The Washington times., 1937-04-15
EGGS AND LIVE POULTRY
prices Paid Shippers-NetF. o. ID.
Washington
NJ .ko n 6 nuroau of Agricultural


Washington
BY the q. S. Bureau of Agricultural
Economics
EKKs-Market weak and unsettled
Receipts still heavy. U. S. Government
graded extras, large and U. S. Standards,
large Il cent lower. current receipts,
2Ola cents; Hennery Whites, II u cents.
Government graded and dated white
eggs Cnet prices paid shippers +. o. B,
Washington U. S. extras. large, 2SA
cents; U. S. extras. mediums, II cents;
L. S standards, large, 22A cents.
Live POultry-Market quiet and I'm
changed. Fowl: Colored, heavy, Is to 10
cents; leghorns, IL to Is cents. Chickens
rocks and crosses, mostly 81 to % cents
a premium on 4-pound average; leghorns,
smaller sizes, IS cents. Old guineas Is
to so cents each. Turkeys; Old hens 10
to is cents; old Toms Is.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Sales in Large Lots by Original Receivers
sales to A NJ.
L. c. L. Express Arrivals
South CarOlina-1SS crates asparagus;
65 bushel baskets green peas.
Florida-12 Jugs ayocados; 20 busa ne
baskets cucumbers;, So 5-peck baskets
% Jugs lines: SO bushel baskets pep
pers; 20 4O-pound crates peppers; "a
bnsheI baskets squash; ? 150-pint retrtg-
orators strawberries; AZ 3O-piund crates
CaIifonia-7s crates avocados.
Unknown Origin-89 crates mixed veg
pennsylvania - SIS S-pound baskets
" Michigan SIS 55-pound cartons rhu-
Virginia. barrels watercress.
Auples-No carlot arrivals; unbroken
car on track. supplies moderate; demand
RnSnpl
kets. U. S. No. l.: Virginia. Staymans'
~ inch minimum, $1.40d $50; 212-inch
minimum, $1.75@1.s5; 2&-inch minimum,
$1.85G2: Yorks. 2i-inch minimum, $l:4O
also; 2l3-inch minimum. $1.IS a 1.S5;
> 3. inch minimum, $1.S5@2; Winesapss'
2-inch minimum. s1.4O@1.5O; 2h-inch
minimum, $1.7591.S5; 2l2-inch mini
mum. S26225: 2&-inch minimum $2.25
a ESQ; Delicious. 2la-nch minimum,
81 25 G2.35; 2%-inch minimum $3.50
?. 50: 3-inch minimum, $3.50 few higher;
Golden Delicious, "a inch minimum,
$1.S5: 21R-inch minimum, $2.25 2.35.
Boxes: Maryland, Pennsylvania Virginia
and West Virginia, combination extra ira
Staymans. $202.25 Golden Delicious, 81
Oats; Paragons, $1.7592.25; C grade:
Delicious. $1.95@2: Staymans, $1.75@
100; Golden Delicious. $l.75 a ?: Para
CONS, *1.75@1.s5; scalded, Sl.5O@ l:75.
Cartons: Maryland. Pennsylvania, Vir-
ginia and West Virginia, fancy: Stay
mans. SIS5@2.25: Delicious. &2.2562.75;
Golden Delicious, $2.25@2.5O; Lowrys,
$1S562: Paragons $1.75m2; c grade:
Staymans s1.6561S5: Delicious, S1.S5@
2; Golden Delicious, S1.S542; Paragons,
81 5OM LES.
AsparaEus-One California arrived:
broken car on track. Truck receipts mod
crate supplies moderate; demand mod
crate; market slightly weaker. South
Carolina, pyramid crates. dozen lunches
Colossal $2.5O92.75; fancy &292.5O;
choice. 21.5062.
Cabbage-One South Carolina arrived;
. broken and l unbroken cars on track.
Truck receipts moderate; supplies mod
crate; demand moderate; market steady.
South Carolina. Ia bushel hampers,
Pointed type, truck receipts, packed To-
cally, mostly around 75c.
CarrOts-No carlot arrivals; I broken
car on track. Supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate: market steady. Texas,
crates. 3-dozen, S1.40G $50;
California. Western-lettuce crates. g.
dozen, $3.25.
CauliflOwer-Two California arrived;
. broken and / unbroken cars on track.
Supplies light: demand moderate; mar
ket slightly stronger. California, crates,
mostly around S1.75.
CeIery-One Florida arrived broken
and unbroken cars on track. Supplies
moderate: demand light; market steady.
Florida, individually washed: 16-tnCh
crates, wire-bound and 10-inch crates,
$40 dozen, $40 2.25;, ks, mostly around
Sl.75,