Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1928, Page 12

VEGETABLE SUPPLY CONTINUES SMALL Rain. Hampers Farmers in Gathering Their Crops for Local Market. r was of no as- ce to growing crops in nearby Maryland and Virginia or to crops of n the District. the rain a week ing given the ground a thorough hing the local market reported the probability of tomorrow morning, wet g it almost impossible to amount of gathering of Supplies Moderate. about B s buying unpleasa noderately large quantities offer the trade. Sugar 1 25 to 40 cents a dozen for it. To- ing but cheap, baskets from ices were lower. Best and 40 cents a quart. were scarce lers quoting & price of ued cheap. selling at 3 cen: Peaches. watermelons a were about as pie as during the pas d and Virginia growers early ing reached here with heavy truckloads of cantaloupes that were offered at a wide range of prices. Butter prices have taken another ad- yance. the market continuing firm The egg market also continues firm. according to market dealers, consumers expressing a willingness to pay more than market prices for exceptionally stock. t prices, with the exception of continue high, with early morn- ing sales today being up to the average ason of year. No chang: prices was reported Today's Wholesale Prices. —One-pound prints, 49';a50; o 481,: store packed. 28. Eggs—Fresh. selected. 33a34; nery, 35: current receipts, 28a30. Poult alive—Turkey 25: large, 25: small, 23. Spring chickens, larze, 34a35: medium, 32a33; small, 30. Toghorns, 27a28; roosters, 18: keats, 5 old, 30. Dressed—Turkeys, pring chickens, large, 40a42: me- 38a40: small, 35a36: Leghorns, 3 fowls, large, 27a28: small, capons, large, 44a45: small, , 20a25; keats, 1.00a1.10. . fresh killed—Beef. 22a26: veal, 25; lamb, 25a28; pork loins, 35a37: sh hams, 26a27: fresh shoulders, 19a 0. smoked hams, 28a29: smoked shoul- L 10a20: lard. 14; bacon, 24a25. . Live stock—Calves, 15';a16: lambs. fal5. Fruit and Vegetable Review. ‘The daily market repert on fruits and tegetzbles (compiled by the Market hen- fowls, News Service Bureau of Agricultural | Economics) : Ci h ipplies moderate; de. ‘entaloupes—Suj mand light, market dull: North Caro- | Eastern Shore Mnr;;!asgd { a | 1ina. Ridgeway, Jumbos, 36s, various varieties. 1.75; mostly 1.50; few extra Jumbos, high as 200: flats, eround 75 miscellaneous melons, sup- pliss light: demand light, market firm for good stock: California honey dews, ell sizes, 1.50a2.00. supplies moderate: demand moderate. market steady; Cali- fornia crates. Iceberg type, 4-5 dozen, 47525.00: Colorado. crates, tipe. 4-5 dozen. ordinary quality and rondition, 4.00; Eastern, supplies mod- erate: demand moderate, mark steady; New York, 2-dozen c Boston type. mostly around 2.00. Onions—Supplies moderate:. demand moder market steady: Iowa, 100- vound sacks, vellows, U. S. No. 1, 2.35a 2.40; Massachusetts. 100-pound sacks, yellows, U. 8. No. 1. 2.50. Peaches—Supplies liberal; demand moderate, market steady: North Caro- lina, bushel baskets, Elbertas, U. 8. No. 1. medium to large size, 1.50a1.75; some fair quality. 125a1.50; Belles, bushel baskets. U. §. No. 1. medium size, 1.252 150: Elbertas. 6s. U. S. No. 1. medium to large size. 150a1.75, mostly 1.50; Virginia. bushel baskets, Hileys, U. S. No. 1, medium size, 1.2521.50: few very fine quality and condition, 1.75a2.00; Carmans. U. S. No. 1, bushel baskets medium to large size. 1.00, few higher. Pears—Supplies light; demand mod- FREE—$2.00 Meal Tickets—FREE at the Re-Opening at 11 O’Clock A.M. of the Modernized and Attractive @ White Palace Cafeteria 314 9th O expense modern equipnier 1 nces, making this ( We Will Always Offer Quality Food .. “Old” Prices! We 1 supp M. E. Hortor National City White Palace Cafeteria 314 9th St. | being advanced, dealers asking | Umg in 1927. | bacco at 26,957,000 pounds. all sizes, mostly | Iceberg | been it and labor-saving ap- | erate, market steady: California, boxes, | Bartletts, fancy, 3.0023.25. | Potatoes—Supplies moderate; _de- | mand moderate, market dull. East | Shore, Md., and East Shore, Va., cloth- | top stave barrels cobblers, United | States, No. 1, 2.00a2.25. Watermelons—Supplies moderate; de- | Georgia per 100 34-pound mand