Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11
Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE, August 10 (Specian.--
! Although receipts OF Spring chickens
! and old hens continue liberal, the mar
! ket has had flrmer tone the past
week. sales on these lines showing an
| increase, and all colored springers OF
! good size are fairly easy to move de-
spite the fact the market is loaded with
: the smaller stock which is not de-
Sirable. Other lines of live poultry
3 holding about steady but values gener-
+ ally are in buyers favor. Colored
Springers 2-pound and over meet with
ready sale At 30 to 80 cents q pound.
and smaller. IS TO az. but leghorns will
not bring over 30 70 26. while all poor,
thin stock 81 neglected at i8 to 20. A
fairly good demand prevails for old
hens 4la-pound and over at 30 and
81 with small to medium selling % to
26 but leghorns. unless large and fat.
will not attract attention. at 90 to as.
Old boosters in liberal receipt and
slow sale at 10 to 20. Choice fat
young ducks 4-pound and over and
ready sale at 20 to %. but smaller
stock is hard TO place at 90. Guinea
fowl holds steady at IS to IS each for
young birds. but old stock as well as
stays will not bring over 50. while
pigeons are slow sale at IS pair for
both young and old.
Egg Receipts Light
Receipts Of desirable stock Of native
and nearby eggs continue light and
no trouble to place eggs that show the
grade, but offerings of doubtful quail
fly are slow to find favor even at the
lower values. Business continues slow
on the exchange under light offerings,
and street sales constitute the better
part Of transactions with candled
stock bringing 35 and SO cents a
dozen and current receipts 80 and So.
while hennery white selected stock
will bring a premium of to 4 cents
a dozen over quotations.
Market for white potatoes continues
dull with demand centered on well
graded No. 1 stock at 40 to 500 q
barrel, ungraded and mixed potatoes
selling mostly $50 to $50 and No. 2
stock not desirable at 1.50 to 400.
Hundred pound sacks sell mostly 2.50
to 800. but to bring these prices care
full grading Is necessary. as mixed No.
is and No. rs have to be sacrificed
at No. q prices.
Garden Truck Cheaper.
Receipts Of native and nearby gar
den truck continues fairly liberal. and
values on most lines show q decline
at the following quotations: Stringless
beans, 100 to $50 bushel: beets and
carrots. 800 and 400 hundred: cab.
bage, 100 to 1.25 hamper; sugar corn.
IS to 40 dozen: cucumbers so to 30
hamper: eggplants. "A 90 to 100 hamper:
lima beans, IS to 100 hamper; onions.
90 to 1.15 bushel: peppers. IS to 40
hamper; squash, IS to IS hamper, and
tomatoes. IS to rs hamper. with can
ners' stock selling 90 to 100.
| The general live cattle market holds
steady under light receipts both on the
wharveS and at the stock yards, and all
first quality stock meets with ready
sale. but common to ordinary cattle
moves slow at inside prices.
! Quotations today at Light Street
wharf-Beef cattle. first quality, pound
11l2 to IL: common to medium. 8 to 10;
butts as to quality. 8 to 10. Cows,
choice to fancy. Z to 912: common to
fair Az to 7. Oxen. as to quality, 8 to
/ 10. Calves, veal. choice. IS to 1917;
| large fat, 10 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, 1914 TO -
Hogs, straight, 111a to IL: sows. 8 to 9:
live pigs, 10 to IS; shoats, 10 to IL