The Washington times., 1937-12-01
EGGS AND LIVE POULTRY
Prices Paid Shipper, net fob. Wash.
inEtOn. BY the Q. s. Bureau of
Agricultural EcOnOmica

Agricultural Economies
Eggs-Egg market continues weak.
eminent graded and dated eggs: Whites,
L. s. extras, large 32c; U. s. extras, me-
diums, 24C; U. S. standards, large, 29c;
u. s. standards, mediums, 22c; nearby
ungraded eggs: Current receipts, 26 q 27c !;
whites, 20 n soc.
Live Poultry-Market quiet. Prices
unchanged. Receipts of turkeys continue
too small to establish quotations Fowl:
14c; Leghorns, 14@1sc; roosters, 100
13c: chickens. Rocks and crosses, all
sizes, Csc; mixed cOlore, zoe; guineas
2 lbs and over, SOC each; under 2 lbs,
40c each; capons, lbs. and over, Is q
soc; slips and undersizes, 22@25c.
l.. c. l.. express receipts at Wash
inEton, d. c., Wednesday, December l,
Florida-s4 Tugs avocados. As Tugs
lines, 10 1a-bushel crates lemons, %
husheI baskets okra 81 bushel crates
eggplant, II bushel baskets parsley, "a
hushel baskets peppers, AZ bushel bas-
kets string beans
GeOrgia-10 5O-lb. sacks pecans.
virginia. barrels watercress
OhiO-175 S-lb. baskets tomatoes.
PennsyIvania-165 BIB. baskets mush-
rooms.
Unknown Origin-24 crates mixed
vegetables.
CALIFORNIA; boxes figs.
Apples-No carlot arrivals; 2 broken
cars on track. Bushe baskets, U. S. No.
/. supplies liberal: demand light: market
steady; Maryland, Pennsylvania, Vir-
ginis and West Virginia, Grimes, "a
inches minimum, 5OQ6Oc; IN inches
minimum, 65m Use; Staymans, ~ inches
minimum, 6OG65c; an inches minimum,
IS 90c: Yorks, 2A inches minimum,
SOC; IN inches minimum, 65@75c; De-
2h inches minimum, 90c $1.10; Golden
Delicious, "a inches minimum, 5@75c;
2h inches minimum, S1@1.10; Black
Twigs, 2A inches minimum, 50660c:
2h inches minimum, rs 6S0c; Wealthys,
2h inches minimum, 5066Oc "a inches
minimum. 6O@6 Boxes and cartons:
Combination extra fancy and fancy, De
lcious, 1888 to lbs, S1.35@165; zoos and
larger. $1.65 a 1856; Staymans 1905 to
113c. &1.25 also; zoos and larger. $3.50
$1:25 q @1.5O; zoos and larger, $1,000
as to size; Mcintosh, $1.35@1.5O, as to
size grade, Delicious, S1.1O91.35, as
to size
Mixed vegetables-No carlot arrivals;
2 broken cars on track.
Snap Beans-No carlot arrivals; /
broken car on track. Supplies liberal;
demand slow; market dull. Florida.
truck receipts, bushel hampers Bounti-
fuls, fair condition, 1901; Stringless
Black Valentines, $1.25; freight receipts,
Florida, bushel hampers Stringless
Black Valentines, $3.50.
Pep pers-Supplies light; demand
light market steady. Florida, u blu.
crates. green, fancy, $2.5O63.
Squash-Supplies light; demand very
slow; market dull. Florida, bushel ham,
pers. white. wrapped, holdovers, fair
condition, 75c@$1.
Eggplant - Supplies light; demand
light: market steady. Florida. Ia
bushel crates small size, $16 $50.
CucUmbers-Supplies light; demand
light market steady. Florida, bushel
baskets, $2@250.
Okra-Supplies insufficient to quote.
Lima Beans-Suppies very light; de-
mand light; market steady. California,
via Baltimore, 35-lb. crates, &464.25.
Tomatoes - Supplies light; demand
light; market steady. Florida. lug
boxes, green, wrapped, 6x6.. $S.5O@3.75;
fair quality, 3262.5O; Ohio, dollhouse
1856 large size. $1.2501.50.
CarrOts-NO carlot arrivals; broken
cars on track. Supplies light; demand
light; market steady California, West
ern-lettuce crates. punched. $325: fair
condition, $2.7503: Pennsylvania, bushel
baskets, topped, washed. 75c.
CeIery-Five California, l New York
arrived; broken and unbroken cars
on track. Supplies moderate; demand
light; market steady. New York, 2-S-
crates. in the rough, $15o92: h-crates.
washed, $1.25; California, 17-crates, in
2.75.
Lettuce-Two California arrived; 10
broken and I unbroken cars on track.
Supplies liberal demand slow; market