Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
DEMAND FOR MEAT
| BETTER IN MARKET
~
Cooler Weather Also Spurs
| Buying of Turkeys and
| Eggs Today.

Cool weather produced an active de-
naand for meats and eggs. and espe-
cially for turkeys, in wholesale stands
at the Center Market today, keeping
prices on higher level than would
have been the case If the moderate
weather had not been interrupted by
tn cold snap.
Dealers in live and dressed turkeys,
especially, noticed an active demand,
induced. 1t Is believed, by the brisk
weather. The receipts tended to he
light, although the prices did not
. change. Eggs held up also in the
cold weather. although dealers stated
the market would just about he ready
Tor q bit of a drop in the price of
this commodity with the arrival Of
more moderate weather Butter held
nrrn. Pork was in active demand.
TOday's Wholesale Prices.
Butter-Fancy 1-pound prints, 55a
b6: tub, 53a54; store packed, 30.
Eggs-Fresh, selected. 40; hennery,
"a; current receipts. So; storage. 30a32
Poultry-Alive: Turkeys, 40a42;
chickens, 30a32; white Leghorns, goa
22: fowls. 27a29; roosters, IS: ducks.
2oa26; keats, IS; old. 27a2S. Dressed
Turkeys, 47a4S: poor and crooked
breasts, 30a35; old toms, IS; capons,
A0hNyp lCdNNs Otd9Ut SIIldliefs oproGN
chickens, 30as2; fowls, 2Sa30: keats,
young, soas5: old. so: ducks. 2sa3o;
rabbits, No. ]. IS; No. 2, 15a20.
Meate-Beef. 15a17 s.; veal, 22a23;
lamb. 2ba27; fresh hams. 26a2S: shout
ders, Plaza. loins. 24a26; smoked hams,
$50; smoked shoulders. 20.
Live stock--Caives. choice. Is; me.
dunn, 1la13; thin, 7as; lambs, 12i5.
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
Todays market report on fruits
and vegetables, compiled by the
Market News Service Bureau of
Agricultural Economics says:
Apples-Supplies liberal; demand
moderate, market steady; barrels,
Pennsylvania, No. /, Yorks, 2%
inches, SOC; Virginia and West Vir-
ginia. No. ], Staymans. ~ inch,
S.25a3.75; few higher; West Virginia,
A 2& inch. Delicious, 4.50a5.00:
boxes. Washington. medium 10 large
size extra fancy Delicious, 3.75, few
higher.
Cabbage-supplies moderate: de-
nnAnd moderate, market steady; new
stock. Florida. n -bushel hampers
pointed type. mostly 200 few high
as 2.25: Texas. bulk per ton, round
type, 1000; barrel crates approx
mately 100 pounds, net, round type,
S50a4.00.
Celery--Supplies liberal: demand
moderate. market fairly steady; Cali
fornia, crates. medium size, 5.25a5.75;
large size, 5.00a5.25; Florida. 10-inch
crates. $.00a3.25
Lettuce - Supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate, market steady: Cali
tornia, Imperial Valley. crates, Iceberg
type, As dozen, s.25a375: mostly
around $50: Florida, l Il -bushel ham
pers. big Boston type. wide range
quality and condition, 1.50a250.
Onions-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate, market about steady; Michi.
gan and Indiana, 100pound sacks,
yellows. Z. s. No, 1, medium to large
size. S.0Oa325.
Potato Market Dull.
Potatoes-Supplies liberal: demand
light, market dull: Michigan, 150-
pound sacks. Russet Rurals. II. s. No.
], 4.25a4.40: Maine. 120-pound sacks,
Green Mountains, T. S. No. /. 3.75a
800 mostly 3.75: Cobblers, u. s. No.
] size. fair quality. $50
Epinach-Supplies light; demand
light, market steady; South Carolina,
cloth top standard barrels Savoy type,
few sales, 400; Texas, bushel baskets.
Savoy type. 1885.
Sweet potatoes-Supplies light: de.
msnd light: few sales. market dull:
North Carolina, cloth top stave bar.
rels. Fellows and Porto Ricans, 250a
800: few higher
String beans--Supplies very light:
demand moderate. market steady;
Florida, wide range quality and con.
dition. 7k.hushel hampers green, 500
a12.00; * -bushel wax. 100
Stra wberries-Supplies very light:
demand light, market frn1: Florida.
pony refrigerators, missionarys, rs
per quart.
Carrots-Supplies moderate: demand
moderate. market steady; Texas, bush
Ell baskets. 200.
aulif1ower-Supplies liberal: de.
nand light, market weak; California,
crates. 200: few higher.