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THE NEWS-JOURNAL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1933 Market Report For Week Ending Oct. 2 Editor'! Note: Fallowing Is a summary of market price infor mation for the week ending Oc tober 2, 1953 as gathered and edit ed by the Market News Service, N. C. Department of Agriculture. Most average prices advanced one to throe dollars per hundred during the second week of sales 'sales remained heavy and cuality I Volume of Fales was r..t narti j cubi'Iy heavy but total vo.a.ne for tile week an. oii!it"d to more I than any of the previous f n weeks this se ison. Gross s; 'es throut'h Thursday imi:v.mt'd some over 42 mi!l:on pounds, aver. nr.1: 51.33 per Hundred. Only :''';:' t changes oivi'.nc 1 in prires paid on the Tasi 'i n '". ! markets these nmgin1: fr:.i 1 '(' to 2.00 p.T hvndn-.l. V ':!. ' 17 1 y V ji on the Old Holt Flue Cured to bacco markets. Quality of offer ings was lower and volume of sales remained light. Season sales through. Thursday amounted to almost 23 million pounds for an average of 51.02. Better quality grades of tobacco continued to advance on the Mid dle Belt markets bet poor and low quality leaf grades declined from 1.00 to 4.00 per hundred. of offerings about the same. Sea son sales throm'h Thursday to'al ed some over ?20 million pounds for an average of 57.23. Prices wcnk.'red s!itht!y on Border Beit markets as quality of offerings dropped because of a larger percentage of nondescript. Volume of sales remained fairly heavy and season sales were raised to a little over 319 n-illion pounds for an average of 56.93 h I - M 1 4M r A & P'S 94th ANNIVERSARY Extraordinary Values! i SHOULDER TO SHOULDER Jaycees Bud Belk, Ken McCurry and Bucky Wright spread asphalt for all-weather tennis courts at Black Mountain. Hundreds of such civic projects are competing in the 1 9S3 "Finer Carolina" contest sponsored by Carolina Power & Light. Co. (Photo by Edward L. Dupuy Jr. Iona Calif. Sliced or Halves Peaches, 2 No. 2 29 oz cans Iona Standard Pack Tomatoes, 2 No. 303 16 oz cans Iona Sweet Peas, 2 No. 303 16 oz cans Iona Cut Green Beans, 2 No. 303 16 oz cans Ann Page Preserves Strawberry, 3 16 oz jars Ann Page Tomato Soup, 4 10J4 oz c?ns Jane Parker 49c 21c 1 i .dr.' I. ! Cat'le prices were irregular In !"-'-:Vd crn pri.es continued C'i icago where choice and prime ' v: ken at r'.-it of the state's slaughter steers closed steady to 1 - -"'rkots !Hs v-eok. No. 2 23 cents higher and calves fully y . vi "i'.vd f-om 1.65 to I 1.00 higher. Heifers were steady . T .7 nor '. u hel in the piedmont' to fully 50 lower, bulls 50 to 1.50 fee' inn and from 1.48 to 1.55 in the lower and cows steady to 25 c stein area. Wheat and oats re- higher. nvi'it j fairly steady. Fryers and broilers declined Hog prices declined 75 cents to' one cent per pound in the Cen- 23c 23c I Donuts, 1 doz pkg $1.00 35c 19c I 1.00 per hundred at local buyng stations this week. Closing tons ranged from 23.50 to 24.75 with most markets reported at 23.50 to 24.00. In Chicago, hogs de clined 1.50 to 2 00 per hundred with a closing top of 24.12 re ported. C.Vle prices were steady to weak on the Pocky Mount and Rich Square a''ion markets this week. Fat bnt'-hor beef cows broo-M '0 00 to l?oo- pood fat 'ral North Carolina area this week with farm pay prices re ported at 26 cents per pound. Heavy hens were steady and ran ged from 23 to 25 cents. In other leading southern producing areas fryers were generally steady. Closing farm pay prices rapged from 2S to 27 H cents in the North Georgia area; 25 to 263j in the Delmarva section and 25 to 26 in the Shenandoah Valley. Eg rs remained steady in Ra- heifers, 1100 to 14.75: and good loigh where local gradint sta- fat ven'ers 20 .no to 20.00. Med- tinns paid 63 to 64 cents per