Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-18
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. August 1.-THE mar
ket for live poultry holds steady under
| moderate receipts and q good demand,
but is centered on large Spring chick
ems and heavy fat old hens. Springers
pounds and over, meet with ready
sale at full values, but too many small
| fowl are being shipped and this class
OF stock Is not only slow 1T inside prices,
but tends to lower the value Of the
larger size stock. A good and constant
demand prevails for heavy old hens at
70 to 81 cents pound, and 20 to "a
Tor Leghorns, but stock weighing under
81 pounds Is not wanted and has to be
sold to street Arabs at big concessions
IN price. Colored Springers are bring
ing Is to 81 for fowl weighing IA
slow sale at az to ~, while all poor,
thin chickens IS well as stays are
neglected at Is to 20. Choice
fat young ducks meet with ready sale
at % to ~, but stock weighing under
pounds Is hard to place at 20. Young
Guinea fowl scarce and wanted at IS
cents each, but birds Weighing under
IA pounds not so desirable at so and
IS, while old birds move slow at so.
which Is slow at % pair for both
young and old. The egg market has
held steady all week under generally
light receipts from native and nearby
points and values show no change from
last week.
AL desirable stock, especially l1ennery
whites, meet with steady sale at full
values, but owing to quality Of most Of
the arrivals buyers are giving preference
to Western refrigerator stock which is
better graded and sells slightly lower.
Offerings on the exchange continue light
and street sales constitute most Of the
business from day to day. The market
closed today at SO to 40 cents dozen
for hennery whites, IS and 50 for can
died stock grading first and 80 to "a
for current receipts. Receipts Of white
potatoes have been lighter the past
week and under an improved demand
Ats to 525 q barrel for we'll praScd
No. stock, but ungraded stock will not
bring over ESQ to $50, while NO. as
move slow Of $50 to Its. Sacked pota-
toes sell mostly 2.50 to 500 per 100
pounds as to size and quality. Eastern
Shore sweet potatoes made their first
appearance on the market and are
meeting with ready sale at 5.5oa6.oO a
barrel.
Garden Truck.
The market for native and nearby
garden truck holding steady under q
good demand for first quality stock at
the following quotations:
StFingless green beans, 1.26 to 1875
bushel; beets and carrots, 500 and 400
100; cabbage, 100 to $50 hamper; corn,
10 to Is dozen; cucumbers, 60 to 65
hamper; eggplants, rs to 65 hamper;
lima beans, 40 to IS hamper: onions,
90 to LIS bushel; peppers; 20 and Is
matoes, 40 to 80 hamper, and ITO to
LIT half bushel. For Gamers stock
fruit, especially cantaloupes and
peaches, from native and nearby points
In liberal receipt and prices mostly in
buyers favor at the following quo
tations:
Apples, IS to IS hamper; cantaloupes,
Is to 86 hamper; erabapples, ID to 35
basket; peaches, IS to rs hamper, and
Live Stock Market.
The market for live cattle has ruled
easy the past week and values generally
show Slight decline from last week.
Demand conferred almost entirely on
top-grade stock and all under-gradeS
move slow at inside prices. Wharf
the stock yards. Quotations today at
Light street WE1arf-Beef cattle, frst
quality, pound, 111a to IL; common to
medium, 8 to 10. Bulls, as to quality,
to 10. Cows, choice to fancy, to
91A pound; common to fair, pound, 51a
to 7. Oxen, as to quality, pound, 8
to 10. Calves, veal, choice, pound, Is
to 1914.
Large, fat, pound, Is to Il; large,
rough, pound, 10 to IL: thin, pound,
to 10; rough and common, pound, Z
to .. Sheep, choice, q to 8. Old bucks,
pound, 8 to 4. Spring lambs, fancy,
pound, 1917 to ID; choice, pound. 111a
TO u. Hogs, straight, pound, INV to
IL; sows, pound, Q to 8; live pigs, pound,
10 to IS; sheats, pound, 10 to ~.
-. Hay and Grain Prices.
Closing grain quotations: Wheat, No
2 red Winter, spot, LAM; No. 2 red
Winter, gaFlicky, spot, l.S7; August de-
livery, 1877; September delivery, 1,Se;
No. 8 red Winter, garlicky, spot. 1.aS.
Corn, No. Q export, August delivery, ne
quotations; No. yellow domestic, spot,
goal. 81; cob corn, 5.75a6.o0 per barrel.
Oats, No. 2 white DOMESTIC, spot, 80;
No. white domestic, spot, b. Rye,
nearby, 1.O0a1.10.
Selected by the Salvation Army, a
large number Of settlers are on their
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