Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE, August 3 (SpeciaD -
Closing grain quotations: wheat-No
2 red Winter. spot. 1895; No. red
Winter. sar lt spot ls4S; August
I.ss: No. 3 red winter, garlicky spot,
1904. Corn-No. 2, export, August de-
livery. no quotations; No. yellow, yell
low domestic spot, 100; cob corn, 500
per barrel Oats-No. 2 white domes-
tic, 6Oa6l; No. 8 white domestic, 58a59.
Rye-Nearby. 1.10a1.20.
Receipts Of Spring chickens continue
heavy, particularly Of stock IA to 2
lbs. and under. which are extremely
hard to move, and the market continues
to show o decline, especially on small
Leghorns, for which 1t is more ques-
ton of a buyer than price. Colored
Springers. ga lbs. and over are selling
at 80 and 81 cents a h.. a decline of
cents q ID. from last week. and smaller
fowl, IS to ~, while Leghorns sell
mostly "a to as, and all poor. thin stock
is neglected at 10 to 20. Old hens also
in more liberal receipt, and the market
shows decline OF cents 10. at SO
for fowl weighing 4 lbs. and over, while
smaller stock sells strictly on its merits
at % to %. A fair demand prevails
for large, fat old hens. but Leghorns
are not desirable and will not bring over
% to IS. Old ROSTERS generally slow
sale at ID to 20. Choice fat young
ducks, lbs. and over, find ready sale
at ~ to "a, but poor. understood stock
is hard to move at 20. Guinea fowl in
good condition and weighing Ia lbs.
and over meet with ready sale at 90 TO
ITO each, but smaller as well as old
stays move slowly at so to rs.
Pigeons in ample supply for the de-
mand, which is limited at IS, a fair
price for both young and old.
Egg Receipts Light.
Receipts of native and nearby eggs of
desirable quality running light and no
trouble to place stocks that show the
grade, but offerings Of doubtful quality
are slow sale even at lower prices. Bust
ness on the exchange continues dull, as
most buyers prefer to ship around on
the street and see the goods before
buying. The market closed today at SO
and "a cents q dozen for candled stock
and 81 and 80 for current receipts.
New potatoes in lighter receipt the
past week, and under q good demand
conferred on well graded stock. the mar
ket shows an advance at $50 to 500 q
Dbl. for No. 1 stock. and 200 to $50
for No. 2s. with q wide range in quail
ity on ungraded potatoes, which sell
mostly 500 to 500. Old potatoes slow
safe, ana prices IN buyers 1dNoE al 10
| to l.25 per 100 lbs.
Market for most lines Of native and
nearby garden truck steady to firm, at
the following quotations: Stringless
beans. $50 to ITO bu.; beets, 200 to
| $50 100; cabbage. 100 to 1.25 hamper:
carrots, 500 and 400 100; corn, Is to 20
dozen; cucumbers. Sc to go hamper;
eggplants, $50 to 200 crate; lima beans
Is to $50 hamper; onions. 100 to 1.25
bu.; peppers, 80 to so hamper; squash
IS to IS hamper, and tomatoes, loo
to 200 hamper
| Peaches In Ample Supply.
| Nearby peaches in ample supply, and
| it takes choice stock to bring outside
quotations Of as to 50 hamper. Can
taloupes also in liberal receipt, with
nearby stock selling 40 to IS a hamper
and Eastern Shore 40 to 100.
The live cattle market has an easier
| tone under more liberal receipts, which
are mostly of fair quality and demand
| conferred on first quality stock. QUO
tations at Light Street Wharf: Beet
cattle, first quality, h., III to IL;
common to medium, 8 to 10; bulls, as to
quality, 8 to 10; cows, choice to fancy
I to 9k: common to fair, So to z;
oxen, as to quality, 3 to 10: calves, veal
choice, is to 1917; large, fat, IS to IA;
large, rough, 10 to II; thin. TO 10;
rough and common, z to 8. Sheep
| choice, 2 to 6; old bucks, 8 to 4; Spring
lambs, fancy, 121z to 49,. choice, liz
to IL. Hogs, straight, l1h to IL; sows
8 to 9; live pigs, 10 to 10; shoats, 10
to u.