Evening star., 1922-02-15
Grain, Produce

BALTIMORE. February Is tSpe
tiaD 10e pounds. 1.90a2.
No. ?. 1.00a1.25: $50 pounds. S.2sa3. so;
No. 2. 2;ooa2.25: sweets and vans,
Beans. hamper. 3.56a6.oo. Beets.
bunch. Sal. Cabbage. hamper, LISA
1.s0. Carrots. bunch. Z. Caulifiower.
crate. 250a2.75. Celery. dozen. S0a
LAO: crate. 3.00a4.00. Cucumbers.
crate. 3.00aS.00. Elephants, crate. $50
a5.oo. Horseradish, bushei, 3.5oa4.00.
kale. barrel, 1.50.
Lettuce. basket. 1.25a2.50. Onions,
100 pounds. 6.00a8. so; No. ., 3.00a5 90.
Oysterplants. bunch. SAG. Parsnips.
bushel. 1.00a1.50. Peas. hamper. 5.50a
$50. Peppers. crate. 2.50a4.50. Savoy
cabbage. bushel, 60a75. Spinach. bar
rel; 2.50a4.25. Squash, crate. 4.0os
nips. basket, 40a60.
Apples. packed. barrel. 6.eoas.00;
No. 2. 4.00a6.00: bushel. 1.25a2.50; box
apples, 2.50a4.25. Cranberries, bar
rel. 25.00a4G00. Grapefruit, box, 2.50a
$50: Oranges. box, 4.00a5.25. Tan
gerines, strap, 4.00as.00. Strawber-
ries, quart. 50a55.
Selling Prices mt Noon.
Wheat-No. l red winter. spot. no
quotations; No. 2 red winter. spot,
LAO nominal: No. . red winter, gar
licky, 1876 nominal.
F1our-There was an advance OF
% cents per barrel on all western
flour and 25 cents per barrel on city
mills announced here today.
Corn-Cob corn. old. yellow. quoted.
324 and $50 per barrel: contract corn,
SPOT 6i norpinal: No. corn, spot,
90 nominal per bushel; track corn.
ssIloss se,lo@' IN, No; =; domestic or better
oats-White. No. 2, 47a47Is per
bushel: No. 9. 46a46Is per bushel.
=, Rye-Nearby. S0a1.00 per bushel;
No. NO. western, export. spot. 1.l4h per
oushei' NO. ., no quotation.
fTy-Receipts, 50 tons; range is
$500 to 21.o0 for good to choice timo-
thy and mixed hay: market firmer-
Straw-So. rye. nominal. 1890; No.
wheat, tangled. 11.O0, No. / oat,
nominal. 10.00a11.50.
CHICAGO, February IL. Wheat
prices turned downward today to a
moderate extent during the early
trading, general selling having de-
veioped as consequence of later
quotations from Liverpool. Opinions
were expressed in somt quarters that
the recent advance in values had
been oyerdone and that further i'm
mediate export buying on large
scale was unlikely. On the decline in
prices here. however. something Of
renewal of lively demand from com
mission houses was encountered and
a fractional upturn in prices ensued.
opening quotations. which varied
from y TO 1's lower, with May, 1.37
to 1.36 and July 1.201. to 1909, were
followed by slight additional set
back and then by some recovery.
Corn and oats eased down in price
a little with wheat. After opening
x TO ss lower. May. CO.'S to 6O1.. the
corn market held close to the initial
range.
Oats started Is to :. off. May. 4Oss
to IL. and later showed a tendency to
react.
Provisions declined with grain de-
spite new upturns in the value of
hogs.
Potatoes weak: receipts. 80, cars;
total United States shipments. 426;
Wisconsin sacked round whites. LIS
also cwt.: Minnesota and North Da-
kota sacked round whites. l.65a1.e5
cwt.: Idaho sacked rurals. 2.00a2.10
cwt.
Later the wheat market a:cended
sharply. May getting above 1.41. in
fiuenced by bullish domestic crop re-
ports. better flour trade and by indi-
cations of some fresh expect busine7s
The close was unsettled. les to 2ss
net higher, with May 1.41 to LII Il
and July 1874 to 1.2S1s.
Subsequently the corn market
scored an advance to the highest
prices yet this season, spectators
bought freely. Oats also advanced
with considerable vigor. Corn closed
strong. Ia 70 2i4a29s net higher
with May 6e:s to S27sa6s.