in the Valley last week brought 27' ! cents. Broilers We don’t see any strength coming :'ip any time soon in broiler prices. By the first of May. Virginia markets might feel the effect of a : slight drop off in supply, but you can’t bank too much on it. U. S. supply will keep on up until mid-April ease off slightly, and then head upward again. If con sumption m o v e s up seasonally, prices might react accordingly in . the little slack-off period in the last half of April Virginia supply is declining, and by May should be around 13 per cent below last year. Prices last week were the Valley a cent lower at 19 cents; Delmarva a cent lower at 20 cents and North Carolina and Georgia unchanged at 19 cents. April 1 broiler numbers in Vir ginia showed 12.3 million against 11.6 million last year, or seven per :cent more.

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