Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-06
Baltimore Markets
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, January 5.-With the
exception of turkeys, demand for which
has eased off since the holidays, the
live poultry market holds firm and
values on nearly all lines show an ad-
vance over last week. Live turkeys rule
much easier, with values from to 10
| cents pound. Lower since the holi-
days and only small to medium sized
young hens and gobblerS meet with fair
sale at 80 to IS cents pound, while
large heavy gobblerS and old toms are
hard to move at % to 80 and poor and
crooked breasts are neglected at 25.
| Medium to large Spring chickens in
good demand at 80 to 33, but all poor
thin fowl weighing less than liz pounds
move slow at 20 to %. Old hens in
| light receipt and fowl weighing 81
pounds and over in good demand at 26
to 30, but smaller, thin stock neglected
| at 20. Capons in light receipt and all
birds weighing pounds and over meet
with ready sale at 38 to 40, while small
er stock sells fairly we'll at 33 to So
Old ROSTERS in ample supply and gen.
orally slow sale at II and Is. Market
for ducks and geese holds steady under
moderate receipts and a fairly good de-
mand for choice birds at 81 to 80 for
the former and % to Is for the latter,
but small, poor stock is generally neg
lected at 20. Guinea fowl and pigeons
continue in fair demand at 40 to 80
each for the former and 30 for the
latter. Choice to fancy dressed capons,
5 pounds and over, which bring a
premium Of 8 to 5 cents a pound, are
the only lines that will bring premium
dressed over live poultry. Not much
demand for dressed turkeys, but fairly
good demand for straight lots of choice
young chickens and smooth fat fowl.
but ducks and geese are generally slow
sale.
Egg Market Slump.
The market for native and nearby
eggs Slumped the latter part of the
week and values declined from 3 to
4 cents dozen on both current re-
ceipts and firsts, due to increased
receipts, which have generally exceeded
the demand. Many of the receipts
from nearby points consist of white
understood pullet eggs, and this char
prices have to be shaded. The mar
ket closed today at SO cents a dozen
for f1rSts in free cases and 80 to IS
cents for current receipts, and it takes
special grading of large white eggs to
bring premium over quotations for
firStS.
Receipts of white potatoes have been
light from all sections the past week
and under good demand the market
holds steady with values a shade
higher. For well graded round pota-
toes there is a good movement, but
Reds and McCormicks, while selling
somewhat better, are arriving mostly
ungraded mixed stock and all such
offerings have to be sold at inside
prices, while it does not pay to ship
No. Is nor culls.
No. / well graded round potatoes
are bringing 1.30 to lao per 100 pounds
and McCormtc&E and Reds ITO to 100,
while 150-pound sacks sell mostly Its
to 2.25. Sweet potatoes and yams in
more liberal receipt and under only
a fair demand the market rules easy,
with prices mostly in buyers favor.
Demand conferred on clean, bright
stock and anything off grade, small or
irregular quality, is hard to SELL while
No. Is and culls are not wanted at
any price. No. l sweets are bringing
ESQ to 2.75 barrel and yams $50
to 1926. but large, rough and dark
stock will not bring over $50 to 200,
while bushel baskets sell mostly rs to
LIS, as to size and quality.
Garden Truck.
Demand for native and nearby
garden truck continues good and the
market holds steady at the following
quotations:
Beets and carrots, 4.00a600; broccoli,
60a75 bushel; kale, 50a6O bushel;
onions, 1.50a400 per 100 pounds:
oyster plants, 6.00a900 per 100:
parsnips, 50a65 basket; savoy cabbage,
75a1 90 bushel: spinach, 75a90 bushel;
turnips, 50a75 basket.
The live cattle market has ruled
quiet with no snap to the demand all
week and values show little change
from last week. Receipts continue light
on the wharveS and fair at the stock
yards, but mostly of common to or
binary cattle, which is slow sale at
inside prices. Demand, which is ex-
pected to show an improvement next
week, conferred generally on first quality
stock. Quotations today at Light street
wharf:
Beef cattle, first quality, pound, Ia
1912; common to medium, GALL: bulls.
as to quality, 7a9; cows, choice to fancy,
8a9; common to fair, SAT; oxen, as to
quality, 6a8; calves, veal, choice, 16;
large, fat, l3a15; large rough, 10a12;
thin, 9a10; rough and common, 7a8;
sheep, choice, 5a6; old bucks, 3a4;
lambs, choice, Halls: fair to good,
11a13; common, thin, 8a9; hogs.
straight, 812s9; cows, 7a8; live pigs,
10a11; shoats, 8a9.
Closing grain quotations-W Wheat,
No: 2, red Winter, garlicky, spot,
1.22A; January delivery, 1924; corn,
No. export, January delivery, 9814
No. 2, yellow, domestic, spot, LOCAL .03;
cobcorn, 480a4.85 per barrel; oats, No. 2,
white, domestic, spot, 5712a58: No. 3,
white, domestic. spot, 56a5612; rye,
nearby, 1.15a1.25.
EPIDEMIC CHECKED