Evening star., 1936-04-29
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, Md, April 29.-White
potatoes. per 100 pounds, 1.75a2. 90;
new Florida. per 100 pounds, l.5Oa
800: sweet potatoes, buShel, LOCAL .35;
yams. bushel. 60al.35; asparagus.
crate, l.35a275; beans, bushel, 50a
200; beets, half-crate, 1.l5al.25: cab
bage, new, hamper, l00a1.25; carrots,
crate, 2.75a3.00; celery, crate. 1.0oa
800; caulif1ower, crate. 1.65a1.75; egg
plants, crate, 1.50a2.50; corn, crate,
115a125; cucumbers, bushel, 2.5Oa
425; kale, bushel, 75a1.Oo; lettuce,
iceberg, crate, 2.50a425; lima beans,
Hbushel, 325a4O0; mushrooms, basket,
25a65; onions, 50-pound sack, 70a1.1o:
peas, bushel, looa2.25 peppers, bushel,
I.25a2.50 radishes. bushel, 75al 10;
spinach, bushel, 50a1.oo; rhubarb.
nearby. bunch, 3a4; squash, bushes,
2.25a250; tomatoes, lug, 1.25a3.50;
apples, bushel, 4Oal 60; box, 1.65a2 90;
grapefruit, box, l.75a3.75; oranges,
box, 25oa3.5o; Strawberries, pint
! 10a13.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Young chickens, broil-
ers. 23a26; Leghorns, 22a24; hens, 2la
"a; Leghorns, 20a22; roosters, l5al6;
ducks, 18a20.
Eggs-Nearby current receipts. per
dozen, 81: hennery whites, large. ~;
mediums, 81; Southern, 20a20l2; re-
ceipts, 1909 cases.
Butter-Prints, per pound, 30a3l:
4 good to fancy, creamery. per pound.
28a291a: store packed, 20: good rolls,
22a24; receipts, 1883 tubs.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-300: scattered sales about
steady. Load medium grade light
weight steers, 8.00-10.00; few low
cutter and cutter cows, 4.o0-500;
medium COWS up to 500; few medium
bulls. 6.00-75.
Calves-100; vealers mostly weak;
top, so lower. Better grades mostly
$50: common and medium, 100000.
Hogs-3O0; slow, mostly Is lower.
Good and choice, 140-2l0 pounds.
10000; desirable. 22o-25o pounds.
1030-90 heavies down to $50; 100
140 pounds, 10.75-1100.
Sheep-150: about steady. Desirable
Spring lambs mostly 1900; few
medium and good slaughter ewes,
450-5.50.
Sea Food Market.
Catfish, rough, per pound, 4;
dressed, 12a14; carp, S; eels, 5a12;
herring, 2a21s; haddock, Z; Spanish
mackerel, 10; pan rock, II; large rock,
Is: white perch, 4al0; yellow perch,
4a12; Southern pike, IL; shad, buck,
IL; roe, 22a23; trout, 10a18; bluefsh,
S16; king mackerel, 8a10; sea bass, IL;
founders, 5a12: shrimp, 10a18; porgies,
box, 800; croakers, box, 500; butter
fish, box, 500: crab meat, claw. pound,
80; regular so; special, 55a60; back
fins. 65a70; frogs, dozen, 1.25a2 so;
clans. large, per 100, GOAL 90: Cherry
stones, 10; Little Necks, 60; oysters,
raw bar barrel 5.00a700; medium.
3.50a4.00; culls, ESQ.
Tobacco Market.
Maryland leaf tobacco firm; leaf,
nondescript, 3.00a4.00; common, 40Oa
1000: medium. 10.00a25.00; good to
fine, red, 25.0Oa400O; seconds, COM
!. mon, 300a7.00; medium, 7.00a1200;
good to fine, 12.00a25.00.
Grain Market.
Wheat-Openine prices were: No. 2,
red, Winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
1.01A; April delivery, 1.O1A. Settling
prices were: No. 2, red, Winter, gar.
licky, spot, domestic, 1.02; April deliv-
cry, 1.02.
Corn-No. Q, yellow, domestic, II;
Western billing at premiem over this
price; cob corn, new, 800 per barrel,
nominal, because of irregular quality.
Oats-No. 2. white, domestic, as to
- ~eight and location, 41a53; No. 2,
.fa52.
Rye-No. 2. 70a75.
Barley-No. 2. 55a60.
Hay-The general hay market con-
tlnues quiet, with receipts ample for
demand, which is easily satisfied. No
/ alfalfa hay is quoted at 12.00a15 90
per ton, while prices on good timothy
and clover-mixed hay are nominal
around 1000a12.5o per ton. Poor
grades of hay are hard to move and
!, prices are irregular on all grades be-
low No. 8.
Straw-Market for straw steady at
q range Of 81 per ton for both No.
wheat and No. / oat.