Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-05
OUTLOOK FOR CROP
PRICES IMPROVES
Although General Tendency
Has Been Downward, Mar
ket Shows Better Tone.

The general price tendency of farm
lDroducts was downward around the LIST OF
November, but there were few encour-
aging features, says the United States
Department of Agriculture, Bureau of
Agricultural Economics, Market News
Service. The position Of dairymen was
quite favorable, with butter markets
holding at fairly satisfactory levels and
cheese a little higher in Western pro-
ducing sections, while prices OF some
leading millfeeds were tending down.
ward. Some vegetables, including po-
tatoes, cabbage and onions, have been
selling lower the past few weeks, but
prices Of fruit have held nearly UNI
changed. Grain was perhaps the weak
est feature, reaching lowest points all
season, ewing mainly to heavy supplies
and to the nature Of crop and market
news in foreign grain producing and
consuming regions. Cotton and live
stock held up rather better than grain.
Business conditions have remained IN
usually unsatisfactory. Rising COM
modify prices In some foreign markets
offered a little encouragement, since
there base been but little recent decline
| in the United States.
Potato prices held fairly well at
Eastern shipping points in early No
vember, but were tending downward in
the North and West. Western New
$1.0O per 100 pounds, sacked, and
Northern Maine quoted prices slightly
higher than the week before on Green
Mountains, at 81 to $135. Eastern
! jobbing markets were slightly lower on
Green Mountains from Maine and Can
ada, also on Eastern round whites.
| Apple Market Dull.
| The Potomac Shenandoah Valley re-
ported dull markets on barreled apples
and most sales averaged close to 81.
Total apple shipments are still decreas-
/ ing. The, Virginias shipped $40 cars
the last week of October and New York
925. Washington apples continued to
move actively at the rate Of about 500
\ cars daily. Apple sales were draggy in
consuming markets without much
/ change in price.
Onnions and Cabbage.
Western New York onion shipments
are quoted rs to 80 cents per 100-pound
sack of yellow stock. Carlot movement
dropped to about $50 cars daily in early
| November.
Prices Of cabbage declined in most
| city and country markets. Shipments
increased greatly around November /,
i amounting to about 800 cars daily.
New York reports showed Danish type
cabbage selling lower in bulk at $40
to S11 per ton.
The New York celery market i'm
proved considerably. Western New
York shipping points quoted si.20 to
SIPS per crate and city sales advanced,
reaching $1.40 to $2.25.
Grape shipments are decreasing from
most points. Pennsylvania grape ship
mentS increased in late October. Con-
cords have been selling higher the past
ton in Western New York producing
sections and tending higher in con-
Stunning markets.
| Fresh Eggs Firm.
| Price advances of to 2 cents were
| quite common in the principal egg
| markets near November /, but the
| gains applied to fresh receipts only,
| while eggs in cold storage were I'M
changed or slightly lower. Receipts in
creased compared with preceding weeks
/ or the same week year ago. Storage
| eggs have been coming out rapidly dur
| ing the past month, but have been
selling at prices unsatisfactory to
| holders.
Lighter supplies Of dressed poultry
and light holdings in cold storage In
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| largely responsible for the continued
| firm market trend. There were adj
vances of cent q pound during the
| last week Of October and prime West
ern roasters reached 20 cents in New
York.
| Live Stock Lower.
The hog run at Chicago on October
| 80 was the largest since early in Feb
ruary. Receipts by packers increased,
while shippers took only about half as
many hogs as during the preceding
week. Accordingly, killers were able
to depress prices to the extent OF so
| to so cents per 100 pounds, as COM
pared with the week before, but there
was some recovery the first week of
November.
Lambs were the only kind of live
| stock showing good advances the last
week Of october. Fat lamb values ad-.
| vanced so cents at Chicago and sheep
market showed small gains. Receipts
| Of fat lambs were smaller at the princi-
pal markets. The better grades OF
ewes and wether lambs sold from So
| to $825, with top Of $3.50.