The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-23

prices Paid shippers-Net F. o. B.,
Washington
BY the Q. .. Bureau of Agricultural
Economics
EERs-Market steady to firm. L. S.
Government graded eggs n to l cent
higher
Current receipts 20 to 81 cents; hen
ment graded and dated white eggs:
u. S. Extras, large. so cents; L. s. Ex-
tras, mediums, 24la cents, u. S. stand
ards. large, 24la cents.
Live Poultry-Market firm at I'M
changed prices.
Fowl: Colored, heavy, II to IS ceEs,
few at 10 cents: No. IS, 10 cents; leg
horns, II to IA cents; No. Is, 10 cents;
roosters, 10 cents. Chickens: Crosses, 20
to 81 cents; rocks, Virginia less imam
2k pounds, 20 to % cents; 21s pounds
and over, Fl to 20 cents; leghorns, 2
pounds II to IS cents; less than 2
pounds. is cents Turkeys; Old hens,
Is to II cents; old toms. Il to - cents
Sales In Large Lots BY Original
L. c. L. Express Receipts.
F1Orida-6S lqss svocsdos: 81 Tugs
North CaroIina-l2 32-quart crates
huckleberries; IS bushel baskets lima
New Jersey-sS 24-quart crates blue
berries IL l6-plnt crates blueberries
Unknown Origin-25 crates mixed
vegeta bles
Pennsylvania-116 Alb. baskets mush-
rooms
Virginia-1s bushel baskets peaches
. barrels watercress.
south Carolina-2sO bushel baskets
West Virginia-S bushel boxes water
cress.
Cantaloupes-Approxi 500 crates
by express n. c. arrived; truck receipts
LIBERAL supplies liberal; demand light;
MAJ North CaT0lina Salmon
Meats, standards, all sizes, Ridgeway
Section, labelled, $1.5OQ1.75, few $1.25
unla belled, $1@1.25, few $3.50.
HoneyballS.No eariot nS arrivals ISL bro.
mand light; market steady. California,
jumbos 36s and 27s, S2.7593; jumbos
ASS. SO; standards, ASS, $2.5o92.75.
su G4 srFUsd broken den
mand moderate; market steady: Cali
fornia, jumbo crates IS to 9s. 1925 l.5O;
standard crates IS and 12s, 81, @ l.0O'
standard cantaloupe flats Us ~.
mand light; market steady. New York,
n crates, individually washed, So dozen,
$50; "a dozen. s1.75a2. Michigan
Lettuce-T%o California arrived:
broken and 4 unbroken cars on track.
Supplies moderate; demand light; mar
k sn. dull tvDc ySo2e Wfi's5R erf poor
condition, s1@2; Eastern crates Bis Big
2-dozen, iceberg type, 75c@H..
Onions-Truck receipts liberal; supplies
liberal: demand light; market weak 90
lb. sacks Fellows, U. S. No. l: New
Jersey 75c@$1; Pennsylvania 7S9S0c'
nasty 65c.
crate; demand light; market steady
North Carolina. bushei baskets, Hileys,
U. S. No. /. * inch minimum, $2Q?:25;
2@2A Inches S2;5o@S; South Carolina
az inch minimum, $2.5O@3, poor condi-
ton, So; n bushel baskets, Bellies and
Hileys, U. S. No. /, "a inch minimum
$3.50; skies Elbertas u; s T. No n L. me
50. Virginia, buShel baskets Golden
$2@225: Pinch minimum, $3.50.
Peas-one Washington arrived; bro.
demand light; market steady. Bushel
hampers, Telephones: Colorado, fair con-
ditton, $l.6O@L75; Washington. $40
Potatoes-Truck receipts moderate;
supplies moderate: demand moderate;
market slightly stronger. Eastern Shore,
Va, Cobblers, U. S. No. 1, stave barrels
$1.15@3; 1oo-pound sacks e. A:lS; New
No. i, s1.15@1.25.
Tomatoes-Truck receipts moderate;
supplies moderate; demand moderate;
market steady. New Jersey, 12-quart eli
max baskets, 55c; North Carolina, lug
boxes, green, ripes and turning, wrapped,
SKIS and larger, S5@75c.
WatermelOns-Three North Carolina
arrived; / broken and 4 unbroken cars
on track. Truck receipts liberal: sup
plies liberal; demand light; market
steady. North and South Carolina, Tom
Watsons, 34-36pounds average, 40@50c;
1882 pounds average, 30@35c each.
Mixed Vegetables-No carlot arrivals;
/ broken car on track.
Lima Beans-Trpck receipts moderate
supplies moderatee; demand light: mar
ket weak. Bushel hampers: Eastern
Shore. Nd, &1.25 @1.5o; South Carolina,
fair condition. 81 1'25.
Corn - Supplies moderate: demand
els, 5O@6Oc; Maryland. sacks. 5-dozen,
Spinach-supplies moderate; demand
moderate; market steady. Bushel bas-
kets: Pennsylvania, 75c; New Jersey,
9Oc.
Oranges-No carlot arrivals; broken
cars on track. California, boxes, $4.25@
$50, as to grade and size
LemOns-California, boxes, No. !, $3.50
@s; No. $6.5O@7.
CaFrOts-No carlot arrivals; ! broken
and l unbroken cars on track. Penn
sylvania, 500 35c. per dozen punches.
Ca b "a z @Pennsylvania, ! II -bushel
hampers, $50 s5c.
Blueberries-New Jersey. cultivated,
quarts, 500 35c; pints, 10000.