Evening star., 1924-03-05
Grain, Produce and
Live Stock

| @ec IoSclPSo VI GIBBS, tHe io"CoI pa
| In months. was reported this morning
Dealers say there Is little likelihood
| OF much higher prices during the
Lenten season. Prices probably will go
higher when packers start storing in
April.
Continued warm weather promises
| to largely increase receipts of green
vegetables, growing crops in Flori-
da having experienced a slight set
back where there was a decided drop
in temperature in the trucking Sec
| tions of the state.
Texas growers are still supplying
quantities Of spinach and carrots
while Florida is depended upon for
most of the peas, string beans, lima
beans and other early vegetables.
EgEs-Strictly fresh, selected. can
| died, per dozen, 26; average receipts
Live poultry-Roosters, per lb.. IT;
! turkeys, per h.. 25a30; spring chick
| ems. per Ib.. 33a35; keats, young. each
6oa7o; fowls. per lb.. 26a27:
Dressed poultry-Fresh- KILLED spring
| lb. 32a33; hens, per lb., 2saSo; tur-
| keys, per lb.. 3oa35; keats, young
| each, 80: roosters, per lb., 90.
Live stock-Calves, choice, per h.
IA; medium. per h.. 12a13; thin, pei
lb., Gas. Lambs, spring, per lb,, 10
per lb., TX.
Green fruits-Apples, per basket
| 60a2.00; box, 1.50a3.00; per barrel. zoo
a6.00. California oranges, per crate
per box, 3.0Oa3.50. Grapefruit. 3.00a
| $50. Cranberries, 4.00a4.50 per one
half barrel.
| Vegetables-Potato nearby, pei
barrel, No. l, 25oa3.oo; No. 2, d.5oa
| 200. Potatoes. round, per bag. 2.15a
| 1926: sweet potatoes, 7.00a8.o0 pei
barrel. Southern lettuce per crate, 1.5t
; a30o. Iceberg. 3.25a3.50. Cabbage
! 1.50a3.00; Iceberg, 3.25a3.50. Cabbage
northern, a.5oa4.00 per 100 lbs: Flor,
ida, 2.5oa3.0O basket; nearby, Local 50
! barrel. Tomatoes, Florida, 3.00a5 300
| Beans, Florida, per back, 4.ooa60o
| Peas, per basket, 4.o0a8.o0. Celery
Florida: 2.75asoc. squash a.eoaS'0" Goa g."
| Eggplant, 2.00a4.00. Kale, per barrel
! 2.O0a2.5O. Spinach, per barrel, 4.5Oa
500. Texas, per basket, l.16a20
Texas beets. 2.00a25O: Carrots 2;oOa
! 5.0oa8.o0. Carrots. 10o-lb. sack, S.25a
$50. Brussels sprouts, 30a35. tlorlca
| lima beans, 2.50a5.00.
{ GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE, Nd. March tSpe'
200: 15o-pound sacks. 14oas 90; sweets
i and yams, barrel. 2.50aS.00 bushel, Loo
I a325. Beans, bUshel. 2.50a5.00. Beets
100, 4.00a6.O0. Broccoli and kale, bushel
busheI, 50a75. Carrots, 100, 4.00a6.00
Caulifower. crate, 2.0Oa2.50. Celery
crate. 225a3.0O. Cucumbers. crate, 1000
a12.00. Eggpiants, crate, 2:o0a3O0; Let.
| tuce, hamper. 1.50a2.00. Onions. 100, l.5O
ja2.65. Oysterplants, 100, 6.00as.00. Par
a6.O0. Peppers. crate. 4.0oa6.O0. Spin
| ach, busheI, 1.50a1.75. Tomatoes crate,
i2.0Oa4. 90. Squash. crate, 4.00a5.0o. Tur-
nips. bushel. 35a40.
bushel. 5oa1.5O; box apples. 1.50a2.25.
Grapefruit, box, 1.5oa2.75. Oranges. box,
j2.25a3.00. Pineapples, crate, 3.00a4.o0.
| Strawberries, quart. 25a6o.
| Settling Prices on Grain.
