Evening star., 1924-03-14
Grain, Produce and
Live Stock

Live Stock
The wholesale market in Washington
rs rapidly recovering from the midweek
storm, which rendered many roads
impossible, held up shipments of COM
modities and crippled communication.
Wholesalers along Louisiana avenue and
its vicinity were virtually unanimous
Lin laying moderate and slow receipts
on the weather conditions of a few
days ago, while in some instances
where communication has again been
established to the pre-stor m status
lower market is reported.
Live poultry-FowI were selling at
around q cents pound; young winter
chickens, two pounds and over. brought
between 35 and 40 cents; spring chick
ems ranged from 80 to So cents. Leg
horns We're selling at % and "a, and
some winter chickens went from 80 to
market because the crops are about
over. Hens brought from 33 to 3S
! cents, old toms % to 25, young toms
about 30, ducks 25. There were not
1 many geese on the market and few
keats, the latter selling from 40 TO so
cents.
Dressed pouItry-Fowls brought %
cents, chikens from 32 to 40, turkey
hens. 40 to AZ, young toms 30 to 3S and
old toms about go.
| Uoss off, were selling at 26, while
current receipts went for "a and 25
cents dozen.
| Butter-Print was quoted at 81 and
| SO cents pound, while fair receipts
of cheese brought from 22 to 221@
cents.
! Fruits-Bananas brought from $3.50
to $3.50 bunch, or about cents
pound. There seems to be quite a
demand for this fruit, five carloads of
which just reached the city. About
| 400 punches are contained in ono
car. Oranges ranged from s2.75 to
So box, and grapefruit from 81 to 50
a box. a box OF &c large grapefruit
went for about 81; box of 46 for
! about $3.50, and smaller fruit, from
| so to 80 in box, brought from S2.75
| to SO box. Boxed apples, of the
winesap and pippin variety, from
$2.25 to $3.50. Until today the mark t
for fruit was draggy. although the
! market was pretty well supplied.
Some South American peaches, grapes
and apricots have reached this coun-
try and apparently have all been
bought up in New York. Dealers ex-
! pect some of these fruits in Washing
| ton in a short time.
| Negetables-This commodity has
a shortage of beans. asparagus and
Strawberries. Texas spinach, at
around $1.25 to sl.50 a bushel, was
slow. Onions were plentiful and
brought from $3.50 TO s2.75 a hundred
pounds: A small shipment of Cuban
Bermudas received here sold for Sc.
A light receipt of strawberries of
fair quality sold for so to 50 cents
quart. Beets from Texas were priced
at So to $3.50, and carrots sold for
=
We're easier, bringing Sc to $3.50
barrel, whereas they were priced
around $3.50 last week. Barreled
app of Ben Davis variety and of fair
peppers S3. and No. ,, $3.50. Kale
was easier. heavy receipts putting the
price at Sl.30 to $1.15. Cabbage was
heavy from Texas and Florida, $3.50
Ing for S2.25 to 81 30. a new crop Of
! iceberg lettuce is due in few weeks,
| the present diminishing crop selling
for $3.50 to SS a crate
Cauiitlower receipts were moderate
and the price was 81 to $3.50 a crate.
Eggplant is scarce, S5 for I.sncy atI.d
! $3.50 for choice Peas, light IS. Greer
beans We're 50 to So, wax beans 81
=, rooms in three-pound baskets sold .oI
| 81 to Sl.50 Asparagus from South
Carolina and California is about due.
Some already received has brought $12
to Sl5 for South Carolina for a box OF
twelve buncnes, two and a half pounds
to the bunch. and $12 to s13 for Caii-
fornia, each bunch weighing about three
pounds. New York potatoes in 150-
pound bags sold around S2.15 to SO,
|; Michigan potatoes of fair quality $3.50
to s2.75. Nearby sweet potatoes are
scarce. California peas, the crate of
forty-tive pounds net, are SO to $1,000
Best Florida lettuce is bringing 81.
Dealers expect North Carolina straw
second i'm
Fruit and vegetable arrivals here
for the past twenty-four hours and
cars on track at O'Clock this morn
ing, as reported by the Department
of Agriculture. follow:
| Apples. / Washington freight. l
broken and unbroken cars OH tracks;
cabbage, broken and unbroken
ears on track: celery, broken cars
on track; potatoes, rs barrels Vir
ginia best. IS broken and 20 I'M
broken cars on track; sweet potatoes,
l broken car; lettuce, 81 crates; Flor
| ida, 10 broken and / unbroken cars;
grapefruit, 3 broka n and l unbroken
cars: oranges, 2 Florida freight,
| caulifi flower, l broken car: string
h MS l36 baskets Florida; straw
| berries, IL refrigerators, Florida: !:
'aspIt.nt, 81 crs.,.s, F.orIua; peppers.
l25 crates; spinach. 80 crates. South
Carolina; 26 barrels Virginia boat,
I
Car and kale, 449 barrels, Virginia boat.
Dressed meats-Lamb is very scarce,
shortage existing all over the coun-
try. Prices. therefore, today were 20
to - cents Il pound for good lamb,
and -. IS, 20 and so for choice lamb.
Beef was said to be plentiful. but
, drasgy. Steers were from II to Is
cents a pound; medium. Is to IA; good
COW. II to IL; fair. to IL; calves,
good. - to %; medium, 10 to IS and
common, 10 to Il. Smoked hams. first,
and first skinned, 20: second and sec
ond skinned. II; picnics, 10l2; lard,
Is cents per pound; boiled hams,
frsts, 33 to 35. and seconds, 80 to 81.
Fresh pork and cuts. pork loins,
small, 10 cents; shoulders, 10 cents
and spare ribs at cents were said
! to be exceptionally low because of
oversupply. Smoked frankfurters with
| cereal. IL cents; green sausage. foI
which there is good market, Ii
! cents and bologna. II cents.
Live stock-Calves, choice, Is cents
| pound; undergrades, to IL; sheep,
| tops. to 3: lambs, II to l5; thin ana
! small calves. to s.
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