Evening star., 1937-03-30
Baltimore Market
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, Md, March 3O.-Po-
tatoes, old, l00-pound sacks, l.75a2. 40;
new, barrel, 4.75a6O0 bushel, l50a
2l0; sweet potatoes, bushel. LOCAL so;
nearby. bushel, 9Oa1.25; yans, bushel,
75al 90; asparagus. crate, 175a3. so;
beans, bushel, 200a350; beets, half
crate, l0Oal.25; broccoli. crate, 2.75a
800; brussels sprouts, half drum, 1.50a
225; cabbage, new, pointed type, ham,
per, 90al10; round type, hamper,
l.00al.l0; fiat type, hamper, coal 90;
old Danish, 5o-pound sack, 65a75; car
rots, crate, 2OOa325 bushel, Lisa
l.25; cauliflower, crate, l.50; celery,
crate, 25Oa325; cucumbers, bushel,
2.00a400; lettuce, Iceberg, crate, 600a
$50; Big Boston, hamper, l.25a2.25;
mushrooms, 4-quart basket. 60a80;
lima beans, bushel, 25Oa425; onions,
50-pound sack, 85a1.75; peas, bushel,
3.25a4O0; peppers, crate, 200a3.00;
radishes, red tip, bushel, 1.25al so;
rhubarb, carton, 50a65; spinach,
bushel 75al.15; squash, bushel, l50a
2.00 tomatoes, lug, 150a3.75; turnips,
nearby. purple tops, half bushel, 20
a30; yellows. per 100 pounds, 40a50:
apples, bushel 9Oa225; box, 2.l0a
ATS; grapefruit, box, 2.00a2.50:
oranges. box, 3OOa475; Strawberries,
pint, 12a18.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry Chickens, rocks,
pound, 20a23; mixed colors, 20a22;
broilers, 23a24; fowl, rocks, 19a20;
mixed colors, l7al9; Leghorns, lisa
l6; roosters, 10a12; ducks, 18a20;
guineas, each, 4Oa5o; turkeys, pound.
22a3o; capons, 23a2s
Eggs-Current receipts, dozen, 22a
2213; hennery whites. large, 231aa24;
medium, 22a221z; receipts, 633 cases.
Butter-Prints, pound, 381aa39;
good to fancy. creamery, 36ha371a;
packing stock, IT; rolls, l8a2o: re-
ceipts, $50 tubs
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-75; generally steady: few
plain and medium grade lightweight
steers, 825a9 25; low cutter and cut
ter COWS, 375a5.25 few medium
around 500; few medium bulls, 6.75
down; scattering plain stock steers,
725 down
Calves-75; vealers steady; good
grade, l0.0Oal05o mostly; plain and
medium, 7.50a950; culls down to 600.
Hogs-l 900; slow mostly 10 cents
lower than Monday; some pigs and
sows steady; good and choice, ITO to
210 pounds, 1065al0.90; top, 1890,
sparingly; 220 to $50 pounds. 102Oa
1865; heavyweights, down to $50 and
under; 140 to 100 pounds, 1O.10a1O65;
120 to 140 pounds, 96Oa10OO; good
packing sows, 8.75a9.25; hogs from
doubtful territory not represented In
prices.
Sheep-25; few choice Spring lambs.
1900; about steady; no old crop lambs
available; slaughter ewes salable
steady or up to $50 for good light
weights.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: No. red
Winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
1.5112; March delivery, 1.511a. Set
ting prices we're No. 2, red Winter,
garlicky, spot, domestic, Isl; March
delivery, Isl.
Corn-No 2, yellow. domestic, 1.o9;
Western billing at premium over
this price; cob corn, nominal. Oats
No. 2, white, domestic, as to weight
and location, 63a73; No 3, 62a72.
Rye-No. 2, 1.35a1 40. Barley-95a
100
Hay-Market holds steady to firm
under good demand for timothy and
clover mixed at 17O0a2200 per ton,
but it takes well-graded No. stock
to bring this price. Poorer grades
hard to sell and market irregular on
all grades below No. 3 stock
Straw-Market very firm at 1900
per ton for both No. l wheat and No.
! oat straw
Sea Food Market.
Catfish, rough, per pound, 5a6;
dressed, 7a9; carp, 5a6; eels, 5a8; had
dock, 7a8; markerel, 8a10; pan rock,
10al2; large rock, Is; white perch, 10a
IA; yellow perch, 10a12; herring, 3a5;
pan trout, 8al0; large, 10a12; blueflsh,
12al5; founders, 10a12; shrimp, 10a
IL; jumbos, rs; porgies, 3.5Oa4 90 per
box; croakers, box, 350a45O; butter
fish, box, 3.00a6 90; smelts, 12a15;
roe shad, 25a26 buck shad, 18a20;
terrapin, each, 25a35; clans, large, per
100, 1.l0al.25; Cherrystones, IS; Little
Necks, 50a60; oysters, medium, gallon,
l.20al rs; selects. 1.40a1.5 so; raw bar,
barrel, 4.50a55
Tobacco Market.
Quotations on old stock: Maryland
farm leaf, nondescript, 3a4; common,
4a10; medium, 10a30; good to fine,
red, 30a40; second, common, Sat; me-
dium, Tails; good to- fine, 15a35.