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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1948
Page
3
In the middle of the 19th century passenger pigeons out numbered any other kind of bird on the North American continent.
Chicago grain markets opened with declines across wheat corn oats and soybeans. Wheat Sep price around 2.22 to 2.34, corn Dec around 1.44 to 1.46, soybeans Nov about 2.60, with lard Sep near 19.80.
The United States used from six to ten million ounces of silver annually during World War II to manufacture military insignia and badges.
Consignment heavy bidding active with prices down from last Monday. Steers and hogs lead with varied classes across stockers cows and lambs, top dairy cows at 275 per head and breeding bucks to 29. Market rates detail weights and conditions for butchers cows hogs lambs and sheep.
A corrected market listing shows wholesale and retail prices for grains, corn meal, wheat, barley, yellow corn, soybeans, and various feeds. Items include new wheat at $2.15 per bu, new barley $1.35, No 2 yellow corn $2.30, and feeds such as egg mash, cracked corn, mixed feed, scratch feed, plus butter prices.
Agriculture Department Markets Division reports graded eggs and live poultry prices paid to Winchester area plants and producers. U S Grade A extra large at .58 per dozen. large .56. medium .49. standards .49. bullets .40. trades .42. cracks and checks .30. Peewees .40. Young turkey prices: turkeys 45 cents. young toms 38. No 2 toms 33. No 2 hens 40. Guineas 35. leghorn cocks 14. old roosters and stags 17. neck and cross broilers 35. red broilers 36. eee broilers up to 2 1 2 lb.
Star Office defeated Sanitary Dairy 6 to 5 on Diamond 2. Jackson and Dicks pitched for Star Office while Smith pitched for Sanitary Dairy, which scored all its runs in the seventh inning. Clark and Lake doubled for Star Office, Barker doubled for the Dairy. This was Star Office’s first victory of the season and they plan another game tomorrow.
Light selling again sent leading stocks slipping as turnover stayed skimpy. Prices fell for Youngstown Sheet Firestone Montgom ery Ward U S Steel American Telephone American Smelting Westinghouse Allied Chemical U S Gypsum Santa Fe Pennsylvania Railroad Illinois Central Standard Oil New Jersey Texas Co Transcontinental Western Air while Goodrich Tire Douglas Aircraft Consolidated Edison Anaconda Copper and Southern Railway rose. In bonds short term government issues declined after the one year certificate rate move.
A new contract with hourly wage increases was accepted by employees at four of seven American Viscose Co plants. The Nitro West Virginia plant announced the result, with Front Royal also voting for acceptance. The pay provisions are retroactive to June 27.
Winchester Brown Bombers defeated Harrisonburg Monarchs 6 to 4 on the Winchester diamond. The Bombers travel to Front Royal for a 3 30 p.m. EST Sunday game against the Avisco Tigers.
Baltimore reports mixed livestock prices with steady poultry and eggs. cattle trade dull with slaughter cows 20-21 and steers 35, calves 20-31, sheep 23-28, hogs slow with varied loads from 25 to 31. Chicago notes 9500 hogs available with butchers steady in early trading.
Active lightweight hogs steady while sows are fully steady to strong with top at 29.75. Heavier weights mixed with mostly 28 to 29 for 250 to 280 pounds and 27 to 27.25 for 290 to 410 pounds. Salable cattle total 6500 with grain fed steers and heifers up to 25 cents higher. high choice steers top at 41. Mixed 925 pound steers and heifers around 39. most good and choice steers and yearlings 34 to 40. Beef cows weak. canners and cutters 15.50 to 18.50. bulls up 50 cents. V Feeders and vealers steady with most beef cows 19 to 23.
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