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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1968
Page
11
Prices listed for cottonseed, milk products, wood and pulpwood, corn, wheat, barley, soybeans and other farm commodities. Includes Grade A milk at 6.55 per hundred and No 2 corn and soybeans with respective per bushel or per hundred measures.
NASD quotations show interdealer prices as of about 10 a.m. The market moves through the day and prices exclude any retail markup or commission.
State Farm promotes 25 percent more contents protection at no extra cost for homeowners. Claims top homeowners coverage with lower rates than many competitors. Aims to save money on king size homeowners policies and invites contact.
Political advertisement urging voters in Decatur to support Roy Odom for mayor. Identifies Odom as the candidate and notes paid political advertising.
In Atlanta live broilers and fryers remain in demand with farm prices about 13 cents per pound. Birmingham reports good ready to cook demand with most delivery this week at about three-fourths cent lower than last Monday, ample supply, weights slightly lighter than desired, and a steady to firm undertone. RTC broilers and fryers market shows U S grade A prices 26.00 to 26.75, plant grade 26.15 to 27.00 for August 12 to 17 shipments.
In Birmingham Alabama the AP notes ample egg offerings and supplies for the fair. Retailers are seeing prices per dozen stay about unchanged with consumer grade white eggs priced at Sage 42-45, medium 34-36 2, and small 25-27 per dozen including cases and spore delivery.
Feeder steers 300 to 500 pounds bring 28.00 to 30.00 dollars while feeder heifers 300 to 500 pounds fetch 23.00 to 26.00. Slaughter steers and heifers, calves, hogs and sows listed with U S weights and price ranges. barrows and gilts 199 to 230 pounds at 20.75. Sows 350 to 500 pounds range 16.00 to 17.09.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 8.18 to 877.83 as advances outpaced declines by more than two to one. Analysts cited progress in Paris peace talks and July retail sales as investor support, with oils leading gains in Mobil Gulf Occidental among the day’s active stocks.
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