Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21

Receipts of white potatoes have been
more liberal the past week and under
only fair demand the market. while
holding steady, shows a slight decline.
Demand centered on we'll graded round
stock at $50: while sacked stock sells
mostly 100 to 10 per 100 pounds;
receipts of sweet potatoes running fairly
liberal and ample for the demand which
is ccntercd on No. stock and all small
or irregular potatoes are slow sale, while
No. Is and oulls are not wanted at
any price. No. sweets ere bringing
l.50 to 2.25 a barrel, but stock show
ing waste. as we'll as dirty. muddy
potatoes will not bring over / 90 to LIS,
and hushel baskets are selling better
than barrel stock at so to 90. Market
for vans rules easy and values show
a decline under liberal receipts at It's
TO 2.25 a barrel
Native and nearby garden truck run
ming liberal but demand continues
fairly good for most lines and the gen.
eral market holds steady at the fol.
lowing quotations-Grccn beans. 100
to l.50 bushel: strinGless, 1.25 to l.75
bushel; beets. 400 and 500 100 broccoli.
SIS to IS bushel: cabbage. 800 to 500
100; carrots, 400 to GOO 100; corn, 80
to 40 a dozen for sugar and Is to 30
for field; kale. 25 to so bushel: lettuce,
IS to i.25 bushel lima beans. 800 to
500 bushel; onions. 275 to 1928 per
100 pounds; oysterplants, 500 to 700
100; parsnips, so to 80 basket; peppers,
80 to DO basket; pumpkins. 500 to
1000 100: spinach. so to 70 bushe;
turnips, Is to so basket; tomatoes. 40
to l.25 basket. and SIS to Is bushel for
packing stock.
Grain Quotations.
Closing grain quotations: Wheat
No. 2 red winter garlicky spot. | "a:
October delivery, ia; November de-
livery. 1.S434. Corn-No. 2 yellow
domestic. spot 115s116: cob corn,
5,50a5.75, per barrel. Oats-No. 2,
white domestic. spots, 52t2a5312; No. 3,
white domestic. spot. 50a51ls. Rye
Nearby. 1.10a1.20
Egg Prices Increase.
Egg market rules very firm under
generally light receipts especially OF
strictly fresh laid stock and there is
practically no trading on the exchange.
most of the eggs being sold on the
street with sales governed more or less
by the buyer that offers to pay a
premium in order to get what he wants
There has been a tendency the past
week to try to keep prices down but
short supplies of fresh stock coming in
continue to favor the shippers of de-
slrable stock and buyers do not hesitate
to pay a premium. Shippers are
warned, however, that small understood
pullet eggs will not bring full market
values and have to be sold below quota
tons. Strictly on their merits.
The market closed today at AZ and AZ
cents a dozen for Selected whites In,
free cases, an advance of cents a
dozen over opening prices Monday AZ
cents for first and 40 for current re.
CENTS.
The live poultry market holds gen.
orally steady under a fairly good and
constant demand for large fat fowl. and
with the exception of Spring chickens
values show little change from last
week Too many shippers are ship
ping small understood Spring chickens
especially White Leghorns, and COM
mon to ordinary fowl. which are SLOW
sale even to the street arabs at dis
counts. The market closed today at
28 to 80 cents a pound for medium
to large Spring chickens, Is to 81 for
Leehorns. but poor thin Springers, as
well as stays, move slow at 20. Fat
old hens, 312 pounds and over In good
demand a. "a to 80. but Leehorns will
not bring over 90 While all poor. thin
fowl Is neglected at Ia. Demand for
turkeys is limited at the present time
owing TO the warm weather prevailing.
ana only choice young turkeys. 8
pounds and over. attract attention AT
40, While old toms and old hens move
slow At 30a35. Shipments of birds
under pounds not advisable at this