The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-21
EGGS AND POULTRY MARKETS

EGGS AND POULTRY MARKETS
prices paid shippers-Net +. o. b.
WashlngtOn)
By the U. s. Bureau Of Agricultural
Economics
EEEs-M. s. Government graded eggs
y cent higher on extras, large, and Y
cent lower on standards, large. Only
occasional lots of nearby unEradeh eggs
bringing top quotations. Current re-
ceipts, 20 to 20h cents: hennery whites,
q to 21h cents. Government graded
and dated white eggs met prices paid
shippers. I: o; B. WsshingtoHl: U; s.
mediums, 20 cents; U. S. standards,
large, 21h cents.
Live Poultry-Market generally, steady
at unchanged prices. Fowl: Colored
heavy, Is to 10 cents; Leghorns, Il to
Is cents. Chickens. Rocks 20 to "a
cents: Crosses, 81 to % cents. Leghorns
1 y to 2k lbs. and up, II cents; smaller
sizes. Is cents. Old guineas, 25 to 80
cents; old toms, Is cents.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Sales In Large Lots by Original Receiver
Sales to $500 A. NJ.
L. c. L. Express Arrivals
South CarOlina-242 crates asparagus
IS bushel baskets green peas.
CalifOrnla-65 Tugs avocados.
F1Orida-19 bushel baskets cucumbers
ss crates eggplant, 90 bushel baskets
parsley, "a h-bushel crates peppers 81
bushel baskets snap beans, IS SO-lb
North CarOlina-34 5-peck baskets let
tuce. AZ 24-quart crates strawberries.
Unknown Origin - 90 crates mixed
vegetables.
Pennsylvania-122 5-lb. baskets mush
rooms
Michigan-54 55-lb. cartons rhubarb.
Virginla-5 barrels watercress,
Apples-No carlot arrivals: / broken
indicate; demand light; market steady
Bushel baskets, U. S. No. 1: Virginia
1.S5; 2%-inch minimum. $1,sG@2;
inoh minimum, sl.7s@I.s5; s%-inch
$1.5O@1.65; Golden Delicious. 2h-inch
minimum, $4,000; 2h-inch minimum
:1sSSs: sH'ine i0q Minimum men s m!nima s%
inch minimum, $2.S5@2.5O; winesaps, 2
inch minimum: si.so@I;s5; 2A-inch
minimT ,aa :i,75@tS5; 2hinch mini nj 81:
@2.sS; y. s. Utility. s1.4O@1.S5, as to
muh. $1.S5; 21a-inch minimum, $1,000
q. %;inch minimum: s2.25; Paragons,
; 2E,inEh mpimgm si159 I1 S.insh
vanis, Virginia and West Virginia: Car
tons. fancy. Lowrys, 100 size. $3.50 a
1.7S; 112 size. s1.75@2; winesaps. $50
size, $2.15@2.25: 112 size, $225 @2.35;
Golden Delicious, 144 size. $2.250 .35;
staymans. U. s. No. 1, IA size, $1,000
2; 112 size, 81; 96 size. $202.25. Boxes:
Combination extra fancy and fancy.
Delicious, $2.25@2.75; Staymans, $40
2.35; Paragons, $2@2.25.
Asparagus - One South Carolina ar
rived; l broken and l unbroken cars on
track. Truck receipts light; supplies
light: demand light: market steady.
South Carolina, pyramid crates, dozen
punches: Extra Colossal, $2.75: white.
81; Colossal. $1.75@2.25; few best $3.50;
fancy, $1.5O@2 choice. $1@1.5O.
CRbbage-Two South Carolina arrived
2 broken and unbroken cars on track.
Truck receipts moderate: supplies mod
crate: demand light; market steady.
South Carolina. k-bushel hampers,
Pointed type, truck receipts packed To-
cally, s5c@$1.
CarrOts-No carlot arrivals: 3 broken
cars on track. Supplies moderate; de-
mand light; market slightly stronger.
Texas half-lettuce cartes, $3.50; Cali
fornia. Western lettuce crates. $3.50.
CauliflOwer No carlot arrivals:
broken cars on track. Supplies mod
crate; demand light: market steady. Cali
fornia. crates. &1.sO@2.