Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-05-29
Baltimore Markets


special DlSpdlCn 10 Inc star.
BALTIMORE, Md, May 28-Under
fairly liberal receipts and only mod
crate demand the live poultry market
ruled easy practically all week and val
ues generally show slight decline. This
is due to large extent to the shipment
Of small, poor, thin fowl, especially
Spring chickens, which are not so de-
sirable and only tend to lower the val
ues of better stock. Shipment of Spring
ers under pounds not advisable as this
class of stock moves slow and is often
more question of buyers than price.
Mixed colored Spring chickens, 2lo
pounds and over, are bringing % to "a
cents pound and to 2l2 pounds, 18
to 20, but Leghorn5 will not bring over
II and 18 and all smaller stock moves
slow at IA to 16. With the Jewish holi-
days over old hens show a decline at Is
to 16 for medium to large fowl, 4
pounds over, with Leghorns selling
mostly IL to IA, while all poor thin fowl
as well as old roosters are hard to move
at to 10. Ducks also show decline
Of 2 cents pound at IL to Is for fat,
young ducks, pounds and over, but cid
ducks are hard to place at to 10.
Guinea fowl and pigeons, however. are
holding steady and unchanged at 80 to
SIS each for the former and 20 to IS
pair for both young and old of the
latter.
Egg Prices.
The egg market rules easy and values
show decline Of cent dozen at IL
to 1919 cents for current receipts and
only moderate consumptive demand at
this price. most of the receipts being
70 hyyf ho
advised not to hold their eggs during
the hot weather prevailing as only fresh
laid stock will bring these prices, all
held eggs having to be sold at discounts
strictly on merit.
White potato market continues dull
under a light demand and prices are
mostly in buyers favor at IS to IS per
100 pounds, for round white. and 80 to
80 for long reds. Sweet potatoes and
yamS in fair demand and values show
no change at 100 to $50 for the former
and lbs to 1.50 for the latter.
Native and nearby garden truck in
liberal receipt. but demand continues
good and prices are -! maintained at
the following quotations: Faccy green
asparagus. $50 to 2.25 dozen. b>;t poor
stock will not bring over SO to 125;
beets, 1.25 to Its crate: cabbage, 100 to
lbs hamper: kale 80 to 40 bushel: let
tuce. so to 100 bushel onions. 40 to IS
hundred; peas, leo to LIS bushel;
radishes, 100 to 1.50 hundred; rhubarb,
LOO to 800 hundred, and spinach. 20
to 40 bushel
Live Stock Prices.
The live cattle market on the
wharves continues easy with demand
light and centered mostly on frst-qual-
ity stock Quotations today at Light
Street Wharf:
Beef cattle. first quality, pound. to
612; common>to medium, 3 to S; bulls,
as to quality, 212 to A. cows. choice to
fancy, to S; common to fair, to 3;
oxen, as to quality. 3la to 6. Calves,
veal, choice, 5l2; large, fat. Az to S;
large rough, to 4; common, thin. to
31a; sheep, ~ to 3; Spring lambs,
choice, 6l2 to Z: fair to good, to 6;
hogs, straight, 4 to Az; sows, to 3la:
stays, 2 to 2l2; live pigs, 10 to II;
shoats, 8 to 10.
Closing grain quotations-Wheat. No.
2 red Winter. garlicky. spot, domestic.
601a; May delivery, 6O12; corn. No. 2.
yellow, spot, domestic, 43a44; cob corn,
2.00a2 Is; oats No. 2. white, domestic.
32l2a33; No. 3, white. domestic, 81 ga
3d. rye. nearby. bag lots, 40a45.
Will Reduce Discount Rate.
COPENHAGEN. Denmark, May %
I Nat ~f IL