Evening star., 1928-12-19
PLENTIFUL TURKEY
SUPPLY PROMISED
Dealers Say Plenty of Birds
Will Be on Hand for
Holiday.

Retailers making purchases of sup
plies this morning continued to make
anxious inquiries as to the probable
prices that are likely to prevail in the
turkey market later in the week and
the eve of Christmas. They have been
assured by wholesalers that there need
be no fear as to the supply OF the
king fowl for the Christmas market,
.ealizing prices will depend upon supply,
demand and weather conditions.
Local dressing plants already have
begun operations, wholesalers realizing
that shipments of live turkeys will be
heavier than usual should the weather
conditions continue as during recent
DAYS. Complaint is made that many
turkeys received this week have been
of the thin or undesirable stock, some
being too thin for street huckSters to
sell from door to door.
Prepare for Market.
This morning wholesalers had coops
of live turkeys piled high on sidewalks
in front of their places of business,
dressing plants, although in numerous
instances, 1t is stated, sales of live
turkeys were made to grocers.
Turkey raiSers in nearby Maryland
and Virginia and States a little more
distant today are dressing their tur-
keys for the local market or starting
shipments of live turkeys, and dealers
this morning predicted turkeys will be
so plentiful that prices will drop and
also that there will be large quanti-
ties left over when the market closes
Monday night.
Many grocers announced the taking
of orders for Christmas turkeys at so
cents a pound, guaranteeing top quail
ity birds, and there we're market deal
ers this morning who predicted re-
tail market below that price, some
suggesting that the close of the market
will find prices at As cents or less.
Government reports from Fort Worth,
Tex, told of prices prevailing there
Monday. Prices of young toms were re-
ported steady at % and % cents, hens
selling at 18 and 20 cents. Old toms
were quoted at Is, No. Is selling as
low as 10 and 1912 cents. 1t Is now
too late to start shipments from Texas
to markets in this section, however,
shipments from there already being on
the way.
Live turkeys here were offered at 35
and 81 cents this morning, dressed stock
selling at 40 and AZ cents. Dealers had
large quantities of chickens and other
poultry to offer the retail trade, but
the demand was only for turkeys. Rab-
bits also continued plentiful.
There was no scarcity of commodities
In the fruit and vegetable markets,
prices continued without much change,
and butter, egg and meat prices also
were substantially the same as prices
quoted yesterday.
Today's wholesale prices. Jobbers'
prices slightly higher:
Butter-One-p pound prints, 51a52I2;
tub, 5Ol4a5lh; store packed, 30a35.
Eggs-Hennery, 48a50; fresh selected,
43a44; current receipts, 38a40; storage,
32a33
Poultry. alive-Turkeys, 35a37: Spring
chickens, %; Leghorns, IS: fowls, 26;
roosters, 19a20; keats, young, 60a80;
old, 80. Dressed-Turkeys, 40a42;
Spring chickens, 30a32; Leghorns, 28a
80; fowls, 28a30; capons, large, 45a4S;
small, 38a40: ducks, 30a32; keats,
young, 80al.00.
medium, 2ll2a23; common. 17a18; veal,
25a27: lamb. 90; pork loins, 19a21;
fresh hams, 20a22; fresh shoulders, l6a
II; smoked shoulders, 17a18; smoked
hams, 25a26; bacon, %; lard, in tins,
l2I2; in packages, Halls.
Live stock-Calves. 16a17; lambs,
13a14
Games-Rabbits, No. grade, rs; No.
grade, 15a20
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
The daily market report of fruits and
vegetables Compiled by the Market
News Service Bureau of Agricultural
Economics) says:
Apples-Supplies moderate; demand
light, market steady. Washing
ton, medium to large size extra fancy
Delicious, 325; Romes, 2.50 Staymans,
2.5Oa2 rs; Jonathans, 2.00a2.25: bushel
baskets, Virginia and Pennsylvania, u.
S. No. /, 21a inches up; Grimes best,
1.50; poorer, 1.35; Staymans, 1.50; U. S:
No. /, 234 inches up, mostly around
Its.
Cabbage-S Supplies light; demand
light. market steady; New York Danish
type, 90-pound sacks, 2.35a250; 11O-
pound sacks, 2.65.
Celery-Supplies liberal; demand mod
crate, market steady; California, crates,
6.OOa6 so; few fancy high as TOO; some
ripe, fair condition, 5.00a5.50; Michigan,
2-3 crates, 3.25a3.50; mostly 3.25.
Lettuce-Supplies of Western stock
LIBERAL demand light, market steady;
California, crates, iceberg type, AS doz.,
fair quality and condition, 35Oa4.oU, /,
Arizona, crates, iceberg type, 40 ooz.,
soft, poorly headed, 300a3.25. Southern
stock-Supplies light; demand light,
market dull; Florida, 12-busnel nam
pers, big Boston type, fair to ordinary
duality, 75af25; few $50.
Onions-Supplies light; demand light,
market steady; Michigan and Ohio
1O0-pound sacks Yellows, U. S. No. /,
medium to large size, 5.00a5.10; mostly
500.
Potatoes Supplies liberal; demand
moderate, market steady; Michigan,
I50-pound sacks Russet Rurals, S..
No. /. 2.lOa2.15; few 2.25; Idaho, 100
pound sacks. Russet Burbanks, U. S..
| No. 1, 2.40: Pennsylvania and New
York, 15O-pound sacks, Round Whites,
u. S. No. /, mostly around 200.
Spinach-Supplies light; demand
light, market steady; Norfolk section,
Virginia, veneer barrels, Savoy type,
2.00a2 .25. I.
stock scarce; demand good for good
stock, market about steady; Florida,
| 7-8 bushel hampers Green Black Valen-
tines, 300a3. 80.
Peppers-Supplies very light demand
moderate, market about steady; FLORIDA,
| 7-8 bushel hampers, fancy, 1000.
| Squash - Supplies light; demand
moderate, market steady; Florida. pep
per crates Whites. wrapped fancy, 500.
umbers-Practically no supplies
! on market.
Peas-Supplics light; demand mod
crate, market steady; California, 40
pound crates, mostly $50.
Tomatoes-Supplies light demand
moderate. market steady; Florida, skies,
ripes and turning, wrapped, fancy
count, 4.5Oa5.0O; few fine quality and
condition, 5.50a600; threes, ripes and
turning, wrapped, 2.5oa275; some fair
condition, 200.
trawberries-Supplies very light de-
mand light, market dull Florida, pony
refrigerators, Missionarys, fair condi-
/ ton, 100 per quart; pints, SO cents.