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Thursday, April 7,1983 N.C. Farm Market Summary Sweet potato prices were tochanged this week with tiiScord breaking sales of over £30,000 cartons for the Man* pi to Mar£h 30 period accor ding to the Market News Ser vice of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Demand was good for Easter sales. Fifty pound cartons of cured US No. Is on March 31 were quoted at (3.75 to $4.25, pomo $3.50 and $4.50; Jumbos $1.75, to $2.75. Prices paid to growers were $1.75 to $2. Few $1.50 for US No. is at the end "of the grading belt. Corn [vices were 10 to 16 cents per bushel higher and soybeans were 17 to 18 cents higher through Thursday, March 31, compared to the same period of the previous week. No. 2 yellow shelled born ranged mostly $3.12 to $3.29 in the Eastern part of the state and $3.24 to $3.35 in the Piedmont. No. 1 yellow soy beans ranged mostly $6.20 to $6.43% in the East and $6.17 to $6.32 in the Piedmont; No. 2 red winter wheat $3.28 to $>3.50; No. 2 red oats $1.25 to $1.45. Soybean meal fob the processing plant ranged 208.20 to 218.50 per ton for 44 per cent. New crop prices quoted for harvest delivery corn $2.77 to $3.13, soybeans $6.27 to $6.65, wheat $2.96 to $3.40. - Egg prices were fractional ly higher on medium sizes and steady on the balance to those of the previous week. Supplies were light to moderate with demand good. The North Carolina weighted average price quoted on March 31 for small lob sales of cartoned Grade A eggs delivered to stores was 75.22 cents per dozen for large, Medium 68.03 and Smalls 56.09. A total of 8,174 feeder pigs were sold on 11 of the state graded sales during week of March 28. Prices were $2 to $lO lower on 40-70 pound pigs. A CANVAS .oh o-jjxaw I .tM ~M AII lE'fEbnuße U. ;ol£ .£hio<:t!js3 >j uhjoblJ si 'w* / # i *^'^fc-'«. US 1-2 pigs Weighing 40-50 pounds averaged slo6.47'per hundred pounds with *§o. 3s $96.91; 50-66 pound 1-2$ averaged $94.86, No. 3s $85.00; 60-70 pound l-2s $85.00, No. 3s $75.25; 70-80 pound l-2s $75.90 per himdred pounds with No. 3s $70.63. At 10 weekly livestock auc tions held within the state the week of March 28,6,810 cattle and 2,389 hogs were sold. Prices for slaughter cows were steady to $2 lower and feeder calves 50 cents to $3 higher per cwt. Utility and Commercial slaughter cows brought S4O to $47.50 with Con ner and Cutter at $35 to $46. Choice slaughter calves 350-550 pounds sold from $55 to $64 with good grade at $54 to S6O. Choice slaughter steers above 800 pounds brought $59.25 to $61.25 with Good at $54 to $59. Choice slaughter heifers above 700 pounds brought $55 to s6l with Good at S4B to $53.50. Slaughter Bulls yield grade 1 & 2 above 1000 pounds sold from $45 to $54.50 per cwt. Medium Frame No. 1 thickness 400-500 pound feeder steers brought $63 to $75.50 with Small Frame No. Is at $55 to $74, same weight Medium Frame No. 1 heifers brought $54 to $62.50 with Small Frame No. Is at $48.50 to $57. Beef type feeder cows carrying average flesh brought $37 to $45 with thin flesh at s3l to $40.50 per hundred pounds. Baby calves under three weeks of age brought $35 to SBO per head. Market hogs 200-240 pounds sold from $46.40 to $48.10 with sows 450 pounds up at $45 to $50.10. The North Carolina fob dock quoted price on broilers for the period of March 31 through April 6 is 39.50 cents per pound with a preliminary weighted average 39.82 cents fob dock or equivalent. The market is firm for an improv ing after Easter demand. Market hogs at daily cash buying stations about the state sold irregular during week of March 28, and rang ed mostly $46.50 to $48.50 per humbed pounds. Sows 500 lbs. up ranged $46.00 to $49.00. Heavy type hens were tren ding lower for the fust week in April. Supplies were ade quate and demand light to moderate. Heavy type hen prices were 16 to 17 cents per pound at the farm with buyers loading on April 1. British Isles Tour Scheduled Sandra Boyce of Edenton will be sponsoring a British Isles tour this summer through Wilcox World Tours of Asheville. The 16 day tour will incorporate visits to Ireland, Scotland and England. Departing from New York on July 18, this tour will visit Killarney, Dublin, Wales, Glasgow, Loch Lo mond, Edinburg, York, Strat ford, London and numerous other stops in between. In cooperation with Charles Paul, Mrs. Boyce will be mak ing all necessary ar rangements for tourists from the Albemarle area wishing to make this trip. At a very af fordable rate, this tour will feature first class hotels, two meals a day and all transpor tation. According to Paul and Mrs. Boyce, both professors at Chowan College in Murfeesboro, academic credit for sophomore level geography can be earned through participation in this tour. For more information and applications, contact Sandra Boyce at P.O. Box 384 in Edenton or call 221-4052 "Thera is no wealth but life." John Ruskin THE CHOWAN HERALD ■> ■ W-' al w' CROSSING SAFETY LABEL —To help prevent train-vehicle collisions, the parent firm of Southern Railway and Norfolk and Western Railway offers a “STOP At ALL Railroad Cross ings” label for dashboards of school buses, gasoline