Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-24
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
BALTIMORE, Md, March 23.-The
egg market continues to be a day-to-
day market and while prices f1uctuated
slightly the past week, they are hold
! ing fairly steady. although the tendency
is lower, but receipts of native and
nearby stock are keeping pretty well
cleaned up from day to day. The situa-
| ton. however is unsettled and prompt
| shipments are advisable to realize best
results as buyers are critical and all
| held eggs have to be sold at a discount
| The market closed today at % cents a
dozen for firsts In free cases. a decline
! of a cent dozen from opening prices
Monday. and IS and Is cents for cur
rent receipts. Market for duck eggs
holds firm under light receipts and a
good demand at Al and 48 cents a
dozen, but prompt shipments even In
single case lots are advisable, as held
eggs will not bring any more than
Southern stock, which Is selling at 80
to AZ.
Live poultry receipts have been run
ming light the past week and the mar
ket holds firm on all lines, especially
young broiling chickens. which are
scarce and meet with ready sale, often
at premium over quotations.
Spring Chickens on Market.
Spring chickens made their first ap-
pearance of the season this week and
cleaned up readily at as and 48 cents
a pound. Young broilers are bringing
90 to As, while large, smooth, fat young
chickens. 2l2 pounds and over, sell
mostly 20 to ~.
Old hens are in good demand and
under lighter receipts, the market is a
shade higher at 80 to 81. but Leghorns
will not bring over 80 to 80.
Capons are in steady demand at 43
to As for birds weighing Z pounds and
over and 80 to Al for smaller but slips
not so active at IS and So, while old
roosters are in ample supply at l8 to
20. There Is no surplus of desirable
stock in the daily arrivals of large, fat
ducks, 4 pounds and over, which are in
good demand at Is to 80, but smaller
stock moves slow at 20. Guinea fowl
and pigeons both fairly active at so to
100 each for the former and IS to 40
a pair for both young and old OF the
latter.
The season for dressed poultry is
practically over and with tN warm
weather prevailing only limited ship
ments are advisable, as in only few
instances will dressed poultry bring
more than live. A fair demand is still
noted for small to medium sized pen
turkeys. straight lots of young chickens
and large, fat capons, but other lines
are generally slow sale at the same
prices as live.
Old stock white potatoes are in only
moderate receipt, but ample for the de-
mand and the market holds steady
Long red potatoes free from blight
continue to move fairly we'll, but stock
showing blight has to be heavily dis
counted. New potatoes from the South
in more liberal receipt and as prices
decline demand shifts more and more
from old stock and it takes strictly NO.
well graded potatoes to bring top
prices of 100 to 1.25 per 100 POUNDS
while McCormicks and Reds sell mostly
rs to 90.
other Vegetable Receipts.
Receipts of sweet potatoes and yams
have been running heavy the past week
and generally in excess OF the demand,
which is only fair, and the market is
easy with prices shade lower at 5.oo
to $50 a barrel for the former ana
$50 to 400 for the latter. These prices,
however, can be obtained only on ciean
bright, medium sized stock, as all large,
LIS to 225, while No. Us and culis
are not wanted at any price.
With the decline in prices OF early
Spring vegetables from the South de-
mand for. native and nearby garden
truck is easing off and only first quail
ity stock attracts attention at the fol-
lowing quotations: Cabbage. 100 to 1.50
hamper: kale, 150 to Its barrel;
onions. 800 to 500 per hundred pounds;
parsnips, 50 to so basket: spinach 80 to
100 bushel and turnips, IS to so basket.
Live Stock Market.
The general live cattle market holds
steady under light receipts both on the
fairly good demand, but centered on
first quality stock. Next week being
holy week, demand will not be so active
until Saturday. Spring lambs, 40 to
IS pounds, scarce, and meet with ready
sale at 10 to 20 cents pound.
Quotations today at Light Street
Wharf:
Beef cattle, first quality. per pound,
111a to IL; common to medium, to 10:
bulls, as to quality. to 8: cows, choice
to fancy, to 9: common to fair, 4 to s;
oxen, as to quality, 6 to 8; calves, veal,
choice, per pound. is to 16k; large. fat,
14h to Is; large, rough, 10 to IL; thin,
8 to 10: rough and common, to 8;
sheep, choice. to Z: old bucks, to S:
lambs, choice, Is to 16: fair to good.
IL to IA: common, thin. to 10: Spring
lambs, 40 to IS pounds, Is to 20; sows,
8 to 9: live pigs, 10 to ID; shoats,
10 to IL.