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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1949
Page
8
Agriculture Department Market Division lists eggs by grade with prices for Winchester shipments fob Winchester and producer's farms. Heavy breed hens and leghorn hens and various broilers priced. turkey hens and toms quoted. No. 2 toms and old guineas noted. An unrelated note on American glassmaking history follows.
For sale a small job shop with two pres seams priced moderately. Apply at 324 Shenandoah Ave.
Local ads list real estate farms including a 260 acre limestone farm on highway and a 200 acre farm with 75 acres apples and 25 acres peaches. Also posted are used cars like a 1940 Pontiac club coupe a 1949 Ford convertible and a 1948 Chevrolet 2 ton pickup plus household items and a public sale every Friday at Green Spring Virginia. Listings show contact Harry H Willis and various phone numbers with dates in May 1961.
The stock market showed a further improvement after a lukewarm rally yesterday lifting prices from near the year's bottom. DuPont debuted on a when issued basis at 47, a quarter of the old price. the stock split four for one. Major issues such as U S Steel, Republic Steel, Studebaker, Montgomery Ward, Sears Roebuck, and General Electric advanced, while General Motors and Western Union lagged.
The Baltimore market shows fruit and poultry demand mixed with liberal butter and egg receipts. Cattle offerings total around 700 with steady to higher steer prices and slower trading for cows bulls and bulls.
Local markets list mixed grain and feed items with prices and weights. Items include corn meal bags of 10 and 5 pounds in yellow and white varieties, No 2 yellow corn, barley per bushel, egg mash and broiler mash, cracked corn, turkey grower and starter feeds, bran, and wholesale butter and butterfat prices. The text notes potential typographical errors and no stated guarantees.
Salable hogs 7000 top 20.75 for 180-220 lb loads. 170-270 lb 20.25-20.75. 280-300 lb 19.75-20.25. Cattle 4000, top 28 for 1158 lb steers. yearlings 25.25-26.75. cows 18.25-22. Canners 14-18. vealers 23-29. Sheep 1000, spring lambs 32-34. old-crop lambs 27-29.75. slaughter ewes 12.50. Bread-baking is one of the most ancient of human arts.
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