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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1947
Page
4
A fragmented market listing shows prices for flour mix corn meal egg mash and turkey feeds with notes on moisture content and wholesale versus retail pricing. The text references a person named Boer E A and explains the Dutch word for moor as rhyming with English.
Agriculture Department Market Division lists Federal State graded eggs with prices F O B Winchester. Grade A extra large three dozen seven official per dozen. U S Grade A fifty one. Grade B large forty six. pullers thirty seven. Live poultry prices paid by dressing plants No 1 quality F O B producer farms heavy breed hens four pounds plus twenty six cents per pound. leghorn hens twenty two cents. heavy breed broilers thirty cents. leghorn broilers twenty cents. old roosters and stags fourteen to fifteen cents. turkeys young toms twenty two cents per pound. old hens twenty eight to thirty cents. old guineas twenty five to thirty cents per pound.
Twenty VPI staff and agronomy graduate students will visit key soil series across the state in a three day tour starting June 17. The trip includes stops at Marshall Pront Royal Gerrachure New Market and I burg to inspect soil conditions and meet personnel.
New York stock market extended a partial recovery with mixed results as early gains faded and some losses appeared. Large bullish sentiment remained, with Remington Rand eyeing a 2-for-1 stock split and gains seen in American Woolen Johns Manville and railroad bonds despite profit taking by commission houses. Secretary Snyder’s remark on rapid tax-cut action drew cautious optimism among traders. Wednesday’s advance suggested an oversold condition, tempering enthusiasm for the near term.
Livestock and Produce Markets in Baltimore show dull prices across apples potatoes and poultry. Receipts are light with limited sales as various apple varieties and sweet potatoes fetch modest bids and poultry weighs ease.
Baltimore market notes show eggs quoting 52-54 cents extra large and 46-47 cents medium with current ungraded 42-43 cents. Cattle receipts total 700 salable with varied prices for steers cows and bulls and good to choice beef at 22.00 to 27.50 for steers. hogs and lambs active with mixed lots and prices across weight classes.
In Hot Springs Virginia the American Plant Food council opens its annual convention Friday with an address by council president Clifton A. Woodrum. The three day gathering includes a talk by Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson on Saturday.
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