The Washington times., 1938-01-08
DAILY REPORT ON EGG AND LIVE
POULTRY MARKETS

POULTRY MARKETS
prices Paid Shippers-Net F. O. By
BY the U. s. Bureau of Agricultural
Economics
Eggs-Market quiet and prices un-
changed. Government graded and dated
eggs: Whites, U. s. extras, large, 26h
cents; U. S. extras, mediums, 24h cents;
standards, mediums, 23h cents. Nearby
uneraded eggs Current receipts, 20 to
"a cents; whites, rs to 25A cents.
Live Poultry-Market quiet and un-
changed Fowl: Colored, heavy II to
20 cents; No. 2's, 13 to IA cents Leg
Chickens: Virginia Rocks, % to 23
cents; Delaware Rocks and crosses, 20 to
Il cents; mixed colors Is cents. Young
turkeys: Hens, rs cents. a few at a
premium. Guineas, pounds and over,
so to 55 cents; under pounds, 40 to so
cents each. Capons: 7 pounds and over,
20 to 30 cents; slips and undersizes, %
to 25 cents.
L. G. L. EXPRESS RECEIPTS
FlOrida-45 lugs avocados: 10 bushel
crates avocados; 81 luEs lines: As bushel
baskets beans; II bushel baskets par
sley; 36 busheI baskets peppers: SO 30
lb. lugs tomatoes.
Virginia. barrels watercress.
Pennsylvania-296 3-lb. baskets mush-
rooms.
Unknown Orig.n-8s crates mixed
vegetables
CalifOrnia-21 boxes figs.
Apples-One Washington arrived; 2
unbroken cars on track Bushel baskets
U. S. No. l, supplies liberal; demand
slow; market weak. Maryland, Penn
sylvania, Virginia and West Virginia,
Grimes, 2A inch minimum, 40@5Oc; az
inch minimum, 50@65c; Staymans, 2A-
inch mimi 75ps ipi-
mum. 81 Ito; mostly, 81 Black Twigs,
21a-inch minimum, 65@75c: 2%-inch
minimum, S5@9Oc; Yorks, 2k-inch
minimum, 5O@ Coo; 21s-inch minimum,
minimum. 75Qs5c; 2h-inch minimum,
S191.10: Golden Delicious, 2A-inch
minimum, 60Q 75c; 2A-nch minimum,
H@1.1O; Winter Bananas, 2A-inch
75c. Boxes and cartons: Pennsylvania
and Virginia combination extra fancy
and fancy, Delicious, 113-13Ss, $1.s5@
$50; s0-10Os, $1.65@175; staymans, 113-
zoos and larger. $1.S5@15O; Romes, 11S-
1855, $1.15@1.S5; zoos and larger 81. so
01;66; c grade, Delicious, 81 159 i. 49,
fancy, Grimes, S1@i25. with few sales U.
Mixed Vegetables-Two Texas arrived
) broken and unbroken cars on track
Snap BeanS-No carlot arrivals; no
CARS On LTdCh' supplies HBnIs demand
light; market steady. Florida, bushel
hampers Bountifuls. $1.75@2; StringIess
Black Valentines. mostly around S2.25
Lima Beans-Supplies moderate; de-
mand slow, market weak. Cuba, bushel
hampers, S2.5O@2.75.
Peppers-supplies light; demand light;
market steady. Florida, Ia -bushel
crates green, S898.5O.
Squash-Supplies light; demand slow /;
market steady. Florida, bushel ham
pers, white, wrapped, large size, S1,25
@1.5O.
Eggplant - Supplies light; demand
light; market steady. Florida. "
bushel crates, best, mostly $3.50.
Cabbage-one N. Y. arrived: broken
and ! unbroken cars on tracF. Supplies
liberal; demand moderate; market
steady. South Carolina, truck receipts
y bushsl hampers Pointed type, packed
locally fair quality. S5c@$1: Texas. u
western crates Domestic Round type.
Sl.20 @1.25; Florida. y bushel hampers
Domestic Roun type. $1.25. few higher;
New York. SO lb. sacks Danish type,
Cucumbers-supplies light: demand
slow; market dull. Cuba, bushel crates,
fair quality, $2.5063
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. verv light: de-
mand light; market steady. Florida. S6-
pint crates Klondikes, 20c per pint.
IOmatoes-Noa carlot arrivals: un-
broken car on track. supplies light: de-
mana slow: market steady Florida lug