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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1948

Page

8

Grimes Man Visits Parents After Short Break

Grimes Virginia May 6 Donald Fleck of Blacksburg spent a few days with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Fleck. He is a local resident visiting during a brief stay with family.

Local Agricultural Notes From Winchester and Surroundings

Oll L Jamison was at his orchard here a few hours before his death in Winchester. Jonah N Good bought the Oak Shade dairy herd of John Lazzara and Carman Paffusi. Dewey Brown sold his Woodland farm near Greens spring. Dr Charles Andersons farm hands moved a large drove of cattle to a farm near White Hall. Mrs Daniel Leight has been indisposed at the home of her son in Winchester. Winchester Cold Storage Co started its ice route again. The White Hall food sale last week was well attended.

Oll L. Jamison Winchester Jonah N. Good Oak Shade John Lazzara Carman Paffusi Dewey Brown Greensspring Charles Anderson White Hall Daniel Leight Olin Affleck Winchester Cold Storage Co

Market Quotations from Baltimore and Chicago Livestock Markets

Baltimore reports dull apples with varied crate prices and steady eggs and butter. Cattle in demand mix with good steers at 26.25–30, cows 24–26, calves 16–30, hogs steady 16.74–21.75, sows 13.75–15.25, lambs 28–30. Chicago notes 11,500 hogs at 19.50–21. Lambs 18–25, cattle 28–32, yearlings 28–32, beef cows 18–24.

Baltimore Chicago

Rail stocks lead market as strike fears weigh

NEW YORK May 6 rails today led the stock market on a moderate retreat as fear of an upcoming railway strike loomed. Resistant issues included Youngstown Sheet, Baltimore & Ohio, Sears Roebuck, Kennecott, Caterpillar Tractor, Eastman Kodak, and General Electric, while a faltering group featured Santa Fe, Southern Railway, Chesapeake & Ohio, Northern Pacific, U S Steel, Republic Steel, U S Rubber, General Motors, Chrysler, Studebaker, Montgomery Ward, Oliver Corp, Westinghouse, J C Penney, Sinclair Oil, and Commonwealth & Southern.

New York Youngstown Sheet Baltimore & Ohio Sears Roebuck Kennecott Caterpillar Tractor Eastman Kodak General Electric Santa Fe Southern Railway Chesapeake & Ohio Northern Pacific U. S. Steel Republic Steel U. S. Rubber General Motors Chrysler Stud

Local Market Prices and Feed Items Listing

Local markets list daily corrected wholesale prices for grains and feeds. Included are corn meal bags, red and yellow wheat, corn, barley, soybeans, mash feeds, cracked corn, broiler and turkey feeds, mixed and scratch feeds, and butter retail and wholesale prices.

The Star

Egg and live poultry price report from Winchester area

Agriculture Dept Markets Division lists egg prices for U S Grade A extra large to standards and pullets with per dozen figures from 42 to 44 cents, plus live poultry prices for heavy breed hens and Leghorn hens by weight in Winchester area markets.

Winchester U. S U.S F.O.B

Poultry and Game Prices Listed for Local Market

Leghorn broilers 24 to 25 cents per pound. Young hen turkeys 45 cents. Young tom turkeys 35 cents. Guineas 36 cents each. Old roosters and stags 16 cents. Rocks and cross boilers 24 to 4 cents per pound and over. Otom 2% pounds and over.

Grain futures open lower as oats rise on cover

Chicago May 6 opening shows oats advancing on short covering while wheat and corn slide. May wheat at 2.46 1/2, July wheat 2.32 1/2 3-4, Sept 2.30, Dec 2.30. May corn 2.22, July 2.08 1/4-08.

Chicago

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