Evening star., 1923-08-21
Grain, Produce and
Live Stock
LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.

~ ihC POohtiJ $780,
creased receipts and decreased de-
mands brought prices down. Spring
chickens were quoted at 25 and 80
cents. and drop in'the price of fowls
also was reported.
There has been no material change
in the egg market for the past two
weeks. While the market is at q
standstill. it is reported as being
strong.
There is a plentiful supply OF fruits
and vegetables on hand. Cantaloupes
are especially plentiful and cheap
Nearby watermelons are not yet plen-
tiful, but large shipments are being
received from North Carolina and
lower Virginia points.
Eggs - Strictly fresh, selected.
candled, per dozen. 32a3S; average re-
ceipts. 80; southern, 2s.
Live poultry-Roosters per lb., Is;
turkeys, per ib.. 25; spring chickens,
fowls. per h., 23a24.
Dressed poultry Fresh killed
spring chickens. per lb., 35a40; win
ter chickens, per lb.. 35; hens, per
To-, 28a30; roosters, per h., 1Sa20; tur-
Keys. per lb.. S5a40; keats, young.
Live stock-cal~es, choice. per lb..
II ~; medium, per lb., 10a1o1A thin,
per h.. 6a7. Lambs. spring. per lb.,
l2a13; live pigs, 3.00a5.00 each; live
hogs, per 1b., &C.
Green fruits-Apples, new, per bas-
ket' 5oa2.00. California oranges. per
crate. 5.0Oa6.5o. Florida. S.Ooa6.oo.
fruit. 4.0oa4.50. Peaches. per crate. 200
a3:50; h-bu. basket, 75a1.50. Can
taloupes, North Carolina, 50a2.00; near
oy. per crate. 1.0Oa1.5o. Grapes. Con-
cord. l.5oa2.0o: Delaware, 3.00a4.50.
bbl.. No. !. 5.ooas. 90: no 2. 2.5oas.5o.
New Jersey potatoes, bag, 4.75a5.00.
New sweet potatoes, 4.00a6.50 per Dbl.
new YORK lettuce. per crate, 15a2 00
Eomaine lettuce, per crate, 1.o0a2.0o
: SSaobage' a6 crate, 2.5oaS.oo; nearby, d.ooa
s.0o per Dbl. Eggplant, per crate, 2ooa
$50. Tomatoes. y busheI basket. near
by. 50al.00 Beans, 1.5oa2.50 per bbl.
PEAS. 2.00a3.50 per basket. New York
celery. per crate, 5.00a6.o0. Squash, 25a
90; Peppers, per crate nearby, 5oa
ach. per crate. 50al.0o. North Carolina
lima beans. 1.o0a1.50 per basket; home
grown lima beans, 25a35.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE. Md. August Il (Spe-
ciaD.-Potatoes, new. barrel. 150a
500; per 100 pounds, 1.25a3.00; bushel.
'OhA+oo- CIV CtNS anu DdTTeI. Z-OV
a6.00; beans. bushel. 1.10a140: limas,
bushel. LOCAL. 50: beets, hundred. 4.00a
600; cabbage. hundred, 5.00aS.O0: car
rots, hundred, 4.00a6. 90; celery, dozen,
25a75; corn, dozen. 10a25; cucumbers.
basket. 4oa60; esgplants, basket, 35a
hundred pounds, 1.50a2.7J: peppers.
basket. 20a35: squash. basket. 30a35;
tomatoes, basket. 40a15; green, 2Ja40;
canning stock. bushel, 75a90.
Apples. barrel, 1.50a3.00; bushel, 75a
1.5o: basket, 2oa5o; blackberries.
1.25: basket. 35a65; damsons, pound,
2a2lf: huckleberries. quart. 15a20;
peaches. bushel, 1.0Oa275: basket, 5Oa
LOO: plums, basket. 25a40: pears. bas-
ket, I5al.00; watermelons, each, 15a45.
Settling Prices on Grain.
Wheat-So. 2 red winter. spot,
1.07 y: No. red winter, garlicky. spot,
1.o07s; No. 3 red winter. garlicky, spot.
Soh; No. 4 red winter, garlicky, spot,
Sales-Bag lots OF nearby sold at a
range of 60 to 100. Cargoes on grade:
No. red winter. garlicky, 100: No.
3 red winter. garlicky. So: No. red
winter. garlicky. 90; No. red winter
garlicky, SO.
Corn-Cob. new, 500 per barrel; No.
2 corn. spot. no quotation. Track
corn. yellow, No. or better, 1.05a
1862.
No sales.
oats-No. white. 81 and 521a; No.
white, 81 and 81
Rye-Nearby. 7saS5 per bushel; No.
:. western export. spot. 72fs; No. 2
rye, spot, 1875 per bushel.
Hay-Recei 40 tons. The demand
for good quality timothy and light
clover mixed is equal to receipts. and
the market rules firm at 1900 TO 5000
ton. Any material increase in re-
ceipts. however, would quickly change
the situation.
Straw-No. 1 tangled rye. 15.0Oa
1900; No. l wheat, 12.50al3.00; No. !
oat, nominal, 13.O0a14.0O.
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
BALTIMORE. Md, August q (Spe-
cfaD Live poultry-Spring chickens.
pound. 24a32; Lsghorns, 20a25: old
hens, 20a25; old Leghorns, 17a1S: old
roosters, 14a15; ducks, 1sa23; pigeons
pair, 2oa25; Guinea fowl. each, 4oa6o.
Eggs-Loss off, native and nearby
f1rsts, dozen, 90; southern, 81.
Butter-Creamery. good to fancy,
pound, 42a46; prints. 45a46; nearby
creamery. 35a40: ladies, 34a35; rolls.
31a33: store packed, 30a31; dairy
prints, 3laS3; process butter, SO.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
CHICAGO. August 81 Omitted States
Department of Agriculture) ).-Hogs-
Receipts. 25.000 head; fairly active:
desirable light strong to 10 cents
higher than Mondays best time; de-
sirable light light. Is to rs cents
strong with yesterdays average:
bulk. desirable, 140 to 2SO pound
averages. s75aS.so; top, SOS; bulk,
desirable. 240 TO 325 pound butchers.
s.25as.65; packing sows mostly 6.6oa
90. P>0n6 strong weight niRS O0A
$50: heavyweight hogs, 7.s5aS.70; me-
dunn, S.40as.S0: light, 7.65aS.95; light
light, 7.50aS.90; packing sows. smooth,
6.60a6.75; packing sows, rough, 6.S5a
$50: killing pigs. 7.25aS.25.
Cattle-Receipts. 1900 head: most
killing classes generally steady: few
steers or yearlings here eligible to
sell above 1900; numerous loads. 1000
a11.05; top matured steers, 1880: best
yearlings. 1900: receipts include over
sixty loads Of westerns. some OF
which have turned to feeders buyers
at 6.00a7.75; few loads to packers at
7.75: vealers steady to 25 cents high
er; packers paying around 1900; out
siders, hand picking. up to 1900;
stockers and feeders steady; bulk,
light bologna bulls. 4.00a4.5o: heavies,
4.5Oa475; few up to 500; bulk, can
ners and cutters. 2.60a3.25.
generally steady on all classes and
grades: early sales western fat lambs.
13.75a13.9O: some native, 12.75a13.25
few held higher; culls generally, $50
al O 90: three car string good yearling
wethers. 1125; odd lots fat ewes. 4.50
a7.25. according to weight and quail
ity; early top feeding lambs. 1915.
TODAY,S CHICAGO PRICES.
CHICAGO, August 21.-Trade in
wheat was light at the start today
with prices lowering near to yester-