Evening star., 1932-03-01
PRODUCE MARKET
SLIGHTLY F|RMER
Price Gains Are Few, but
More Confident Tone
Is Noted.

The month begins with a slightly
more confident tone in several lines of
farm products, but with few price gains,
says the United State Department of
Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Eco
Monies, Market News Service. Wheat
actually declined because of recent
heavy shipments in advance Of the
higher freight rates. Cotton, live stock
and poultry products, also hay and
feeds, followed a fairly steady trend.
Butter markets showed slightly upward
tendencies. Apples. onions and cabbage
made small gains.
Potato Market Irregular.
The potato markets continue irregular
without any definite trend. Free on
board prices in Western New York were
slightly stronger at so to 81 cents per
100 pounds of sacked round whites, and
Northern Maine held steady on Green
Mountains at 38 cents. The Michigan
market was weaker at SO to SIS cents, but
Wisconsin was about steady at SIS to 5o
cents.
Nearly all lines of sweet potatoes held
steady in terminal markets, but slight
downward tendency was observed for
New Jersey stock and for Tennessee
Nancy Halls.
western New York old cabbage was
firm at S12 per ton, bulk, but sacked
stock was weaker at $12 to $l5 per ton.
City cabbage markets held about steaoy
Best yellow onions advanced In Western
New York to $235 to $3.50 per 50-pouno
sack. Domestic onions sold mostly
higher in city markets. Old-crop car
rots in Western New YORK SOLD consdo-
erablv higher at $3.50 to $2.75 per 100
Mound sack. Caulihower declined rather
sharply in Southern California.
baldwin apples ranged stronger at %
tn e5 cents per bushel tub in western
New York. The strawberry season
around Plant City, Fla, Is expected to
close earlier than usual, and prices
to growers advanced.
Butter Prices Advanced.
Butter markets began the month IN
q fairly steady to firm position, alter
the preceding advances OF a quarter
cent at Chicago and one-half cent al
three Eastern markets. Some buyers
were reluctant to follow what appeared
to them too rapid advance. The under
tone still appeared nervous anu uiioee
tied. During February, judging from
the material available, the production
has been about on a par with January
Retail trade is reported unsatisfactory
in spite of the fact that prices TO con-
sumers are the lowest in years.
Cheese markets in the principal cen
ters of distribution continued steady IN
late February, although there was some
price shading on Single Daisies in Phil
adelphia. In Chicago, however, the In
si0e price on Single Daisies and Long
horns was advanced one-quarter cent as
a result of the continued active demand
for that class of goods. Trading, as a
whole. showed some further improve
ment and dealers in several quarters
experienced some difficulty in supplying
their wants of Western cheese. Several
of the large chain stores in the East
continue to retail cheese at 10 cents a
pound. Canadian cheese markets were
fractionally higher.
Egg Buying Lags.
The most disappointing feature of the
February developments in the egg mar
ket was the failure of the consuming
demand to show the improvement that
the wholesale and retail prices were
expected to bring.