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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1955
Page
5
Baltimore market notes show fruit and produce prices for apples strawberries and potatoes with regional variations in New Jersey Maryland and Virginia. Livestock and poultry markets report USDA figures for cattle hogs calves sheep and sows across Baltimore Chicago and overall ranges for quality and weight categories.
The New York market rose with major aircraft shares leading. General Dynamics 8,000 up 2% at 60 34. Bath Iron Works 1,100 up 2% at 53 42. New York Central 2,000 up 5s at 41 144. American Dynamic s 3,000 up % at 56 44. Douglas Aircraft 3,100 up 1% at 68 3. Lockheed 2,000 up % at 43. Sperry 1,000 up 1 at 65 12. Boeing 4,700 up 1% at 60 14.
Market steady on broilers and fryers with good demand. turkeys and heavy hens near steady. Farm price reported for broilers under three pounds at 24 hours ending noon today. ranges and grades listed for turkeys, eggs, and cattle including prime, good, and utility grades with various weight bands and regional markets in Harrisonburg and Winchester.
Local markets list daily prices for mixed seed at 100 lb and egg mash at 20 percent. The Star notes potential typos and graphical errors in the feed. Prices shown include 3.25 and 3.20 and 4.65 for various items.
A list of price quotes for agricultural products includes Butter at 1.10 per unit, Flour 100 lbs at 6.90, Wheat per bushel, Barley per bushel, No 2 Yellow Corn 15 percent or less, Flour at Retail, Corn meal 5 lb bag, and Butter per 100 lbs with various quoted figures.
In New Rockingham County buyers report selling butterfat at Harrisonburg markets for No 2 Red Winter wheat. Prices and exact buyers not disclosed in the fragment.
Market notes show prices for corn No 2 yellow shelled at Rockingham and Augusta with rates around 1.60 to 1.65 per bushel. Barley No 2 at Rockingham also listed near 1.60. Other lines reference Luray and New Augusta markets with similar ranges.
Expiring May wheat and soybeans slipped below prior closes at the opening on the Chicago Board of Trade while the rest of the market held steady. Opening quotes show May wheat 2.20 to 201 4, July 1.98 1/2 to 5-8, and December 2.02 1/2. corn May 1.44 1/4 to 1/8, July 1.46 3/4, December 1.38 1/4. oats May 73 1/4 to 7/8, July 67 3/4, December 69 3/8. rye May 1.00, July 1.03, September 1.05 1/2 to 1/4, lard May 12.10, July 12.40, September 12.57, October 12.52, December 12.70. An ad promotes Itch-Me-Not with a 40¢ refund offer at Boyd’s Drug.
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