Evening star., 1934-12-16
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, December 15.-Ship-
ment of poultry both live and dressed,
for the Christmas holiday should be
timed to arrive here beginning Tues
urday.
Turkeys naturally will be the prin-
cipal attraction and large, fat birds,
especially, are wanted. Unless the
weather turns warm, liberal shipments
of dressed turkeys are advisable, but in
case of warm weather live stock will
sell to better advantage
In shipping dressed turkeys only
large fat stock should be shipped, in
order to maintain best market values
Commission men will be open Christ
mas eve, but no large shipments
should arrive that day, as most of the
retail trade will already be supplied.
While prices show no advance so far
an increase on all poultry is looked for
starting early next week. Young live
hen turkeys, 9 pounds and over, are
bringing % and % cents pound. and
gobblers. 10 pounds and over, 18 to 81
with old hens and old toms selling
mostly 18 to 20.
Young chickens hold steady to firm
at l6 to l8 for stock weighing
pounds and over, but Leghorns will
not bring over l3 and IA, and all poor,
thin stock hard to place at 10 to r.
Old hens in liberal receipt and values
shade lower at II to II. with Leg
horns selling mostly II and II, and all
poor light fowl under 3l2 pounds as
well as old roosters, hard to place at
Q to IL.
Ducks and geese are steady and un-
changed at IL to IA for the former
and II to 16 for the latter. but stock
under Az pounds generally neglected
at and 10. Market for guinea fowl
also steady at 40 and so each for
young birds and Is for old, with pig
cons in ample supply and slow sale
at IS pair.
Egg Market Easy.
Under liberal receipts from all Sec
tions the egg market rules easy and
values show a decline of to 4 cents
at % and 29 a dozen for current re-
ceipts and % to 80 for hennery whites
but pullet eggs will not bring over "a
and 25.
Market for white potatoes is steady
under moderate receipts and good
demand at rs to 80 per 100 pounds
but mixed and poorly graded stock
will not bring over go to 70. Sweets
and yams are in better demand and
market is steady at so to 80 a hamper
and 100 to lis a bushel for the for
mer and 200 to $50 barrel for the
latter.
Under generally light receipts, tht
market for native and nearby garder
truck is firm and values show a slight
advance at the following quotations
Carrots, $50 to 200 per l00 kale, A
to IS a bushel; Savoy cabbage, 80 Il
so a bushel; spinach. It's a bushel
and washed turnips, 25 to 40 ham
per.
Live Stock Quiet.
The live stock market on the
vharves is quiet and little improve
ment is looked for until after Christ
mas. Receipts are mostly of common
n-between kinds, which move slowly a
inside prices. Quotations today a
Light Street Wharf:
Beef cattle, first quality, pound. 81
612; common to medium, 3a5; bulls
as to quality, 2a4; cows, choice t.
fancy, 3l2a4; common to fair, 2a3
oxen, as to quality, 2a4; calves, choice
7a7la. large, fat, heavy, slash; large
rough. heavy, 5a5l2; common, thin
3l2a412; old bucks, sheep, 11aa2
Spring lambs. choice, fat, 7a712; fai
to good, 512a61z; small, thin, 3l2i
AZ; Fall lambs. as to quality.
Hogs, straight, g. sows, 5; stays, 3
Live pigs. 9al0; shoats, 7a8.
Closing grain quotations: Wheat
No. 2 red Winter. garlicky. spot, do
mestic, 100; December delivery, loo
Corn, No. yellow domestic, old, LOS
new, 100; cob corn. nominal. Oats
No. 2 white domestic, as to weigh
and location, 67a72; No. 3, 66a7l
Rye, nearby, No. 2, 95al.OO. Barley
p5al.00.