Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
Baltimore Markets

! BALTIMORE. June 80 Especially -
I Closing grain quotations-Wheat No. 2
red Winter. garlicky. domestic Angus,
delivery, Las bid; No. ,. red Winter
! garlicky, domestic. July delivery. la
bid; bag lots of nearby wheat sold a,
the wharf at a range of l.40al.45: corn
| NO. 7, yellow domestic, l.20al2l: ne
contract; no quotations: cob corn. SIS
Assoc per barrel: oats, No. 2. white do
nestle, 77a7s; No. 8. white domestic
76a77; rye. nearby. LOCALS.
Wednesday, the Fourth OF July. being
legal holiday here. all commission,
houses will be closed and shippers are
warned not to ship any live poultry OF
perishable goods to arrive here Wednes.
day morning. as there will be no out
let for them, and with the warm
weather prevailing the latter would
| probably be total loss.
Poultry Continues Steady.
The live poultry market continues
steady under a good and active demand
for large smooth, young chickens, and
fat. old hens. pounds and over, and
liberal shipments of Spring chickens arf
advisable for the Fourth of July holi-
day trade Monday and Tuesday. Cur
rent receipts have been running fairly
liberal, especially of small understood
Spring chickens, which are not desir-
able and generally slow sale at the lower
values. Large, Spring chickens. pounds
and over, continue to meet with ready
sale at 36a40 a pound. but fowl under
pounds will not bring over 30a36
while Leghorns sell mostly 22a30, as to
size. Medium to large, old hens, are
selling at 81. and fowl under pounds
23a26, but Legllorns generally will no,
bring over 19a20, while all, poor, thin
fowl is slow sale at I7al8 Not much
demand for old ROSTERS, which are In
ample supply at 14a16 Large young
ducks, 4 pounds and over. In fair de-
mand at 23a25, but stock under 4
pounds moves slow at 20, while old
ducks are neglected at 15a2e. Pigeons
continue in fair request, 25a30 a pair
for both young and old.
| Egg Market Unsettled.
The egg market has been rather un-
! settled this week with trading on the
| exchange light, but fair movement
continues among the trade on the street
. Native and nearby eggs have been run
ming moderate to fair of desirable stock
and all eggs grading first meet with
| stock to draw top quotations The
trade is critical as to quality during the
! Summer season and prompt shipments
are advisable to realize best results
The market closed today at 90 cents a
dozen for native and nearby firSts in
free cases, a decline of u cent a dozen
for opening prices Monday. and IS to "a
dozen for current receipts as to size.
While receipts of new potatoes have
! peen generally light the past week they
have been ample for the demand which
is easily satisfied, and the market rules
/ lower on No. ! stock while No. stock
and culls are not wanted at any price.
No. well graded potatoes are bringing
$50 TO 2.25 barrel. but old potatoes
are in little demand and the market
continues dull at 100 per 100 pounds
| for strictly No. / well-graded stock
| Season for old potatoes practically over
and most of the stock shows sprouts
/ which is not desirable and has to be
/ sold at sharp discounts Demand for
/ native and nearby garden truck con-
| tinues good on practically all lines and
| the market holds steady at the follow
! ing quotations:
Large, fancy green asparagus. ESQ to
| 800 dozen; choice, $50 to 200. but
small culls are generally slow sale at
100 to lbs. Green string beans, 125
to so bushel wax beans, 100 to l.25
DuSHbis DUE kdle, 90 10 4U DuSnel
beets. 800 and 400 a hundred: cab
bage, 35 to SO hamper: carrots, 400
to 500 a hundred; cucumbers. l.25
basket; lettuce. IS to 100 bushel;
| Spring onions, 100 to l.25 a hundred
peas, 100 TO 200 bushel radishes,
! so TO $50 a hundred: rhubarb, 200
! to 800 hundred; spinach, 100 to l.25
bushel: squash, SIS to 90 basket. and
! Eastern Shore tomatoes, $50 to 2.25
I crate.
Berries in Fair Receipt.
! Berries and cherries in fair receipt
and while fancy sound stock sell:
readily at top prices, values have TO b.
shaded on the poor stock. sales being
mostly TO packers at inside prices al
the following quotations:
| Blackberrtes. 8 10 Is quart: goose.
berries, 10 10 quart: huckleberries, II
10 20 quart: raspberries, 10 to Is 9
pint: Strawberries, TO II quart, anc
cherries. 4 TO Is a pound, as TO siz.
and quality.