The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-11

EGOS AND LIVE POULThY
prices Paid Shlppers-Net +. o. b.
BY the U. s. Bureau of Agricultural
Economics
Eggs-Market about steady. Prices
unchanged. Current receipts, coo 21c;
hennery whites, best quality, 24Q Csc;
ordinary quality, 22Q 23c. Government
graded and dated white eggs: U. s. ex-
tras large, 2Oc; U. S. extras, mediums,
24i2C; u. S. standards, large, Csc.
Live POultry-Market nervous and I'M
settled, but prices unchanged at the mo-
ment. Fowl: Colored. heavy. 100 zoe;
ROSTERS, loo. Chickens: Rocks, ESQ
csc. with premiums on fancy lots;
crosses, IS % Csc, with premiums on fancy
lots; Leghorns, pounds, 22@ FAC. Reds,
24@ 26c; mixed colors, 2S924c; South
ern, mixed colors. 22024c.
IL. C. L. Express Receipts)
FIOrida-75 Tugs lines; 20 bushel
crates lines; 81 Tugs avocados; II Tugs
mangos; 81 bushel baskets okra.
North Carolina - 1O2 crates canta-
loupes; 81 half-bushel baskets okra; 65
baskets lima beans.
Virginia. barrels watercress; IS
bushel baskets peaches.
Pennsylvania-165 baskets mushrooms
New Jersey-4O crates blueberries.
Maine-12 crates blueberries.
CalifOrnia-65 boxes figs.
Unknown Origin crates mixed
vegetables.
Apples Pennsylvania arrived; I
unbroken car on track. Truck receipts
moderate; supplies moderate; demand
slow; market steady. Maryland, Vir-
ginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania,
bushel baskets: U. S. No. l. Transpar-
ents, inches minimum. 50@60c; "a
inches minimum, 75@S5c; Duchess, az
inches minimum, 5O@6Oc; 2h-inches,
minimum, 6OQ75c; Wealthys, inches
minimum, 4O@5Oc; "a inches minimum,
STAIRS, 2h-inches minimum 5O@65c;
2K Inches minimum, 75@S5c; ~ Inches
minimum. $1@1.1O; Gravensteins, az
inches minimum, 6o975c; ~ inches
sA-inches minimum, sS@75e: 2HsincSes
$1.1O01.25.
CantalOupes - Truck receipts light;
supplies light; demand light; market
steady. Nearby Maryland. bushel ham,
pers, soc.
Celery-No carlot arrivals; 2 broken
cars on track. Supplies light: demand
crates, individually washed, 3-5h dozen,
S1.2591.75. Michigan, highballs, $50
soc.
Lettuce-No carlot arrivals: 4 broken
and 1 unbroken cars on track. Supplies
moderate; demand light: market steady.
California, western crates Iceberg type,
dozen, wide range in condition. best.
SO. 5OQ4. fair condition, $3Q3.25, poorer.
S1@1.75. New York, eastern crates, Big
Boston type. dozen, 50@60c.
OniOns-No carlot arrivals; no cars on
track. Supplies moderate: demand light;
market steady. Fifty-pound sacks, yell
lows, U. s. No. L: Pennsylvania, s0c@
81; New York. $1.1O@115; poorer lower.
Peaches-No carlot arrivals; broken
cars on track. Truck receipts moderate;
supplies moderate; demand slow, mar;
ket steady North csToli1a iTcbsl
minimum, si.75@2; 2R inches minimum,
$50 South Carolina, busheI baskets,
$1.5O@2; PA to ~ inches, $2@2.25. Vir-
ginia, bushel baskets Carmans, U. s.
No. I, tx inches minimum, 5Oc"S;
bushel baskets, Bellies, U. $; No; !,
kets. Hileys, U. s. No. 1. inches mini
mum, $3.50. Maryland, hushel bas-
kets. slappys. U. S. No. l. inches
Peas-No carlot arrivals; broken cars
on track Supplies moderate: demand
light; market steady. Washington,
busheI hampers, Telephones, $2@2.15.
supplies moderate; demand light; mar
Eet steady One hTnd5ed,pOTnd sacks aoc
Q$1; New Jersey. $1.o5@1.1o;
TOmatOes-Truck receipts liberal; sup
plies liberal; demand light; market
steady. Nearby. haIf-bushel baskets, IS
a soc. New Jersey, 12-Quart climax bas-
kets. Csc.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. moderate; de-
mand light; market steady. Virginia,
boat, bulk. per 100 melons, Tom Watsons,
extra selects. $35: selects, $25; primes,
SIS; culls, 5000.
Cabbage carlot arrivals: I I'M
broken car on track. Truck receipts
liberal; supplies liberal; demand light;
market steady. Nearby, bushel ham,
pers. SOC.
Lima Beans - Supplies moderate: de-
mand light: market weak Pennsylvania
and New Jersey, bushel baskets, $2d25O.
Snap Beans-Supplies LIBERAL demand
light: market weak. Pennsylvania,