Evening star., 1925-01-04
Special Dispatch to The Star.


BALTIMORE, January 3.-Poultry
shippers Of Virginia are advised that
the embargo recently placed against
other States shipping into Maryland
is only on live chickens. All other
lines Of poultry can be shipped and
dressed poultry of any description,
including dressed chickens, can be
shipped to the local market. In ship
ping live poultry, however, care
should be taken to see that the coops
are thoroughly cleaned before ship
ping. Demand for poultry generally
has eased off following the holidays,
and with but few exceptions dressed
poultry will not bring any more than
live stock. Small to medium dressed
turkeys Will be In more demand now
and heavy shipments are not advis-
able as demand is only fair. Heavy
old toms and poor and crooked
breasts in only limited demand and
liberal shipments will only tend to
depreciate the market. Choice live
hen turkeys will bring 40 cents a
pound and young gobblers 35; old
toms 80, and poor and crooked
breasts slow sale at 25.
Young chickens are holding fairly
firm at 80 and leghorns, 20 and 20,
but rough, poor chickens will not
bring over 20a22. Good demand pre-
walls for large fat old hens at Is, and
25a27 for small to medium, but poor
and thin stock and leghorns will not
bring over 20a22. Only fair demand
for ducks and geese, and centered en-
tirely on fat stock at 2sa30 for the
former and 27a30 for the latter, with
Kent Island geese bringing top val
ues Small and poor ducks will not
bring over 20a22. Guinea fowl and
pigeons continue in light receipt and
in good demand at 75aS5 each for
young and 40a50 for old Of the for
mer, and IS a pair for both young
and old of the latter. The egg mar
ket has steady tone, with current
receipts only fair of strictly fresh
stock, but demand continues light
under prevailing high prices, which
has turned considerable of the trade
to Western and Southern so-called
fresh and cold storage eggs. The
market closed today at Sc cents
dozen for firsts in three cases, but 1t
takes good quality stock to bring top
values, while held shipments are
slow to find favor, and to move eggs
of this character prices have to be
shaded.
Receipts of white potatoes have
been light and under fairly good
demand for we'll graded No. ] stock
the market rules nrmer at l.Z5 and
$50 per 100 pounds and 200 and ESQ
for 150-pound sacks. McCormicks
and Reds sell mostly LOO and 1.25
while No. 2 and ungraded potatoes
are slow sale and of irregular values
Culls not wanted at any price. Mar
ket for sweet potatoes and yams
firmer and values a shade higher un-
der active demand for No. / well
graded stock at 500 and 500 a barrel
for the former and 400 and 500 a
barrel for the latter. Stocks running
poor or showing effects of frost will
not bring full quotations, while No.
rs are slow sale at about half price,
and culls unstable at any price.
Native and nearby garden truck
continues in good demand. and prices
generally hold firm at the following
quotations: Beets, 400 to 500 hun
dred; broccoli and kale, SO to 65
bushel; cabbage, 500 to 100 hundred +;
carrots, 400 to 600 hundred; onions,
2.65 to 800 hundred; oyster plants,
500 and 1000 hundred; parsnips, so to
75 basket; savoy cabbage, so to s5
bushel; spinach, 200 and 2.25 bushel,
and turnips, 60 to rs basket.