The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-11

DAILY REPORT ON WASHINGTON
EGG AND LIVE POULTRY MARKETS
sngton0 By the U. s. Bureau Of AE-
ricultural Economics, Washington. d. C.
Eggs-Market steady at unchanged
prices. Government graded and dated
Z. S. Extras, mediums, 1Sc; q. S. Stand
ards, large, 1870; U. S. Standards, me-
diums, 1870. Nearby ungraded eggs:
Current Receipts, 16916hc; Whites,
Live Poultry-Market steady Fowl:
Colored, heavy, 20 to % cents; No, rs,
Is to is cents; Leghorns, is to 1S cents:
ROSTERS, IL to 10 cents. Chickens: Vir-
to rs cents; flyers, % to % cents;
roasters, 90 cents; No. 2's, Is to 1s
cents; Delaware Rocks ard Crosses,
brolers, lbs. and less, % to 20 sents;
flyers, % to 90 cents; roastelE. % to
- cents; No. rs. Is to is cents: mixed
colored flyers, IS to 20 cents; Leghorns.
broilers, / lbs and less, IS cents; IL lbs.
and up, 20 to 81 cents Old turkeys,
hens, 20 to 25 cents; toms, 20 to 20
L G. L. EXPRESS RECEIPTS
South CarOlina-9O crates asparagus;
81 bushel baskets green peas.
FlOrida-35 bushel baskets cucum bers
80 crates eggplant; u Jugs lines; II
kets tomatoes; Is busheI baskets okra
% bushel baskets green peas; ~ bushel
D6bhSJS p0ppeESI AZ DuSneI baskets
squash: IS bushel baskets snap beans
10 30-pound crates tomatoes.
North CarOlina-3s 5-peck baskets let
tuce; "a bushel baskets radishes; / 81
quart crate strawberries; s 24-quart
crates strawberries; AZ bushel baskets
turnips with tops.
California-64 2o-round boxes mixed
citrus fruit and avocados.
Unknown Origin-33 crates mixed veg
etables.
Pennsylvania 1854 s-pound baskets
mushrooms.
New Jersey-24 a-pound baskets mush-
Michigan -Ss 55-pound cartons rhu-
barb.
Virginia-5 barrels watercress.
Apples-One Virginia arrived; no cars
on track; Relief-One West Virginia aF-
rived: 1 unbroken car on track. Bushel
baskets. U. s. No. 1, supplies liberal;
land, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West
Virginia, Staymans A-inch min, 500
soc; IN inch min, 6O@65c; %-inch MN,
7S@S5c; Yorks 2H inch min., mostly
inch min, 6O@65c; Romes, A-inch min,
40c;, 2k-inch min, 5O@65c; Ben Davis,
2h-inch min, 35c; 2h-inch min, 4Oc;
2%-inch min, soc; Winesaps, "a inch
Delicious 2A-inch min, 5O@sOc: IN
inch min, 75@85c; Golden Delicious, 2H-
inch min, SOC; 2h-inch min, 6o@65c;
boxes and cartons: Pennsylvania and
NhBhld, extra fancy ana
fancy: Delicious. 11ss-1SOs S1@1.25; sos
zoos, $1.25@1.5O; Fancy: Staymans. 113s-
1855. $1@1.10; SSs-1OOs, $1.15@1.s5:
Golden Delicious, 113s-15Os, 75c@$1.1O;
11ss-15Os. 75c@$1; SOs-1OOs, $1@1.s5; c
Grade: Delicious 75c@$1, as to size.
Potat0es-Market steady. One Florida,
unbroken cars on track iOO-pound
tains si.50@1.so; New York. round
whites s1a5Si4O: Florida. 6ushsI
$3.50. double-head barrels spaulding
Rose. U. S. No. l, $3.50.
BroccOli-No carlot arrivals. 1 broken
car on track. Supplies light; demand
crates. $3.50, fair condition. $2@225.
Asparagus-No carlot arrivals; no cars
on track. Truck and express receipts
large size. 1915 @4.25; medium size
SS,25@s.5O; small size, $1.75@2.25.
cs Cah6sEe~Msr6et weak t One South
broken car on track. South Carolina,
IN bushel hampers, domestic round
type. truck receipts, packed locally. SO
Celery-Market steady Two Florida
arrived; broken cars on track. Florida,
EOrdd standard ss gnzs, crates Individually
Lettuce-MarEet Slightly -''U Stronger.
One Arizona, 1 California arrived; S
broken and unbroken cars on track
Arizona, Western crates, 6 dozen, $500
500
Onions-Market steady. Two New
York, 1 Texas arrived; 1 broken and .
unbrol1en cars on track. 50-lb. sacks,
u. s. No. 1: Michigan and New York,
yellows, $1.25@1.5O; Texas. crystal white
wax. U. S. commercial, 50-lb sacks. 81.
Peas-Market steady. No carlot ar
rivals; broken cars on track. South
Carolina, bushel hampers fair quality,
$1.75@2.
Observation-Disclosures steady. Truck
receipts light; North Carolina, 24-quart
crates Klondikes, $4@4.5O; poorer. $2.75;
Florida, 36-pint crates, 5@7c per pint.
Sweet Observation-Disclosures Maryland
arrived: no cars on track. Truck re-
ceipts moderate: supplies moderate: de-
bushel baskets, Puerto Ricans f5c"$1
Maryland, Anne Arundel county, bushel
hampers Jersey type, 90c@$1.
TOmatOes-Three Florida arrived; 2
broken and 8 Unbroken cars on track.
Florida, lug boxes, ripes and turning
wrapped 6x6, $2@2.5O; SKI, $1.75@225;
7x7, $1.25@1.75; market steady.
Mixed VeGetables-Two Texas arrived;
q broken and 2 unbroken cars on track.
Snap Beans - Market steady. One
Florida arrived; broken car on track.
les. sl.s601.6o; Giant stringlesS $3.50
Peppers-Market weak. Truck receipts
moderate. Florida, u bushel crates,
California Wonders, medium to large
size. 93Q2.25; small size. $3.50; bushel
hampers, &1.50@1.7S.