Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-06-10
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

| special DlSpaICn 10 me oldI
BALTIMORE. Nd, June 9.-The
| live poultry market holds generally
steady, with the exception of old
hens which are in liberal receipt from
all sections, and shows a decline of z
cents a pound. There is no surplus
! in the arrivals of large springers, 212
pounds and over, which meet with
ready sale at full quotations, but the
receipts consist largely of small, I'M
dersized birds, which are generally
slow sale at inside prices.
| Young chickens. pa pounds and
over. are bringing % to q cents a
pound, with broilers, u to 2 pounds,
selling mostly 20 to IS, but Leghorns
slow to find favor and generally slow
sale at 20 to %.
| Shipment of young chickens, under
Ill2 pounds, not advisable, as there is
| little or no outlet for this class OF
! stock. Old hens are easy and values
are in buyers favor at IL to Is for
stock weighing 3l2 pounds and over.
Poor, light fowl not wanted at any
price Market flooded with old roost-
ers, which are hard to move out at 9
and 10. Ducks steady and un-
changed from last week at IL to Is.
while pigeons sell mostly 20 to Is a
pair for both young and old.
Egg Market Firmer.
| The egg market has taken on a
slightly firmer tone, although the con-
sumptive demand continues limited.
most of the sales being made on the
exchange and going to the packers
for storage. Market closed today at
1872 and Is cents dozen for nearby
| current receipts. with hennery whites
bringing a premium over quotations.
| Demand for old potatoes continues
dull and values show decline at lbs
| to l35 per 100 pounds for round stock
| and 125 to lao for long reds, with
mixed. ungraded stock selling at LIS
to i.25. Sweet potatoes and yams un-
changed from last week at $50 to
Its per bushel for the former and
125 for the latter.
Native and nearby vegetables in
more liberal receipt and market dull
and easy. with prices in buyers favor
at the following quotations:
Fancy and colossal asparagus, 100
to 90 dozen. with choice selling most
ly at so: green beans. so to rs bushel;
beets. 200 to 400 hundred: cabbage,
Is to so hamper; kale, 20 to Is bushel;
lettuce, rs to 100 bushel; peas, 100
to $50 bushel; rhubarb, 200 and 800
hundred spinach, 1912 to 80 bushel,
and squash 10 to 90 hamper.
Live Stock Quotations.
The live stock market on the
wharves holds generally steady but
quiet, with demand easily satisfied and
values show little change from last
week at the following quotations:
Beef cattle. first quality. pound. 61a
to Z; common to medium, to s; bulls
as quality, 2 to 4; cows, choice to
fancy. 312 to Az; common to fair. 2
to 8; oxen, as to quality, 2 to 4; calves
choice. 5l2; large fat heavy. to S;
large rough heavy to 4: sheep, Il
to 212; Spring lambs. choice fat, 812
to 9; fair to good, to 8: small thin,
to S; hogs, straight, to Az; sows,
3 to 81; stays. to 212; live pigs, 8
to 10; shoats, to 7.
Closing grain quotations: Wheat
No. 2 red Winter garlicky. spot. do
nestle, 98l2; June delivery, 981a;
corn, No. yellow domestic. 72a73:
cob corn, 365 per BARREL oats, No. 2
white domestic, as to weight and To-
cation, 55a60; No. 3, 54a59; rye, near.
by baglots, 85a90.