Evening star., 1933-02-12
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, Md, February III
The egg market although still unsettled
has taken on a f1rmer tone and values
show an advance of cent and a half
a dozen over opening prices Monday.
Receipts have fallen off although still
| ample for the demand which is easily
satisfied from day to day and all stock
Is being sold on current receipt basis.
hennery whites and firsts will bring a
slight premium over current receipts at
Is cents a dozen, but stock must be
well graded and strictly fresh laid to
sell at anything but current receipts.
Poultry Prices.
With the exception of old hens which
are in ample receipt, especially nearby
stock brought In by trucks, the live
poultry market holds steady to firmer
and values on several lines show an
advance Of a cent or two pound over
last week. Young hen turkeys pounds
and over in light receipt and meet with
ready sale at 18 to 20 with old hens
bringing 15a16 and young gobblers, IL
pounds and over, IA and Is. but old
toms move slow at II and 10, while
poor and thin, as well as crooked
breasts are not wanted at any price
Market for young chickens holds firm
on heavy, stock fat, pounds and over
which Is selling readily at IA to 16,
with Plymouth Rocks still bringing top
prices, but smaller sells mostly II and 13
and all poor, thin, light fowl slow sale
at and 10. Mixed colored and white
Leghorns, fat broilers, l y to 2l4 pounds,
scarce and wanted at 16 to 20. Market
for old hens is gutted with poor, thin.
rough stock, much of 1t being shipped
frpY,1 fhn CNf1th hv fvtrnLc To, ,,x
instances it is necessary to Gull the
better stock from the poor and sell
separately. Medium to large old hens
are bringing IL to IA and smaller as
well as smooth, fat, Leghorns, 10 to IL,
but all poor fowl as well as old roosters
are hard to move out at Z to 8. Ducks
and geese holding steady with the
former showing an advance of cent
a pound at IL to IA and the latter un-
changed at Is to Is, with Kent Islands
bringing top values. Capons in light
receipt and market very firm and
higher, especially on large, fat stock,
which is wanted and selling readily at
II to 20, but smaller birds as well as
slips not so desirable and generally slow
sale at Is and 16. Guinea fowl also in
better demand and values show an ad-
vance at As to so each for birds weigh
ing 2 pounds and over, 80 to 40 for
smaller, but old guineas will not bring
over Is. Pigeons steady and unchanged
from last week at IS to 20 per pair for
both young and old.
Vegetable Prices.
The White potato market shows no
change from last week under moderate
receipts, but ample for the demand
at 80 to 80 per 100 pounds and lbs
to $50 per barrel for Eastern Shore,
Md, and Virginia Cobblers. Market for
sweet potatoes unchanged and steady
at 40 to 85 bushel and 100 to $50 per
barrel, but nearby sweets in better de-
mand and bring a premium at 80 to
40 per half bushel hamper.
Native and nearby garden truck
gradually being forced from the market
by early Southern vegetables, and prices
are mostly nominal at the following
quotations: Onions, rs to 80 per 100
pounds, and washed turnips, 20 to rs
per half-bushel basket.
The live stock market on the wharves
continues dull and draggy, with demand
centered principally on choice fat stock.
but most Of the arrivals consist of COM
mon in-between kinds, which are hard
to move at inside prices Quotations
today at Light Street Wharf: Beef
cattle, first quality, - to S; common to
medium, 2 to 4. Bulls. as to quality
1h2 to 81. Cows, choice to fancy, 8
to 4; common to fair, l Il to 212. Oxen
as to quality. ia to 3la. Calves, veal,
choice, - to Z; large, fat, to 612;
large. rough, to 5lz; common, thin,
3l2 to Az. Sheep, IL to 212. Spring
lambs, choice, 6 to 6la; fair to good, S
to 5la; small, thin, to 4. Hogs,
straight, 81 to 4. Sows, ~ to 8.
Stays. 1l2 to 2. Live pigs, 5 to T..
Shoats, to 6.