Evening star., 1933-07-09
Baltimore Markets

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, July 6.-The local
egg market holds steady to firmer in
sympathy with other leading markets.
but slow to record any material ad-
vance in price, dealers only taking
on day-to-iay supplies. Buyers are
very critical as to quality at this time
of the year, and prompt shipments arc
advisable to realize the nest results.
Offerings and sales on the exchange
continue light, the bulk of nearby stock
being offered on the street, where
prompt sales are generally recorded
often at premium when stock is fresh
laid and of the hennery variety. The
market closed today very firm under a
slight advance at 17at9 cents a dozen
for hennery whites, Is and Is for near
by f1rsts and 13 and IA for current
receipts
Live Poultry Firm.
The live poultry market holds gen.
orally firm, but with the exception of
CID hens, which are higher, shows no
change in values from last week Re-
ceiptS when Of large fat stock clean up
from day to day, especially Spring
chickens, 3 pounds and over, which
are scarce, and move out readily at
full quotations. Many of the arrivals,
however, consist of poor, thin fowls,
which is slow sale and often hard to
place even at discounts Plymouth
Rock springers, 3 pounds and over, con-
tinue to bring top prices of 81 and
% cents a pound. mixed colored SELL
ing most 20 and 81, and Rhode Island
Reds, 10 and 20, but smaller stock
not SO desirable at 15a20, and White
LegnornS will not bring over 13 to 16.
Old hens in light receipt and with
a good and constant demand for heavy
fat stock the market rules firmer and
higher at - to Is for stock weighing
3 2 pounds and over, but Leghorns will
not bring over IL to u, and all poor.
light fowl. as well as old roosters, hard
to place at to 9. Young ducks con-
tinue in fair demand, with only stock
weighing Az pounds and over attract
ing attention at to IA, and old ducks
neglected at and g. Pigeons in liberal
receipt and more than ample for the
demand at 10 to Is a pair for both
young and old
With old potatoes off the market
demand for new stock has shown an
increase the past week and values show
an advance Of over dollar barrel at
400 to $50 for well graded No. l
stock with No. 2's bringing It's to
200. Sweet potatoes, and yams. also
| iA SOOO OCiIlolIQ cllu pI lCtS dIt
steady at so to LOO per bushel for the
former and 65 to 80 per bushel for the
latter
Garden Truck Prices.
Market for native and nearby garden
truck holds steady to firm with values
on several lines showing an advance
at the following quotations:
Asparagus. 100 to 225 per dozen
punches: BEANS 90 to It's per bushel;
beets l.50 to $50 per hundred; cab
bage. rs to LOO bushel: carrots, 200
and 300 hundred: corn. to - dozen;
cucumbers. 40 to SO hamper; lettuce,
90 to 40 basket: onions 100 to 1.25
bushel: peas. so to LOO bushel; spinach,
80 to so basket; squash. 35 to 40 ham
per, and tomatoes, 100 to 1.50 bushel
The live stock market on the wharves
holds steady under light receipts. es-
pecially of first quality stock on which
demand is generally centered. Common,
in between kinds generally slow sale at
inside prices Quotations today at Light
street wharf:
Beef cattle. first quality pound S to
5I2. Common to medium, pound, 212
to Az. Bulls as to quality, pound 2 to
3l2. Cows, choice to fancy, pound
3 to 81. Common to fair, pound, l y
to 21a Oxen. as to quality, pound. l y
10 o+2. caves, veal CnQlce, pOund,
tunquoted); large fat, pound, AZ
Large rough. pound. 4. Common, thin
pound, 2l2 to g. Sheep, pound, IL to
3. Spring lambs, choice, pound. 612
to 7. Fair to good, pound, to G.
Small. thin, pound. to f. Hogs
straight. pound, 4 to S. SoWs. pound
3 to 31a. Stays, to 214. Live pigs
pound, to g. Shoats. pound. to g.
Closing grain quotations: Wheat-No
2 red Winter, garlicky spot, domestic
! 1.04; July delivery, 104; August deliv-
cry. 1852.
Sales-Cargoes on grade. No. 2. rec
Winter, garlicky, 1O41a: No. 3, 1.0212
No 4, 1.O0l2; No. 5. 98l2.
Corn-No 2, yellow, spot, domestic
74a75.
Cob corn-3.5Oa375 per barrel
Oats-No. 2. white, domestic, as tc
weight and location, 56a59; No. 8
65a56.
Rye-Nearby bag lots, 85a90.