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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1949
Page
7
Notice outlines price of 1.50 per column inch per day with a minimum charge. Cash required for all out of town ads. Closing hours state ads received before 10 a.m. can be included in that date's issue.
Short classifieds list several job and rental notes including a request for a White aide to care for two children and a dishwasher job at Peoples Drug Store. A heated bedroom for two ladies is also advertised with a phone contact.
Market quotations show apples and eggs steady to higher with diverse cuts. Cattle hogs and calves supply steady to active across Baltimore Chicago and New York. Notable prices include U S Steel at 225 1 2 and General Motors among gainers.
Chicago board of trade opens with Wheat Sep and Dec prices down from Saturday, May futures mixed. Oats show slight gain while Soybeans trade around 2.31 for December. Prices quoted for Sep and Dec contracts across Wheat Corn Oats and Soybeans.
Consignment moderate with prices about steady cattle and hogs range. Dairy cows top at 225 per head and stock cows up to 175 each. Wealers and lambs show mixed values across weights and grades with plains at the low end.
Agriculture Dept prices show U S Grade A extra large at 89 and Grade A large and medium variations for Winchester. Reports also list small and pewee grades and cracks and checks for No 1 quality. Live poultry prices indicate heavy breed hens at 4.42 and Leghorn hens at similar levels.
The listing shows various poultry feeds and products including Leghorn broilers, Stags and Red broilers, Colored broilers under three pounds, Old Guineas, Eye mash at 18 percent, and Turkey grower mix. Prices include 100 lb bags of Crocked corn at 3.50 and Broiler mash at 3.30, plus butterfat wholesale and retail prices.
The Star lists corrected local market items with flour corn meal and grain prices. Included are retail flour per 1.53, corn meal 40 lb bag yellow 5.90, white corn meal 5 lb 2, and No 2 yellow corn 5 1/4 with barley. Feeds at retail include egg mash 20 percent at 4.35.
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