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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1943
Page
11
Well furnished three room apartment available with air conditioner. Contact APARTMENT-Phone Thirteen for details and price of £470.
Default on the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust prompts a public cash auction at the front door of the Commercial Bank Building Bluefield West Virginia at 10:00 a m on July 1948 The parcel lies at Park Avenue and Powell Street Bluefield Mercer County and is conveyed to John M Haldren as Trustee by Deed of Trust dated June 1 1942 recorded June 14 1943 in Mercer County West Virginia The trustee is John W Haldren of Bluefield West Virginia
West Virginia farmers reported a total cash income of 64.698 million dollars in 1942, up about 30 percent from 1941. Government payments rose to 2.595 million, while crop income reached 15.085 million and livestock/related income totaled 49.613 million.
West Virginia reports a record surge in gardens with the state agriculture department estimating hundreds of thousands of cultivated plots. Father Waldo Craig notes most locals have a garden this year and last year’s 150000 gardens will rise sharply. Kanawha County notes about 10000 Victory gardens in Charleston city limits.
Slaughter classes mostly steady with western steer run and heifers weak. Cattle price ranges include steers around 16.00 for load good and choice, calves 15.50 to 16.50, hogs 14.50 top for 120-130 lb, and lambs mostly 15.50 to 16.00 with spring lambs 15.50 to 16.00. Bulls, cows, and sows show broader ranges across weights.
Salable hogs 13 000, total 20 580 head with weights under 250 lbs up 10 15 cents. heavier weights and sows steady to 10 higher. Good and choice 180 250 lbs 13 14.10, top 14 15. 230 260 lbs 13 75 14 00. 150 180 lbs 13 25 14.00. Sows 50 550 lbs 13 35 50, few choice lightweights to 13 60. Shippers 1 500. Salable cattle 6 500, calves 700. Fed steers and yearlings 25 40 higher to 17 40 top, several loads 16 75 17 15. Common and medium grades steady to 25 higher, bulk 14 25 16 75. Stock cattle strong to 25 higher. fed heifers mostly 25 up. Choice 970 lbs offerings 16 75. Bulls strong. Cows strong to 25 higher. Sausage offerings to 14 60. Dealers steady at 15 50 down, mostly 14 50 15 50. Salable sheep 2 000, total 5 000. Spring lambs and sheep about steady on light supply. native spring lambs medium to choice 14 50 16 00. a few head outside at 54 lbs included inside. Shorn native slaughter ewes 7 50 8 25, top 8 25.
Chicago grain prices edged lower as favorable crop developments and expansion of winter wheat harvests in the southwest pressure market. Wheat No 2 hard fell to 1.45 percent and oats and rye slid after the opening while some support appeared but failed to reverse the trend.
Salable hogs, cattle, calves, and sheep prices listed for Pittsburgh on June 21 with steers from 15.50 to 16.00 and hogs up to 14.45 for various weight ranges. Eggs and poultry prices noted with grade specifics and regional market remarks.
Produce demand active with 4 cars of apples steady at 3.00 to 3.50 per basket for No 1. Rome beauties from Pennsylvania 3.00, Beau ties 50, Newee Illinois translucent 5.00 for 25, potatoes 40 cars steady at 100 pounds per bushel, details from U S Department of Agriculture.
New York June 21 prices show steady to higher for various apple and dairy lines with butter receipts totaling 1,174,096. OPA sets maximum bulk butter prices. creamery grades above 92 score fetch premiums, while tubs add 44 cents per pound. Hawaii orchid varieties exceed 1,000 types.
The market eased with a moderate decline and scarce trading as major shares from U S Steel to Eastman Kodak fell. Turnover totaled about 714 thousand shares and bond activity lagged with $6.1 million in sales, the slowest full session of the year.
The U S Department of Agriculture notes a steady butter market with unchanged prices across grades AA to no grade. Butter scores range from 93 to 88 with 41 to 35 percent yields, while large eggs show firm demand and varied white and yolk counts. Receipts total 374 units.
Tazewell Va division of Virginia Department of Agriculture reports cattle and hog markets. Lambs weaker with price ranges from 9.95 to 14.95 for choice to common, ewes 3.00 to 6.90, vealers steady with several weight breaks, heifers 11.30, cows 7.70 to 10.90, bulls 11.00, hogs stronger with 190 lb average at 15.40 and sows 12.30.
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