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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1920
Page
2
Chicago reports a continuing weaker egg market with multiple declines as receipts rise. The Bureau of Markets notes total arrivals this year ahead of last, storage pack deals influence prices, and demand remains moderate though consumption stays solid. Northern fresh grades hold firm around 41c, with other grades easing to 38-40c amid heavy receipts and ongoing futures activity.
Apple prices in Chicago remained steady this week with only slight declines for surplus stock. Barreled varieties and Western boxes held firm, while longs storage effects caused discounts on aging lots. Notable price ranges include Northern Spy eight to nine fifty, Greenings ten to ten fifty, Winesaps eight to nine fifty, and Jonathan three twenty five to five fifty for extra fancy.
Chicago April 2 There was little change in the live poultry market this week with moderate arrivals and steady demand. Trade was brisk locally for Jewish holidays, prices ranged with turkeys 40c fowls 41c spring chickens 39c and other fowl values noted. receipts included freight cars and coops. By Wednesday and Thursday prices eased as receipts rose and buyers stayed away, then Friday showed firmer activity with lighter receipts and modest price gains.
Laredo Texas April 2 onions were offered to trade at four to four fifty per crate for shipment between April 5 and 10. Dry farmed onions from Raymondsville district still moving with some loads expected to open by Sunday. Weather favorable aside from last week’s high winds. About 500 acres changed hands amid crate shortages and railroad car supply concerns.
P Willis Holden of Smith and Holden, back in New York from the South this week, discusses potato and cabbage crops along the South Atlantic coast after attending the Western Fruit measures.
The speaker details travel from California to Summerville, Florida and the Carolinas, noting improved Hastings potato growing conditions after floods and frost. He predicts a big early crop along the Atlantic coast with 25 percent more in South Carolina and growth in North Carolina. Cabbage in South Carolina is at 60 percent of a crop and lettuce is lighter than expected due to a cold winter.
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