The Washington times., 1938-06-03

DAILY REPORT ON WASHINGTON
EGG AND LIVE POULTRY MARKETS
prices Paid Shippers-Net f. o. b.
Washington
BY the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural
Economics
Washington, ID. c., Friday, June
Eggs-Market steady and unchanged.
Continued light receipts. Government
graded and dated eggs: Whites, U. ).
extras. large, csc; U. S. extras, mediums
22c; U. $. standards, large, 2212c; U. s.
standards, mediums, 191ac Nearby un-
graded eggs: Current receipts, whites,
200 21c; mixed colors, 1962Oc.
Live Poultry-Market barely steady
Prices unchanged. Fowl: Colored'
heavy. 10000 No. IS, 15G16c; Leg
hornes. i5G los: roosters, 12c. Chickens:
Virginia rocks, broilers, lbs. and less
2O0 22c; fryers. 2O@22c; roasters. ZIG
23c; No. 2s 15d16c; Delaware rocks ara
crosses broilers, lbs. and less, 20 y g
81 &c; fryers, 20l2 @ Fl &c; roasters; ~ ~
2Sc; No Is, 16@17c mixed colored Try
ers, 17G 2Oc; leghorns, broilers, lis los,
and less, Is 5616c; / q lbs and up 'g
1sc. Turkeys: Old hens, 2O@2lc; ola
toms. lie; No. IS, 15c.
L.C. l.. EXPRESS RECEIPTS AT
WASHINGTON
Florida-56 Iugs avoados' 10 Jugs
lines, 10 bushel baskets okra. .-
North Cardinals 32-quart crates
huckleberroes, 35 25-quart crates ue"
berries. 2 32-uuart crates dewberrles II
bushel baskets squash la-bushel pas
ket peaches, IA bushel baskets peaches
81 bushel baskets beans . -a.os
Sontb CaroIina-11 24-quart crates
dewberries, ~ bushel baskets squdSh, -
u a-bushel baskets peaches' 10 Dushel oas-
kets peaches. !..d
Unknown Orlgoh-A@
vegetables. ,u- .u1,... rousb-
room. r,+o- dsvberriss
West Virsinia-5 bushel boxes water
u %ireinia p barrels watercress, Is
bushei baskets peaches.
Apples-Market firm: One Wasnlng
tom arrived: / broken car on TRACK
Bushei baskets, U. S. No. /: MARYLAND
Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Nir,
ginia. Staymans, "a inch minimum %
a 65c 21a inch minimum $50 9Oc. 80
inch minimum 81 Oils, 3-inch m1nlm UNI
$i15@1.25 Golden Delicious go IS o o,, sof,
minimum rs @S5c, 2%-inch minimum VI
Oils. S-inch minimum $1?5; DehciousS S
~ inch miRjmqn s1mnq5 sSincS 5%SI9 MINIMUM
Si5O: Winesaps, 2-inch minimum 4OG
SE inch minimum 5O@65c, 21s-inch
minimum 75@9Oc. "a inch minimum ll
s11o@125 Parsons Gnsi 3,inimnm ~ nTh %i%' 95@
S5c, 2% inch minimum S5g9Oc, S-inch
minimum $1@1.10. Boxes and cartons
Pennsylvania and virginia: u 3: NO,
staymans. 114-16Os S5@sOc, lbs ~ g
soc; combination fancy and U. S. No. !,
Stsvmans, 1iS-15Os $1.25@1.5O, S0-10os
Si,$5m1.6O. wasty or scaIded 5O965c, as
to size; Paragons, 113-163s 81 lis, sS-
/ OOs $115@1.5O. scalded $50 S5c. as to
size: Combination extra fancy and fancy.
Delicious 113-125s Si40G 1.5O, 138-163s
$16125. sO-1OOs S1.S5d ,: C.. S. No l.
Golden Delicious. 11S-l6Ss s5C 0Sl, 90
zoos $1@1.25, very good quality, $I.2S o @
SO-1OOs S1.S5@1,75; Winesaps. 1881 75s
S11Od1.25, 11S-125s $50, 96-1o0s $l'65
Oils.
market stronger; 24-nt. crates, various
varieties. New Jersey, $4@6, mostly
$4.75@5.5O; local, $3.50@5, mostly SAC
4.5O.
Potatoes-Market slightly weaker. Old
stock: No carlot arrivals, l unoroken car
on track; 1OO-pound sacks. Green Noun
tains, L. s. No. |: Maine, $1.1a "a l 20
new stock, 5 n. c. arrived, unbroken
cars on track CobbIers. L. :. No. /
North Carolina. l00-pnund sacks. 81. a
so stave-harrels, 25OG3. mostly s2.75.
Asparagus-Market weaker. Pyramid
crates, dozen punches: New Jersey, very
large size, sS.25G3.5O, large size, s2.5o@
275 medium to large size, 81 a 2.25, me
dunn size. 81 5O@ 1.15: Delaware, all
sizes. $3.50 . so, according to quality.
Cabba ge-Market weaker. No carlot
arrivals no cars on track. Virginia, y
bushel hampers Domestic Round type,
40 a soc.
Cantaloupes-No carlot arrivals. no cars
on track. Too few sales to quote.
Corn-Two Ala bama arrived: broken
and unbroken cars on track. Alabam a
and Florida, crates, $1.50@ $50; Florida,
high as $1.75.
carrots-Market slightly stronger. No
carlot arrivals: broken cars on track.
Arizona and California, Western crates
truck receipts, dozen bunches, 4Oc.
Celery-Market steady One Califor-
mia one Florida arrived; . broken and
unbroken cars on track. Florida, Flor
ida. Florida standard and 16-inch crates
trimmed tops individually washed. 2i2
10 dozen, S2.75m3.50. mostly $362.25:
half-Western crates, 2ls-S dozen, $50
3.25.
Lettuce-Market stronger. One Cali
fornia arrived; broken cars on track.
California Western crates, Iceberg type.
dozen, $85O14; few higher; New
Jersey. Eastern crates, Iceberg type,
$1.25@1.5O.
onions-Market slightly stronger No
broken cars on track. Texas, 50-pound
sacks, Yeilows. U. S. No. 1. S1.5O@
1.6O; few lower.
CaulifIower-Market steady. No car
lot arrivals; 1 broken car on track.
California. crates, $2@2.25.
CuCum bers-Market steady. No car
lot arrivals: no cars on track. Florida,
bushel hampers. $2@2.25, few $3.50; few
fair quality. $l.75.
Peaches-Market about steady. No
carlOt arrivals; no cars on track. North
Carolina, bushel baskets, Red Birds. L. S.
No l. 2-nch minimum, $1.5002; Il
bushel baskets Red Birds. u. s. No. ]. Q