Evening star., 1924-08-19
EGG AND POULTRY
PRICES STILL HIGH
Beef Unchanged - Butter
Also Steady-VegetabIe
and Fruit Review.

"Everything high" was the unani.
nous comment in the egg and poul-
try market today.
The egg market is firm. Haulers
from Maryland and Virginia repor,
eggs as getting scarce, with no pros
poets of their becoming more plenti-
full or cheaDer during the Fall. Aver.
age reCeiptS were quoted at 80 cents
and selected stock at 80 and "a cents
Expected lower prices of poultry
did not materialize. The market re-
mains high. live chickens being quot
cd at 50 to So cents; dressed stock
selling at from 50 to As cents.
Butter prices have undergone nc
change since last week. and there has
been hut little change in meat prices
reported. The calf market is firm.
Daily Market Review.
The daily market report of fruits
and vegetables, compiled by the Mar
ket News Service Bureau of Agri-
cultural Economics, says:
Cantaloupes - Supplies moderate;
demand limited. market steady; East
Shore Maryland standards, Sos and
t3s, 1,75a2.25I jumbos, ASS. 225a2.50;
California, Turlock section, standard
crates. honey dews, medium size
2.0Oa2.21; Arizona, standard crates
.honey deWs. mostly large size, 1.25a
1.7L
Peaches-Supplies liberal: demand
moderate, market about steady;
North Carolina, bushel backets, FL
hcrtas, best large size, 3.25a5.30; me-
dium size, 2.50a3.00: some ripe, soft
80: 6s. Elbertas and Hales, large
size, 2.75a3.25; some ripe, soft, 2.00a
10; Virginia. 6s, Elbertas. small
size. green, 2.25a2.15; Carmans. best
l.1oa2.00: some ordinary quality
green. 1.50: Virginia and Maryland
6s, Hileys, best, 2.50a2.75.
Potato Prices Steady.
Potatoes-Supplies limited: demand
light; market about steady: Virginia
Norfolk section, cloth-top slat bar
]. mostly go; New Jersey. 150-pound
sacks Irish Cobblers. United States
No. l. 2.50a2.65 per sack.
Naterm rmelonS-Supplies liberal; de-
mand limited; market fairly steady;
sales direct to retailers; Georgia
North and South Carolina. Thurmond
Grays, 80 to 80 pound average. 75aS0;
- to 26 pound average, 6oa65; 20 to
- pound average. 45a50 each.
Peas-Supplies light; demand mod
crate; market steady; New York
ac.10: some ordinary condition low
as 100.
Tomatoes - Homegrown receipts
light; demand moderate: market
firm; homegrown. half-buShel ham
pers. No. l. 2.00a3.00.
OnionS-SupplieS moderate; demand
moderate; market fairly steady: Mas
sichusetts. 100-pound sacks, yellow
varieties. No. I. 3.2oa3.50.
Lettuce-Supplies moderatc: de-
mand moderate: market firm; New
York. crates, Big Boston type. best
9.00a2.25: ordinary to fair quality and
condition. l.2Ja1.1J.
bage-Supplies liberal: demand
light: market fairly steady; Virginia
barrel crates, round type. l.S5al.90
few, 200
Pear Supplies Liberal.
Fears-Suppiies liberal: demand
moderate; market about steady: ore
gon. boxes, BurtlettS, extra fancy,
4.00a4.25.
Celery-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate: market slightly weaker:
New York. two-third- crates, Golden
Self Blanching, in the rough, 2.5oa
800.
Appies-Supplies limited: demand
moderate: market steady: Maryland
and Virginia buShel baskets. various
early varieties, 1.JUa2.00. few higher.
corn-SupplieS light: demand mod
crate: market stronger: homegrown,
6-dozen bags sugar corn, 2.5Oa5-OU.