Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
Baltimore Markets

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md, october 19.-The
live poultry market continues noooeo
with common undesirable small 1owl,
both springers and old hens, and TINS
class of small, rough stock Is not wanted
and has to be sold at sharp discounts
to the Arab trade. Despite this handl-
cap the market is holding fairly steady
on all lines, but large fat old hens Is
the only stock that shows an advance
nm price over last weeks quotations, ana
while values on other lines show no
change prices are mostly in buyers
favor. CoIored springers, pounds an0
over. in fairly good demand at 20 TO zS
cents pound, but small fowl as Wen We!
Old hens. Az pounds and over. are
bringing 80 and 81 and ga to Az
hounds. % to Is, but Leghorns and old
ROSTERS are slow sale at Ii to ~.
Ducks, pounds and over, In fair de-
mand at 90 to %, with White Pekins
bringing top values, but stock bros,
pounds and over, meet with ready
sale at rs each, but smaller bros not
SO active at 40 to so. Pigeons in ample
supply for the demand, which Is limited
at Is pair for both young and old.
Live turkeys made their first appear
aYlce on the market this week and the
limited receipts met with ready sale
at 40 cents a pound for stock weighing
8 pounds and over, but liberal ship
mentS not advisable under prevailing
weather conditions, and no turkeys
weighing less than 8 pounds should be
shipped.
Egg Receipts.
Receipts of eggs from native and
nearby points continue light and under
good demand for desirable stock which
meets with ready sale, the market holds
firm at 50 and So cents q dozen for
nennery, while IS to 4S for frsts and
80 and 40 for current receipts, but
small, dirty eggs as we'll as culls are
slow sale at 25 to go Buyers are
critical as to quality. especially with
warm weather prevailing and all held
stock which will not grade hrsts under
the candle has to be sold as current
receipts.
White potatoes in light receipt from
all sections and under a fairly good de-
lnand, but conferred on first quality
stock, the market holds firm, with
values a shade higher at $50 to 400 a
barrel, but mixed ungraded stock will
not bring over $50 to 500, while No. 2
potatoes are slow sale at l.50 to 200.
Sack potatoes in better dsmand than
barrels and the market is a shade
higher at 200 to BIS per 100 pounds
mixed and ungraded.
Native and nearby garden truck in
lighter receipt the past week and under
a good demand the market holds steady
to firm on most lines at the following
quotations:
Stringless beans, It's to 2.25 bushel
heets, 800 and 400 100: cabbage, so to
30 hamper carrots, 400 and 500 100;
sugar corn, 20 to 80 dozen; egg plants.
20 to 40 hamper: lettuce, rs to LIS
bushel; lima beans, l.25 to /. so hamper
onions, Its to 400 per 100 pounds
peppers, 20 to 80 hamper; pumpkins
500 TO 1900 100; spinach, 40 to rs
bushel; squash. rs to 40 hamper; to-
matoes, IS to so hamper, and washed
turnips, 20 to 80 hamper
Live Stock Market.
The live cattle market holds steady
under generally light receipts, especial
~ Of frst quality stock, but ample OF
common to ordinary cattle, which is
slow sale at inside prices.
Quotations today at Light street
wharf: Beef cattle, first quality, pound
10 to IL; common to medium, 8 to 8;
bulls as TO quality, Z to 8.
Cows, choice to fancy, 5 to z; common
to fair, 4 to 5; oxen as to quality, to
g.: calves, veal, choice, Is; large fat, II
to 1412: large rough, IS to 1917: thin
8 to 10; rough and common TO g.
sheep, choice, 2 to 5: old bucks, to 4
Spring lambs, fancy, l11a to IL; choice
1917 to IL; hogs, straight 10; sows, {
to O.; live pigs, 10 to Is; shoats, 10 to IL