Evening star., 1937-06-29
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The tar.
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BALTIMORE, Md, June 29-Po-
tatoes, new, barrel, 1.5Oa200; 100
pound sack, 1.1Oa2.5o; sweet potatoes,
bushel. 75al 40; yams, bushel, Goal 25;
asparagus, crate, 1OOa3.25; beans,
bushel, 60a90; nearby, bushel, 85al.15;
beets, nearby, bunch, ll2a2; cabbage,
nearby. round type. bushel, 5Oa6O;
carrots, California, crate, 4.50a4.75;
caulifloWer, crate, 1.75a200; celery,
crate, 150a450 corn, crate, l.50a1.75;
cucumbers, bushel, 50al25; nearby
half bushel, 75a90; eggplants, bushel
LOO; lettuce, Western, Iceberg, crate,
425a475; Eastern, Big Boston. crate
40a65; lima beans, bushel, 200a2 rs
onions, 5O-pound sack, 90a15O; peas
bushel, l.50a2 90; peppers. crate, 150a
$50; bushel, LOCAL 40; squash, nearby
half bushel. 65a75; tomatoes, lug, 50a
l65; apples, box, 2.65a275; bushel
75a2.00; blackberries, crate, l25a2. rs;
cantaloupes, crate, 1.00a4.25; grape
fruit, box, 4.00a450 honey ball mel
ons, crate, 3.00a4.00; honey dews
crate, 2.40a250; huckleberries, quart
l0al2E2; oranges, box, 2.75a5.00;
peaches, half bushel 35al.75; bushel
l.50a200; raspberries. black. quart
l0al5; watermelons, each, 35a60.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry - Broilers, Rocks
pound, 2Oa23; mixed colors, 20a22
Leghorns, l5al8. Fowl-Rocks, l9s
20; mixed colors. l7al9; Leghorns
13al5; roosters, 1Oal2; ducks, l2al4
Eggs-Current receipts, dozen, 20
hennery whites. large, 23a24; medium
2la22; receipts, 1852 cases.
Butter-Prints, pound, 34a35; gooc
to fancy, creamery, 32a33; packing
stock, 16al7; rolls, 19a2o; receipts
753 tubs.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-l25; mostly cows and few
bulls on offer: market slow, arounc
steady with Monday: low cutter anc
cutter COWS, 425a5.75; plain and me-
dium grade fat COWS, 6.0Oa70O; plain
and medium bulls, 6.00a700
Calves-l00; steady to weak; gooc
grade vealers, 10O0al050, mostly;
some good weighty calves, $50; plain
and medium, largely 8.OOae5O
Hogs-30C: mostly IS cents lower
than Monday; packing sows un-
changed; good and choice, ITO to 2l(
pounds, 1220al245; practical top
l245; 220 to $50 pounds, 1lSOal2 20
26o to 300 pounds, quoted ll10al1 80
1An f0 1S0 rN1ly1fic
to l40 pounds, lll0all6O good sows
l015al0.65; hogs from doubtful areas
not represented in above prices.
Sheep - 300; outlet apparently
rather limited: scattered sales Sprins
lambs steady to weak, with severa
lots good and choice eve and wethel
sorts 1900; bucks 100 less; few plair
and medium grades 900al05O; fat
shorn slaughter ewes quoted stead,
from 400 down
Note: This market will be closet
Monday, July S, in observance of In
dependence day.
Sea Food Market.
Catfish, pound, 5a6; dressed, 8al0
carp. 3a4; eels, 8a1O haddock, SalO
nlackerel, 5a6; rock, 10a12; white
perch, 6a8; yellow, 10; trout, 5a6
blue fish, l0al2; founders. l0al2
croakers, 4a5 spots. 4a5; hardheads
4a5; butter fish, 5a6; soft crabs, doz-
| en-. 40al25; hard crabs, barrel, 3.0Oi
400. dozen, 20a40; crab meat, pound
25a5O; shrimp, l5al8; clans, large
per 100. 80a90; Cherrystones, 6Oa65
Little Necks. so; frogs, each, 25a35.
| Tobacco Market.
| Maryland farm leaf. nondescript. Sc
4 per pound; common, 4alO: medium
1Oa30; good to fine red, 3Oa4O. sec
onds, common. 3a7; medium, Tails
good to fine. l5a35
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat
No. 2, red, Winter. garlicky. spot
domestic, l.20 nominal, old. Settlin!
prices were: No. 2, red, Winter, gar
licky, spot, domestic, l.2o nominal
| old.
Corn-No. 2. yellow, domestic, 1.2o
Western billing at a premium owe
this price; cob corn, nominal.
Oats-No. 2, white, domestic, 6la72
No. 3, 60a70. With the exception O
grain on track there is an additiona
charge of 1l2 cents per bushel TO-
storage and elevation.
Rye-No. 2, 11Oal15.
Barley-7Oa75
Hay market holds steady to firm
under good demand for timothy an,
clover mixed at l7.00a2200 per ton
but it takes well-graded No stool
to bring the price. Poorer grades hare
to sell and market irregular on al
| grades below No. stock.
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