The Washington times., 1937-02-04
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FGGS Ann LIVE POTIT1
EGGS AND LIVE POULTRY
Prices paid shippers-Net r. o. B.
Washington
By the q. s. Bureau of Agricultural
Economics

Washington
BY the q. s. Bureau OF Agricultural
Economics
EREs-Market weak. Receipts again
moderately heavy and retail demand
dull. Prices generally Z cent lower.
Current receipts, 21@21hc; hennery
whites, 21h 922c. Government graded
shippers fob. Washington: U. s. ex-
tras large, 23taC; U. S. extras, me-
diums 21c: U. S. standards large, 22c.
Live POultry-Market about steady at
unchanged prices on chickens and fowl;
small hen turkeys in better demand and
price cent higher. Fowl: Colored,
heavy, 16M1sc; leghorns, lO012C.
Chickens: Virginia Rocks, brolers and
fryers, 1Sd 21c. Delaware crosses, 1s9
zoe. Guineas, young, pounds and up,
old guineas, 2O@25c each. Turkeys:
Young hens, 10000: youn gtoms, under
~ pounds, 1901 20 pounds and over,
15c; No. IS, 12c; old hens, lac; old
toms, lie.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Sales in large lots by original receivers.
Sales to A. NJ.
L. c. l.. Express Arrivals
South CarOlina-12 crates asparag gus
CalifOrnia-75 lugs avocados.
FlOrida-62 5-peck baskets lettuce; %
lugs lines: IS bushel baskets okra; 80
IL bushel crates peppers 81 bushel
baskets squash; ~ bushelba skets snap
beans; As S-lb. baskets tomatoes.
Unknown Origin-34 crates mixed veg
etables.
PennsyIvania-154 3-lb baskets mush-
rooms.
Michigan-44 55-lb. cartons rhubarb.
North Carolina 81 bushel baskets
salad greens.
Virginia. barrels watercress.
Apples-No carlot arrivals; no cars on
track. Supplies moderate; demand mod
crate; market steady Bushel baskets, U.
S. No. /: Virginia Staymans, "a Inch
minimum, s1.25 01.35; 2i2-inch minimum,
S1.4O a l5O 2%-inch minimum. $50 q
1.65; 3-inch minimum, S165@1.75; Yorks,
h-inch minimum, s1@1.10; 2h-inch
minimum, s1.S5G lao; ~ inch minimum,
$l.5O@I6O; Grimes, "a inch minimum,
90c @S1; 21A-inch minimum, $1.25 a 1.35 !;
~ inch minimum, $1.35q1,5O; Black
Twigs, "a Inch minimum. $l.10d lis
212-inch minimum, $1.35; 2%-inch mini
mum. $15O@1.6O: 3-inch minimum, 1.6O
Oils; Golden Delicious, 21i inch mini
mum, ,s1.35; 214-inch minimum, s1.65;
2%-inch minimum, $175@1S5; Delicious,
"a inch minimum $1.4O@ $50; 21a-inch
minimum, $1.75 @lS5; 2% inch minimum,
$1.9OG2 Timber Twigs, 2A-inch mini
mum, s1@1.15; 2S4-inch minimum, $1.25.
, 2%-inch minimum. S1.S5@1.5O; Wine
saps, "a inch minimum, $1.29 a 135
212-inch minimum $l.65 % 1.75; "a linen
minimum, $IS5@1.9O; Ben Davis, "a
inch minimum, 75@S5c; 21a-inch mini
mum, 81 @1.15:. 2% inch minimum, $1.25.
POtatOes-One Maine, 1 New York; 3
broken and unbroken cars on track.
Supplies moderate; demand slow; mar
ket dull. 1OO-pound sacks, U. S. No. |:
Maine. Green Mountains, $2.S5: few $S;
New York. Round Whites, $2.6Og2.65; /;
truck receipts $3.50; Pennsylvania, 100
pound sacks, Russet Rurals unclassified
$3.50; Idaho, 1O0-pound sacks Russet
Burbanks, L. S. No. i, 81; fair quality,
1915: Florida. bushel crates, Bliss Tri-
umphs, U. S. No. l. 81.
Cabbage-One Florida arrived; / bro
ken and > unbroken cars on track. Sup
plies moderate; demand moderate mar
ket steady. Florida, truck receipts, q
bushel hampers, pointed type. 90c; South
Carolina, truck receipts, l u -bushel ham
pers. pointed type. packed locally, s.
G75c; New York, 5O-pound sacks Danish
type, so @65c.
CarrOts-No carlot arrivals: I broken
car on track. Supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate; market steady. Cali
fornia, Western lettuce crates. $3.50;
Texas, half-lettuce crates. $1.40@1.50;
Pennsylvania, bushel baskets, topped,
washed, 81.
CauIiflOwer carlot arrivals;
broken car on track. Supplies light; de-