Evening star., 1925-06-04
HOT WEATHER HITS
| TRADE IN MEATS
arket Reported Very Quiet
4 Today--Few Changes in
Wholesale Prices.

zSHot weather has made the meat
68a arket Iifeless There was very lit
81 life in the market before the
Mango in the weather became so
6Nticeable. and that little bit seems
Il have disappeared.
E Hot weather usually brings IN
#leas sed demands for smoked meats.
Is stated, but the demand does not
a brisk until green's are plentiful
"a cheap. Dealers say most of the
mand at this time is for sliced
feats, ham and bacon.
W Cooked hams are In fair dema nd
|sbiisumers utilizing them in prefer.
|9hce to doing their own boiling dur
81 5, the heated period. There has been
tie change in prices the past rev
|@ys. dealers state, home'dresseo
ock bringing several cents in ao-
&nce Of prices asked for Western
ests.
Todsy's wholesale Prices.
8Rutter-Fancy. tub, 81; prints, o2;
lore packed. %. &C
#Tggs-Fancy, selected, ca ndleo' DC
b; average receipts, SlaS112.
II Poultry-Alive: 6roifers, eoSse'
Rite leghorns. So; heavy fowls. Zos
keats, 40a75: geese, l2al0; DUCKS
ia HtuEkGNSs -Oo-o, Va S'e~N
rkevs. 2saS2: ducks, 90.
s. Live stock-Calves, choice. iva
&edium. 1oaI1: IN, Sa9. LANES,
Bring. lSLat4. Live hogs u.
siMests-Beef, 17a18: veal. Is: Sprins
kIbs. so: hogs, 21Ika22; loins, SlaS2;
inns. 26a2S: shoulders. lSa2e-
Fodav's market report on fruits
Ia vegetables compiled by the
&,rket News Service, Bureau or
|Ericultural Economics, said:
ptaloupes-Supplies light. de-
and good. market steady: California.
Efperiai Valley. iumbos 36s, 9.oo'
Nandsrds 36s, $50: jumbo fats rs
I'D Us, 500. -.
$Fucumbers - Supplies moderate
&mand limited, market fairly steao!;
zouth Carolina and Florida: ousnei
Ssmpers and square bushei crates
- hest. 2.5oa3.O0: fair quality.
lisa 200: Virginia. Norfolk section.
T6rbed stock, few sales, bushei
u sfnpers, 500.
/ Lettuce-Homegrow recefpts moo
|ra1e and supplying the market.
lOnions-Supplie light, demand
hoderate, market steady; new STOCK
fexas and California, standard crates
fellow Bermudas. U. S. No. l., 4.ooa
rs: old stock, Egypt, approximately
loo pound sacks, yellow, 6.25ae'oo.
y. Potato Market Slow.
Peaches-Supplies light, demand
Moderate. market steady; Nortn Car
lima, SKIES, Maryflowefs, 3ooao.oo
nostly. 800; Red Birds, few spotteo'
56a45o.
Potatoes-Oid stock. Supplies very
|cht. no sales reported. New STOCK,
upplies light: demand moderate, mar
Eet steady: South Carolina and Viz
tinia. Norfolk section. cloth top staVe
,srreIs Irish cobbiers n. 3. NO. l.
6oa5.75: North Carolina, cioth top
saye barrels Irish cobblers, u. >.
10, I. mostly $50: few poorly graded
90.
: STANDARDIZATION grown, receipts
ieht and supplying the market.
Tomatoes-Suppiie moderate; oe-
nand moderate; market firm; Missis-
ippi. tours ripes and turning wrapped
70 I. 1.6Oa1.75; Florida, SKIES. rlpes
nd turning wrapped ordinary qusl'
tn. fancy count, s.oeas.oo' choioe
cunt. 2.00a2.50. -. A.
Watermeions-Supp hght- ue
nand moderate; market STEADY saies
irect TO retailers; Florida, rom a.,
ons. so ID. average, 11oal l.lo'
b. average, mostly around i.VV'
b, average. mostly 70c.
String Beans Cheaper.
String Beans-supplies liberal; oe
nand good: market weaker Norm
.aroIina peck hampers, green, 4:ooa
SO: bu. hampers, green S.ooa4.oo'
Virginia. Norfolk section, peck NAM
ers. green, 4.25a45o; South Carolina,
u. hampers. green. mostly S.oeaS.so'
ew low as 2.5o.
ERgplant-Suppiies light; dema nd
Lsht. market steady; Florida. pepper
rates, No. I. mostly 800 =.
/. .bewberries-Supplies light: oema no
GOD and market steady for gooo
fock. North Carolina. 32-quart crates,
sst. S. .ooa5 so: some fair quality, s.ooa
go. poor condition low as zoe
! -cnrn-Supplies moderate: dems no
,ampers. best. mostly $50; ordinary
,,ality, 200.