Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-28
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Nd, September 81
With the exception of old hens, de-
niand for which has eased of and val
ues shade lower, the live poultry
market holds steady and shows little
change from last week. Large, colored,
mixed Springers, 8 pounds and over,
are shade higher at IS to 81 cents q
pound, with smaller selling mostly 20
TO Is, but Leghorns are generally slow
sale at IL to %, while all poor, thin
fowl as well as bare backs are neglect
ed at is and II. Receipts of old hens
continue liberal, with demand limited.
Values are lower at II to IS for stock
weighing ga pounds and over, but
Leghorns win not bring over Is and Is
and all poor, thin fowl Is hard to move
out at 10 and IA, Demand for old
rooSters also limited and the market
rules easy at IA and Is. A better de-
Inand prevails for large, fat ducks of
white variety, which. are in light re-
ceipt, 1t IL and Is for stock weighing
& pounds and over, but small and poor
dCcks generally slow sale at Is and Il.
Guinea fowl, Ia pounds and over,
meet with ready sale at SO to IS each,
but smaller birds are not wanted at any
price, while pigeons are holding steady
at 20 cents a pair for both young and
old.
Egg Prices.
Under liberal receipts from all sec
fions the egg market has an easier tone
and only offerings grading firsts and
showing quality attract attention. Too
many of the receipts from nearby
points show evidence of having been
held and this class of stock viii not
bring top values. The market closed
today at IS cents a dozen for hennery
white firsts, 30 for nearby flrsts and ~
Tor current receipts.
White potatoes in moderate receipt
and under q good demand for well
graded stock free from blight the mar
ket holds steady at 200 to AIS per 100
pounds, but ungTaded stock will not
bring over It's to 100, while Eastern
Shore barrel potatoes sell mostly 2.25
to 3.25. A better demand prevails for
sweet potatoes and all well graded No.
] stock meets with ready sale at 800 to
3.25 per barrel. but ungraded will not
bring over $50 to AIS, while bushel
baskets sell mostly 100 to 1855.
Garden Truck.
Receipts of native and nearby gar
den truck moderate and generally of
only fair quality and the market is
mostly in buyers favor at the follow
ing quotations: Stringless beans, / 90
TO $50 bushel; beets and carrots, 400
to 400 per 100; sugar corn, 10 to 80
dozen: cucumbers, rs TO 90 hamper; egg
plants. 20 to so hamper; lima beans, so
to IS hamper; onions, 100 to 1.25 per
100 pounds; peppers, IS to so hamper;
squash, so to SIS hamper; tomatoes, 20
to 100 hamper. and 30 to rs bushel for
packing stock.
Live Stock Prices.
The live cattle market holds steady
on choice stock, but draggy on common
TO medium cattle, which constitute most
Of the cattle receipts on the wharves.
Quotations today at Light street
wharf:
Beef cattle. first quality, pound, to
D; common to medium, pound, to 8;
bulls, as to quality, to s; cows, choice
to fancy, to 6.
Common to fair, to 4; oxen, as to
quality, 4 to 6; calves, veal, choice, IL
to Ill., large, fat, 9 to 10; large, rough
to 8; common, thin, to s.: sheep, 2
to 4; old bucks, 2 to 3; Spring lambs,
fancy. to 8; choice, Az to s: hogs
straight, 10 to 1917: sows. to 8; stays
to S; live pigs, IL to 49, shoats, 10
70 IL.