Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-15
Produce Markets

Baltimore quotations supplied by the
United States Agriculture Department;
boxes, U: S. No. Is unless otherwise
quality . 80. "a inch up rs: -staymans
ing some scald I50-2.OO Romes 2la
inch UP 2.00-25. N, J. no grade marx
Black Twigs ~ inch up l:25; Romes
W, Va. Golden Delicious ga inch up
:.25-5o Va. Delicious U; S; Fancyy, 21e
Back ,Twigs U. $; Fancy showing scald
Wines snss gns Fancy 'n @Is inch Ge up 800;
G 6oH G. Pef Ransy Is Dg
u N"H Va. Bad IVES com6tnatlo on Extra
Fancy and Fanny fSs ral st: SS9
No. is Size a unwashed unless other
wise stated. Pa, Katahdins so lb. sacks
1.2o-30, few higher; 10 ID. sacks 29,3.,
sweet Potatoes; Dull. Bg. bkts. and
h9E y s. No. Is Del Puerto RieanS color }61
best $50, Nancy Halls ,325; Puerto
| Ricans fair to good quality 2.15-3.35.
one mark ;!,75. n. J; Goldens, 10000.
GRANGE 3.75, 10 Nearby "a bu. hpr'
Asparagus-Barely steady; offering
light; California Pyramid, cartons, dozen
punches, extra select, 1850: select.
Lima beans-Dull very few sales
Florida, bushel hampers. ordinary quail
BeetsGRepacks. cartons, 12-24-ounce
film bags. .65.
Poultry Quotations
tba market SeeE
clearance slow and demand selective;
most of the buying anticipated later in
week; heavy-typc hens weak; trading dull
5GT eyes * you ssgpp ens any mfd
e est and sold % 'S at mostly y Cents; other
classes OF poultry in very light supply.
B9eFi mostly 9t ry s roas.e 9s fnG lbs O and
over, IS-4o; hens. heavy type, 2s-32'
Livestock Merket.
Cattle so; not enough any class cattle
sold to establish a trading basis. scat
tered small o lot sales commercial and
Steers St. G.s- 81 90 gag mead GOOD s'0'NeF
Calves 10; no high choice or prime
about in line with Mondays trade at
300 down mixed commercial to choice
HOGS 400: small supply well cleaned
up. barrows and gifts steady to mostly
- cents higher. sows steady; choice
Ito.2?0 ID, baTIowS and silts l1no o to
@40-57o lbs 15.75-iGf5, e70-3o0 lbs
15.@3-55. lew over 300 lbs. 1875 down
accordine to wsight; condition and dual AL
lbs. 1875. 4O0-45o lbs 1878. 45n-
500 lbs. 1915. 5o0-550 lbs. 10,
550-60O lbs. 1915, over 800 lbs 9,15
Sheen none. Quotations .nominally
unChaneed, at up to 1900 for prime
under 30 ID. wooded slaughter lambs and
up to 90 for choice around 125 ID.
and lighter ewes.
Grain Market
Flour-Receipts, l0.556 100-pound
Wheat Receipts, a45.421 bushels;
bushels, No z red winter ,Earlicky' spot
ments. 45S,94S bushels; stocks, 5,542,-
OatswReceipts, 1,ss9 bushels; ship
ments: none; stocks. i63:117 bushels,
Barley-Receipts, 1926 bushels; ship
ments, $4,000 bushels; stocks l4S,595
Rye-Receipts, none; shipments. none;
stocks. u .693 bushels.
SoybeanS-ReCeipts, GOOSE bushels:
shipments. 31,342 bushels; stocks, l59
IA bushels.
Millfeed-R Receipts, none.
Egg Market Weak
(Yesterday's QuotatiOns.)
Eggs: Market weak and unsettled.
Large whites declined mostly cent,
medium 2-3t2 cents lower. Local and
fair with supplies of all Grades and sizes
more~than ample.
Prices paid by first receivers delivered
fob. Baltimore. cases included: Large,
! minimum 80 per cent A quality whites,
45-41; browns and mixed colors, 44-4 Z.
Mediums. minimum 60 per cent A quail
ity whites, 43-44l2: browns and mixed
colorS, i3-44 "a. Current receipts - ~ }