The Washington times., 1937-02-19
EGGS AND LIVE POULTRY
prices Paid shippers-Net r. o.


Washington
By the o. s. Bureau Of Agricultural
Economics
EgRs-Market full; steady at un-
changer prices. Current receipts, 81 to
21ls cents; hennsry whites, 2lh to 22
cents Government graded and dated
white eggs met prices paid shippers,
(. o. b. Washington: U. S. extras, large,
23h cents; U. 5. extras, medium, Fl
cents; U. s. standards, large. % cents.
Live POultry-Market quiet. Demand
dull, but receipts light. Fowl: Colored,
heavy, Is to IT cents; Leghorns, IL to
13 cents. Chickens: Rocks and crosses,
go to % cents. Quineas young pounds
and up 40 cents each; under pounds.
25 to 30 cents each; old guineas, 20 to
25 cents each. Turkeys, young hens, 10
to 20 cents; young toms. under 10 pounds,
16 to II cents; 20 pounds and over, 15
cents: No. 2's, IL cents; old hens, IA
cents: old toms, II cents.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Sales in Large Lots by Original Receivers
Sales to 8 A. NJ.
L. c. L. Express Arrivals
CaIifornia-One hundred and fifty-five
lugs Avocados
Florida - Twenty-Five luEs lines, ~
bushel baskets parsley, Is bushel baskets
okra, II bushel baskets peppers, SO ~
bushel crates peppers, IS bushel bask cts
squash, 2 S0-quart refrigerators straw
berries, 27 bushel baskets snap beans.
Unknown Origin - Fifty-four crates
mixed vegetables.
PennsyIvania-One hundred and twenty
3-pound baskets mushrooms.
Michigan-Forty 55-pound cartons rhu-
barb.
Virginia-Five barrels watercress
Apples--One Washington arrived
broken and unbroken cars on track.
Bushel baskets, U. S. No. /: Supplies
liberal demand p L. n >
steady Virginia: Delicious. "a inch
minimum, $1.5OQ1.65; PA inch mini
mum $1.s5@1.So; 2H-inch minimum,
li9t,@r, mi9G@2 GqasH Delicious ~ Inch
mum, s1.75@1.s5: 2&-inch minimum,
s1S5@2; Winesaps, ~ inch minimum,
$?@2.95; Ben Davis, ~ inch minimum.
soc@sl; 2h-inch minimum s1@1.25:
Staymans. 2E-inch minimum. $125@ q
1.35; 21s-inch minimum. $1.5O01.65:
2%-inch minimum, $l.6591.75; Yorks,
2,ini,,, 2f,inch mTimnm, sd.15@I;25; sh.inch
mum, S1.25; 2h-inch minimum. 1880
1.50; 2&-inch minimum. $500 1.65;
Lowrys az inch minimum, 1886 @185;
21a-inch minimum. $3.50 @1.65: az inch
Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Vir-
ginia: Grimes fancy. s1.S5@1.65; COM
bination extra fancy and fancy; Deli
Si91s' SI0 G;5S si;5SS9'2S; :,,o staymaTs s1:s6S
l.
grade: Delicious. &1.6O@1S5: Staymans,
S1.5O@1.75; Golden Delicious. $1,000
1.s5.
POtatOes-No carlot arrivals; 2 broken
and unbroken cars on track. Supplies
moderate; demand moderate: market
steady. 1oo-lb. sacks, U. S. No. /:
Maine, Green Mountains, $2.75@2.S5;
New York. round whites $260@265:
truck receipts $3.50: Pennsylvania, 100
lb. sacks Russet Rurals unclassified,
$3.50; U. S. No. 1, branded sacks $3.50
@2.65 idaho, Russet Burbsnks, 81, few
S4.25: Florids, bushel crates Bliss
Cabbage-one Florida, New York
arrived; broken and unbroken cars
on track. Supplies moderate; demand
moderate; market steady. Domestic
Round type: Florida. y -bushel hampers
truck receipts, packed locally. 9Oc @S1.
Texas h-lettuce crates, $I.15@1.25. New
York, 50-lb. sacks, Danish type. 6o@70c
CarrOts-No carlot arrivals: broken
cars on track. Supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate; market steady. Cali
fornia, Western lettuce crates $25O@
2.75. Texas, h-lettuce crates, $1S5.
CauliflOwer-One California arrived: 9
broken and 1 unbroken cars on track.