Evening star., 1924-06-16
BUTTER AND EGGS
IN SLIGHT ADVANCE
Local Wholesale Meat Prices Are
Bit Lower Today Due to
Warm Weather.
MONDAY BUYING IS GOOD
Receipts of Country Produce Light
as Week Beglns.

A slight advance in the price OF
butter and eggs with jobbers. and a
weakening tendency in the meat
due to hot weather, were the out
standing features OF the Washington
wholesale market today for meats
and dairy products.
Butter ranged in price from ~ to
30 cents for the various grades, while
eggs. candled, selects were quoted as
high as 81 cents. Business in these
lines was reported good
The beef market stood at Is and
II cents for good beef; veal. Il to IA
for western and 16 for local; lambs,
- to so; pork, 81 to 23; fresh hams,
IL TO Is, and fresh shoulders, IL to
IL
Receipts on the commission market
for poultry products were light and
this market will not get under way
until tomorrow. Produce from the
country was coming more rapidly
The Department of Agriculture's re-
port of the vegetable market follows:
Apple Supplies Moderate.
Apples-Supplies moderate. demand
light, market steady. Barrels, Mary
land. Virginia and West Virginia, No.
]. 2i2 inches up; Winesaps best, 4.59
a5.25; Yellow Newtons, 4.00a5.00; "a
inches Winesaps, 3.50a4.00i Winesaps
No. 2, 2.5oa3.00. Boxes, Northwestern.
medium to large sizes, extra fancy
Winesaps, 2.75a300. Cabbage-Sup-
plies moderate; demand light, mark ct
steady: Virginia Norfolk section, bar
rel crates pointed type, 1.2oal so;
mostly 1.50. Cantaloupes-Suppll
liberal; demand moderate, market
salmon tints, standards Ass, 3.40aS.50;
few special marks, 3.75a4: So; ponys
54S. 2.50a2.75; flats 12s and lbs, 1.35
also. Peaches-Supplies moderate
demand limited. market fairly STEADY
Georgia and South Carolina, sixes
Uneedas, medium and small size, 1.5o
a2.00; few large size, 500; north caro-
lima. skies Red Birds and Mayfiowers,
some decayed, 2.00a2. SO; overripe, soft
low as LOO bu. baskets; Mayfowers,
crate. Old stock demand limited
market steady; Michigan. 150-lb.
sacks Russet Rurals, U. S. No. i. SOC
a325 per sack; new stock, demand
South Carolina. cloth top slat barrels
Irish Cobblers, n. S. No. l, mostly 800;
L. 5. No. 2, mostly 1.50.
Strawberry Receipts Fair.
Strawberries-Homeg receipts
moderate; demand moderate, market
steady; homegrown, Sgt; crates,
rieties. 4.00a5.oo, mostly 4.5o.
Watermelons-Supplies light, de-
bulk. per 100 melons, Tom Watsons,
27a2S-lb. average, 75.00a1O0.oO. To-
matoes-Supplies moderate, demand
moderate. market steady; Florida,
fancy count, s.5Oa3.75; choice count,
2.50a275; Mississippi, As. turning,
wrapped. 125a1 so, mostly 1.35a1. 40.
String beans-Supplies moderate de-
stronger; North and South Carolina,
busheI hampers. green. mostly 1.50:
Virginia, Norfolk section, five-peck
hampers. green, mostly $50. Cucum,
light. market firm; south Carolina,
bushel hampers, 1.5oa175: Virginia,
Norfolk section, Il bushel hampers.
hotbed. fancy. 2.O0a2.50. Dewberries
market steady: North Carolina, So
quart crates, wide range in condition,
250ao.00, mostly around 400.
Cars on Track at AM. Today.
Bananas-3 unknown freight. Beets
III crates and 121 baskets Virginia
boat. Cabbage-S6s crates Virginia
boat. Cantaloupes-10 California
freight, 25 crates Florida express;
broken and unbroken cars on
track. Carrots-l65 crates North
Carolina, 25 crates South Carolina
express, 249 crates Virginia boat.
Corn-55 crates Florida 10 barrels
Louisiana express. Cucumbers-175
crates North Carolina 112 crates
South Carolina express, 141 crates
Virginia boat. Eggplant-116 crates
Florida express. Grapefruit Florida
freight; l unbroken car on track.
Iettuce-s9 crates. Virginia boat.
Mixed vegetables North Carolina
freight. broken cars on track.
Mixed fruit broken car on track
Lemons broken cars on track
onions-1 Texas freight, unbroken
cars on track. Oranges Florida
freight; 3 broken and l unbroken car
North Carolina ! South carolina a%
freight 1,144 barrels North Carolina
boat. broken and unbroken cars
on track. Squash-55 crates Missis-
sippi, 81 crates North Carolina, 30
herries-275 crates North Carolina,
crates South Carolina express
String beans-522 baskets North
Carolina, 50 baskets South Carolina
express. 3S9 baskets Virginia boat
freight, 223 crates Florida, crates
Georgia express; broken and l un
broken car on track. Watermelons-
l Fiorlda freight. / broken car on
track. Peaches Georgia freight.
North Carolina express; broken and
unbroken cars on track. Pineapples
i unknown freight, l broken car on
track. Lima beans--45 crates Florida
express. Black kberries-200 crates
North Carolina express.