Evening star., 1923-03-28
Grain, Produce and
Live Stock
WHOLESALE MARKET.

There was a plentiful supply o.
eggs on hand this morning. It was
reported that some dealers would
for the Easter trade, but receipts are
so large that a downward trend is
the forecast.
Butter is holding firm. Prices vary
from one half to l cent pound from
day to day, but much lower prices are
not expected to materialize for three
or four weeks.
Dealers expect early vegetables from
nearby farms in the near future
They are still getting most OF the
vegetable supplies from North Caro-
hood.
Eggs-str,ctly fresh. selected. can
died. per dozen, 24a25; average receipts
%: southern, %.
Live poultry-Roosters. per lb.: 10;
turkeys. per h., soa4o; spring chickens ne
per h., 40a50; keats. young, each, 60
fowls, per Ib.. g.
Dressed poultry-Fresn-k killed spring
chickens, per h. 45a50: hens. per ID.
32a34; roosters. per lb., 1Sa2o: turkeys
per lb.. 36a40: keats, young. each. 70aSo
Live stock-Calves. choice. per h.,
ID. sa9. Lambs. choice. per lb.. IL. Live
pigs. 3.o0a500 each: live hogs. per ID. 9.
Green fruits-Apples. per bbl.. 2.00a
| 300 California oranges. per crate. OBJ
a6.o0; Florida. 5.00a6.00. Lemons. per
box. 4.00a5.o 90. Grapefruit. 3s0a4: 4:25.
egetables-Potatoes. per bbl., No. /.
l5oa2.00; per sack. 2.50a2.75: No. :. oOa
LOO. Sweet potatoes. North Carolina,
1.00a2.00; nearby, 2.00a2.5o. Lettuce. per
crate. southern. 50a200: Roma!ne let
tuce. per crate. 1.50a2.0o; Iceburg let
tuce; per crate. 3.75a4.0O. Cabbage
northern. 3.00a4. 90 per 100 pounds; near
by cabbage. per bbl.. 1.50a250: southern.
2.50a3.25 per basket. Eggplants, per
crate 4.00a5.o0. Tomatoes. per box,
Florida, 2.00a4.2o. Beans. 3.06a5.oo per
basket. Peas. 3.00a6.00 per basket. Pep
pers. per crate Florida. 3.o0a4.50. kale,
per barrel. 20Oa25n Spinach, per bDl.'
2 250a3.00. Celery. per crate. Florida.
250a3. 90 BRUSSELS sprouts, loa2o.
Squash. 3.00a5.00. Florida lima beans.
5.0ea6.C0 per basket.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMOREA Md. March % (Spe-
cial) ).-Potatoey white. 100 pounds
75ai. so; 150-pound sack, 100a275.
Sweets. barrel. 1.00a1.75; bushel, 5oa
65. Vans. barrel, 1.00a1.5d: bushel
50a65. Asparagus. dozen, J.00a10.00;
beans, bushel. 2.25a3.50: beets. 100,
%: cabbage. hamper, 2.o0a5.25; car
rots. basket. 50a60; caulifiower. crate.
2.25a2.50; celery. crate, 1.50a25o: Gu
cumbers. crate, 4.50a7.50: egSplants,
crate. 3.50a5.00: horseradish, bushel,
25oa3.50; kale and broccoli, barrel. 1.15
a2.00: lettuce. basket, 50a1.50; onions,
100 pounds. 1.50a4.25: radishes, bas-
ket, 1,25a2.75; parsnips, bushel. 1.5o;
peas, bushel. 3.50a4.5o; peppers. crate.
crate. 1.50a4.oo; turnips. basket, 50a60.
Apples. packed. barrel, 300a6.0O
bushel. 100a1.75: box. 1.50a3.00 Gran
berries. barrel, S.06a12.00; grapefruit.
box, 2.50a4.00: oranges. box, 3.50a6.00;
strawberries. quart, S5a60.
Selling Prices Mt 1890.
W-heat-Eo. 1 red winter, spot. no
quotations; No. red winter. spot,
1.34;4: No. 8 red winter, spot, no quo
tattons: No. red winter, garlicky,
1.34; No. red winter. 1.S4; March.
1.34
Sales-Eone
Corn-Cob corn. new. 4.50 per bar
rel; contract. spot. e37s per bushel:
No. corn spot. S6!s: No. 1, 10 quo
tations; track corn, yellow, No. or
better, IS per bushel.
Sales = Three thousand and two
hundred bushels No. white at SO d
bushel.
bushel; No. 8, 5312a54
Rye-Nearby, s0a90 per bushel; No.
: western export. spot. Ssh4 per
Eushel; No. 3, no quotations.
Hay-Receipts. 81 tons; top grade
timothy and light clover. mixed, in
moderate demand at a range of 100
TO 22.UU per ton. with no surplus Of
really Qes!ra bic hay
Straw.-No. tangled rye. 15.o0a
1900; No. ! wheat, IL 0Oa12.50; No. ]
02t, nominal, 14.00a15.0Q
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