Evening star., 1932-03-25
VEGETABLE PRICES
IN UPWARD TREND
Fruits Also Higher-Grain
and Live Stock Quota
tionS Are Lower.

were in the fruit and vegetable line,
says United States Department of Agri-
culture, Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomios, Market News Service. Inter-
ruptions to transportation. by rail and
road, and the extensive frost damage
in the South caused sharp price ad-
vanceS on most products. Potatoes
gained 10 to Is cents per 100 pounds
Onions reached still higher prices and
cabbage prices nearly doubled. There
we're lively price upsWings in different
kinds Of green produce. Sharpest de-
clines were in the grain market, where
crop news and supply conditions were
such that much of the recent price
Improvement was lost. Livestock move
ment followed a mixed trend, but de-
clines on hogs and veal calves were
quite abrupt owing to heavy supply.
Food markets showed little immediate
response to declines in price of grain
Hay sold at steady prices and there was
little change in wool markets. Posi-
ton Of eggs and butter continued weak.
Potato Prices Rise.
Prices of potatoes were much higher
the third week of March at shipping
points. Round white from Western
New York were bringing rs to 80 cents
per 100 pounds sacked and Green
Mountains were 20 cents higher at g.
cents in Northern Maine. Sweet pota-
toes advanced to 10 cents a bushel
in some markets.
City prices of apples were firm with
New York Baldwins bringing 81 to
81 rs per bushel basket of No. /, 212
inches up, in Eastern markets, and
sl.O5 fob. Western New York.
Onion markets advanced New York
and Midwestern yellow stock ranged So
to $3.50 per 50-pound sack in consum-
ing centers. Cabbage prices in West
ern New York are double those pre-
vailing early in the month and recent
tops were as high as $50 ton for the
bulk stock. Celery was higher IN
Florida
Butter Markets Steady.
Fairly steady conditions have pre-
vailed in the butter market since the
middle of the month. The supplies of
medium and lower grades. as for some
time past, were light and actively
wanted at prices quite close to the
prices obtainab,e en- the finest grades.
Apparently the stocks of lower grades
in storage are comparatively light or
are being held back by the owners be-
cause of the high cost.
Cheese markets at the principal CEN
ters of distribution reflected, to a slight
extent, the unsettled tone which pre-
vailed at country points. Canadian and
London cheese markets were generally
unchanged. Relative returns realized
by milk producers converting milk into
butter or cheese are now about the
same.
Egg Supply Moderate.
Receipts of eggs at the principal egg
markets during the middle Of March
were only moderately heavy but for the
mest part the markets continued easy
to weak. AS a result of the improbable
outcome of the storage egg situation in
1880 and 1881 seasons, the opening OF
the 1882 buying season finds the de-
mand unusually weak on eggs for
storage and the quantity SO far moved
into storage has been relatively small.
Recent cod weather has reduced the
demand for broilers and the market on
the general run of stock for the mo-
ment Is weak, although quotations so
far have remained unchanged. Fowls
are in light supply and prices firm.
Demand Tor frozen poultry continues
good and the daily Withdrawals salts
factory.
Sharp Changes in Live Stock.
sharp seasonal increase in the
marketWard movement of veal calves,
accompanied by a severe decline in
prices and more than customary f1uctu-
ations in the values of other classes Of
live stock, featured mid-month trading
The extreme top at the Chicago cattle
market was $875 paid for highly-fin-
ished 920-pound and 1,132-pound long
yearlingS. Lightweight vealers sold at
Chicago at 81 to $3.50 and the calf
market was at least 81 lower than early
in the month owing to heavy supplies.
A reduced shipping demand crippled
the hog markets, proving particularly
effective in permitting sharp price de-
clines on the lighter weights. Choice
hogs sealing around 160 to 200 pounds
were selling at price premiums over
other weights CT corresponding grade.
Shipper buyers were in the thick of
an early scramble for lambs, but later
withdrew to the side lines, leaving
local killers in control. At the high
point an extreme top of $8.S5 was
scored in Chicago trading, but lambs
of similar choice grade sold later
at $3.50
Wool markets continue quiet and
steady. Buyers needing wool could
cover the bulk of their requirements
from odd-lot offerings, which continued
to sell at irregular prices under the
generally quoted market on SizaDle
lines. Quotations on the principal Of
ferlngS were steady to slightly lower,
the prices in most cases being NOM
inal or being established by only small
sales. A fairly firm tone at the close
of the London sales was indicated in
cable advlces to private concerns.
Feed Market Weak.
The midmonth decline in wheat feed
prices was greater than that of any
other feed. This was, in part, a feae-
tion from the recent strength, but also
was due to the increased supplies.
Timothy hay markets ranged from
advances of so cents to 81 per ton in
the Northeast to declines of like ex-
tent in the South. Arrivals were very
light at New York City also and moved
readily at some advance in prices, de-
spite the comparatively low average
quality.
Grain Lower.
Wheat prices declined sharply dur
ing the third week of March and feed
grains turned weaker, influenced by the
lower wheat market. Burdensome do
mestic supplies, lack of generally seri-
GUS damage to the new Winter wheat
crop, continued heavy marketings of
southern Hemisphere grain and weak
ness in securities were unfavorable in
huences in the wheat market and
prices on sales for future delivery at
Chicago declined to the lowest point