Evening star., 1932-10-23
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO Ihe star.
BALTIMORE, Md, october 22.-
With the exception Of Spring chickens
which are slightly easier and Cnly large
fat stock selling to advantage, the hive
poultry market holds steady to firm
under good demand but conferred
generally on heavy, fat, fowl: poor, thin,
fowl of all kinds is hard to move and
only tends to lower the value of better
class of stock. Plymouth Rock spring
ers, four pounds and over, continue to
bring top prices of Is and 16 cents a
pound, with Rhode Island Reds and
mixed colored. 31A pounds and over,
selling IA and IS, but Leghorns and
stock under 3la pounds will not bring
over 10 to IL, while all poor, thin, fowl
is hard to place at 8 and g. Old hens
in good demand and stock weighing
over pounds meets with ready sale
at is to IT, and 3i2 to 4 Founders in
fairly good demand at II to IA, but
Leghorns will not bring over 10 to II
and all poor, light fowl. as well as old
roosters, neglected at and g.
Other Poultry Prices.
The market for ducks firmer under
light receipts and values show an ad-
vance of a cent a pound at l3al4 for
ducks weighing pounds and over, but
mixed colored and black ducks will not
bring over IL and IL and small stock
not wanted at any price. Demand Tor
turkeys has shown an improvement the
past week and values are higher at %
to 25 for young hens, 9 pounds and
over and 20 to % for gobblers, II to Is
pounds, but only limited shipments are
advisable as demand is still limited and
not enough to justify liberal shipments.
Market for guinea fowl and pigeons
holds steady and unchanged at 25 to
IS each for the former and 10 to Is
a pair for the latter.
The egg market continues firm with
good fresh laid nearby stock scarce and
abuyer is satisfied with size and quality
Hennery whites, SIS pounds and up to
the case, continue to bring top values
of 80 to "a cents dozen, with nearby
firsts selling 81 and 49, but current
receipts move slow at 25 and 26 with
small pullet eggs generally neglected
at Is to 18.
With demand slow, market for white
potatoes slightly easier, but values show
no change from last week at 80a90 per
100 pounds with Eastern Shore Mary
land and Virginia Cobblers bringing
125a1 so per barrel. Demand for sweet
potatoes only moderate; prices show a
decline at 75a10 per barrel and 30a60
per buShel.
Receipts of native and nearby garden
truck liberal and values lower on most
lines. especially beans and spinach at
the following quotations: Beans, 25a65
bushel; beets and carrots, 15oa2.00
lima beans 1.50a250 per bushel; onions,
Eo1 him
hamper; pumpkins. 500a10.00 hundred;
spinach, 22Aa50 bushel, and tomatoes,
20a35 hamper.
Live Stock Markets.
The market for live cattle continues
quiet, with only first quality cattle SELL
ing with any activity. demand easily
satisfied and centered principally on
heavy, fat stock, with all common to
ordinary and in-between kinds hard to
move even at discounts. Quotations to-
day at Light Street Wharf:
Beef cattle, first quality. pound, 61a
al common to medium, pound. 3l2a6;
bulls, as to quality, pound, 2a4 COWS,
choice to fancy, psund. 4a5; common to
fair, pound, 2a3 oxen, as to quality,
pound, 2a5; calves, veal. choice. pound,
5a5ls; large fat, pound, 41aa5; large,
rough. 312a4; common. thin, pound, 2l2
a3; sheep, pound, 1ea2l2; Spring
lambs. choice, pound. seas; fair to good,
pound, 41sa5; small, thin, pound, BAD;
hogs, straight, pound, 4a4la; sows
pound, 3a4; stays, pound, 2a212; live
pigs, pound, 8a10; shoats. pound, 6a8.
Closing grain quotations.
Wheat, No. 2 red Winter, garlicky
spot domestic, 5815; October delivery
58Ia; November delivery, SO; corn, No
2 yellow domestic. 41a42; cob corn, LIS
per barrel; oats, No. white domestic
as to weight, 251aa28: No. 3, 2414 a25;
rye, nearby bag lots, 40a45.