Evening star., 1936-04-26
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, April 25.-The
live poultry market holds steady on
old hens, but easy on young chickens
and ducks, which show a decline from
last week.
Demand Is fairly good for young
broiling chickens averaging around
21a pounds. but too many small poor
stock are being shipped which tends
to lower the values of the better
class chickens.
Young Rock broilers are bringing Is
and 26, mixed colors % and Is and
Leghorns % and "a, but only fat
stock attracts attention at this price.
Demand for old hens continues
good with Rocks bringing % and "a,
mixed colors 81 and % and Leghorns
20 to %; with old roosters unchanged
at Is and 16. Young ducks are In
liberal receipt and values show a de-
cline of cents at 20 to % with
white varieties bringing top values.
Egg Market Firm.
The egg market holds firm under a
good demand and moderate receipts
at 81 and % for large whites and
20 and 20i2 for medium and nearby
current receipts, with Southern stock
selling mostly 19 and 1912. Very
little offerings on the exchange and
business confined almost entirely 10
street sales.
Under light receipts and q good
demand, the market for white pota-
toes holds firm and values show an
other advance at 185 to 200 for
native and nearby No. stock. with
mixed. ungraded selling mostly 1.65
to Its. Sweet potatoes also in light
receipt and values show an advance
at 1.25 to 135 per bushel for stock
grading U. s. No. Is, but overlarge
mixed stock will not bring over 80
to 100.
The market for native and nearby
garden truck is dull and draggy as is
usual at this time of the year, with
only the following lines selling to ad-
vantage: Kale, rs to 80 bushel; mush-
rooms, 35 to IS basket; radiShes, so
to 80 basket; rhubarb, 800 to 400
hundred, and spinach, so to rs buShel
Live Stock Volume Light.
Marketings of live stock were held
to moderately light volume for the
week as whole, says the weekly re-
port of the local bureau of the De-
partment Of Agriculture. Trading
prices were mostly on the weak side,
some instances being as much as IS
cents lower on steers. Cows and bulls
worked into weak to 25 cents lower
trade by the close of Tuesday, but as
supplies were reduced toward the
latter part of the week the steer trade
recovered, while other classes went
along without further change.
Compared with the close of last
week steers and heifer prices are fully
steady, COWS and bulls weak to Is
cents lower.
Vealers lost so cents to 81 during
the early days of the week. Hogs
held within the range of S cents
fluctuations closing the week un-
changed.
Lambs showed further strength,
springers closing around so cents
higher, and old crop lambs nominally
Is cents higher.
The late bulk of steers were medium
grades that sold at IT'S to $40, while
few good medium weights made
8.75, common lots of light weights
selling down to TOO. A few common
and medium heifers brought 600 to
7.50, most common and medium grade
cows making 5.25 to 6.25. few head
of good COWS up to 6.75 and above,
while low cutter and cutter cows went
at 400 to 500. Medium bulls were
noted at 500 to SIS, good beef bulls
to TOO, common light weights down to
5.25 and below.
Hog Market Firm.
Good and choice grade vealers closed
at 900 to $50, common and medium
grades at 500 to 800, culls down to
500.
Yesterday the hog market was firm
with good and choice grade barrows
and gifts scaling l40 to 2l0 pounds
bringing 11.35 to 1165. Most deSir-
able 220 to $50 pound weights cleared
at 1910 to 11.30, heavy weights seal
ing down to go Slaughter pigs
weighing 100 to 140 pounds went at
Ills to 11.40, and good packing sows
at 900 to $50. Good stays were SAL
able at 7.25 down.
Good and choice Spring lambs
found ready outlet during the week at
400. but demand eased off toward
the close when some good grades went
at 1900 late. Old crop wooled lambs
were quoted upward to 1900, and
clipped lambs upward to 1000. Ewes
held steady on all sessions with scat
tered sales of good grades at 4.50 to
$50.
Grain Market.
Wheat-Closing prices we're: No. 2
red Winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
l0234; April delivery, 1929.
Corn-No. yellow. domestic, II;
Western billing at a premium over this
price. Cob Corn-New, 300 per bar
rel, nominal because of irregular
quality.
Oats-No. 2, white, domestic, as to
weight and location, 41a53; No. 3,
40a52.
Rye-No. 2. 7oa75. Barley-No. 2,
55a60.
CORPORATION EARNINGS