Evening star., 1925-03-29
BALTIMORE PRODUCE.

BALTIMORE, Md, March % (Spe-
cia) The local egg market is very
sensitive to the daily offerings and
has fiuctuated the past week, al
though price changes have been
small and have vareid only cent a
dozen between opening prices on
Monday and closing prices today. If
offerings on the egg exchange We're
liberal the bidding was easy, and If
they were moderate the bidding was
more active. Demand has been fairly
good all week and as a consequence
all desirable stock cleaned up read
lily and today there is little STOCK
held over. with the prices holding
firm at 291Sa3o cents a dozen Tor
native and nearby firsts in free cases.
Packers will start taking hold next
week and liberal shipments are ad-
visable while conditions remain
favorable. Duck and goose eggs
continue in good demand. Receipts
have been only fair and haYe cleaned
up rapidly at full quotations, with
the prices holding steady at so cents
a dozen for native and nearby duck
eggs and 95 to 100 for goose eggs.
No oyersupply in daily receipts ana
sbinpers can let their stock come
forward literally without fear OF d
drop in price.
with the exception Of ducks and
geese, the live poultry market rules
firm under a good and constant oe-
mand for fat, smooth STOCK Oh an
kinds. Young chickens coii.iiiue -.
LIGHT receipt and meet with ready
10 .t AZ cents a pound, while Leg
horns bring 80 and rough, poor stays
OK Winter chickens, pounds ana
under are scarce at 45 and 90, While
Snrineers, to Ia pounds are
,rented at 55 and so. Old hens In
onIv moderate receipt and demano
more active at 27 to 80 for meoiuil
to large and 25 for small anu
Leghorns. er,
Market for turkeys remains nrih'
and the few late arrivals ma Teau!
sale for choice hens at 40 and youhs
g-obblers at 40, but heavy Ola Iolns
and poor and crooked breasts are me-
so desirable, and consequently sio"
gales at SIS for the former ana 20 ~.
the latter. Guinea fowls scarce anu
u-artad at 90 to 100 each for large
,'o,,ne and so and 60 each for small,
and old pigeons in light receipt, anu
,,,arl,et rules firm at 80 cents pair
Gov. both Young and old. Demand mas
oased off for both ducks ana geese
and market rules easy at 2S 10 ou
mound for large ducks and 70 ior
small and poor, while geese sen
mostly "a to 26 as to quality and con
dition. Season for dressed poultry
practically over, and capons are lne
nnlv line that is in demand no"
large birds, 6 pounds and over, mee'
with ready sale at 40 to 40; meoluHi
TO 6 pounds, Sc to 40, while even
small slips bring 33 to 80.
New white potatoes from f1orioa
are now on the market, and as con-
sequence demand for old stock mas
eased off to some extent, with sup
niles on hand ample for trade wants
at 1.1Oa1.3O per hundred. No. STOCK
NOT wanted and hardly salable at any
price. Market for sweet potatoes ano
vans continues steady to firm under
only fair receipts of we'll graoeo
stock. on which demand is centereo
at 4.5o to $50 a. barrel for the former
and 400 and 800 a barrel for the lat
ter. No. 2 stock sells mostly nan
price, while culls are not wanted al
any price.
Native and nearby garden truck
continues in ample receipt, and only
fair demand prevails, with prices
mostly in buyers favor at the fol-
lowing quotations: Cabbage, 1000 to
1900 per ton; horseradish, 500 and
$50 per bushel; kale, to 10.5 par.
rel; onions, 2.75 and 500 per lot
pounds; oyster plants, 400 to e.o'
hundred; parsnips, 80 and 80 basket
spinach, 40 to 60 bushel, and turnfps
so to So basket.