limited, market steady. and South Carolina, bulk, melons, Thurmond Gra average, few sal 00 Lima beans—sSi ral: demand moderate, market slightly weaker. North | Carolina, bushel hampers, 1.25a1.50: | 1.50. Eastern Shore, Md., bushel s, 1.50a2.60; mostly 1.75 | atoes—Supplics light: d moderate, market steady. North | lina, cloth-top barrels, yellows, No. de- S .00, | Cabbage—Supplies moderate: demand | ¥ light, market dull. Virginia, Rural Re- reat section, barrels, crates, round type, | mostly 1.75. Apples—Supplies moderate; demand | . market dull. Maryland, bushel ! ets, Gravensteins, United States, |# No. 1, 215 to 2%, inches, 1.25: Mary- | land and Virginia, bushel baskets, vari- | ous varieties. medium to large size. un- | classified, 75a1.25: few Wolf Rivers. high as 1.50 MARYLAND CROPS SHOW GENERAL IMPROVEMENT BALTIMORE, August 17— General ement in crops throughout the in_the monthly repor nited St gricul- stician for Maryland ated production of whcat is placed at 8910000 bushels, as com- | pared with 9.188,000 last year, the yieid | 16.5_bushels per acre, against Corn production is esti- mated at 22,000,069 bushels, which is | slightly under last vear, while the hay | crop is placed at 737,000 tons and to- Total pro- | duction of other grains is estimated as follows: _Oats. 1.794,000 bushels; bar- ley. 315,000 bushe; and rye, 210,000 | bushels. Corn and rye are the on.y crops showing a decrcase compared ! with 1927, the former being about 600.- | short, while the shortage in about 4.000 bushels. Apples. with a total production of 2.001.000 bushels: with 437,000 els. and pears, wi 0.000 bushels, show an incressed production over the 1 e potato production is placed at 395,000 bushels, which compared with | 5,264,000 bushels, while the sweet po- tato production is placed at 1.445.000 bushels, which is a decrease from last year, when the production was 1,5584.- | 000 bushels. NEW STEEL MERGERS. NEW YORK, August 17 (P).— Youngstown dispatches say the merger of Republic Iron & Stecl and Steel will be followéd, it is be- Cyrus E. Eaton, Clevel sociates are planning. The group b large holdings in Inland Steel, Centra Alloy and Youngstown Sheet & Tube. Absorption of Trumbull Steel by Repub- lic was enginecred by the Eaton group. Sales of pig iron in the Cleveland and Youngstown districts reached 100,000 tons the last week, heaviest this Sum- s 3| The ONE New-Type | Dentifrice Sate! Antiseptic! - Refreshing! use Bencoline Tooth for 30 days on our n on. 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Long Island acreage may be reduced to 2,880, and other sections of New York expect 1,960 acres. around the moderate total of only 250 acres of cauliflower. acreage will be maintained around 2,940 Fall lettuce plantings in New Jersey likely will be only 1060 acres, last year and llr:c Cali- Wet | acres or 200 acres, 00 bushels. | Total less than lightest plantings tn five seasons fornia expects 20,000 acres of Fall let- tuce, but Idaho may | New Mexico is increased sharply to 350 | New 'York Big Boston lettuce | was bringing $1.50-83 two-dozen heads in production have only 780 crate of domestic Candy Treal A pound box of Mammy pound box of Mammy for 69¢. 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About half a million barrels were taken from the estimate of New York’s commercial apple crop during July. but that State | still expects a 50 per cent heavier crop type | than last year. AUGUST 17, 1928.° NEW COTTON GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION IS FORMED By the Assoclated Press. NEW ORLEANS, August 17.—Plans intended to make the world financially safe for the cotton grower were adopted here yesterday at a meeting of the executive cimmittee of the Southwide Cotton Council. Decision was reached to raise $750,- | 000 by public contribution in the 11 | cotton-producing States, to be used in obtaining facts about the product which would enable the growers to receive a | hetter price. | The $750.000, which 15 to be con-| tributed by banks, cotton growers. phil- | Phone Main 5215 —the Better to Serve You These Low Prices Are Also Effective at Peoples Service Drug Store 705 King Street, Alexandria. 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