Evening star., 1927-04-11
BIC EGG RECEIPTS
HOLD VALUES DOWN
Consumers Welcome Cheap
or Fowls Today-Trading
Is Reported Draggy.

Ihef9 VIII be no scarcity for the
Easter holiday season. 4 price of
3 cents a dozen for current receipts
was reported this morning. the price
At which last weeks market closed.
Cheapening Of the price of fowls
vas the one change in the market this
morning. Fowls always are in de
nand during Easter week, according
20 dealers, and the reduction in price
was welcomed by consumers.
a generally normal draggy Monday
condition was reported this morning,
receipts being small ana but very
little demand in evidence. Prices Of
most commodities We're about the
same as those quoted at the close OF
last weeks market.
Today's Wholesale Prices.
Butter-F Fresh, one-pound prints, 54
ass; tubs. 52a53; store packed, SO.
Eggs-E'resh selected, 25aZ6; hen
merry, 81; current receipts, %.
Poultry. alive Turkeys. 80; chick
ems, 40; Spring chickens. 45a50; fowls,
28; roosters, is: ducks, 20a25: keats,
young, 65; old 3oa35.
Dressed--TurkeYs. So; old toms. 35
ass; fowls, 80; Cap0ns, fancy, heavy,
35; smaller, 30a32; keats young, Goa
70; old, 25a30; ducks, 28a30; chick
ems. 40
Meats-Beef. 17a1s: veal, 23a25:
lamb, 80; fresh hams, 26a2S: shout
ders, 20a21; loins, 2Sa30: smoked hams
2Sa30; smoked shoulders, 16a20.
Live stock-Calves. choice. "a; me
dium, 8a10; thin, 7aS; lambs, 1512;
Spring lambs, 20a22.
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
Todav's market report on fruits and
Vegetables, compiled by the Market
News Service Bureau of Agricultural
Economics, says:
Apples-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate, market steady; barrels, Vir-
ginia, No. /, ROmes, 212 inches up,
3.25a3.50; mostly 3.25; Winesaps, fair
condition, 3.50a400; boxes, Northwest
ern, extra fancy Winesaps, medium to
large size. 3.00a3.25.
paraguS-Supplies moderate; de
mand moderate, market firm; South
Carolina. dozen-bunch crates, green.
very large size, 4.50a5.00; medium to
large size, 300a3.50; few higher; small
size mostly 2 so
CabbaEe-Supplies liberal; demand
moderate, market slightly weaker;
South Carolina, barrel crates, approx
mately 100 pounds net, pointed type.
2.25a2.75; 1 Z -bushel hampers, pointed
type, 1.25a1.50; Florida. 112 -busheI
hampers, pointed type, 90
CeleTy-Supplies light; demand light,
market steady; Florida, 10-inch crates,
As dozen. 325.
Lettuce-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate, market about steady; Ari-
Zona, crates, Iceberg type. Is dozen,
4.25a4.75; mostly 4.25a4.50: North Caro-
Ina. 5-peck hampers, Big Boston type,
1.50a2.00.
Onions-Supplies light; demand mod
crate, market steady; old stock, no
sales reported new stock, Texas,
standard crates, yellow Bermudas,
mixed No. l and No. ,, few sales. $50.
Potatoes-Supplies moderate; old
stock, demand light, market dull:
\ Michigan. 150-pound sacks, Rugset
Rurals, United States No. l, 3.90a4 90:
Maine, 140-pound sacks, Green Noun
Gains, United States No. l, 3.35a3 40:
new stock, demand moderate, market
slightly weaker; Florida. double-head
barrels, Spaulding Rose, United States
No. l, mostly 500.
Spinach-Homegrown mostly sup
plying the market.
Strawberries - Supplies moderate;
demand light, market dull, partly ac-
count weather; North Carolina, 80.
quart crates, Missionaries 20a25; few
best, 80 per quart; Florida, pony re-
frigerators, Missionaries. generally
ordinary quality and condition. 20a30
per quart; Louisiana, too few sales re-
ported to quote
Sweet Supplies moderate;
demand light, market steady: Tennes-
see, bushel hampers, Nancy Halls. No.
/, 1.35a1.4O; North Carolina. No. l.
bushel crates, Porto Ricans, 125.
String beans-Supplies moderate:
demand moderate, market steady for
good stock; Florida, zs s-busheI hamp-
ers, green, 2.00a3.00
matoes-Supplies liberal; demand
moderate, market slightly weaker:
Florida, 6s, ripes and turning, wrap
ped, fancy count, best. 300a3. .25: poor
er low as ESQ; choice count, 2.00a2. 50.
few 275
Peas-Supplies moderate: demand
moderate, market slightly weaker:
South Carolina, bushel hampers, large
size, 2.25a2.75; very few sales high as
800