Evening star., 1929-12-12
EGG PRICES DROP
AT D. c. MARKET
Increased Receipts Result in
Easing of Quotations.
Poultry Cheaper.
An easier condition of the egg market,

An easier condition of the egg market,
result of increased receipts. was report
cd by wholesale dealers this morning
Current receipts were quoted from 48
to so cents, fresh selected around 50
cents and hennery stock at 55 and So
cents.
THE market has been due for a drop
the past week or more commented
dealer, land under normal conditions
prices should be still cheaper before
the heavy Christmas trading is on"
Turkeys and chickens continue to
reach here from the country districts
and the chicken market this morning
was reported weak, prices having drop
ped earlier iii the week.
Municipal Fish Market this morning
attracted attention of retailers looking
for supplies for the Friday and week.
end trade. There was no particular
were not SO plentiful and higher prices
ruled.
Standards and selects were both 25
cents higher on the gallon. the former
selling at $2.75 and the latter at $3.50.
Shell stock from points on the Chesa-
peake Bay and tributaries were offered
around 50 a bushel oysters from the
ocean front of the Eastern Shore of
Maryland and Virginia selling at higher
prices.
Cold weather probably will interfere
with meters on the creeks along the
Potomac River below Alexandria, where
several varieties of fish have been
caught in fairly large quantities the
past week or more. Many of the fish,
especially the yellow perch and roach,
are very small the former selling
around 10 cents pound and the latter
as low as SO cents a bushel. Small
quantities of carp and catfish also are
being received from the fishermen
operating in the creeks.
Large quantities of jumping mullets
are being received from Florida and
selling at 10 and Is cents a pound.
Rockfish were quoted at 80, and trout
at 18 and 20 cents. Very few founders
are reaching the local market.
Biloxi, Miss, packers are sending 10
cal dealers plentiful supplies of crab
meat that is selling at rs cents pound,
meat from Maryland and Virginia
packers selling at so cents. North
Carolina scallops, not so large as the
scallops from the North, were in de-
mand at 81 a gallon.
Lima beans, in buShel baskets, and
okra, in 6-pan crates, reached the To-
cal market this morning, each pack
age securely wrapped in heavy paper to
guard against freezing. None of the
receipts seemed to have been affected
by the cold. Lima beans were offered
at $3.50 and Sc, similar receipts from
Cuba bringing about the same prices.
The okra was offered at SIS.
California and Texas growers con-
tributed supplies of carrots and other
vegetables, while nearby farmers sup
piled spinach, kale, beets, carrots and
other vegetables. Vegetable supplies
were reported more than enough to
meet demands.
Large navel oranges from California
was the show fruit of the days market,
selling at 81 and $3.50 a box, the
cording to size and quality, at a wide
prices ranging from $3.50 to $5 a box.
Inclement weather this morning
kept many retailers from the wholesale
district, making the market draggy.
Today's Wholesale Prices-Jobbers'
Prices Slightly Higher.
Butter-One- pound prints. 4412a
4512; tub, 43l2aE412; store packed, 80
a32
ggs-Hennery, 55a58; fresh selected.
53a54; current receipts, 48a50.
Poultry, alive-Turkeys. young hens
and toms, 30; old toms, 26a27; Spring
chickens, large, 24a25; medium, 23a24;
brollers, 28a30: Leghorns, 22a23; fowls,
25a26; roosters, 20; ducks, 15a20.
DreSsed-Turkeys, young hens and
toms, 37a38; old toms, 33a34; Spring
chickens, large, 32a33; medium, 32a33;
broilers. 35a36; Leghorns, 28a30: fowls