The Washington times., 1938-02-14
DAILY REPORT OF WASHINGTON
EGG AND LIVE POULTRY MARKETS
prices Paid Shippers-Net F. o. B.
Washington
BY the o. 8. Bureau Of Agricultural
Economics

By the q. s. Bureau of Agricultural
Economics
EgEs-Market steady at unchanged
prices Government graded and dated
eggs: Whites. U. S. extras, large. 22c;
U. S. extras mediums, 19c; U. S. stand
ards, large, zoe: U. S. standards. me-
diums 1Sc. Nearby ungraded eggs Cur
rent receipts, 171z 9lsc; whites, 1sh
19c.
Live Poultry-Market steady to firm
at UNCHANGED prices. Fowl: Colored'
heavy, 40 2Oc: No. 2s 13d lac: leghorns,
lac; Roosters, 12d 1Sc. Chickens: Vir-
ginia rocks, 10000. a few weighing I
lbs. and over, PIC; Delaware rocks and
crosses. SO 2oc; mixed colors lac l6c.
Young turkeys: Hens, ESQ 29c; toms,
23627c; No. Is, 20c Gulneas: lbs.
and over, 5O96 soc each; under lbs. 40
0'0c each Capons: lbs. and over,
$50 30c; slips and undersizes, 22925c
ington. D. C., Monday, February IA. 1888:
Florida-7O lugs avocados; "A 5-peck
hampers lettuce; IS bushel baskets lima
beans; 4S lugs lines; II bushel baskets
parsley: 200 S-pound baskets tomatoes;
200 1o-pound baskets tomatoes; 80
quart crates kumquats; 81 bushel
baskets okra: 36 bushel baskets peppers;
At bushel baskets snap beans; IS 30
pound crates tomatoes.
Californla-24 2O-pound crates mixed
citrus fruit.
Unknown origin-42 crates mixed
vegetables.
Pennsylvania-S21 s-pound baskets
mushrooms.
Michis n-sO 55-pound cartons
rhubarb
Virginia-5 barrels watercress.
Apples-Commercial- Washington
arrived; unbroken cars on track; Re-
on trace. Bushel baskets, U. S. No. 1.
supplies liberal; demand slow: market
dull; Maryland. Pennsylvania, Virginia
and West Virginia, Crimes 2A-inch
@5Oc; 2%-inch minimu UNI. so G65c; Stay
mans az inch minimum, 5O96Oc; 21a-
inch minimum, 65@75c; 2&-inch mini
mum. s5@sOc; Black, Twigs. 2h-inch
minimum. Soc; 2h-inch minimum. 500
65c; 2%-inch minimum, 65@75c; Yorks.
H-inch minimum. 40c; 21a-inch mini
mum. 5o@60c; 2%-inch minimum, IS
@75c; Delicious, 24 finch minimum, $50
Delicious, 2A-inch minimum, $50 75c;
21a inch minimum, 9oc@$1; spys, 2h-
inch minimum. 6o965c; 2@-inch mini
mum. mostly around 75c; Baldwins. "a
5O@65c; 2%-inch minimum, mostly
around 75c; Winesays, Pinch minimum,
soc; 2K-inch minimum. 75c: Romes, 2h-
inch minimum, 400 soc; 2A inch mini
mum, 6o96 ~ %-inch minimum. $50
s5c Boxes and cartons: Pennsylvania
and Virginia, Combination Extra Fancy
and Fancy: Delicious. 113s-15os., $25@
14O: Sos100s $1.5061.65; Golden De-
licious. 11Ss-163s. s1.1591.35; sOs-1oOs,
S14o915o: staymans. 11Ss-15es. $1.1O@
1:25; sos-10o. sl:25 @135; Paragons; ms lbs. 5..
15os. s1.lo@1:i5 Sos-loos' S;25 @ 1:$S; 30
zoos Fancy. $1.25@1.5O; Grimes Fancy,
sod75c. as to size: c grade-Delicious,
$1@1.lo: Paragons. 9Oc@ 81, as to size.
BrOccOli-No carlot arrivals; no cars
on track. Supplies light: demand light;
market steady. California, crates. &2.SO
CabbaEe-one Florida. 2 New York.
Texas arrived 2 broken and unbroken
cars on track. Market steady. Florida,
packed locally. $50; Texas u western
crates Domestic Round type. $500
1.75: New York, 50-lb. sacks Danish type,
S1.4O91.5O.
broken and one unbroken cars on track;
Market steady. Florida, Florida standard
and 1S-inch crates, individually Washed'
5-S dozen. $2625O: ks $3.50 a 175.
broken and thre unbroken cars on track.
Market steady. California, Western
crates iceberg type, 5-dozen' s2.5o@2'76'
OniOnS-one Indiana. one Colorado:
one Minnesota arrived; two broken and
six unbroken cars on track. Market
steady. 5o-lb. sacks, L. s. No !, yeiloWs;
Michigan, New York and Ohio, 1,5o9
165; ValenciaE: Colorado. 20 inches
S175; S-inches and larger. $4,000.
Peas-One Florida arrived: one broken
and one unbroken cars on track. Market
steady. Florida, busheI hampers, *l.7S
az; California. bushel hampers. tele-
phones. So.
spinach-Two Texas arrived; five
broken and three unbroken cars on track.
market steady. Texas, bushel baskets,
Savoy type 75@S5c; fair condition, soc.
Sweet POtatOes-No carlot arrivals; one
unbroken car on track. Supplies moder-
ate: demand light: market steady.
Bushel baskets: North Carolina, Puerto
Ricans $1.10@1.15; Nancy Halls, $1.26;
Maryland, Anne Arundel county, bushel
hampers. Jersey. 9Oc-$1; South Carolina,
Puerto Ricans, mostly around $1.2S.
TOmAtOes-Two Florida arrived: one
broken and two unbroken cars on track.
Market steaedy. Florida, truck receipts.
lug boxes ripes and turning, wrapped,
SKIS and larger, S2,b093; ripe, 81. so q 2.
SKI, s262.25; ripe, $50; 1O-lb. baskets,
Sld1.25.
Mixed Vegetables-One Georgia: three
Texas arrived; three broken and two un-
broken cars on track
Snap Beans-Market weak: truck re-
ceipts liberal Florida: Bushel hampers.
Bountifuls. t1.25@1.75: stringless Black
Valentines. mostly around $3.50.
PeppeFs-Market steady; truck receipts
moderate. Florida: 1h-bushel crates,