The Washington times., 1938-01-20
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BY the q. $. Bureau Of Agricultural
Economics

Economics
Washington, ID. C., Thursday, January q
EEEs-Market II cent lower on nearby
ungraded eggs. Others unchanged. Gov.
eminent graded and dated eggs; whites
u. S. extras, large, 25 cents: L. S extras,
mediums, 22i8 cents L. S standards,
large, 2Sia cents; U. s. standards, med
iums, "A cents. Nearby ungraded eggs:
Current receipts. 21h TO % cents;
whites, 22i2 to 23 cents.
Live POultry-Market barely steady
on chickens but firm fowl and tur-
keys Fowl: Colored, heavy, II to II
cents: No. 2's, 13 to IA cents; Leghorns,
II cents; roosters. IL to IS cents.
Chickens: Virginia Rocks, 19 to 81 cents;
Delaware Rocks and Crosses, 19 to 20
cents: mixed colors. Is cents, Young
turkeys: Hens, 25 to 30 cents; toms,
% to 27 cents; No. rs, 20 cents. Guineas,
lbs. and over, so to so cents each;
under lbs. 40 to so cents each. Capons
lbs. and over. rs to 80 cents; slips and
undersizes, % to 2S cents.
L. c. L. EXPRESS RECEIPTS
FlOrida-56 lugs avorados, 80 iugs
lines. II bushel baskets parsley. II
peppers. 10 bushel baskets squash, SIS
bushel baskets beans, So SO-pound crates,
New York state-1s crates brussels
Ohio-S1 1O-pound baskets hothouse
euCumhers.
CaIifornia-31 2O-pound crates. mixed
citrus
PennsyIvania-265 s-pound baskets
mushrooms.
Michigan-4O 55-pound cartons rhu-
barb.
VirEinia-5 barrels watercress
Apples-ReIef-Five Virginia arrived;
I broken and 4 unbroken cars on track;
commercial. no carlot arrivals; l broken
~
], supplies liberal; demand slow; market
dull. Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
and West Virginia, Grimes, 2A A-inch
minimum, 4O65Oc; 2h-inch minimum,
so 65c; tx inch minimum, 6O@75c;
Staymans, 2A inch minimum, 60@65c;
2l1-inch minimum, 90c@S1; 2%-inch
minimum. S1.1O@1.15; Black Twigs, 2h-
inch minimum, 65075c; 2%-inch mini
mum, 75@S5c; Delicious, 2A-inch mini
mum, s5975c; 2h-inch minimum. s1@
Golden Delicious. 2A inch minimum, so
665c: 2h-inch minimum, 9Oc @S1: IN
inch minimum, $1.10 a LIS; Romes, 2h-
inch minimum, soc; 2h inch minimum,
65c: 2%Inch minimum, 750S5c; Yorks,
~ inch minimum, Soc; 2h-inch mini
mum, 6O@65c; 2%-inch minimum; $50
S5c; Winter Bananas, 2A inch minimum,
SOC: 2h-inch minimum, $50 75c; IN
inch minimum, 75@S5c; Spys, 2h-inch
minimum, 50@6oc; 2h-inch minimum
e0065c; 2h-inch minimum, 75QSbc
Boxes and cartons: Pennsylvania and
Virginia. combination extra fancy and
fancy, Delicious, 11S-150s $1.25 SO;
So-1OOs, $175@1.S5: Golden Delicious,
11S-15os, $1.1561.35; SO-100s $500 / .65;
Staymans, 113-15Os, $1.25 G1.40; S0-1OOs'
$15o@165 Remes. 11S-125s, S1.25@1 80;
72-1Oos, S1.6O61.75: Paragons, 113-150s,
H25@156; S0-1OOs, $1.5O@i65;~C c grade,
Delicious, $1@125, as to size; fancy,
Grimes, 75c@$1, as to size; Grimes ripe
or scalded, soc.
POtatOes-Four Maine, 2 Idaho arrived;
3 broken and 20 unbroken cars on
track Market steady. One-hundred-
pound sacks u. S. No. I, Maine, Green
Mountains, $1.4O@1.5O; Cobblers, New
Jersey, $3.50; Pennsylvania. $1.2S: Idaho,
Russet Burbanks., $3.50 l9O; Florida
S1 Spshsl e. erates; a.s, Bliss TriumphS' U' S,
Mixed ,VegetabIes-one Texas arrived
6 broken and 2 unbroken cars on
Snap Beans-No carlot arrivals; l
broken car on track. Market steady.
Florida, bushel hampers, stringless Black
Valentines. 81.
Lima Beans. Cucumbers and Squash
Supplies insufficient to quote.
califoPPnis fapPHis-%rder wonders ss25Ssso; bushei
hampers green, 81; market steady.
EEgplant-Supplies very light; demand
light; market steady. Florida. Y bush
bushei hampers, si5o@I.75.
Strawberries-supplie light; demand
slow: market weak. Florida, 36-pint
crates. Klondikes, 15@1Sc per. pint.
TOmatOes-No carlot arrivals; un-
broken car on track. Supplies moder-
ate; demand light; market steady.