Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-30
POU[TRYAT LOWER
PRICES IN DEMAND
Brisk Business in Chickens
Done in Market Today,
Dealers Report.

Decidedly decreased prices proved
an attraction in the poultry market
this morning and brisk sales during
the early morning hours suggested
the possibility of decreased sales of
meats. Spring, chicken prices ranged
all the way from % cents for the
smallest of the stock to II cents for
the large fat chickens.
Dealers had large quantities OF the
chickens on hand, many Of them
dressed the dressing having been done
in the local houses. as practically
nothing but live poultry is received at
this season.
Turkeys, both alive and dressed,
were offered the trade. The demand
was not brisk, however, but sales of
live turkeys at % cents a pound and
dressed stock at % and 80 cents were
reported.
Fowls were in demand at 90 and %
cents alive. and ROSTERS were quoted
at Is and 16 cents. Ducks sold at IS
cents a pound. and keats at 60 cents
for young stock and 25 for the old.
The egg market has been steady
throughout the week, with practically
no change in prices, current receipts
being quoted at % and "a cents. Can
ding losses have been heavy during the
few hot days. dealers report, but the
losses did not affect prices. A slight
easing of the market was reported
yesterday.
Butter Prices Steady.
Butter prices have remained about
the same throughout the week. 1t
was thought the continued dry
weather might affect prices, but this
mornings report told mo such story
of increase.
Only few soasonable rains will
save the nearby tomato crop. Early
in the week there were such plentiful
supplies of the vegetable that dealers
found it difficult to dispose of them
at so and Is cents basket, but, due
to continued dry weather, it is stated
growers were unable to supply the
market with much more than enough
of the vegetable to meet yesterdays
demands. Prices went as high as
$3.50 today, and this morning it was
predicted that the So mark soon would
be reached before the close of the
week s market.
Potatoes have been received in lib
eral quantities throughout the week,
Maryland and Virginia growers ship
ping most Of them to local dealers.
Barrel stock has sold mostly around
1925, few sales at SO having been re-
ported. Only a light demand for
sweet potatoes. product of North
Carolina and Alabama growers, made
the market dull. Bushel hampers
were quoted at So.
Homegrown lima beans are not
very plentiful. and dealers are depend
ing upon distant growers, chiefly in
North Carolina, for supplies. Home
grown beans in quart boxes were
quoted at from so TO 65 cents, while
the unshelled stock from North Caro-.
lima sold at 81 and $3.50 a bushel this
morning.
Corn Not Plentiful.
Corn, always in demand and a good
seller, is far from plentiful. Nearby
growers are bringing small quantities
of the vegetable to market 1t is
not in the best possible condition.
however, owing to the dry weather.
and price of 70 cents a dozen was
quoted this morning.
Peas, supplies light and demand re.
ported as very excellent, are being
furnished the local trade chiefly by
New York growers. They were
quoted at SO a bushel this morning,
while string and stringless beans were
quoted at $3.50 and $1.75.
Eastern growers are sending liberal
supplies of lettuce to local merchants.
New York 2-dozen crates, big Boston
type, sold at 81 and SIPS, while let
tuce of the Iceberg type from Cali
lorna, 5-dozen crates, sold at SIS and
$3.50. few higher.
Limited supplies Of cabbage met a
poor demand this week, resulting in
dull market. Barrels of the home.
grown product were quoted at $1.25
and $1.50.
Other vegetables offered the trade
this morning included beets, carrots.
celery, cucumbers, eggplants, onions,
peppers and squash.
Fish Supplies Heavy.
Business at Municipal Fish Market
this week has not been altogether
satisfactory to merchants. There has
been more than an ample quantity of
supplies to serve the trade, according
to dealers, and prices of some Of the
fish have been so low that there was
a very small margin Of profit.
Dealers established a low mark
for the price of trout, 81 for a barrel
Of 200 pounds, while croakers.
usually cheaper than trout, sold for
S.. The low price was not for all
STdQeS VI trout, however, IIl0 largest
and best stock selling around $40
barrel.
Interest in the crab market was
chiefly with respect to those Of the
soft variety, the soft crabs becoming
much more plentiful and correspond
ingly cheaper during the week.
Soft crabs Of medium size were
wholesaled as low as Is cents, while
larger ones, in greater demand,
dropped as low as $3.50. Crab meat
also was decidedly more plentiful than
earlier in the season and decidedly
cheaper.
Lump meat, in demand for salad
purposes, sold as low as 60 cents a
pound, while the flake meat brought
so and the claw meat 40 cents. There
are many consumers who prefer the
meat Of the claws for deviling pur-
poses, holding that the claws retain
the genuine flavor of the crab.
CLAIMS Are In Supply.
HOLSTERS and clans and other she'll
fish were received in large quantities
throughout the week and offered at
prices dealers considered cheap. The
Holsters sold at 60 cents a pound, while
the clans found slow sale at $1.50
hundred Green shrimp were scarce
at 35 cents.
Consignments Of swordf1sh from the
vicinity of Block Island, a fish that is
considered one of the delicacies of the
deep sea, found ready sale at 80 cents
a pound Salmon and halibut from
Northwest waters came all the way