Evening star., 1923-10-30
Grain, Produce and
Live Stock
LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.

tfons were in demand this morning.
Large crops Of the vegetable have
been gathered in nearby Maryland
and Virginia and were offered this
morning at reasonable prices.
There were plentiful supplies OF
vegetables of practically every va
rfety this morning, belated frosts
meaning much to growers and pro-
crops.
Green tomatoes are in demand.
They not only are used for picking
purposes, but housewives wrap them
to ripen them for table use later on.
Eggs-Strictly fresh. selected. can
died, per dozen. 46a4S; average receipts.
46; storage, 35a36.
Live poultry-Roosters.. pei. lb. 1s;
turkeys. per lb.. 3Sa4o; spring chickens.
per lb.. 22a25; keats. young, each. 5oa60:
fowls, per lb., 23a24.
Dressed poultry - Fresh killed
spring chickens, per h., 3oa32; roast
ers. per lb.. 30a35: hens. per lb. 3oa32;
turkeys, per lb.. 40a50; keats, young
each. soas5; roosters. per lb,, 21a22.
!, .! Live ress' stock-calves: choice. per lb.. lb
Sa1o Lambs. spring. per h.. 13. Live
pigs, 3.9oa5.oo each; live hogs. per h.,
Green fruits-Apples. new. per has
ket. 5oa250. California oranges; per
crate. 6.0oa7.00; Florida, 2.5oa45o. Lem
ons, per box. 3.00a400. Grapefruit, 3.50a
4.25: Grapes. Concord. twenty-pound
basket, 75a1.00: two-Quart basket, 22ha
rs: honeydew melons. 75a1.50.
Vegetables-Potatoes, per bbl.. No.
round. per bag. 2.50a2.75; sweet pota-
toes, 25Oa3 SO per bbl. New York lettuce.
per crate, 1.5Oa2 so; nearby, 50a1. 90; Ice
burg. 4.00a5.00. Cabbage. northern, 2:oOa
2.25 per 100 lbs; nearby. 1.0oa1.50 bbl.
Tomatoes. half-bushel basket. nearby.
Peas. per basket, 350a600. New
York celery, per crate. washed. 4.00a
500; in rough. 250a4Oo. Squash. 800
per cTase spfS
ach, per barrel 1.5oa2.5o. Home
grown lima beans, per quart. 35a45.
Lima beans, per basket, 2.50a3.25
New York cucumbers, per bushel
2.00a3.00. Sugar corn. per dozen.
15a35.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE. Md. October 80 (Spe-
ciaD.-Potatoes, white. 100 pounds,
75a2.O $50 pounds. 1ooa3.o0: sweets
and yams, barrel. 1.25a3.O0; bushel,
75a1.1o; beans, bushel, 1.25aL75;
per 100. s.ooa4.oo; broccoli. bushei,
15a25; cabbage, per 100. 4.00a6.0 O.:
savoy. bushel. 5Oa6o; carrots, per
100. 3.0oa5. 90; caulifower. crate, 1.OOa
2.75; kale. bushel, 15a25; lettuce.
sooasss ] 0aU1 Oyster 0nSa plants i0o per- Rouo noe
5.OOa7.0o; peppers, basket. 25a60;
pumpkins, per 100, 5OOa1OoO; spin
ach. bushel, S5a65; tomatoes, basket.
sSa5G; packing licking stock sashS bushei' 5oaso
Apples, packed, barrel. 2,ooa4.Oo;
$50; bushel, 50a75; basket. 20a35;
box apples, I.5oaA5o; cranberries
barrel, sooasO9; grapes 1o basket. ba 1:Ooa
3.25; basket. 15a3O: ounces, bushel,
75a1.00.
Selling Prices ON Grain.
wheat-No. ? red winter, spot.
1.09A; No. 3 red winter, spot, 1.O6A
No red winter. garlicky. spot.
spot. los; No. red Winter, garneky, gariieky,,
spot, 102.
sales-Bag lots of nearby at 1.1o per
bushel.
Corn-cob. new. 4.5o barrel; No. 2
corn. spot no quotations; track corn,
yellow. No. 2, old or better. 1.27.
Sales-None.
Oats-No. white, new, 52h; No. 8
white, new, 81 and Sly.
Rye-Nearby. 75aS5 per bushel; No.
2 rye. spot. 7s% per bushel.
Hay-Receipts, $50 tons. The un-
dertone in the hay market is easy,
due to an accumulated supply, a con-
siderable portion of which is Cana
dian hay in big bales, which are hard
to handle. Local and nearby hay of
good quality and baled in small lots
meets with ready sale. Quotations:
No. VI timothy. 27.50a28.00 per ton:
No. 2, 26.50a27.00; No. 8, 2350a25.O0;
No. light clover. mixed, 25.50a26.00;
No. 2, 24.00a25.00; No. L clover, mixed,
24.50a25.0O: No. l clover, "a. 0oa25.00.
Straw-No. l tangled rye, 15.00a
1900; No. 1 wheat, 13.O0a14.O0; No. /
oat, 14.00a15.00.
TODAY'S CHICAGO PRICES.
CHICAGO, October 30.-Imports of
Canadian wheat and some increase of
country selling in the northwest
tended to ease down the wheat mar
ket today during the early dealing
Bears. however, were handicapped
by possibility that the Tariff Commits
sion at Washington might raise the
wheat tariff. Besides. unreasonable
cold weather was recorded to be
threatening crop damage in Argen-
tina. Opening prices, which varied
from unchanged figures to u higher,
December 1.05B to LOG and May
1.109s to 1.10A, was followed by
slight further upturn in some cases
and then by a setback all around to
below yesterdays finish
Unfavorable weather gave relative
f1rmness to corn and oats After
opening at h decline to s advance,