Evening star., 1922-05-27
and Live Stock
CRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE. May 27 (SpeciaD:-o
Potatoes white. 100 lbs. 1.2bai.So;
SS h Soa1S nsT potasss: nsss: snd md ysms suus
bbi.. 3.o6a4.00; No. 2. 2.ooa2.5o; bus,
1.ooa1.25: No. 2. 5oa76: asparagus,
doz, 2.50a3.00: No. 2, 1.20a1.S0; beans
hamper. 1.ooa2.oo: beets. hundred.
ssrross. sS9ase0 handseas saSSsse @ soos7oo corn.
crate. 1.50a4.00; cucumbers, crate,
l.5oa2;5o: eggplants. crate. 1.ooa2.2S;
Lettuce, basket, 15a40; onions. 100
onions. hundred, 1.25a7.50; peas, bu.,
2.00a2.25; peppers. crate. 1.5OaSOo;
radishes, hundred, 5oa2.o0; rhubarb.
hundred. 3.00a5.00; spinach, bus. Soa
so; squash, crate. 1.00a1.75; tomatoes,
crate. 2.50a550.
Apples, packed. bbl., 650aS.50; No.
., 6.00a6.00; bushel. 1.75a2.50: box ap-
pies, 2.5Oa4.00; blackberries, qt., goa
rs: cherries, lb.. 15a20; grapefruit,
box. 3.5Oa5.00: oranges. box. 6.00aS.o0;
peaches, crate. 3.00a3.50: Strawberries,
qt., 10a22; watermelons. each, 50a75.
Closing Prices at 1 O'Clock.
Wheat-No. 1 red winter. spot, no
1864: No. red winter. garlicky.
1.35 y; May wheat. no bid. No sales:
Corn-Cob corn. old. yellow. quoted
3.50a3.60 per barrel: contract corn,
spot. 6sH; No. corn. spot. 6s; track
corn. yellow. No. domestic, better,
~. No sales
Oats-White No. 2. 4sh asked per
bushel; No. 8, 40 asked per bushel.
Rye-Nearby. sOa1.o5 per bushel:
No. western. export, spot, 1.13; NO.
3. no quotations.
Hay-Receipts. 11S tons; range is
$500 to 22.00 for good to choice tim
othy and mixed hay; demand fair
and market firm; supply on hand
ample for trade.
Straw-No, l tangled rye. 1850; No.
l wheat. 11.00: No. 1 oat, nominal.
11.00all.50.
wheat was light today, and the mar
ket was easily influenced; There was
some scattered local and commission
house buying. but the locals were
disposed to await for something to
happen; The early dealings in the
mainly of an evening-up character.
Deliveries on May contracts this
morning were 100000 bushels. and
fresh receipts were 800 carloads of
ues showing a loss of u. to Y. May.
1.251a to 1.26. and July 1.22A to
1.222s, the market rallied slightly,
then began to sag.
Further reports of rain in the CEN
trail west affected corn and oats. After
starting 4 Off to 1s advance, July
62H to So. the corn market rallied
slightly. then reacted to about the
initial figures.
Oats opened unchanged to u lower.
July. 3Sss, and held close to the start
ing figures.
Higher quotations for hogs gave
firmness to provisions.
Potatoes, firm; receipts. 43 cars: to-
tai United States shipments, 693: Wis
consin sacked and bulk round whites.
1.50a1.6O cwt.: Michigan bulk round
whites. 1.5Oa1.60 cwt.; Idaho sacked
rurals. 1.6O cwt.; Idaho sacked russets,
branded. 200 cwt.: unbranded, 1.l0
a1.8S cwt.; new stock weak;
Alabama sacked Bliss triumphs. No.
l. 2.90a3.00 cwt.; Texas sacked Bliss
triumphs, 25Oa2.75 cwt.; Florida
Spaulding rose double-headed barrels,
No. /. 500: South Carolina slat bar
rels, Irish cobblers. No. l. few sales,
500.
Trade in May wheat later became
more liberal. Short covering alb
sorbed the offerings and a fair recov-
cry took place. the deferred deliv-
cries showing greatest firmness. The
close was unsettled, with prices rang
ing from l y down to a advance,
with May. I;24h to 1.24a and July
1.22h to 1.22H.
Corn displayed firm tone later on
buying by local professionals and
some commission houses, and the
market closed about steady, with
values z higher to 4 lower. July SO