Evening star., 1924-12-18
TURKEYS RUSHED
T0L0CAL MARKET
Chickens Cheaper Today.
Beef Unchanged-V
and Fruit Review.

Thousands of turkeys, both alive and
dressed, are in express cars, motor
trucks and horse drawn vehicles. speed
ing in the direction of this city to
provide Christmas dinners for prac-
tically the entire population and tran
sients who happen to be here.
1T is hard to realize that Christmas
is only one week off. was the comment
of a poultry dealer this morning. There
has been virtually no Christmas wealth
,er, and nothing suggestive Of the fes-
tive season other than displays in
stores and Christmas greens and tur-
keys about the markets
Turkey prices this morning were the
same those quoted yesterday. In
creased receipts of the king fowl are
keeping the dealers busy, live turkeys
having to be carefully fed and looked
after, but dealers believe the increases
will not have tendency TO lower the
market to any appreciable extent.
Chicken prices took a drop this
morning, but the drop was not suf-
ficiently large to put the poultry in
the way-down cheap class.
Today's Wholesale Prices.
Butter-Fancy tub, 47a50; prints,
Eggs-Fresh. selected. candled. 5Sa
go: average receipts. 50 cases
Cheese-Long horn. 25; mild cream,
IS; old sharp, 50 per pound.
Poultry - -Alive-Roosters, 16 per
pound; turkeys, 34a35; ducks, 15a20;
geese, 15a20; Spring chickens, 22a23;
fowls, 20a22: keats. young, 50a7O each.
Dressed-Fresh killed Spring chick
ems, 25a26: roasters. 80; roosters, IS;
fowls, 24a25; turkeys, 40a42; keats,
7oaS0 each; ducks, 25; geese, 25; ca
pons. 40a45.
Live stock = Calves, choice. liz
medium. 10a11; thin. Sal; lambs,
Spring, IS; live hogs, 11a12.
Meats-Beef, 12a15; VEL IS, and
lamb, 25a27.
Vegetables ana Fruits.
Todays market report on fruits
and vegetables Furnished by the
Market News Service Bureau of Agri-
cultural Economics) says:
Apples-Supplies moderate: demand
moderate, market steady; barrels.
Maryland, Virginia and West Vir-
gInia A 21e inches up, Staymans. $50
a6.50; mostly around, 500; Yorks,
4.5Oa550: mostly, 500: Delicious. 500
a7.00; New York, A 212 inches up.
Hubbardstons, 5.50a6.O0; A "a inches
up. Kings, 500. Boxes-Washingto
medium to large sizes, extra fancy
Staymans and Spitzenburgs, 3.00a
S.25; Delicious, mostly, 4.25. Bushels
Maryland and Virginia, various
Varieties uncla ssified, 1.00a175
Onion Market Firm.
Lettuce-Supplies liberal: demand
moderate, market steady; California,
crates, Iceberg type, 4a4l2 dozen.
3.50a3.75; 3a312 dozen, 3.00a3.25: !:
Florida, 1 Z bushel hampers, Big Bos-
ton type, best, mostly, LIS; few, 200;
some leafy, 1.l25a150
Onions-Supplies moderate; demand
light, market firm; New York and
Ohio, 100-pound sacks, Yellows, L. S.
800
Potatoes-Supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate, market steady; New
United States No. l, mostly 200 per
sack. Michigan, 15o-pound sacks, Rus
set Rurals, United States No. l, 200
a2.15 per sack; few higher. =.
Other Prices Today.
Observation-Disclosures supplies light:
Florida supplies very light; demand
moderate, market flrm; Ohio and Illi-
nois, 10-pound baskets, hothouse me-
dunn size, $50; small sizes, $50.
Florida, no sales reported.
String beans-Supplies very light;
demand good for good stock, market
steady; Florida, Ts s-bushel hampers,
fair quality, 5.00a6.00.
Squash-Supplies light; demand
moderate, market firm; Florida, pep
per crates, 5.50a60o.