Evening star., 1923-07-26
Grain, Produce and
Live Stock
LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.

Live Stock
LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.
Increased receipts of tomatoes
featured today's market Recent
rains benefited growing crops and
increased receipts to the extent of
reducing the price from Sc to so
and rs cents for one-half bushel
baskets.
Receipts OF potatoes also have I'm
creased, 30 barrel being the top
price. a decrease of SO the past month
Dealers say reasonable prices for
choicest cantaloupes from the Caro-
hnas prevail. while choicest water
melons from the south command
good prices.
Very few cantaloupes are being
received from southern California, the
season there being about over. Can
taloupes from northern California a
and Colorado are expected to reach
here shortly
Eggs-strictly fresh. selected. can
died. per dozen, 27a2s; average re-
ceipts, 20; southern, "a.
Live poultry-Roosters, per h., IA:
turkeys, per lb.. 20; spring chickens,
per h., 32a35; keats, young, each, 40:
fowls. per h., &c.
Dressed poultry-Fresh killed spring
chickens. per h., 45a50; winter chick
ems. per lb.. 36; hens, per 1b.. 80;
ROSTERS. per h., 1Sa2o; turkeys, per lb.,
Soa4o; keats. young. each. 7oa80.
Live stock-Calves. cnoice, per lb.,
3; medium, per lb.. Sa8h; thin, per
TO-, ea7. Lambs. spring, per lb., 12ls ;
nsr ,,se u pigs; S'ooa5.oo each; live hogs
:, Green fruits-.Apples.. new, per bas-
crate. 5.6oaS.0o; Florida, 3.00a6.o0.
Lemons, per box. 6:0oa6.50. Grape
fruit. 4.o0a4.5o. B.ackberries. per qt..
7a12. Peaches. 1.0Oa3.OO. Cantaloupes.
flats. 1.25a1.60. Black raspberries, Is
a2o; red raspberries, 25a40.
Vegetables-New potatoes, per bbl.,
tuce, per crate. nearby. 5oa1.0o; New
York, 25a1.25. Romano lettuce. per
crate. 1.O0a2.00. Cabbage. nearby. 1.5o
a2.5o per bbl. Eggplant. per crate,
20oa3.5O. Tomatoes. II bushel bas-
ket. nearby. 25a75. Beans. 2.:ooaa.5 sc
Peppers per crate. North Carolina, Loo
a1.50. Kale. per bbl., 75a150. Spinach,
per bbl, 2.50a4.00. Celery. per crate,
New York. 6.00a10.00. Squash. 25a50
North Carolina lima beans. 2.50a5.00
per basket
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE, Nd, July 26 (Spe-
ciaD new. bbl.. 1.50a5.00
bu., 75aI75: sweet potatoes, bbl.. 6.00s
l2.oo; beans. bu., 75a1.25: lima beans
cabbage. 100. e.Ooal2.oo; carrots. 100
4.0oa6. 90; celery, doz., 50a1.00; corn
doz. 10a30; cucumbers, basket, 50a60
eggplants. basket. 1.50a1.55: lettuce
bu.. 5oa90: onions. bu.. 75a1.50; peas
bu, 2;25a2.50: peppers. basket. 75aS5
squash. basket. 2oa25; tomatoes
basket. 6oa1.00; green. 50a75: apples
bbl.. 1.0oa2.50; bu.. 25a1.oo; basket
15a35; black berries. Of, 12a2O; canta.
loupes, basket, 75a1.50; cherries, lb.
ioal5: currants. qt., 15a1S: buckle
berries, qt., 14a1S; peaches. basket
5Oa75: plums. basket, 40as0: rasp.
berries. pit, 10a12; watermelons, ca.
20a50.
Selling Prices ON Grain.
Wheat-No. 2, red. winter. spo,
1887: No. @, red winter. garlicky
spot 1.O1 as; No. 2. red winter, gar.
licky. spot. 9SA; No. 4, red winter
Sales-Bag lots of nearby sold a,
range Of 80 to sS per bushel
Corn-Cob. new, 500 per barrel
contract. spot. SO per bushel: No. {
corn. 95; track corn: yellow, No.
or better, LOG and 1.07 per bushel.
Oats-White. No. 2. 52a52h; No. /:
white. 50Aa51 per bushel.
Rye-Nearby. soas5 per bushel: No
2 western export. 74A; No. rye
Hay-Receipts. s4 tons: market for
old hay is steady TO firm at a range
Of 1000 to $500 per ton. New near
by hay arriving mostly in heated
/ NNr,n :
at slightly lower prices than for old
hay.
Straw-No. 1 tangled rye, 15.ooa1S. 90;
No / wheat, 12.50a13.O0; No. oat
normal, 14.00a15.00.
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
BALTIMORE. Nd, July 25 tSpe.
ial).-Live poultry-Spring chickens
pound. 2Sa34; leghorns. 25a30; ole
hens. 21a25; leghorns. 1Sa20; ole
roosters. Halls; ducks. 20a25; pigeons
pair, 20a25. Eggs Qoss of)-Nativt
23. Butter-Creamery, good to fancy
pound. 37a41h: prints. 41a43: nearby
creamery. 36a3a: ladies. 34a35; rolls
3Oa32; store packed. 2saso; dairy
prints, 30a32.
TODAY's CHICAGO PRICES.
CHICAGO. July 26.-Sharp upturns
today quickly followed something OF
decline in values at the outset
The rise was associated with an.
nouncement that the French ano
Belgian blockade of occupied areas
of Germany had been lifted. Bulls
! laid stress also on reports that black
rust had appeared at number OF
new points in Canada and that there
was danger of widespread infection
The opening. which ranged from
| s. lower to IS higher. with September
9S1h to 90 and December LOIS L