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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1972
Page
7
Decatur markets show middling cotton at six dollars fifty five cents per hundredweight and dairy milk at three dollars twenty cents per hundred. Wood priced at fifteen dollars twenty five cents per cord and shelled corn at one dollar twenty five cents per bushel. Prices include various figures and ratios. some text is unclear or garbled.
Interdealer quotations show No 1t Yellow Shelled Corn and other securities with prices, as of about 10 a.m. The list notes prices exclude retail markup and commissions and includes multiple tickers and percentages reflecting current values.
The Associated Press reports on the American Stock Exchange showing the biggest up and down stocks by net and percentage change from yesterday to today. Figures include names, last price, net change and percent, though the OCR text is garbled with many misreadings.
Wall Street, New York stocks swing to modest gains as favorable second quarter data and slower inflation appease investors. The Dow slid 76 to 909.69 at noon while the NYSE market breadth favored declines. Occidental Petroleum traded actively as Peterson cautioned about a premature view of a Soviet deal. The NYSE index dipped .08 to 58.34 and the AMEX rose .01 to 26.6.
In Birmingham Alabama the AP reports hen prices fluctuate by type and market stage. Heavy type shows wider price ranges depending on plant needs with processors more confident in storage. Light type remains very short and prices per pound vary from farm to factory points with quoted ranges.
Heavy farm price ranges from 12.5 to 14 with 13.5 to 14 for fob plants. Alabama estimated broiler slaughter today at 1,636,000 versus 1,812,000 last Friday. Ready to cook broilers market fob dock loads negotiated for delivery July 24 to 29. U S Grade A ranges 26.15 to 27.50, largest volume 26.75 to 27.25, weighted 27.04, Plant Grade 26.30 to 27.15, largest 26.65 to 27, weighted 26.77.
Pole beans priced at 6.00 to 6.50 per bushel. Butter beans 5.50 to 6.00 per bushel. Cantaloupes 2.50 per bushel. Yellow sweet corn 2.00 per five dozen. Cucumbers 1.00 to 1.50 per 12 quart basket. Concord grapes 2.00 per 8 quart basket. Large okra 1.25 per unit.
A fragmented price list shows produce in demand with 12 quart baskets of purple hull peas priced at 1.75 and 1.50 per bushel. Squash ranges 1.00 to 1.50, tomatoes 0.75 to 1.25 per 12 quart basket, and 8 quart baskets. Eggs rise for consumer Grade A whites with extra large 42 to 43.5, large 40 to 41.5, and medium 36.5 to 38. Prices reflect typical regional market variation.
Rev Morgan filled his regular appointment at Johnsons Chapel on Sunday. J O McLaughlin returns home after a 10 day stay at Pineview Hospital. Mrs Bob Hensley of Enon visited her daughter with Mr and Mrs C D McCaghren. R B Roberts of Decatur was in the community Saturday. Clarence Glasgow is ill at Hartselle Hospital. A wedding of much interest was Jean Ruager and Bobby Harp on Saturday night.
Corporations and private individuals own about 9 percent of productive forest land in Canada, reflecting a notable distribution of land resources among non-public holders. The figure highlights the concentration of forest assets outside public hands.
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