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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1949
Page
10
Classified advertisements offer items for sale from roofing to cars and furniture. Listings include 1939 Plymouth, Massey Orchard land near Winchester, various appliances, furniture, and surplus goods with contact info and brief details.
New York stock market held even today after Tuesday’s steep slide. Early signs of advance appeared but could not sustain a rise. Gains were slim but notable for Bethlehem Steel, General Motors, Lockheed, Consolidated Edison, Homestake Mining, DuPont, General Electric, American Woolen, Santa Fe, Standard Oil NJ, and Pan American Airways, while Republic Steel, Montgomery Ward, Anaconda Copper, Dow Chemical, Philip Morris, and Texas Co fell.
Agriculture Dept prices show U S Grade A extra large 62 cents, Grade A large 52 cents, Grade B large 2 cents, Grade C 36 cents for eggs in Winchester. Live poultry prices include heavy breed hens 42 to 2 pounds, Leghorn hens 17 cents, Leghorn broilers 18 cents, Rock Cross broilers 27 cents, red broilers 25 cents.
Chicago markets show steady opening with soybeans trading lower. Wheat and corn futures quote mixed gains and losses while oats and rye hold near prior levels as traders await guidance. Lard futures edge and linger in narrow ranges.
Evergreens are favored around reservoirs because they stay green year round and do not shed leaves, helping keep the water protected from leaf litter and debris.
Baltimore and Chicago market roundups show steady to firm demand across cattle calves hogs and poultry. Receipts include butter eggs hogs cattle and sheep with varied price ranges and weekly shifts across weights and grades.
The market lists salable cattle around 4000 head with top bids at 29 per cwt for loaded rigid-choice 1277 lb steers and 1485 lb weights for prime loads. Most choice steers fetch 28 to 28.75, bulk medium to good fed steers 23 to 27.50, command and medium grassers 17 to 22, and good to low choice heifers and mixed yearlings 25.50 to 27.
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