doz- iom to rood Meers were reported en for A, large: 52 to 55 for A at 12 00 'n In on and good fat mediums, and 52 to 55 for B, LiiUher bulls at 14.f'0 to 15.23. lare. Durham also rcoorted a FORD brings you Power Steering PZUSL Ford Master-Guide the last word in power steering reduces parking and turning effort up to 75. It's just one more of the fine-car features .1 A I r I L. AHn ... M .U M.wMtA Itttlfl inai make rarg ins who imo iui ms no w.Jii- r) Master-Guide makes all driving J safer. Master-Guide is the lowest priced power steering in Ford's field. WW Parking's a cinch (you don't need muscle) with Ford Master-Guide because power does the work for you. There's no need to change driving M(iJti iti ilr tfrn ..' 1 tti-iti XCuMtttmut f v v 1 f. Tour choica cr both V-8 and Six Ford is the only car in the low-prke field to offer you two high-compression engines. Both the V-S (America's lowest-priced V-8) and the Mileage Maker Six (Amerka's most modern Six) have the Automatic Power Pilot which squeezes the last ounce of power out of every drop of gas! Fordomatic optional at extra cost. Shift to Fordomatk and you'll never shift again, Fordomatic b the automatic transmission In the low-prke field with an automatic intermediate gear to give yco fast "up-ond-away" starts phi the liquid smoothness of a fluid torque converter. And with Fordomatic Drive, rocking out of snow and mud Is easy as piel Up to 80 Uts road shock Ford's front springs art specially tailored to the weight of each model. With Ford's new ride, front end road shock (the kind you feel most) Is actually reduced up to 80. And you ride on sofa-soft, foam-rubber cushions In Ford the only car in its field with foam rubber cushions throughout on all mode 111 Worth Moro when you buy rt,. Worth Mora when you tell It Ford also offers you Full-Grde Visibility... sus pended pedals ... the largest trunk In Its field' rora Vau Cnecit ft... esf Drive iff Raeford Auio Company Phone 7F5 Raeford, N. C. steady egg market with A, large at 63; A, mediums at 4.1; and ii, large at 53. Auction sales of sweet potatoes closed s'.eady on the Benson and Mnrnolia markets Friday. Bu shels of Porto Ricans were report ed at mostly 2.40 to 2.R0 in Ben son and 2.20 to 2.60 in Magnolia. Cotton prices remained about s'oady at several of the state's leading marke's. Middling 1 1 32 inch cotton ranged from 34.00 tof 34.50 cents per pound and strict low middling from 3? 00 to 33.25. Snot cotton prices declined 1.25 per bale on the nation's ten load-j ing markets this wp(k. Middling! 1516 inch averaged 32.63 cents! per pound on Friday. This com-1 pares with 32.86 last Friday andi 38.29 on the same date a yenrj ago. N. C. Farmers To Enter Soil Contest At last there is a contest for adults. Farm owners for nine Western North Carolina counties will par ticipate this fall in a soil con servation speaking contest with a chance to win more than $1,000. Frank Docgett, soil conserva tionist for the N. C. State College Agricultural Extension Service, says farmers from Madison. Bun combe, Henderson, Jackson, Mi con, Haywood, Cherokee, Sw:iir. and Clay who are cooperating with the work in thei-- soil con servation district will oompete for a $50 first prize, $10 second prize, and $5 third, fourth and fifth prizes in the Western dis trict contest. The title of the speeches will he 'Democracy at Work in My Soil Conservation District." Spon sor of the contest, first of its kind ever participated in by Tar Heel turners is the Soil Conservation Commission of the Asheville Ag ricultural Development Council, Inc. The winner rf the area con test will compete for the Mate prize on November 27 and the r.rtional prize on Deceml'cr If The latter a prize of $1,000, plus r.