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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1948
Page
9
In New York on September 28 rails and oils rose while other sections fell. Mixed action followed yesterday’s severe drop that pushed the average to a low not seen in over five months. Oil stocks led advances with Phillips Petroleum Richfield and Standard Oil (NJ) among leaders.
Apples and poultry prices steady to up with various grades and sizes noted. Cattle calves hogs and sheep prices listed across Baltimore Chicago markets with wholesale ranges and weights, including sows and lambs, reflecting mixed demand and regional trends.
Consignments were heavy with prices generally one dollar lower than the prior week. Steers and butchers showed limited demand with medium grades 26 to 28.75, stockers 24 to 27.50, cows 18 to 22.50, dairy cows up to 255 per head, hogs 26 to 29.75, lambs 22 to 26.45, and sheep to 9.70 for butcher and 21 per head for stock ewes.
Markets division of the Agriculture Department reports U S Grade A eggs priced at 63 cents per dozen for extra large and 61 cents for large. Medium at 52 cents, standards 49, bullets 40, Grade B large 52, trades 42, cracks and checks 30. Live poultry prices include young hen turkeys 48 cents, young toms 45, No 2 toms 83, No 2 hen 40, guineas 35, Leghorn cox 14, broilers various 35 36, Leghorn broilers up to 2 1/2 lbs hens 25, heavy breed hens up to 4 1/2 lbs 32, stags 25.
Chicago on September 28 reports grain futures broadly higher. Corn advanced up to a cent per bushel with several new price levels noted for wheat oats rye soybeans and fats futures across the board.
In 1925 the annual net growth in American forests was estimated at 8900 million cubic feet and by 1944 it reached 43000 million cubic feet per year indicating substantial expansion in forest growth over time.
The Fairfax Line long boundary across the Shenandoah Valley was surveyed in 1746 by Thomas Lewis and Peter Jefferson. They traced 76 miles from the Conway River head to the Potomac head, correcting bearings after an initial error of miles and noting compass variation. George Washington is not listed among surveyors.
From Federal State Market News Service Monday report demand fair and market steady. Prices shown for Yorks Red and U S No 1 and 2 1 2 in to 3 in sizes, Delicious and Red Delicious, Grimes and Rome, with carload values for wrapped Yorks and Lowrys and large crates.
In 1746 the western valley sparsely settled and the surveying party faced hardships while mapping west of the valley. They visited Peter Jefferson at Tuckahoe on the James River and produced maps of the survey noted by Thomas Lewis.
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