Evening star., 1923-09-05
Grain, Produce and
!. Live Stock
LOCAL Wholesale MARKET.
Watermelens are still plentiful. The

The season for cantaloupes from the
nearby country is fast drawing to
close. Very few small shipments are
being received. and much of the fruit
has lost its sweetness.
Peaches are still being received IN
large quantities. The fruit is, OF
splendd quality, and dealers report
prices as being reasonable. Cling
peaches for canning are expected to
be received in the next few days.
Such fruit was especially scarce last
season.
Eggs - Strictly fresh. selected.
candied. per dozen, 3ta35: average re-
ceipts, 80; southern, 80.
Live poultry-Roosters.. per lb;, II;
turkeys, per lb., IS: spring chickens.
per lb., 30a32; keats. young, each, 40ao0;
fowls. per. lb.. n. ~.
Dressed poultry-Fresh killed spting
chickens, per Ib., 34a3s; winter chick
ems. per lb, aoa35; hens. per lb.. 3oaS2;
35a4o; keats, young. each, so.
Live stock-Calves. choice. per ib,.
111s; medium, per lb., 1oalli thin
per lb.. SAT. Lambs, spring. per 10: 10:
lsa14; live pigs. a.ooa6.eo each' live
Green fruits-Apples. new. per bas-
era crate. ''Ta s.ooas.so. 'S G,r Florida. s.eoas'oo
Lemons. per box. 7.e0as.oo. Grape
fruit. 4.ooa4 SO. Peaches, per crate, SO
Grape Grapes. Concord, usa 1.5sas, ; 90; Delaware,
1:5oa2 90: Niagara, 1.5oa2.oo.
vegetables-New potatoes, per
bbi.. No. i. 5.ooas.oo: No 2, 25Hs.5e
New Jersey potatoes, bag. 45oa5.o9.
New YORK York lettuce. per crate 1eeas 90
Cabbage, per crate, 2.50as.o0; nearby,
LIS per bbl. Eggplant. per crate,
] .Soa 2:0e: Tomatoes. y bu basket, near
BY. 25a5o. Beans. 1.50a3.o0 per bbi
celery. per crate, 45oa5.5o. Squash, 25a
kea75. Kale. per bbl., 1.5oa2.oe. Spin
ach. per crate, 75a1.5o. YOUNGSTOWN
lima beans, per quart, 2Ga30. New York
grown cucun1bers, per bushel. 2.80a3.90.
Sugar. corn, per dozen. lba30.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE, Md. September 5
(Spe eciaD.-Potatoes. new, barrel, 200
$50; s5,iS;, per per 100 100 pounds a,2sas
barrel. 1.OSa+.5O; bushel. 75as5; beans,
bushel, 35a55; lima beans, bushel,
215a2.25; beets, hundred, 4.00a5. 90 {;
cabbage. hundred. 5.08as.o0; carrots,
hundred, 40oa5.0o; celery, dozen, 35a
IS; corn. dozen, 12a22; cucumbers.
basket. 5oa75: eggplants, basket, 25a
35; squash, basket, 1Oa25; lettuce.
crate, 50a1.25; onions, hundred pounds,
2.25a3.50: tomatoes. basket, 25a3J
packing stock. bushel. 55a65.
Apples, barrel, 1.50a3.00; bushel.
100a1.25: basket, 15a50; black berries.
quart. 12a1S; cantaloupes, crate. 1.00a
$50; basket, 25a1oe; damsor1s, pound,
2a2 "; huckleberries, quart, 15a20;
peaches, bushei, 1.25a2.10; basket, 75a
Ito; plums, basket. 25a75; water
melons, each, 7a35; pears, basket. 75a
1.25.
Selling Prices on Grain.
Wheat-No. red winter, spot.
1.os4; No. red winter, gsrlicky.
licky. spot. 97A; No. red winter.
garlicky, spot, 93b
! 'Sales-Bag lots of nearby at 90: 400
bushels sample grade winter, gar
Iicky, at 90.
Corn-Cob. new. 500 per barreI: No.
y corn. spot, no quotations; track
corn, yellow, No. or better. los \.
aloe
sales-Bag lot of yellow. delivered
al l.10..
oats--No. . white. old. 4sI.; No. 3
white. 4sa4sis. New oats are selling
at cent a busheI less
Rye-Nearby. 75as5 per bushel: No.
western export. spot. 74A; No.
mora befsl recepts ths f1a' past tnasT faw
days the market for new hay rules
easier. at range of $500 TO $500
per ton. All heated or damaged hay,
hewever, has to be sold at discount
/ Straw-No. l tangled rye. 15.b6a
1900: No. 1 wheat, 12.0eal250; No. i
oat, 13.eoa14.0e.
-' DAIRY MARKETS.
BALTIMORE. September fSpe
| c:aD.-Iive pouitry-spring chickens
2Sas2; beghorns, 2sae6; old hens, aC
a2s; Leshorns. 20a22: old roosters. Is
/ Guinea fowl. 40a6e.-
Eggs Qoss off)-Native and nearb,
frsts doz.. 32aS3: southern. 81.
| Butter-Creamery. good to fancy
42a46: Y prints, 46a4S: nearby. 35a4o
ladies. 34a35: rolls S1a33; store-packed
| 81; dairy prints, sIa33: process butter
| 3SaSs.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
CHICAGO, September Omitted
States Department of Agriculture).- =
Hogs-Receipts. $4,000 head; slow
| mostly Is to 25 cents lower: goot
light slow. most decline; bulk good
and choice. $50 to 230 pound averages
| 9:25a9.50; top. $50; desirable 240 tc
325 pound butchers largely. S60a915
! most packing sows. 7.40a7.70: desir.
heavyweight hogs. S.30a9.25; medium
! s9aa950; light. S.20a9.50: light light
tt. 90a9.40: packing sows. smooth 7.5aa
7.s5: packing sows. rough. 7.10a7.50
I slaughter pigs. 7.25a900.
.Cattle-Receipts, $4,000 head: prac-
| tically nothing done: undertone
| sharply lower on most killing classes
| killers bidding rs to 40 cents unde,
| Tuesday on beef steers. yearlings and
| fat she stock; few early salesr light
I II, not 11E .
cents off; some strictly choiced mixe6
! yearlings. averaging around 1.00t
| pounds, 1900; heavies, long fed steers
! sharing decline; steers contingent
/ mostly natives; short fed kind in lib
| eral supply: run includes about 1;o0t
| western grassers. Gamers and cut:
! ters and bulls, 10 to Is cents off
| spots more; early trading on vealers
/ largely steady; packers buying best
| kind around 11.oo. few 1125 ant
| above; outsiders, hard picking, up tc
12.00.
4 little done on westerns; killing stocl
| mostly 25 cents lower; spots more
/, feeders generally steady; early sale:
! native fat lambs mostly, 1925; some
| lambs. 1915; Gull natives largely
s.75a925;. light and handy weigh
| ewes, 6. 6.56a7.25, feeding ewes gener.
ally. 5.75aS.25; most feeding lambs
| 13.S5a1S.5o. -.
ToDAY,s CHICAGO PRICES.
| CHICAGO, September 5.-Report:
that Greece had bought 10000 tons Of
durum and hard winter wheat fol
September shipments from the United
States was a factor today in causins
wheat to average a little higher IL
price during the early dealings
! Firmness of Liverpool quotations il
the face of yesterdays decline here
! counted also as q bullish influence
ON the other hand, suspension Of busi