-.i all-expense paid trip to the nh National Convention of the National Association of Soil Con servation Districts at New Or leans, La.. February 2,,-21. "This is the first time ti my knowledge," says Docgott, "that any area of North Carolina has participated in the national con test. It should be very helpful in spreading the word about the or ganization and work of soil con servation districts." Doggett said the contest is open only to active cooperators within the soil conservation districts of these Western counties. Addi ion el details may be obtained from county agents, vocational agri culture teachers, or local soil conservation district supervisors. ing. The secret of all egg cookery is I low temperature, j Egg yolks will keep for several I days in your refrigerator if you rov?r them with cold water. Whites of eggs are more easily separated from yolks when the eggj are cild; egg whites beat up I to moro volume if they are at 1 room temperatures when beaten. I Juiie from a jar of olives will give deviled eggs a delicious fla vor. A starred custard is done when it coats the spoon; longer cook in:! will not thicken it but will c; use it to curdle. To divide an egc evenly when the recipe calls for only one-half cr.g, beat the whole egg, two tabelsnoons of the mixture is equivalent to one-half egg. If a portion of egg yolk acci dentally falls into the white, a cloih moistened with cold water and touched to the yolk will re move it, or a piece of the shell touched to the wolk will remove it. VTATE COLLEGE HINTS TO FARM MOVIEMAKERS FGG COOKERY - A pinch of cornstarch and one of powdered sugar added to the yolk of the eggs bright, clear, and light fl an omelet from collapsing. To keep yolks of hard-cooked eggs bright, celar, and light a- Mind the edcs. avoid ovcr-cook-MIl'IIIHH IIMI North Carolina's 1953 Burley tobacco production is estimated at 19,775,000 pounds, down from the 20,160,000 pounds produced in 19"2, but well above the 10 vear average of 15.567,000 lbs. Lmttfro build's. WIN $2500 CASH & TRIP TO HOLLYWOOD! f'Name The Stars"! ELECTRIC THEATRE ; I CONTEST,? VAGUS W!C 1f V Wfflm 240 OTHER VALUABLE PRIZES! PLUS 3 Cash Prizes to Loctl Winners from Local Stations Carrying "Electric Theater" Program! ENTER NOW! Her your clunc to win a HOLLYWOOD Trip-for-Two with all expenses paid PLUS $2,500.00 Cash in your pocket! Yours to do with as you like. And that's only the First Prizel You can win orie of the 10 Refrigerators, worth $399.95 each or one of the 10 Electric Ranges, each valued at $250.00! Don't stop there's still more 35 Home Barbecue Units 110 Witt nauer Watches 75 Luxite Nylon Ensembles; AND 3 Cash Prizes for Local Win ners from the Radio Station where yoa hear "Electric Theater," every Sunday. . IT'S EASY IT'S FUN! The whole family can enter this contest. Here's how you do it: Go to your Electric Appliance Dealer for your FREE ENTRY BLANKS. There's no obligation nothing to buy. He'll give you full details. Then be sure to listen to the "ELECTRIC THEATER" PROGRAM, every Sunday, for further details. Contest closes MIDNIGHT, NOVEMBER 30th, 1953, so don't delay! Remember, Local prizewinners automatically qualify for the NATIONAL CONTEST! WHO'S ELIGIBLE? All customers who receive their electric service bill, DIRECTLY from Carolina Power & Light Company, can enter. Contest is not open to families and employees of Carolina Power & Light Company, Electric Dealers, or Radio Stations broadcasting the "Electric Theater" Program. Remem berContest closes MIDNIGHT, NOVEMBER 30th, 1953! So hustle dpwn to your Electric Dealer now, and start winning that $2,500.00 CASH and a Hollywood Trip-for-Two! CHECK YOUR RADIO PROGRAM FOR "ELECTRIC THEATER", EVERY SUNDAY! Visit your Electric Dealer tor FREE ENTRY BLANKS! (CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY) AY! I r
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