Evening star., 1936-05-13
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, May 13.-White
potatoes, per 100 pounds, 15oa1 90;
new Florida. 325a3 so; sweet potatoes.
hamper. l00a1.35; yams, hamper,
6oa1.o 90; asparagus, crate, 75a2 so;
beans, bushel, 125a175; beets, half
crate, 1.15a1 125; cabbage, new, ham
per. 40a9o; carrots, 225a275; celery,
crate, 1.50a30O; couliflower, crate,
1.50al.65; corn, crate, 225a2.40; Gu
cumbers, bushel, 1.75a3.25; eggplants,
crate, l.50a225; lettuce, iceberg, 250a
2.75; big Boston, hamper, 25a75; lima
beans, bushel, 300a4 90; mushrooms,
basket, 25a65; onions. so pounds, 85a
ITO; peas, bushel, coal .65; rhubarb,
nearby. bunch, 2a4; radishes, 100, 75a
200; tomatoes, lug, 1.50a3.25; peppers,
crate, 125a225; spinach, bushel, 35a
so: squash, bushel Its; apples, bushel,
A0al6O; box, Its; cantaloupes, crate,
5.00a5.75; grapefruit, box, 1.75a3.50;
oranges, box, 2.25a425; strawberries,
crate, 200a3.50.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry - Young chickens.
broilers, 21a23; leghorns, 20a22; hens,
20a22; leghorns. l9a2o; roosters, 13a
Is; ducks, 16a18.
Eggs-Nearby current receipts, per
dozen, 20; hennery whites. large, 2024
a21; medium. 20; southern, l0al9l2;
receipts, 2,248 cases.
Butter-Prints, per pound, 3oa3l;
good to fancy, creamery, pound, 271aa
291a; store packed, 20; good rolls, Ola
%; receipts, sos tubs.
Grain Market.
Wheat-Opening prices were: No. 2,
red. Winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
1907; May delivery, 1.001a; settling
prices we're: No. 2, red. Winter, gar
licky, spot, domestic, 1.0034; May de-
livery, 1908.
Corn-No. 2. yellow, domestic, II;
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. 8, 40a
So. 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 12.00a15.00
per ton, while prices on good timothy
and clover mixed hay are nominal
around 10.Ooa12.50 per ton. Poor
grades of hay are hard to move and
prices are irregular on all grades be-
low No. 3.
Straw-Market for straw steady at a
range of 700 per ton for both No. /
wheat and No. / oat.
Live Stock Market.
Omitted States Department of Agri-
culture) Cattle-100; scattered sales
steers, COWS and bulls steady; few me-
dunn steers, 7.25a7.75; small lots choice
1850 pounds 8.75; low cutter and COM
mon COWS, 3.75a525; few common and
medium lightweight bulls, 5.25a5.75.
Calves-50; steady; good and choice,
9.OOa95 so; common and medium, 6.50a
1850.
Hogs-3oo; steady; good and choice
160-210 pounds, 1015a10.30; 140-160
pounds, 1o05a1o20; 120-140 pounds,
9.90a10.l5: 220-250 pounds, e.75a10.10;
heavies down to 800 and below.
Sheep-325; about steady; good and
choice Spring lambs, 120Oa12.50 most
ly; common and medium, 9.00a11 90;
culls around $50 down; slaughter ewes,
3.50a6.00.
Sea Food Market.
Catfish, rough, per pound, 4; dressed,
l0al2; carp, S; eels, 5al0; herring,
2a21a; haddock, Z; Spanish mackerel,
10; pan rock, 10; large rock, 12a15;
white perch. 4al0; yellow perch, 4a1O;
Southern pike. 10a12 shad, buck, 1Oa
70; roe, l5a20; trout, 10a15; bluefish,
l2al5: king mackerel, 8al0; sea bass.
II; founders. 5a12; shrimp, 1oa15;
porgies, box, 800; croakers, box, 800;
butterfish, box, 500; crab meat, claw.
pound, 30; regular. so; special, 55a60;
back fin, 65a70; frogs, dozen, LISA
ESQ; clans, large, per 100, 75a90;
Cherrystones, 60a70; Little Necks, so.
Tobacco Market.
Maryland leaf tobacco firm; leaf,
nondescript, 3.00a4.00; common, 4.00a
1000; medium, 10.00a25.00; good to
fine, red, 25.OOa4000 seconds, COM
mon, 300a7.o0; medium, 7.0oa12.00;
GOOD to fine, 12.00a25.0 90.