Evening star., 1927-05-15
Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE. May IA (SpeciaD.-
The white potato market rules steady
| under moderate receipts and IL good
demand for No. / stock at 2.25 TO 800
per 100 pounds, but mixed and No.
. stock not so desirable at 80 to l75
Demand for sweet potatoes and yams
is limited and receipts ample for
movement, which is very slow at 200
to $50 a barrel for the former and
200 10 800 barrel for the latter
Bushel hampers of sweets and vans
sell mostly rs to 1.25. as TO quality
and condition.
Seasonable native and nearby gar
den truck is gradually displacing
Southern vegetables and the market
generally holds firm at the following
quotations: Green asparagus, It's to
300 per dozen. and $50 to $50 for
white; but culls of both green and
white are slow sale at 90 to So new
beets, 800 to 500 per 100; blue kale.
40 and so bushel; cabbage, $50 to 300
per haif crate; spring onions, j 90 to
l.50 per 100; peas, 80 to 100 per half
barrel; radishes, 1.50 to 200 per 100.
rhubarb, 1.50 to $50 per 100 and
spinach. 25 to so per bushel.
Eastern Shore Virginia and Rap.
pahannock Strawberries in good de-
mand and despite liberal receips of
southern berries at lower prices, the
market holds steady at II to 25
quart.
Closing grain quotations: Wheat. No
red. Winter, spot, 1901; No. 9. red
Winter. garlicky. spot, 1.47L: No 2
red winter, garlicky, spot. 1.43I!
Corh, NO. :. domestic, yellow, SO: No.
:. spot, 9012; No. 8. spot, S71a. Oats
NO. Z, white. spot, so; No. 8. white
spot o. Rye, nearby. 1.00a1.10.
Cattle Market Firm.
The general live cattle market rules
lrm under very light receipts on tho
Wharves and at the stockyards. De.
mand good for all top grade stock at
Iuii Fatues, but all undergrades move
STOW at inside prices. More activity
hoted for handy-Weight veal calves
and Spring lambs, but rough. com.
mon calves and Fall lambs are SLOW
sale at inside values.
Quotations today at Light street. :.
seer cattle, first quality, pound. 9 to
lO' common to medium, to 8. h,,lle
as 10 quality, to s: cows, choice to
fancy. to 6: common TO fair. to 4
oxen, as to quality, to D.
MIX cows. choice to fancy. head
oo.Oo TO 1890; common to fair, head.
5000 to 5000
Calves, veal, choice. young. 11ls to
l.; ordinary to medium. s TO 10; rough
ana common, to Z; small culls, Z to s.
Sheep, choice, 6 to 7; old bucks, d
to D; common, to 8
Lambs, Spring. choice, II ia "a.
Fail' as to size and quality. 10 to IS
nogs, straight, 10: sows. 8 to 81.
Live pigs, IS to 20; shoats, IL to Is
Live Poultry Quotations.
The live poultry market has an
easy tone and values generally show
a decline of Il cent or tive a Dollnd
with prices mostly in buyers favor.
Mixed Spring chickens, Ia pounds
and over. are selling 35c to 42c
pound, and smaller, csc to 3Sc. What
the trade wants now is an average
weight of ia pounds and over, and
offerings of this sort meet with
prompt sale. but liberal supply of
smaller size springers coming in slow
to move and shipments of this sort
not advisable as they only lend to
depreclate the value Of the larger
and more desirable fowl. Demand
fairly good on old hens at 28c, with
movement best on stock weighing 4
to 412 pounds but fowl under 31b
pounds and leghorns are slow sale
at 22c to 24c. There is an over supply
of old roosters on the market and
the movement is slow at Is and 17c
for mixed stock, while leghorn
roosters are neglected at IL and 13c.
The majority of ducks arriving show
poor condition and are slow sale at
"a to 26c. while stock weighing under
four pounds is not wanted at IS to
zoe. Small Inquiries noted for young
ducks, but shipment not advisable
unless stock weighs upward of 31h
pounds each. Receipts Of guinea
fowl and pigeons continue light and
the market holds firm at so to soc
each for the former and 80 and 40c
a pair for the latter.
Egg Prices Decline.
The general egg market rules easy
under liberal receipts of native and
nearby stock, and values show a de-
cline of from l to / Il cents a dozen
from opening prices Monday. While
sales on the exchange have been lib
eral the past week, the movement
for consumptive purposes is unusu-
ally light and the trade is very criti-
cal as to quality. Prompt shipments
are necessary to avoid loss off and
with held or mixed eggs it is more of
a question of a buyer than price. The
market closed today 81 and 2t4
cents dozen for nearby firsts in