Evening star., 1933-10-15
Baltimore Markets

6pecial Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, October 14-The live
poultry market holds steady, and a
Quieter tone prevails with the Jewish
trade off the market, but prices are well
maintained, with turkeys showing a
slight advance
Demand continues good for large,
fat broiling springers, 2l2 pounds and
over, but too many small birds are
being shipped, and anything under 2
pounds hard to move out at irregular
values. Springers, 3l2 pounds and up,
meet with ready sale at Is to 18 cents
a pound, with Plymouth Rocks bringing
top values, but smaller birds will not
bring over IA to 16, and LeghornS sell
mostly IL to IA.
Old hens in very light receipt and
under a fairly good demand market
steady and prices well maintained at
10 to 16 for fowl weighing 3la pounds
and over, but LeghornS will not bring
over 10 and IL; poor light fowl as well
aA9S Old roosterS hard to place at to
8. Demand fairly good so far for
turkeys, with no over supply noted of
young hens of fat quality, 9 pounds
and over, which are bringing % and %,
: and young gobblers, IL to Is pounds,
selling mostly 20 and 81, but old hens,
toms and large gobblers slow sale at
is and 16.
Market for ducks also steady, but it
takes large, fat stock, of white varieties
to find ready sale at 10 to IA, with all
poor, thin ducks neglected at to 8.
Too many poor guinea fowl arriving
and only birds weighing 2 pounds and
over will bring top prices of 20 to 35
each, while pigeons are plentiful and
dull at 10 to Is pair for both young
and old.
Egg Market Easier.
Under more liberal receipts the past
week the egg market has taken on an
easier tone, and values show a decline
of a cent or two a dozen. with move
ment centered mostly on hennery
whites, so pounds and over to the case,
at 25 to 80 cents dozen, but Dullet
eggs will not bring over 18 to 20.
Nearby f1rsts. of fresh quality. also in
good demand at % and "a. but aver
age nearby current receipts of uncertain
= quality hard to move out at 20 to %.
Market for white potatoes continues
: dull, and under slow demand and liberal
- receipts prices are in buyers favor at
: ITS to 1S5 per 100 pounds, with un-
graded, mixed stock selling mostly at
$50 to 165. Sweet potatoes in mod
crate receipt and demand fairly good at
: 25 to 35 hamper and 35 to 60 bushel
for native and nearby stock, with Vir-
ginia sweets selling mostly 100 to $50
per barrel.
Native and nearby garden truck in
liberal receipt, but under a good de-
~mand market holds steady and shows
little change in price from last week
at the following quotations: Beans, 80
to 110 bushel; beets, 200 hundred;
cabbage, 60 to rs bushel; carrots, 200 to
$50 hundred; sugar corn, 5 to 10 dozen;
lima beans, 100 hamper and 200 to
$50 bushel; onions, rs to 90 per So
pound sack: peppers, 20 to 30 hamper;
pumpkins, 500 to 1900 hundred; spin
ach, 20 to 80 basket, and tomatoes,
80 to rs hamper.
Live Stock Market.
The live stock market On the wharves
continues dull and easy on plain and
medium stock, but steady in tone, with
prices well maintained on choice grain
led cattle of good weight and quality.
Handy weight veal calves, 140 to ITS
pounds, in light receipt, and meet with
ready sale at full values. Quotations
today at Light Street Wharf:
Beef cattle, first quality, 512 to 6;
common to medium, to 5; bulls, as to
quality. 2 to 3l2; COWS, choice to fancy,
to 3l2; common to fair, / y to 2l2;
oxen, as to quality, IL to 3i2; calves
veal, choice. 7la to g.; large, fat, 6l2 to
T.; large, rough, to 6; common, thin,
to 4.
Sheep, IL to 2l2; Spring lambs,
choice, 612 to 7; fair to good, to 6;
small, thin, to 4.
Hogs, straight, to 512; sows, 31la to
&; stays, 21a to 8; live pigs 8 to 10;
.shoats, 6 to 8.
Closing grain quotations: Wheat,
No. 2 red Winter, garlicky, spot, do
mestic, so; October, 80; November de-
livery, 8114; corn No. 2, yellow domestic,
spot, 54a55; cob corn, 3.00a3.25 per
barrel; oats, No. white, domestic, as
to weight and location, 39a40 No. 3,
38a39; rye, nearby bag lots, 70a75