The Washington times., 1938-03-11
DAILY REPORT ON WASHINGTON
EGG AND POULTRY MARKETS
(Prices Paid shippers-Net r. o. b.
Washington)
By the U. s. Bureau of Agricultural
Economics

LuO Us Ss DuEehu VI
Economics
EgRs-Market nervous but prices un-
changed. Government graded and dated
eggs: Whites, U s. extras, large. 20Ec:
U. s. Extras, mediums, 17hc; Q. s.
standards, large, 1S1ac: U. S. standards,
medium, 1910 Nearby ungraded eggs:
Current receipts, 1691Shc; whites. IT
417hc.
Live Poultry-Market generally steady
to firm at unchanged prices. Fowl:
Colored, heavy, 10000, a few at 2lc;
ROSTERS, 12@13c. Chickens: Virginia
rocks, broilers, 2 lbs. and less, 22c;
fryers, 19@21c; roosters 22c; Dslawars
rocks and crosses, broilers, lbs. and and
less, 22c; fryers, 19@21c; ROSTERS 22c;
mixed colors, 14@17c. Old turkeys:
Hens, 23@25c. Capons: lbs. and aver
2S q soc: slips and undersizes, 22@2Sc.
Less-than-carioad receipts at Washing
ton, Friday, March II, 1888.
south Carolina-sixteen clates aspara-
gus.
Florida-Twenty-tw lugs avocados;
~ bushel baskets parsley; 10 s-lb. bas-
kets tomatoes; Se buhel baskets pepper;
sS bushel baskets squash; S6 bushel pas
kets beans.
Unknown origin - Forty-nine crates
mixed vegetables.
PennsyIvania-One hundred sixty-four
3-lb. baskets mushrooms.
Michigan - sixty-fivs 65-lb. cartons
rhubarb.
North CarOlina-Twenty-two bushel
baskins salad green's.
Virginia-Five barrels watercreSs.
Apples-No carlot arrivals: no cars on
track. Bushel baskets, U. s. No. l. sup
plies liberal; demand slow; market dull
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and
West Virginia. staymans, IN A-inch mini
mum 500 SOC. 2h-inch minimum 50 %
75c, 2% inch minimum 75@S5c, 3-inch
minimum g0c, few 81; Yorks IN inch
minimum 4Oc, 2h-ineh minimum 5OQ
minimum s5@75c; Golden Delicious, "a
inch minimum 65@75c. 2h:inch mini
mum 5O@6Oc. 2%-inch minimum SOC
S5c, S-inch minimum s0c@$1; Delicious
mnam ~ inch Tin@Im 7H%aSe so%S1e' ineS minimum
Twigs, IN inch minimum 400 soc, IA
inch minimum SIS q soc, 2%-inch mini
Baidwins. ~ inch minimum 500 s9c,
2N inch minimum s5@75c; Romes, IN
inch minimum soc, 2h-inch minimum
6O@65c, 2%-inch minimum 65@7Sc
Winesaps 2-inch minimum SOC, 2k-1nch
minimum 6O@65c., 2h-inch minimum 7S
@85c, 2%-inch minimum, $1@1.1O; YeE
low Newtons, 2A-inch minimum sO@
soc. 2h-inch minimum 7sc, 2Nlncn
Pennsylvania. Virginia and West vir;
ginia, combination extra fancy ana M
fancy: Delicious, 11S-16Os $1.1O@1;25
S0s-1Oos $1.S5@1.65; staymans. 1i3s-15os
iicious i13s@1SSs 81 @1.1O. S0s-1o0s IS
@1.6O; Paragons 11ss @125s $1@1.1o'
Sos-1OOs S1.2S@1.5O; yellow Nswtons'
112s u No grade :555g s5d1sd fanss sss
Lowrys. IsOs s1@1.1O: 112s s1.1O@d.lSS, s
96s Si.S5 @1.4O: c grade. Delicious soc %
81: Paragons. 75c@$1, as to size.
BroccOli-No carlot arrivals, broken
cars on track. Supplies moderate. de-
mand moderate, market sligntiy "eaAer'
Cabbage-Market slightly weaker. No
carlot arrivals, 3 broken cars on track.
Florida, 1A-bushel hampers Domestic
Round type, freight receipts A'lO' trucA
Celery Ceiery-Market steady. One Florida
arrived 4 broken and / unbroken cars
on track. Florida, Florida standard and
16-inch crates, trimmed tops, individu.
ally washed s-S I'd dOzsH; sG;SSSS0O; q SS S-lO
Lettuce - Three Arizona arrived,
broken and 5 unbroken cars on track
Market about steady. Arizona, Western
crates Iceberg type, dozen, $27S@S
Onions-Market steady. One New York
pound sacks, U. s. No. I. Yellows: Michl'
gan, Minnesota, $1.26@1.s6; New York
S1.25.
Two Maine arrived cars diverted;
brokend and unbroken cars on track
1O0-ib, sacks, U. s. No. /: Maine, Greer
Mountains, $3.50 1.S5; few. $40; New
York, Round Whites, $40 @ :s5; few
$40. Correction yesterdays New York
price for Round Whites, U. 5. No.
S125@1.35, instead of $1.25: Idaho, Rus
set Burbanks, $1.75@1.S5: Florida, bus
hel crates, Bliss Triumphs, U. S. No. l.
$1.25@1.35.
Peas-No carlot arrivals; broken cal
on track. Market steady. Florida, bushel
q; small podded varieties, &1,So@1.65i
California, bushel hampers, Telephones
Spinach-Two Texas arrived; broken
and unbroken cars on track Market
type, So@75c.
sweet POtatOes-Market steady. Nc
carlot arrivals: i unbroken car on track
North Carolina, bushel baskets, Porto
Halls, 75@S5c; Maryland, Anne Arundel
| county, bushel hampers, Jersey type, $500
@$1; New Jersey, bushel baskets, Jersey
| type, 75@85c.
Observation-Disclosures steady. Tive
Florida arrived; broken car on track
Florida, 36-pint crates, 12@12hc, hold
overs, 10c per pint.
TOmatOes-No carlot arrivals: no carr
on track. Market steady. Florida, lug
boxes, green, ripes and turning wrapped,
Sxs. best, $1.75@2, poorer, $50: SKI,
S1.5o@1.7b, poorer. S1.2S, 1o-pound bas-
kets, SO @65c.
Mixed VeEetabIes-ons FLORIDA, Z
unhroken cars on track.