Evening star., 1924-05-09
SLIM CHANGES ONLY
IN MARKET PRICES
Local Commission Merchants Note
Smaller Volume of Receipts
| and Slack Business.
WEATHER PARTLY BLAMED
Vegetable Market Reviewed BY
Agriculture Department.

Rains of yesteday and today had
some effect on the volume of receipts
oy commission merchants in live
stock and poultry products. but the
merchants couldn't place the blame
OF slack business to this condition Of
the weather. In short, activity was
not pronounced today for this di-
vision of the Washington wholesale
market. Slight changes in prices
were noted, the general situation be-
Ing summed up at: Hens, 26 and 81;
eggs. % (for wholesale lots, a cent
or more higher for smaller lots and
certain conditions of disposition); !;
caves, 1Oh: spring lambs, Is to IS,
according to size and condition: broil-
ers' around half dollar, price be-
ing determined according to condition
or the product.
Joobers had eggs. candled nearby,
sioly a cent higher. The butter and
cheese market seemed to be at the
same place 1t was at the beginning
or the week.
meat dealers reported their hooks
pretty we'll cleaned at prices which
nave nave prevailed virtually throughout
me week. Beef was still about II
TO lS cents and pork around % cents
Report on Vegetables.
The vegetable market as reported
lows:
;. .Apples-Supplies moderate, demand
ilsht, market dull. BarreIs-Mary-
Iand' Virginia and West Virginia, No
some scalded. $3.50; Ben Davis, 2.5oa
2.75; few 800. Boxes-Northwestern
medium to large sizes, extra fancy
Winesaps, 2.5oa2.6o; Yellow New
paragus-Supplies moderate, de-
mand moderate, market steady; East
ern Shore Maryland, 2-dozen bunch
crates, large size, 6.o0a6.5o; others,
5;Ooa5.5O per dozen, according to size;
as, bulk. per ton, round and fat type,
so.o0a1oo.oo; South Carolina, pointed
type type Y -bqshel hampers, 2.S5oa2.7SS,
ate, demand light, market steady;
Texas, standard crates, yellow Ber-
nudas, U. S. No. /. mostly 200; old
stock, supplies light, demand very
sacks, yellow varieties, No. l, 1.ooa
1.50.
New Potatoes, Light Supply.
Potatoes New stock - Supplies
light; demand moderate; market
firm; Florids, double-head barrels,
Spaulding Rose, United States No. l,
mostly $50; United States No. 2, most
ly $50. Old stock Supplies moderate; de-
mand light; market dull; Michigan,
15o-pound sacks, Russet Rurals,
United States No. l, 2-50a2.6o per sack.
Straw awberries-Supplies liberal; de-
Ts.a mand moderate; no; market market. weaker sa.ss
Klondikes and Missionarys, 5.ooa7. 90,
mostly around 500 per crate. String
beans-Supplies light; demand good;
market steady: Florida, Ga,,, % -Sushel bushel
hampers green, 4.ooa5.oo, mostly
4.50. Peas-SuppIies liberal; demand
moderate for good stock; market
steady; South Carolina, bushel ham
pers, large varieties. best 2.50aS. 90,
poorer andssmaller varieties, 1.50a2.25.
Tomatoes-Supplies light; demand
moderate; market firm; Florida,
SKIES, ripes and turning, wrapped,
best fancy count 6.50a7.0o: choice
count. 55oa6.o0; 216's, 4.00a4.25; poor
or, wide range in prices, 2.00a4.oo.
Arrivals for Past Twenty-Four Hours
Apples, 1 Virginia, l washington
freight. 4 broken and 3 gnoroken
South Carolina express; beets, bar
rels Louisiana express. so baskets
Virginia boat; cabbage South
Carolina freight, 6 broken and 3 un-
rels Louisiana express, l broken and
unbroken car on track; cauliflower,
IA crates Virginia boat; cucumbers,
$50 crates Florida express; eggplant,
120 crates Florida express; grape
fruit, Florida freight, broken and
2 unbroken cars on track; lettuce, /
California, l South Carolina, freight, rs
crates North Carolina express, 101 crates
Virginia boat, broken and 1 ur-
broken cars on track; mixed vege-
tables, 2 broken cars on track; mixed
fruit, Q unbroken cars on track;
lemons, broken and 3 unbroken
cars on track: onions, 8 Texas freight,
. broken and 2 unbroken cars on
track; oranges. l California l Florida
freight, 5 broken and unbroken
cars on track; parsley, barrels
Louisiana express; peas, 900 baskets
and 43 crates South Carolina express;
peppers, S3 crates Florida express;
potatoes, ] Michigan freight. 6 bar
rels Virginia boat, broken and
unbroken cars on track; radishes, IA
crates Virginia boat; spinach, 90 bar
rels Virginia boat; strawberries, l
North Carolina freight, LOO crates
North Carolina and 40 crates South
Carolina express, 1 broken car on
track; string beans, 125 baskets
Florida, 126 baskets South Carolina
express; tomatoes, 1 Florida freight,
4 broken cars on track; turnips, 125