Evening star., 1934-09-16
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special DISPATCH 10 Inc star.
BALTIMORE, Md. September 15.-
The live poultry market holds steady
to firm, values on young chickens
showing an advance of a cent a pound
and old hens In good demand for the
Jewish holidays.
Large, fat old hens, pounds and
over, will be in good demand and lib
eral shipments Monday are advisable
Too many poor, thin old hens are
noted in the daily arrivals and all
such have to be sold at irregular prices
The same conditions prevail for young
chickens where the trade wants either
a large, fat chicken, 3k pounds and
over, or a small, fat chicken, 2 to "a
pounds.
Stock under pounds as well as
barebacks are not wanted and very
hard to move out. Young chickens, 3
pounds and over, are bringing Is to
81 cents pound and to Founders
Is to II. But Leghorns not running
over 2la pounds sell mostly Is to IT,
Old hens, pounds and over, meet
with ready sale at 10 to 30, medium
II to 18, but smaller fowl, 3l2 to 4
pounds, move slow at IA to Is, with
Leghorns, 3la pounds and over, gen.
orally slow sale at IL to IA. Poor thin
fowl as well as old roosters neglected
at 10 and IL.
Market for young ducks steady and
slightly higher at IL to Is, with full
feathered white stock bringing top
values. but ducks under 414 pounds
will not bring over 10 and old ducks
not wanted at any price Demand for
Guinea fowl good and values show an
advance at so to so each for birds
weighing IL pounds and over, but
pigeons are dull and slow sale at is
to 20 pair.
Egg Market Steady.
The egg market continues steady
and values are well maintained over
an advance of a cent a dozen for cur
rent receipts, with hennery whites
bringing a premium of to 6 cents a
dozen over quotations. Market closed
today at % to Is cents q dozen Sor
current receipts. 26 to 29 for medium
size hennery whites and 80 to- 81 for
large hennery whites averaging 81
pounds and up to the case.
Market for white potatoes has
shown an improvement the last week,
with values higher at 80 to LOS per
100 pounds and 95 to 90 for Eastern
Shore cobblers
Native and nearby garden truck in
fairly liberal receipt, with demand
good and prices holding steady at the
following quotations:
Stringless beans, 40 to 100 bushel;
beets, 200 to $50 hundred: cabbage,
rs to 40 bushel; carrots, 1.50 to 2.50
hundred: sugar corn, to Is dozen;
eggplants, IS to 80 hamper; lima
beans, rs to / 40 bushel and so to rs
basket; onions, rs to 80 per 50-pound
sack; peppers, 20 to rs hamper;
spinach, 80 to 40 hamper; squash, Is
to IS hamper; tomatoes, Is to so
hamper and 60 to rs bushel for can
ners' stock.
Live Stock Quotations.
The live stock market on the
wharveS steady. with the better grades
in fairly good demand, but poor
quality lock slow to move out at
inside prices.
Quotations today at Light Street
Wharf: Beef cattle, first quality.
pound, 6 to q; common to medium,
4 to S. Bulls, as to quality, 2 to 4
Cows, choice to fancy, 31a to 4; COM
mon to fair, 2 to 3. Oxen, as to
quality, to 4. Calves, choice, to
ia; large, fat. heavy, 5h to 6la;
large. rough, heavy, Az to S; COM
mon, thin, 3l2 to 4. Sheep, IA to 2.
Spring lambs, choice. fat, 6l2 to z;
fair to good, to 6: small, thin, to f.
Hogs, straight, 7. Sows, S to g. Stays,
3 to 4. Live pigs, IL to II. ShoatS,
9 to 10.
Closing grain quotations - Wheat,
No. 2 red Winter, garlicky, spot, do
mestic, 98h: September, 981a; car
goes on grade, no sales Corn, No.
yellow, domestic, "a nominal; cob
corn, $50 per barrel. Oats, No. 2
white, domestic, as to weight and 10
cation, 65a68; No. 3, 64a65. Rye,
nearby, 85a95.