Evening star., 1933-09-24
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special DlSpdtcn 10 Ine star.
BALTIMORE, Md. September %
Continued cool weather the last week
has stimulated the movement of the
egg market which holds firm under an
advance of a cent dozen on all grades
and all fresh laid desirable stock meets
with ready sale especially hennery
whites, which. when we'll graded, bring
a premium over quotations. The aver
age nearby current receipts, however,
are slow to move out the trade pre-
ferring Western eggs, which are gen.
orally better graded. to nearby so-called
fresh stock. The market closed today
at 20 and 80 cents dozen for hennery
whites, 81 pounds and over to the
case. and % to % for eggs weighing
so to 81 pounds to the case, but pullet
eggs are hard to place at l6 to 1s.
Fresh laid nearby flTsts are bringing
% and %, with current receipts selling
mostly l8 to 20.
Live Poultry Easy.
The live poultry market rules easy,
with the exception of Spring chickens,
With the Jews observing their new
year holiday, demand for old hens
shows a decline at Is and 16 cents a
pound for stock weighing pounds and
over and 10 to IA for small to medium,
but Leghorns not SO desirable and hard
to move at to TO- while poor. light
fowl is neglected at and g. Demand
for large, fat, old hens expected to
show an increase the latter part of
next week. however. on account Of
Yom Kippur and liberal shipments of
stock weighing pounds and over
advisable. Old roosters in fairly good
t&,,& O
and 9. Spring chickens 3l2 pounds
and over in moderate receipt and meet
with ready sale at Is to 18 cents
pound, but smaller fowl not SO desirable
and will not bring over 13 to Is, while
Leghorns sell mostly IL to IA. Market
for ducks continues dull and only large,
fat stock of the white variety attracts
attention at 10 to l3 with mixed col
ored and blacks selling and 10 and
all poor, thin stock hard to place at
z and 8. Guinea fowl in more liberal
receipts and values a shade lower at
rs to 40 each for birds weighing 2l2
pounds and up. Pigeons very dull and
hard to move at 10 to Is a pair for
both old and young
Market for white potatoes continues
weak and under increasing receipts
values show a slight decline at 185a2 90
per 100 pounds and l.65a1.75 for mixed,
ungraded stock Sweet potatoes also in
fairly liberal receipt, and while market
shows little change from last weeks
prices, are mostly in buyers favor at
30a40 per hamper and 50a85 bushel.
Vegetables Steady.
Native and nearby vegetables in
lighter receipt and market holds steady
to firm at the following quotations:
Beans, 65a1.15 bushel; beets and car
rots, 200 per 100; cabbage, 40a60
bushel: corn. sails dozen; eggplants,
25a40 hamper: lima beans, 125 ham
per and 200a2.75 bushel; onions. 75a
85 per 5O-pound sack: peppers, 2Oa3O
hamper; pumpkins, sails each: spinach,
35a45 basket; tomatoes. 40al 90 ham
per. and 40 to 30 bushel for Gamers
stock.
The live stock market on the wharves
continues dull with values showing little
ehange from last week at the following
quotations: Beef cattle, first quality,
pound, -512a6; common to medium
pound, 3a5; bulls, as to quality, 2a31a;
COWS, choice to fancy, pound, 3a312;
common to fair, 112a212; oxen, as to
quality, 112a312; calves, veal, choice
pound, 7; large, fat, pound. 5aa61a;
large, rough. pound, 4a5; common, thin,
pound. 3a4; sheep, pound, 112a21a;
Spring lambs. choice, pound, 612a7;
fair to good. pound, 5a6.
Small, thin. pound. 3a4: hogs,
straight. pound, 4a5 sows, pound ga
3i2; stays, pound, 2a212; live pigs,
pound, 6a8; shoats. pound. 4a6
Closing grain Wheat. No.
red Winter, garlicky, spot. domestic,
921; September. 9212 October oeliv-
cry, SO; corn, No. 2 yellow domestic
65a66; cobcorn, 325a350 per barrel:
oats, No. white domestic. as to weight
and location, 48a51; No 3, 47a48; rye,
nearby baglots, 80a85.