trucks and other vehicles. This ever-present reminder for drivers is available free from Operation Lifesaver, Norfolk Southern, Box 1808, Washington. D.C. 20013. "Reading For Fun” Continued From Page 6-B Neptune, tance of Reading Aloud to For additional information Children, by Dr. Carol Veitch, call: Elizabeth Laney, Library Science Professor, E. 793-2114. C. U. Sharing - Readings by members of our group. Small group discussions by counties report on National Library Week activities; Schedule visits to other libraries in the county; Plans for Summer Reading Program; and Plans for Children’s Books Week in November. This program was planned by the Program Planning Committee selected at the February meeting: Cathy Carter, Mary C. Hardison, Gwendolyn Moye, and Evelyn PEOPLES BANK AND IRA- They Can Add UpTb AGreat Retirement Eor Everyone. Used to be, it you were covered by a company pension plan you couldn’t participate in a tax-deterred Individual Retirement Account. But new government regulations have done away with that restriction. Now that IRA i Ur eve ••yon.* who works, Peoples Bank wants to make ir easier tor everyone to take advantage of it. So were ottering four Peoples IRA deposit plans tor you to choose from: ♦ IRA Employer Assistance Plan (payroll deduction) ♦ IRA Retirement Club (coupon payment plan) ♦ Direct Deposit from Savings ♦ Direct Deposit from Checking With one ot these deposit plans working tor you. vour IRA savings will accumulate rapidly. Come by Peoples Bank and pick an IRA Deposit plan that’s right tor you. It’ll add up to a great retirement! Peoples Bank JL Member fDIC “Old Frictuls With Xetv Ideas. ” o P ** WBmm •XXt||g|lB< V- .*- ~< A ■ vrl * lisle i Wm. " %% p > aft aft ! gmm M HnKiii! al I m Carolina Review bate Roads Act MAYBE LATER....Ap iparently there’s no rest for ithe weary, weary of ear that is. After working all of the session on Gov. Hunt’s Safe Roads Act (to get drunk drivers off the highways), legislators for three weeks have looked for final passage at any moment. Last week, the House look ed at the Senate version and thought some improvements could be made-something the Senate had already decided about a previous House ver sion. By week’s end, it looked as if neither the House nor the Senate would vote for concur rence, thus requiring more joint conference work and compromise. One of the biggest dif ferences, and perhaps the big gest controversy, centered around the “dram shop” pro vision. The House bill would impose liability for sales to in toxicated people for on premise consumption. The Senate bill would apply only to sales to underage patrons. But the differences apt to have the biggest impact on the most North Carolina drinkers is probably the “open container” provision in the Senate bill. It creates a presumption that any open beer or wine container in the passenger area of a motor vehicle was possessed by the driver and would make that possession a criminal offense. The House doesn’t want that provision eveQ with an exemption for buses, vans, and recreational vehicles. There are a number of other differences that shouldn’t be too tough to set tle. Maybe the final passage will come this week. Maybe next. CHRISTMAS..Banking lobbyists have been trying for years to win legislative passage of an annual, flat rate bank card fee. Deep inside of what has come to be known as the “Christmas tree” bill, the S2O annual fee received the Assembly’s official blessings this past week. So did a lot of other special interest groups involved with consumer credit-making House Bill 336 truly a “Christmas” offering, with something under the tree for everyone. The bill was managed, and singularly sponsored, by Rep. A1 Adams, D-Wake, formerly considered an outspoken con sumer advocate. Not this time, and people were left shaking their heads. Sen. Craig Lawing, D- Mecklenburg, said the bill was trying to take care of everyone “except six million constituents in this state.” I’d like to explain the bill to you, but I can’t. It’s so full of gobbly-gook that it’s doubtful Page 7-B anyone in the legislatujfl’eal ly undertands, exceptjnaybe A1 Adams. Adams saflfrnost of the bill is “excelleirjeom promise legislation.”,^ VEPCO’s IncrelSe Less Than Reclfest Virginia Electrr|||and Power Company informed the State Corporation CQcijdnis sion staff that it will ljQggp* its request in its pendmgfuel charge increase for tjicyear beginning April 1. The change will meap that the average monthly pg of a residential custome£.§ising 1000 kilowatt-hours would rise by $1.20 less than originally requested. The increase in the fuel charge in 1983 will be the first one in more than three years. The Albemarle’s Newest Exhibition Continued From Page 2-B Albemarle is open Tuesday through Saturday 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. and Sunday 2:00 P.M. -5:00 P.M. Admission is free to the public. Photographers are welcome and invited to photograph any or all of the exhibit. The frame of an old um brella hung by its handle makes a good clothes-rack drier for small garments.
The Chowan Herald (Edenton, N.C.)
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