! wheat-No. 2 red winter, spot
1.l6a; No: 3 red winter; Vi ngatl garlicky ~
spot, d0mes,ie Nc 1ea win,er shperts' garc
| licky, spot, no quotations.
| Sales-None.
| Corn-Cob. new, 4.Soa4.4o per bar
rel for yellow and 4.15a4.20 pei bar
| No. 3 corn, spot. Ssls' track corn
| yellow, No. 3. new, 81.
| Sales-None.
Oats-No. white, SASSY; No. 3
white. new, 57a5l T.:
| Rye-Nearby. soas5; No. rye spot
Hay-Receipts, % tons. The market
for good timothy, light clover mixed
and strictly No. 1 clover Is steady TO
firm, with a good demand for such
stocks and the supply not puaueH, e.
some. Medium and low grade hay IS
| in ample supply, draggy and or un-
certain value. Quotations: No. ! tim
| othy, 2s.OOa29.50 par ton; No 2 2l.o0a
27.5o; No. 3, 24.O0a26.00; No. L light
clover mixed, 6.oos21.oo; NO. caoyer, 10 noa
2sooa24oo; No; 1 clover o. ea..s ml1ed' oe I00'a
| Straw-No. / straight rye, 24.ooa
| $500 per ton: No. l tangled rye, ls.o0a
| 1000; No. l wheat, 1S.OoalS.5o; NO. !
! oat, 17.00a1S.00.
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
BALTIMORE. Md. March (Spe..
cial.-Live poultry, turkeys; pound
horns, horns, s4aas; old ROSTERS. is; Ole
hens. 22a27: Leghorns. 2ea24: ducks
/ 23a32; geese, 19a25; pigeons, pair
4oa45: guinea fowl. each, soa6o. =,
| Dressed poultry-Turkeys,, pound
| 2Oa35; chickens, soa3s; ducks aoa aoa
So; old ROSTERS. 1ea17; geese 2oa
"a; capons. 32a36.
| Eggs-Loss off, native and near
by firsts, dozen. 24a25; southern, "a
er-Creamery. good to fancy
creamery. 43a45; ladies', S2a33: rolls
29a31; store packed, 20; dairy prints
29a31; process butter, 3Sa39.
| CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
! CHICAGO. March 5.-(United
States Department t. Of Of AgricultureoI J.,
active, mostly steady: good and
choice. 225 to 800 pound butchers
| 7.4Oa7.50; top. 7.50: better grades
100 to 21o pound averages: 7.2oa7.4o
packing sows, 6.35a6.55; killing pigs
unchanged; desirable strong weight
775aS.15.
Cattle-Receipts, 5000 head; beei
steers, yearlings. stockers and feed
ers active. unevenly higher; fej
steers largely strong to % up; tor
matured steers, 100; bulk, s.4oa
1880; good to choice yearlings prae-
! ticaliy absent; other classes slow
| generally steady; light veal calves
| tending there; medium and handy
| weight vealers. 9.50a1o.00 to pack
| ers: outsiders buying sparingly up
| ward to 1L00.
| Sheep-Receipts. 10000 head; very
slow; killing lambs steady to weak;
sheep and feeding lambs steady; goou
and choice fat wooled lambs, 10 I5i'
1900; common to medium lambs
t14.OO; good and choice fat ewes, 9.7d
| ta1O.O0: choice shearing lambs. 1850
TODAY'S CHICAGO PRICES.
CHICAGO, March 5.-Grain prices
1 developed weakness today soon after
| the opening. Uncertainty due to re-
ports that the White House had given
| qualified Endorsement to the McNary-
! Haugen bill had a bearish effect on
wheat There was also a tendency
among some traders to regard price
setback as natural in view of the re-
cent upturnS.
| Wheat opening prices. which varied
from unchanged figures to y cent
July 1.12h to 1.12A, were followed
by a moderate general decline. Corn
| refected continued liberal receiptS