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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1952
Page
7
Baltimore USDA reports cattle cows 14.00-19.00, bulls 20.00. calves 30.00-35.00, utility 21.00-30.00. Hogs 700 head in Chicago top 23.65, weights 180-290 lb with 17-21 range for various classes. Lambs and ewes down 60-50 cents. missing person alert for two months ends with return plea.
New York stocks opened steady in a quiet session with prices holding. Northern Pacific moved on blocks of 2 000 and 5 500 shares, slipping to 14 3 4 before recovering. Seaboard Air Line and Dow Chemical rose slightly, while Republic Steel Chrysler Goodrich Allied Chemical and Sinclair Oil lagged.
Chicago grains opened with good demand as corn led gains and soybeans and oats moved higher. Prices quoted include corn at 2.28 to 2.42 for various contract months, oats around 0.78 to 0.83 per bushel, and soybeans near 3.02 to 3.31 while lard futures showed September at 11.47 and October at 12.62.
The Agriculture Department lists poultry price ranges for the Winchester area with Grade A large and medium figures, Grade B and Grade C entries, and small lot prices. The notice provides No 1 fowl rates and crack and check pricing, indicating per-pound or per-head values.
The fragment shows a newspaper ad listing feed and grain products with prices, including white flour, corn meal in multiple bags, yellow corn, grain, mash and mixed feed. It reads as a rough ad with several illegible markings and incomplete prices.
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