Evening star., 1932-06-21
PRODUCE MARKETS
HAVE BETTER TONE
Live Stock Price Gains Are
feature-Wheat Values
Sharply Lower.

FTice gains on live STOCK soon a1ter
the middle Of the month were offset
by weak market in wheat. says the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, Bureau Of Agricultural Economics,
Market News Service. Most other
farm products may be grouped as
fairly steady in price. Butter markets
were unsettled with slow demand. Old
potatoes recovered little at some
points because Of temporary Interrupt
tion Of supplies, but the Chicago potato
market continued weak Strawberries
of choice grade averaged higher as the
season approaches the end Eggs have
held prices we'll this month. Hog prices
have recovered sharply from the ex-
treme lows of early June and fed cattle
have been selling better. Millfeeds sell
at low levels, but generally good pas
turage conditions have displaced much
OF the trade for the present.
Most Vegetables Lower.
Best North Carolina potatoes were
returning $225 per barrel, or S125 per
lO0-pound sack, at shipping points.
Shippers of Green Mountains in
Northern Maine were getting mostly 25
to 80 cents per 100 pounds, but terminal
prices on Maine stock declined slightly.
City jobbing prices strengthened
Slightly on Texas onions. Georgia
early peaches brought $3.50 a basket in
producing sections. Watermelon prices
declined. Cantaloupes were slow and
weak. Tomato prices tended downward
as supplies increased. Consuming cen
ters were higher on Western lettuce,
but were steady to weaker on Eastern
Big Boston type at 60 cents to 81 per
crate OF two dozen heads.
Butter Fairly Steady.
The butter markets during mid June
showed little definite change. The
volume of butter changing hands and
going directly into storage was small
as compared with former years. East
ern markets reported a fairly large
volume of sales for storage purposes
with chain stores. bakers and jobbers
operating quite freely. especially at Bos-
ton and New York, while at Philadel-
phia buying for storage was OF COM
paratively small volume. The receipts
of butter at the Eastern markets were
heavy as compared with those Of year
ago. Quality of arrivals has been quite
satisfactory as no unseasonably high
temperatures have prevailed. Receivers
in general are of the opinion that the
make has reached the height OF sea-
sons output. Heavier storing, de-
creasing consumption and the uncer-
tain industrial outlook were all factors
making for the nervous and unsettled
undertone.
The tone of the city cheese markets
was steady on fresh and firm on cured
cheese Prices remained generally un-
changed The bulk OF the cheese ar
riving in terminal markets during the
second week of June was Of the full
grass type, but trading was still re-
stricted by an unusually conservative
speculative demand
Firm Egg Markets.
Egg markets since the middle Of the
month have shown a slightly frmer
tone Buyers generally were in the
market for somewhat heavier require
mentS and supplies were fairly closely
cleared. Fractional advances brought
prices slightly higher at New York. a
total advance of about l cent being
reported since the first of June. The
lowest Spring price level for eggs for
over 20 years is considered the main
cause of reduction of farm flocks to
the smallest numbers ever reported In
June