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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1951
Page
6
A Baltimore market report shows weaker tone for apples and peaches with various size categories and prices listed for Golden Delicious McIntosh and other apples. Potatoes sweet potatoes and poultry prices follow with Butter Eggs and cattle hogs dairy and grain prices, alongside a short note on a US Treasury cattle collection inquiry.
Consignment moderate market activity and generally steady to strong prices at the Winchester Virginia Farmers Livestock Exchange on September 3, 1951. Cattle ranges include good to butcher quality steers 33.50 to 35.90, cows 24 to 27.50, bulls 28 to 30.75, and dairy stock up to 325, with hogs 19.50 to 22.10 and lambs around 32 to 33.40 for extras.
Local farmers praise Reddy Kilowatt as the perfect hired hand with electricity available to over 80 percent of area farms. The campaign extols his tirelessness and low wages while noting 806 jobs he can perform on the farm and offering free advisory service through Potomac Edison System offices in Northern Virginia and Penpo Power Co.
Chicago grains opened steady with fractional moves on both sides. Opening quotes show small gains and declines across wheat corn oats rye soybeans and lard contracts for Sep Dec Mar May and other months.
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