Evening star., 1922-03-11
Grain. Produce and Live Stock
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. :

BALTIMORE, March II (Special).-
Potatoes. white. 100 pounds. 1.65a2.1o:
No. 2. 1.75a2.00; sweets and yams. bar
rel, 3.50a5.00; No. 2, 1.75a2.00; bushel,
1.25al.75; No. 2, 50a75: beans. hamper.
300a4. SO; beets. 5a7: cabbage. hamper.
Ioal.00; carrots. bunch. 4a6; cauli-
flower. crate. 150a3.00: celery. dozen.
crate. 5.00aS.00: eggplants. crate. 2.50a
$50: horseradish. bushel, 3.00ai.0o;
kale. barrel. 75al.25.
Lettuce: basket, 2.ooa3.so: onions.
100 pounds. 6.ooas.5o; No. 2. 3.ooa4.oe;
oyster plants. bunch. 7a1o: parsnips.
bushel. 4oa5o: peas hamper. seoa
500: peppers. crate, 3.o0a5.5o: spinach.
bushel. 1-2oa1.So: squash. crate. 4.50a
$50: tomatoes. crate. 1.50a3.75; tur-
nips. basket. s5a45.
No. 2. 5.50a6.50: bushel. 1.50a2.75: box
apples. 2.25a4.O0; cranberries. barrel.
Is. .0oa4o.00: grapefruit. box. 3.0Oas. so;
oranges. box, 5.00a6.00: tangerines,
strap. 7.ooa1o.o0; Strawberries. quart,
40a55.
Closing Prices at Neon.
Wheat-No. 1 red winter. spot. no
l.A h; No. 2 red winter. garlicky,
corn-Cob corn, old, yellow. quoted
| S.60a3.so per barrel; contract corn.
spot, $50: No. 4 corn. spot. 67k per
! bushel; track corn. yellow. No. ). do
! nestle or better. 73 asked per busheL.
| Sales-3.080 bushels of No. 8. white
I! at wharf at 67E; 500 bushels of No. )
| mixed, at wharf. at IS per bushel. Bag
lot OF mixed. at wharf. at 81 per bu.
Oats-White. No. 2. 471a asked per
bushel; No. ;. 461s asked per bushel.
Rye-Nearby. 95a1.o5 per bushel:
No. western export. spot. 1.13A; No.
| 3. no quotation.
H1y-Receipts. 46 tons: range is
lS0oa21.00 for good to choice timothy
and mixed hay; market firmer.
Straw-No. l rye. nominal. 1890:
nominal. Io.0oa1i5e
CHICAGO. March l1.-Strength in
corn today overcame weak opening
in wheat on the Chicago Board OF
to a cent lower. with May. l.35N to
1861 July. LII to l.17A. and Sep
tember. lii. Weakness abroad in
face of yesterdays rally here caused
the decline. but some short covering
and commission house buying checked
showed unusual Saturday strength
the wheat pit responded and soon
was on parity with yesterdays clos
ing.
lower, with May at 6sas2x. July.
67ls.
The initial losses were recovered in
the first few minutes, the market re-
ceiving good support. Offerings were
light. and when the buying continued
the strength became pronounced. At
/ the end of the first hour May was
;; IS y. July. 65z, and September, 67N.
Oats started unchanged to Y lower,
with May. 391s; July, II, and Septem-
ber. AZ. Trade was a bit dull, but the
grain firned up with corn.
Provisions were neglected. Prices
were unchanged to s. lower in the
early trailing.
Potatoes steady on russets. weak
! on other stocks: receipts. So cars:
total United States shipments. 797
| cars; Wisconsin round whites sacked.
1.65a1.75. Bulk. 1.75a.190: Minnesota
| round whites. sacked. 1.50a1.fe: Idaho,
| sacked rurals. 1.70a1.S5; sacked rus
! sets. 1.75a2.00, but mostly around
4 1.90.
A sharp bulge in midsession. caused
by short covering, was followed by
general weakness. but in the final fifteen
minutes there was a sharp rally, and
the close for wheat saw May, 1.31 u to
/! 18TH; July. 1.17x to 1.17E, and Sep
itepber, LILY bid.
| Corn followed wheat's course in the
later trading, and, after sag from
the high, closed on a rally, with May.
6Sa6S,s to 50 Y; July. S5A to 66, and