Evening star., 1928-08-26


BALTIMORE, Md, August 25 (Spe-
ciaD .-she market for cantaloupes
showed an Improvement the past week
and values are a shade higher at 40
to 85 a basket and LOO to LIS crate,
but flats will not bring over so TO 70
crate.
Blackberries and huckleberries are in
good demand at to IL a quart for
the former and IL To Is quart for
the latter. The market for peaches
rules firmer, but 1t takes large, fancy,
sound stock to bring top values of 1.25
to 200 a bushel Bartlett pears are
In good demand at 225 to 800 bushel,
but No. stock will not bring over half
| that price. with Sickle pears selling
mostly at so to rs basket The market
| for watermelons holds steady despite
| fairly liberal receipts by boat. but only
stock IN good sound condition attracts
| attention at the following quotations.
/ Extra selects, $500 to 1000 hundred;
| selects, $500 to 5000, and primes, 1000
to 1900, but culls are neglected at
| 800 to 500.
Cattle Market.
The live cattle market continues
steady under a good demand, but GEN.
| tered on first quality stock. Receipts
on the wharves are light. but largely
of ordinary quality. which are slow
| sale at inside prices. Choice Spring
| lambs meet with ready sale at full
values, but small, poor lambs as well
as sheared old sheep are generally slow
| sale. Quotations at Light Street Wharf
/ today: Beef cattle. first quality, Il
| to l3; common to medium, to 10;
| bulls. as TO quality, to 9; cows, choice
| to fancy, Z TO g.; common to fair, 4 to 6;
oxen, as to quality, to 8; calves, veal,
| choice Is to 1872; large, fat, Ia to Is;
| large, rough, IL to 12 thin, 9 to 10;
rough and common, to 8; sheep,
choice to 6; old bucks, 3 to 4; lambs,
! Spring, choice, IA to 1415 fair to good,
| IL to l3; common, thin, 9 to 10; hogs,
straight IL to IL; sows. 8 to g. stays.
4 to S; live pigs, IL to IL; shoats,
| 9 TO 10.
80 Grain Quotations.
Closing grain quotations: Wheat No.
| 2, red Winter, garlicky August de-
livery, 1929; September delivery,
| 1.22; cargoes on grade, No. red Win
ter, Gsrlicky 1914; No. 8, 1884: No,
4, 1.25l4; No. S. 1924.
Corn No. yellow domestic spot,
| 117al.l8, cob corn, SIS per barrel;
oats, No. 2, white, domestic, new, Al;
No. 3, white domestic, new, 46; rye,
nearby, 105al20.
The market for native and nearby
| eggs continues firm under moderate re-
ceipts and all desirable stock meets
with ready sale, especially selected
whites or hennery eggs of large size,
| clean, and unquestioned freshness. In
| ferior, small, mixed, or held eggs,
which are easily detected under the
candle, are not so desirable even at the
| lower values quoted and have to be
sold strictly on their merits Current
receipts of native stock are showing
more or less loss off under the candle
and buyers are slow to take hold of
| offerings of this sort. There is very
| little trading on the exchange at this
season of the year, but all eggs that
show grade under the candle meet
with ready sale at the following quota
| tions: Selected whites, free cases. dozen,
SO; firsts, 80, and current receipts, 80.
Poultry and Vegetables.
The general live poultry market
rules steady under moderate receipts of
| desirable stock, especially OF large, fat,
| Spring chickens, 2l2 pounds and over,
which meet with ready sale at full quo
| tations. Too many small, poor Spring
| chickens are being shipped as this
| class of stock Is not wanted and has TO
| be sold to the arabs at concessions in
price. thereby lowering the value of
| the better class of stock. A good de-
mand prevails for large Springers 2i2
| pounds and over at 80 to IS cents a
pound but fowl under pounds are
generally slow sale at 80 and 81, while
| Leghorns sell mostly at IS TO 80 as to
| size.
No surplus appears in the daily
arrivals of large. fat old hens, 3 "a pounds
and over, which clean up readily at
| % to 30. but Leghorns will not bring
| over % and %. while all poor, light
| fowl is neglected at Is to 90. Old
ROSTERS are generally slow sale at Is
! to 28. Demand is only fair for young
ducks 4 pounds and over at % and 2S.
while smaller fowl Is slow sale at II
and 18 and old ducks neglected at Is
| to 49,
Guinea fowl are in light receipt and
| birds weighing / pound and over meet
| with ready sale at 90 to 100 each,
while pigeons mold generally steady at
! 25 to 80 pair for young and old.
| Potatoes are in ample receipt for
graded No. l stock and the market
/ rules easy at $50 to Its barrel. and
| 100 to 1.25 per 100 pounds. Sweet
| rct-. eoes are in more liberal receiot and
| Tie market rules easy at 3.25 TO 3.T5
barrel, but mixed. ungraded stock
| will not bring over $50 to 800, while
No. 2 stock is slow sale at l.50 TO 200.
Vans are in only moderate receipt and
| fairly good demand at 500 to $50
barrel
Native and nearby garden truck Is
In liberal receipt. and while fairly
steady demand prevails in most lines
prices favor buyers and the market
rules easy at the following quotations;
Stringless green beans, las to It's
! hushel; beets, $50 to $50 100: cabbage,
400 to TOO 100. carrots. 400 to 500
100: sugar corn, Is to Is dozen; cucum-
bers, rs to las basket; egg plants,
so TO 6s basket; lima beans, l.25 TO
| 90 bushel. onions. LIS to 2.25 per
100 pounds. green peppers, 20 to 80
basket. and red peppers, 40 TO 90
basket squash, so to IS basket;
tomatoes. 20 to so basket. and 40 to
so bushel. For packing stock, small
yellow tomatoes 40 to so basket.