.oOa5:oo.
oysterpianssss. bunch; sas. sr farsn'Rs' ansh Ps
Peppers, crate. 25Oa4.00. Radishes.
bunch. sa4 Savoy cabbage. bushel.
50a60. Spinach. barrel, 2.5Oa4.0o.
Squash. crate, 3.5oa4.50: tomatoes
crate. 3.00a6.5O. Turnips, basket, 4Oa5o.
p. 4.0Oas.Oo: bushel. 1.25a2.5o; box
apples. 2.50a4.50. Cranberries. barrel.
25. O0a 90. Grapefruit box, 2.25a3 5o.
Oranges. box 4.00a550. Tangerines.
strap. 4.50aS.0O. Strawberries, quart,
60a65.
Selling Prices at Noon.
Wheat-No ] red winter, spot. no
quotations: No. 2 red winter. spot,
1.31i:; No. red winter, garlicky.
1.21hs.
Corn-Cob corn. old, yellow. quoted
3.05 per barrel: contract corn. spot.
63h: No. 4 corn. spot, 62 per bushel'
track corn, yellow. No. 2. domestic or
better, 64iaa65 per bushel.
Oats-White. No. 2, 46ha47 per
bushel; No. 3. 45a46 per bushel
Rye-Nearby. S0a90 per bushel; No.
quotations.
Hay-Receipts. 13 tons; range is
1900 to 21.00 for good to choice tim
othy and mixed hay; market firmer.
Straw--No. rye, nominal. 1880;
No. ] wheat. tangled. 100; No. 1 oat,
nominal. 1O,00alI.50.
CHICAGO. February G.-,Renewal of
aggressive buying in the wheat mar
ket early today led to a decided up
ward swing in prices. The upiurn
here WAS stimulated by an advance in
quotations at liverpool and BuenoE
Aires and optimistic views expressed
by leading authorities here. Both the
May delivery and the July delivery
touched the highest level of prices at
tained since the recent advance be
gan. The opening. which varied from
ls to y higher. with May 1.20A to
1.25ss. and July. 1.09 to 1.09a4. was
followed by material further gains
before the market showed any ten
dency to react.
Reports of a nearly complete stop
page of selling by rural holders did a
good deal to lift corn prices. After
opening unchanged to u higher. May
56A to 56l.. the corn market scored
sharp general gains.
Oats ascended with other grain.
starting X off to haA higher. May
39& to 39a.. and later advancing all
round.
Provisions rose in response to the
action of prices for cereals and hogs.
Potatoes-Weak: receipts. ll6 cars:
total United States shipments. 6S6
cars: Wisconsin sacked round whites.
11na1.S0 cwt.; Michigan bulk round
whites. 19Oa2.lO cwt.: Minnesota
sacked round whites. 1.65a1.75 cwt.:
Colorado sacked brown beauties. some
frozen. 2.O6a2.15 cwt
May wheat delivery got above l.2s
for the first time since September -,
1921. Liberal export sales were re-
ported and there was sharp de-
crease in the domestic visible sup
ply total. The close was firm. rs to
az net higher, with May 1.2s$s to
'1.2SIa and July 1.10as to 1.10&.
shorts found but little corn oner-
ing and were urgent bidders as prices
moved upward. The close was firm al
oIs to 2S net advance, with Ma!
5Sss to 5S5s.