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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1949
Page
9
New York August market open with light pressure and a gentle downtrend continuing from Friday. Losses were fractional with a few issues around 80, while several names fell and others rose including General Motors and International Harvester among prominent movers.
Baltimore market notes steady to varied prices for apples and pears with multiple varieties listed. Cattle hogs and sheep prices and yard receipts detailed for Baltimore and Chicago including top calves and weight ranges, with notes on trading speed and demand levels.
Agriculture Dept reports prices for Federal-State grades of eggs in Winchester. Grade A extra large to B large items with per dozen figures. live poultry prices include heavy breed hens, Leghorn hens and broilers by dress plant sales. notes on young guineas and miscellaneous items.
Market list shows prices for corn meal yellow and white, No 2 yellow corn, wheat, barley, egg mash, turkey grower, crocked corn, broiler mash, bran, turkey starter, mixed feed, butterfat and butter, with per bag and per hundredweight notes. Prices reflect retail and wholesale terms though some OCR errors present.
Chicago grain prices opened about steady amid dull dealings. Wheat futures posted 2.00 3-4 for September, corn around 1.22 1-2 for September, and soybeans at 2.48 1-4 for November with nearby oil and lard quotes noted.
A large crowd gathered Friday at the Hannum farm north of Winchester for the Four State Farm Tour demonstration. Marl Hannum and plant pathologist Dr G M Shear of VPI joined H L Stockslager of Hagerstown, president of the four state group, in urging support for the event which drew unprecedented attendance.
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