Louisiana Berry Season Under Way With Heavy Shipments
Extremely favorable weather in Louisiana boosts berry yield with daily shipments from 2 500 to 3 000 cars. Peak activity expected before week end as Berry growers report high color firmness and flavor. Officials in Ripley Tennessee Fayetteville Arkansas Benton Harbor Michigan and other areas note strong market demand and rising prices.
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Hammond
Aix
Hal
Bivagt
Ripley
Tenn
Hugh "Rouw
Fayetteville
Ark
Jim O'Connell
Benton Harbor
California frost damage total lighter than early estimates
San Francisco April 3 frost in California produced districts hit the northern state again Monday and Tuesday. A follow up showed damage not as heavy as first feared, mainly to peas in central and northern districts, some deciduous fruits in San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys, Thompson Seedless grapes from Modesto south, and artichokes in Santa Cruz county. Citrus crops spared.
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San Francisco
California
San Joaquin
Sacramento
Modesto
Santa Cruz County
San Francisco Bay
The Produce Packer weekly newspaper sample description
The Produce Packer offers marketing and trade news for fruit and vegetable production. It explains a free sample copy available by request for shippers and distributors handling meat exes poultry butter hides wool fur and related trade items.
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Packer
Farm Price Index Falls Five Points in March
Washington reports the farm price index dropped from 109 to 104 for the month ended March 15. Dairy products veal tobacco and truck crops led declines while feed grains fruit potatoes wool rose modestly. Meat animals dairy products chickens and fruit posted higher prices than a year ago. prices paid by farmers fell from 122 to 121 and the ratio declined from 89 to 8.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Strawberries Now Ready to Move in Southern Alabama
Southern Alabama strawberry acreage for 1935 shows a lighter harvest than recent years. USDA estimates 2,600 acres for harvest, up from 2,100 this season, with a general forecast that total state acreage will rise slightly next year due to heavier plantings at major points. Many smaller stations still decline, while several formerly shipping points have left carload movement and sell by truck or smaller lots. Continued on Page 14.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Eerie Mabh
Gaa
Crop Damage From Cold in Arkansas
Arkansas reports of cold damage run through the Nashville Highlands Crowley Ridge Clarksville and White county areas. Some strawberry blooms ruined with later notes of possible relief to overloaded peach trees. Orchard damage varies. apples and stone fruits show mixed injury in Rogers Bentonville and surrounding counties.
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Nashville
Ark
Nashville Highlands
Glenn
Crowley Ridge
Clarksville
White County
Central
Northwest
Arkansas
Horatio-De- Queen
Rogers
Lowell
Bentonville
Benton
Light Berry Crops in Ozark District Amid Drought
The Ozark district faces a light berry crop due to drought and unfavorable weather. Arkansas and Missouri expect smaller yields than recent years, with 1935 levels unlikely to be surpassed unless late freezes or other conditions favor growth. Shippers and rail officials anticipate 1936 output to be near 1935, not exceeding it by much.
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Rock, Ark
Arkansas
Missouri
Jyeat
Why Column Explains Wholesale Deliveries And Pricing
The Why Column argues wholesalers supply territories with their own trucks for orders over 100 miles and charge no hauling fee at the door. It notes service costs justify charges and warns against undercutting by “Joss leaders” to protect profits for shippers and wholesalers.
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Sna
Nelling
Frost Urges Aggressive Program to Improve Industry
Edward L. Frost of Richmond, Va., president of the National League of Wholesale Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Distributors, calls for an immediate trade welfare committee and a nationwide constructive program. He spoke at Providence on March 26 and at Boston the next night, urging prompt action and closer cooperation with a national committee.
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Washington, D.C
Edward L. Frost
Richmond
National League of Wholesale
National League
Boston
Providence
R. I
Newark
Horace H. Herr
National League Distributors
Frost
Providence Branch League
R. N. Fiske
H. B. Fiske & Co
Parker House
Frank H. Douglas
Herr
Legislative backing for equal rights bill debated in House
The House Judiciary Committee approved the equal rights bill by 11 to 6 and filed the report. Representative Patman argued the measure imposes no penalties or burdens, aims to grant equal rights to all, and would not strip any existing privileges from chain stores.
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Kington
D. C
House Judicciary Committee
Hubert, Utterbach
House
Patmah
Hearings Promised On Pettengill Bill By Chamber
Washington April 3 Senator Burton K Wheeler chair of the Interstate Commerce Committee pledged public hearings for Pettengill long and short haul bill after a talk with J P Haynes executive vice president of the Chicago Association of Commerce The House backed the bill by a wide margin Wheeler opposes hearings and plans to hold none The measure would repeal a section of the Interstate Commerce Commission Act prohibiting railroads from charging less for long hauls than the total of intermediate short hauls The bill is described as a shippers bill by Haynes and allies while Wheeler contends otherwise
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Washington, D.C
Burton ‘K. Wheeler
Montana
Interstate Commerce Committee
J. P. Haynes
Chicago Association of ‘Commerce
Wheeler
House
Decalogue Cannot Be Repealed Says Sphere Editorial
The Sphere argues the Ten Commandments endure as immutable laws and condemns an proposed Eleventh Commandment Thou shalt not save. It warns against forced spending, linking thrift to character and a healthy capitalist economy while warning government as sole capitalist would erode liberty.
