The Washington times., 1938-03-19
(Prices paid shipperS-Net T. o. B.
WashingtOn)
BY the U. S. Bureau of Agriculture
Economics

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WashingtOn)
By the U. S. Bureau of. Agriculture
Economics
Washington, d. c., Saturday, March 10.
Eggs-Market firm. Cove rnment
graded eggs 1ac higher on u. s, extras,
large Nearby ungraded eggs unchanged.
Whites, u S. extras large, 21h cents;
U. S. extras, mediums, IS cents; U. s.
standards, large, 19 cents; U. S. stand
ards, mediums, IT cents. Nearby un-
graded eggs: Current receipts, 10 to
16h cents; whites, II to .17h cents.
Live Poultry-Market steady with an
occasional premium paid on 'roa sting
chickens. Fowl: Colored, heavy Is 20
20 cents: No. 2's, 13 to II cents; leg
horns. II to 16 cents; roosters IL to
10 cents. Chickens: Virginia Rocks,
broilers, 2 lbs. and less 20 to 81 cents:
cents; Delaware Rocks and Crosses,
broilers, lbs. and less, 21 to % cents:
fryers. 20 to, 21 cents, roasters, % cents
Old turkeys hens, % to Is cents
South CaroIina-12s crates asparagus;
35 bpshel crates radishes.
FIorida-22 lugs avocados; 12o 6-peck
baskets lettuce; IL bushel-basRets par
baskets peppers; Al bushel-baskets snap
beans; 80 30-lb. crates tomatoes.
= Unknown Origin-57 crates mixed vege-
North CarOlina-22 bushel baskets rad
ishes<
VirRinia-5 barrels watercress.
Auples-No carlot arrivals; no cars on
track Bushel baskets, Y. S. NO. /.
supplies liberal; demand light; market
steady. Maryland, Pennsylvanle, Ut vi
inch minimum, 4005oc; 2s-inch mini
mum, 50665c; 2A-inch minimum 90
@75c; Yorks. 2A inch minimum. toc;
2h-inch minimum, Soc; Black Twigs'
2k-inch minimum 4Oc' "a [inSn h MINI Tnin;-
mum, 4oc; 2h-inch minimum. 50Q 6Sc;
Delicious, 2A-inch minimum, 6o@6Sc
2h-inch minimum. 10000; Golden De
licious, az inch minimum, Soc; 24-incn
MINIMUM. eO@S5c; Pinch minimum, 40
a soc; 215 Inch minimum. s. q 75c: spys.
2h-inch minimum. 50@6oc; 2%-nich
minimum, 6O@65c. Boxes and cartoons;
Pennsylvania. Virginia and West Vir.
Enis ssisof rrtEi fancy .11SS aIS
1.25; sOs-1OOs, $1.25@1.5O: staymans,
i13s-15Os, $1@115: SOs-1OOs $,25 q. .35;
Romes 113s-125s. sOc@$1; 96s-1oos. $1:16;
64-sss. $1S5G1.5o; Paragons, 11Ss-1S0s
sos@ @$1; Sos-1oos. $1@125: Pippins: y: 5,
No /. 1905. $1Q115; 112s, $1.15@1 LBS
sSs S1.25@1.85; Golden Delicious. 11ss'
1905. 8i@ii5; SOs-1Oos. s1,25@1.4o;
Northern Spys U. s. No. I, lbs, SOc q
81; s6s, $1@1.1o; 72s, S1.2S; c grade
Delicious s5c@$1; Faragons. s59soc a.
to size
Broccoli-No carlot arrivals; 1 broken
car on track. Supplies light; demand
light: market steady. Texas crates
$2.75.
CabbaEe-Market steady. No carlo
arrivals; 1 broken car on track
Florida, IL bushel hampers Domestic
Round type. freight receipts. $1.1o@1.lS
| truck receipts. $1.10.
CeIery-Market dull. No. carlo
arrivals; 5 broken cars on track. Flor
ida. Florida standard and lS-inci
crates. trimmed, tops, individually
washed, all sizes. $1.75@2.
Lettuce - One Arizona arrived:
broken and unbrolxen cars ON track
! Market steady. Arizona. WesterI
crates Iceberg type, 6-dOzen. Ss.26 @S
mostly $3.50.
OniOns-Market dull. No carlot arri
walls: broken and unbroken cars ol
track. 50-pound sacks. yellows, U.
No /: Michigan, Minnesota and New
York S1@1.10; Indiana. $40.
Peas-No carlot arrivals; broker
cars on track. Florida, bushel hampers
large podded varieties. $50; California
bushel hmpers. Telephones. SO 4S.2
PotatOes-MaTket steady One Maine