Evening star., 1922-10-11
Grain, Produce
and Live Stock

and Live Stock
WH0LESALE MARKET PRICES.
Winter Queen. a new variety OF
melon from Rocky Ford. Col, is in
such demand that it promises to be-
como a strong competitor of the
southern watermelon. 1t presents the
appearance of the honeydews on the
outside, while the inside is red to the
rfnd." Dealers expect they will have
them on hand for the Christmas holi-
day season.
Rocky Ford cantaloupes. still fairly
market another week or more. The
demand for them is steadily decreas-
Ing. The fruit market is abundantly
supplied with large variety of at
tractive shipments from the south
and west.
Recent rains resulted in smaller re-
ceipts of poultry. but with no advance
In prices. Strictly fresh creamery
butter and eggs are scarce and ship
ments slow. an advance of cents a
dozen In the price of eggs resulting
Cheese also is reported scarce,
Dealers report an increase of to
cents a pound the past month, but arc
unable to forecast prices for the win
ter. The meat market is firm. with
no appreciable changes in prices.
Ezgs-Strictly fresh. selected. can
died. per dozen. 43a44; average re-
ceipts, Al; southern. 40.
Live poultry-Roosters per ib., 16.
turkeys. per lb., IS: spring chickens,
per lb.. 2Sa2s: keats, young, each, 35a5o;
fowls. 26.
Dressed poultry-Fresh killed spring
chickens. per h., 33a35; hens, per ib.,
2Sa30: roosters, per lb., 20; turkeys:
per ib., 4Sa5o; Keats young. EACH SO
Live stock-Calves. choice, per lb..
1917; medium. per lb.. 13: thin. per lb..
6a9 Lambs choice. per h., 13 Y: live
pigs, 300a8.00 each; live hogs, per lb.,
10.
Green fruits-Apples. new. per bbl..
1:ooa5:75: per bushel basket. nearby;
as.oo: 500 per box. s,ooa3.5o. California
oranges. per crate. s.00aIo.oo. Lemons.
per box. 5.00a7 90. Peaches, per basket,
1.00a2.50. Cantaloupes. Rockyfords.
pinks; ink m fiats' i.ooal.5o; honeyde~s'
yesetabIes-Potatoes, per bbl;: No
50a1.0 Sweet potatoes. North Caro-
lima, 1.5oa2.oo; nearby, 1.5oa2.oo. Let
tuce, per crate. 75al.00. Romano let
tuse. l.5o. Cymblings,. per csass' na l;eea
bage. West Virginia, l.5oa2.oo per bbl::
nearby cabbage, per bbl.. 1.5oa2.oo.
Cucumbers. per bu. 1.oOa2.5o. Egg
plants. per crate, 75al:25: Tomatoes.
T. ooa3.5o per bbl. Peas. 2.ooa3.oo per
basket. Peppers, per crate. 4oaa5, kaIe.
50a75. Spinach, per crate: 1-ooa1-
Lima beans. per quart, 3oa5o. Celery.
per doz.. 5oa1.0o. Corn. 15a3o per doz.
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK. October 1.-THE
cotton market opened steady at an
advance of IL to 10 points in Response
to relatively firm Liverpool cables
reports of improving political con-
ditions abroad and continued strength
in the cotton goods market. Decem-
Der contracts sold up to 2l.9o on the
call. but the advance ran into
good deal of realizing for the holiday
tomorrow. and the market was
barely steady during the early trad
ing with prices easing of 10 or u
points from the best. Foreign and
domestic trade interests were credited
with buying at the opening and
three was some covering by brokers
who had sold earlier in the week.
Futures opened steady: December.
21-9o; January. 2L72: March, 21.ss:
May, 21S2: July. 21.62.
NEW ORLEANS. October 11-Ad-
vances of 20 to go points were made
by cotton in first half hour of trad
ing today. the December position ris-
ing to 2l.3S cents pound. Two i'm
portant influences were at work. the
signing of the armistice between the
allies and Turks. and the weekly
crop reports from the government,
generally considered to be the most
bullish returns ever issued this early
in the season. because Of the state
ment that picking and ginning were
either finished or well advanced in
most sections of the cotton region,
Futures opened steady October.
21.3s; December. 2I34: January.
2I.3s; March. 2ISs; May 21.S5.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE. October IL (SpeciaIl.
Potatoes, white. barrel LOCAL 90:
! 100 pounds. 50al.20. $50 pounds, 1.0oa
100; sweets and yams. barrel. LISA
1.5o: beans, bushel. 65a90: lima beans.
bushei; s.ooas.5o; beets. 100, 2.ooas,oo;
broccoli. bushel, 2oa25: cabbage. loo.
3.0oa6.oo: corn. dozen. 2oaS5; carrots
| 100. 3.00a4.00: celery, dozen, 4oaso:
caulif1ower, barrel. 3.00a5.00; cucum
| bers. bushel. 2.50a3.0o; eggplants.
| basket. 50a75; lettuce. bushel. 50al.oo:
kins. 100. 3.o0a6oo: peppers basket.
20a40; spinach, bushel. 40a50: squash.
| basket, 65a75; tomatoes. basket sea
65; packing stock. bushei, 75a90;
turnips. basket, 35a5o.
Apples. packed. barrel. e-5oa5.oo:
bushel. 1.25a1.50: loose. barrel, 1.00a
| 1.50: bushel. 2.o0a2.25: cranberries.
| barrel. 10.00a11. 90: damsons and pIums.
bushel, 1.50a2.00; grapes, ,twenty-pound
! basket, S5al.o0: grapefruit. box. 4.0oa
500; peaches. basket, 50a1.00: bushel.
1.00a2.oo; pears, basket. 30a5c; bushel,
1.75a2.50.
Selling Prices at 1880 Pm.
Wheat-No. 1 red winter. spot no
quotations: No. red winter. spot
1.23: No. >. 1-21a4: No. red winter
garlicky. spot. 1.l5k No. red win
ter. garlicky. spot. 1.0424 per bushel.
October, L15A: November. no bid
Sales. none.
spot, so per bushel; No. corn, 81. !;
No. 4. no quotations; track corn. vel
low, No. ? or better. 81 per bushel
Sales. none.
oats-White. No. :. SO per bushel
No. 3, 52l l2a53
2. western export. spot. 80 nominal
per bushel; No. ). no quotations
Hay-Receipts. IL tons; market firm
for fair to good timothy at 1S0Oa
1900, and fair to good mixed, 15.o0s
1900 per ton.
Straw No. tangled rye. l5.ona
1900: No. wheat 9.50a10.oo: No. /
oat, nominal, 12.00a12.50.
Break Later ON Way.
CHICAGO. October IL
The days operations in stocks bore
the marks of professional origin
plainly. The same coterie who
bought in the forenoon were to q
| large extent the sellers of the after
noon.
I Sc o result early IeaHerS baJ a,
| sharp recoil in the last hour.