Tennessee strawberry crop to yield 1321 cars this season
Nashville April reports estimate Tennessee will move about 1321 carloads of strawberries this season, down from 1515 last year. Acreage rises to 17 500 with regional splits showing West Tennessee as the heaviest producer. Rail and truck movement projections and area yields are detailed, noting a tougher season ahead.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Humboldt
Jackson
Sharon
Portland
Mitchellville
Dayton
Spring City
Sale Creek
West Tennessee
East Tennessee
Central Tennessee
Orange Shipping Injunction Case Heard This Week
In Los Angeles a Santa Ana Superior Court hearing considered a temporary injunction against Withers Brothers of Placentia to stop intrastate orange shipments without proper prorated licenses. Federal ruling on a related Edwards Fruit Co. case was pending. The California-Arizona agency set Navels prorate at 1300 interstate cars and 200 intrastate for April 5, Valencia five cars for the desert valley area, as relief purchases of citrus were announced with offers to purchase at fixed prices.
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Los Angeles
Santa Ana
Withers Brothers of
Placentia
California Aaa
Edwards Fruit Company
Colton
L. R. Yankwich
Desert Valley
Arizona
California
U. S
Mexican cantaloupes moving through Laredo markets
Mexican cantaloupes pass through Laredo in carload lots to U.S. markets. By March 30 eleven solid carloads had arrived in Laredo and moved northward. Also notes on shipping talks in Atlantic City and Florida corn reaching markets at two fifty per crate.
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Laredo
Texas
Mexico
Nation-Wide Co operative Truck Terminals Proposed
A plan to establish motor truck terminals across the United States on a cooperative basis to facilitate highway freight handling is to begin this week in New York at General J. F. O'Ryan’s offices. An operating committee led by George Nenstiel will meet, with tentative provisions offering over 50 services to members and further meetings planned for department heads.
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New York
United States
J. F. O'Ryan
Broadway
O’ryan
George Nenstiel
The
Mutual Delivery Service Corporation
Bermuda Onion Harvest Nears in Laredo District
The Bermuda onion deal in the Laredo district is set to start early next week with harvests likely on Monday or Tuesday. Estimates expect 1,500 to 1,600 cars from the area over about 2,600 acres, aided by favorable growing conditions across irrigated zones. Labor is secured to avoid delays seen in 1936, with 2,500 to 3,000 workers anticipated for six to eight weeks. The crop is poised for high quality and strong distributor demand.
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Laredo
Tex
North
South Laredo
Zapata County
Webb
The
United: Wedies Partment
Agriculture
Bureauh Agricultural
Keller
Oregon Seeks Extradition of Two Turkey Buyers
Medford Oregon reports legal delays block extradition of Californians Clarence Molinari and Albert Micheli on embezzlement charges from Jackson County Oregon. Governor Merriam of California is considering the case after a hearing attended by District Attorney George Codding and Sheriff Syd I Brown.
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Medford
Ore
Oregon
Merriam
California
Weel
George Codding
Syd I. Brown
Jackson County
Clarence Molinari
Albert Micheli
Dealers in Kansas Consider Delivery Charge
Kansas wholesale fruit and vegetable dealers who distribute by their own trucks discuss moving to f o b sales at their market and adding a delivery charge for outside points. Free delivery up to 100 miles makes profit difficult, so several dealers favor a moderate haulage fee and some have already adopted the plan.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Union Truck Terminal Considered in New York
Tentative plans for a union truck terminal in New York to offset railroad store door delivery are under consideration by local truckmen. Doubts remain about advancing the plan after the LCC suspended the proposed rail tariff until November 1.
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Union Truck Terminal
New York
LCC
Kentucky Berry Crop Shows Decline Expected
Kentucky berry crops show a projected decrease while acreage rises 15 to 20 percent over last year. Rail and truck movement estimations favor reduced shipping by 6 percent from 1935 totals, with Paducah and Louisville regions projecting similar car volumes.
Hastings Potato Deal Opens With Expected Normal Crop
Hastings Fla April 3 The 1936 Hastings potato season starts with the first car due to market late this week Growers anticipate a more normal quality crop after several poor years Northern buyers firms reps arrive in the city and preparations are complete for the deal Weather delayed planting pushed the start several weeks later than usual. movement seen this week will be limited and continued on page 324.
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Alabama
Loxley
Ala
A. I. Corte
Hastings
Fla
Repairs Rapidly Going Forward at Pittsburgh
Flood damage in the Pittsburgh wholesale produce district is rapidly being repaired and within two weeks all traces of ruin will be obliterated. Most firms have replaced damaged equipment and are operating normally. limited telephone service remains a handicap but is improving daily. Elevator service remains unavailable in some large offices while wiring is being replaced and expected to be in order by week’s end.
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Pittsburgh
Peach crop forecast for western Kentucky region
In Paducah Kentucky on April 3 officials estimate this west Kentucky area will produce about 40 to 60 carloads of peaches this year representing roughly 75 percent of the crop. Last year 50 carloads were shipped. The fruit is mainly Elberta varieties with a few Georgia Belles.
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Kentucky
Paducah
West Kentucky
Georgia
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Louisiana
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Meo
Missouri Fruit Experiment Station Today
Holzeschtage
Benjamin Holzeschtage
Wallabout Market
Brooklyn
Fruit and Produce Trade Association
Holzeschtag
Ozark District
AIN Store
Patman
Ihen
Majority
Seas
Pettengill
Sphere
Orange Shipping
Withers Bros
Act
Traymore
Atlantic City
N. J
Bermuda
Louisville
Central Kentucky
Prospect
Degent
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