Evening star., 1933-12-17
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, December l6.-
Shipments of turkeys for the Christmas
holidays should be timed to reach here
beginning Monday and continuing until
Friday for live stock, but dressed tur-
keys should not begin to arrive before
Tuesday and shipped not to arrive later
than Friday morning There will be
practically no sale on Saturday and
with all outlets closed Sunday and
Monday anything arriving here on Sat
urday is liable to be a total loss. This
also applies to live and dressed poultry
of all kinds, eggs, rabbits and other
perishable stock.
Market for turkeys continues unset
tied under warmer weather prevailing
the latter part of the week and values
show a decline of a cent or two pound
at Is cents for young hens. 10 pounds
and over, and 13 and IA for young
gobblerS, IL pounds and over, with old
toms and hens selling mostly IA, and
poor thin turkeys as well as crooked
breasts hard to move at 10. Market
for young chickens holds steady. under
a good demand, centered mostly on
stock weighing 3l2 pounds and over at
13 to IS, but smaller fowl has to be
sold at a discount and all poor. light
stock neglected at to 10. Old hens
in good demand from the Jewish trade
and values hold steady at 10 to IA for
fowl weighing 31a pounds and over, but
poor, thin, fowl as well as old roosters
slow to move out at 7 and 8. Ducks
and geese unchanged from last week
at 9 to IL for the former and 10 to
13 for the latter, but stock under Az
pounds neglected at and 8. Guinea
fowl, in light receipt and with demand
improved. values are a shade higher at
- - l.Sl1 ~~sn,
ful and slow sale at Is to 20 a pair,
for both young and old.
Egg Prices Easy.
Under liberal receipts from an sec
tions the egg market rules easy and
slumped badly today, values showing
q decline of and cents dozen from
the early part of the week. Very little
trading on the exchange and most of
the business consists of street sales,
with buyers very critical as to quality,
and the market closed today at 18 to
"a cents a dozen for hennery whites, So
pounds to the case and up, but pullet
whites will not bring over Is and 16.
Nearby flrsts. when well graded and
fresh laid, are preferred to Western re-
frigerated stock and are bringing 20;
current receipts move slowly and hard
to place at 18.
Market for white potatoes continues
dull, under only moderate demand and
liberal receipts, at 1.40a1 so per 100
pounds for No. / stock, but ungraded
as well as long reds will not bring over
1.25a13 35. Sweet potatoes and yarns
hold steady and unchanged from last
week, at 30a40 hamper and rs a bushel
for nearby stock, with Virginia barrel
sweets selling mostly 85a1.25 and yams
1.25al,75.
Market for native and nearby garden
truck holds steady under good demand
and values are well maintained at the
following quotations:
BeetS. 1.50a250 hundred; carrots,
20Oa2.50 hundred kale, 40a45 bushel;
Savoy cabbage 35a5O bushel, and spin
ach 25a75 bushel.
Live Stock Quiet.
The live stock market on the wharves
continues quiet and dull, with only
choicest cattle selling and demand
easily satisfied. Only limited shipments
advisable next week, as the demand
will be very slow. Quotations today
ut Light Street Wharf
Beef cattle, first quality, pound, 5K2
a6; common to medium, pound, 3a5;
bulls. as to quality. pound, 2a312; cows
choice to fancy, pound. 3a312; common
to fair, pound, 1l2a212; oxen, as to
quality, pound, 112a312; calves, veal,
choice pound, 6l2a7; large, fat, pound,
5l2a6; large, rough, 4l2a5; common,
thin. pound. 3laa4; sheep. pound, 112
a27; Spring lambs, choice. pound, Ia
T1z; fair to good, pound, 512a61a;
small, thin, pound, 312s4l2; hogs,
straight, pound. 4a4l2; sows, pound,
sa312; stays. pound, 2a2l2; live pigs,
pound, sa9; shoats. pound, sac.
Closing grain quotations: Wheat,
NO red Winter garlicky, spot, do
mestic, 8734; December, 1874; January
delivery. 8834: corn. No. 2 red, yellow,
domestic, 64a65; cob corn, 2.75a3.O0 per
barrel; oats. No: white, domestic' as
b weight and location 47a5l; No. 3,
i6aA7. rye nearby bag lots. 75a80.