Evening star., 1936-04-03
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

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BALTIMORE, Md, April 3.-White
potatoes, per 100 pounds, 1.5oal.75;
new, Florida, bushel. 2oOa2 So; sweet
potatoes, hamper, 65a9O; asparagus,
crate, 275a375; beans, bushel, l.50a
S.25; beets, half crate, 95al.25; broc-
coli, 275a3.00; brussels sprouts, half
drum, 150a2.o0; cabbage, old, So
pound sack, 40a50; new, hamper, 75a
125; carrots crate, 1.75a275; celery,
crate, 2.ooa35o; caulihower, crate,
ITS: cucumbers, bushel, 6.00a6.50;
eggplants, crate, 300a3.25; escarole,
basket, 100; kale, bushel, 35a50; let
tuce, iceberg, crate, 2.00a250; lima
beans, bushel, $50; mushrooms, bas-
ket. 25a65; okra, crate, 400a4 so;
onions, 50-pound sack, 35al IS; peas.
'bushel, 3.00a325; peppers, bushel, $50
a2.5o; radishes, crate, 75al.25;
spinach, bushel, 65a1.o0; rhubarb,
nearby, bunch, 5a5; squash. hamper,
150a350; tomatoes, lug, 1.5oa375;
turnips, hamper. 4oa5o; apples. bushel,
40al,50; grapefruit. box, l.50a2.75;
oranges, box, 2.25a3.75; Strawberries,
pint, 9a11.
. Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Young chickens, 25a
27; broilers, 24a27; Leghorns, 23a24;
capons, 25a30; hens, 22a26: Leghorns,
20a22: roosters, 15a16; ducks, 22a25.
Eggs-Nearby current receipts, per
dozen. 1872; hennery whites. large,
X 20; medium, 1872 Southern, l7l2a18;
receipts, 2,5l0 cases.
Butter-Prints, per pound, 33a34;
good to fancy. creamery, pound, 80;
store packed, 2la22; good rolls, %;
receipts, II tubs.
Grain Market.
Wheat-Opening prices were: No. 2
red Winter. garlicky, spot, domestic,
' April delivery, 9794. Settling prices
were: No. red Winter, garlicky, spot,
domestic, 81; April delivery, 81.
Corn-No. 2 yellow, domestic, 70;
Western billing at premium over this
price; cob corn, new, 800 per barrel,
nominal because of irregular quality.
Oats-No. 2 white, domestic, as to
weight and location, 41a53; No. 3,
40a52.
Rye-No. 2, 70a75.
Barley-No. 2, 55a60.
Hay-The general hay market con-
tinues quiet, with receipts ample for
demand, which is easily satisfied.
No. ! alfalfa hay Is quoted at l200a
. 1900 per ton, while prices on good
timothy and clover-mixed hay are
nominally around 100Oal2.50 per ton.
Poor grades of hay are hard to move
and prices are irregular on all grades
below No. 3.
Straw-Market for straw steady at
a range Of 81 per ton for both No.
wheat and No. oat.
Sea Food Market.
Catfish, rough, per pound, 4;
dressed. 12al4; carp, S: ees, 5al2;
herrings, 2a2la; haddock. Z; Spanish
mackerel, 10; pan rock. IL; large rock,
IS; white perch, 4alo; yellow perch,
4a12; Southern pike, IL; shad, buck,
IL; roe, 22a23; trout, 10alS: bluefish,
Is: king mackerel, salO; sea bass, 70;
= founders, 5al2; shrimp, l0a18; por-
gies. box, 500; croakers. box. 500:
butter fish, box, 500; crab meat, claw,
pound, 80; regular, so: special, 55a6o:
back fins, 65a70; frogs, dozen. LISA
$50: clans, large, per 100, coal 90;
-herrystones, 70; Little Necks, 60;
oysters, raw bar, barrel, 5.00a7.00;
Medium, 350a4.00; culls, 2.50.
Tobacco Market.
Maryland leaf tobacco. firm leaf,
iondescript, 3.00a400; common, 4.00a
1000; medium, 1000a25.00; good to
line red. 25.00a4000: seconds, COM
mon, 30oa700: medium, 7.00al2.00;
good to fine, 12.0oa250o.
Live Stock Marketr,
Omitted States Department Of Agri-
culture) )-Cattle-75: rather slow and
about steady on scattered lots; few
head steers, 6.75 to s.25: low cutter and
cutter cows, 3.75 to ATS: beef cows to
$50 and above.
Calves rs: vealers. weak to mostly
50 cents lower; few choice early at
1890; later trade better grade. 1000
down; common and medium, $50 to
$40.
z.vgs-950; steady to 10 cents higher;
sood and choice, 100 to 2lo pounds
averages, 11.35 to 11.50: top. ll.50;
some held higher; 220 to $50 pounds,
10.75 to l125; 140 to 100 pounds, 11.20
to 11.40; 120 to 135 pounds, 11.00 to
1120; good packing sows, $50 to 9.40.
Sheep-575; lambs held steady. load
I strictly good 91-pound fed clipped
lambs. SIS; some unsold early; ewes