Orchard and Garden Talks From Minnesota Bulletin
The University of Minnesota agricultural experiment station issued a bulletin on orchard and garden tasks. A separate bulletin from the Iowa station discusses lime sulfur as an orchard spray. The U S Department of Agriculture released a bulletin on dangers of pests spreading through imported nursery stock.
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St. Paul
Mint
University of Minnesot
Juwa Agricultural Experiment Study
United States Department of Grivulture
United Ires Datarimens
Asviculture
Citrus Fruits Show Firm Market With Price Advances
Oranges firm with values up 2.00 to 3.15 per box as receipts remain light. Lemons in demand with prices bulging about 1 cent. Grapefruit rises 50 cents per box. stock mixed with buyer preference for medium to small sizes. Central Fruit Auction sold 6 carloads including poor quality seedlings at 2.24 and Navels 1.70 to 2.97 with some decay noted.
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Chicago
Central Fruit Aucion Co
Chicago Vegetables Normal Asparagus Firm and Wanted
Chicago vegetable market shows normal supply and steady demand for spring stock. Asparagus remains firm with light southern receipts. California supplies offer up to 3.50 per unit. Cabbage remains weak though improving. lettuce scarce with high prices for culls. beans and radishes in overstock but steady quality fetches around 1.50 per hamper. overall market cautious but hopeful for a ten day improvement.
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Chicago
Finois
Ok Bowl
California
Califor
Illinois
Penn Sanarker
de Mahid
Hainess
Ohio University visit highlights Chicago storage plant tour
About fifty students from Ohio State University visited Booth's Cold Storage plant on Kinole street in Chicago. They praised the facility and officials for courtesy while manager Douglas discusses public misconceptions about refrigeration. He plans limited access to most rooms to maintain temperatures and show visitors as much as possible.
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Ohio University
Chicago
Ohio State University
Columbus
Booth
Kinale Street
Douglas
Packer
McNeill Addresses Bankers At Chicago Meeting
In a Chicago meeting of the local Chapter of Bank Clerks McNeill of McNeill & Co spoke on the dairy trade’s vast yearly business and the large bank loan values tied to butter eyes and poultry in storage. Clerks praised Mrs McNeill’s talk and noted new appreciation for banking possibilities in the trade.
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Chicago
McNeill
McNeill & Co
Indiana market fruit and veg prices week review
The Indianapolis market report lists strawberries steady. Mississippi fruit $3 per crate. Madama $3.50. Louisiana pint crates $1.85 to $2. Orange crates $3.25 for small sizes. Apples firm, Yakimas and Newton Pippin off. Pineapples $4.25. Illinois asparagus $2 to $2.25 per twenty-bunch crate. Celery scarce at $2.50-$2.75. String beans $2.50 per hamper. lettuce firmer at one cent per pound. Grapefruit $4.25 to lower grades. tomatoes up to $2.75 a box, down to $1.75. Kale 75-90c per barrel. cucumbers $1.05 per dozen. beets 50-75c per dozen. potatoes steady 55-77c per bushel. Peas in excess supply, rhubarb plentiful. green onions 9c per dozen bunches. Texas Bermudas $20 per crate. Cabbage $14-$25 per ton. spinach $1.50 per barrel.
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Indianapolis
Mississippi
Louisiana
Yakimas
Newton
Illinois
Tve
Texas
Butter inquiry reach Sultan and harem tour planned
Chicago reports Merrill & Eldredge received an inquiry from Turkey for butter. Rumors say a slump in butter prices may reach the Sultan's realm and an export stock boost sparked by the inquiry. If possible, Deacon Shawhan will be sent to Turkey to seek an audience with the Sultan and request a tour of the harem.
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Chicago
Merrill & Eldre
Turkey
Eldredge
Elgin
Shawhan
Merrill & Ldredge
Gibson Fruit Co executive reports brisk eastern apple trade
April Earl Gibson of Gibson Fruit Co. returned from eastern markets where he observed strong activity in box apples and outlined plans to handle cantaloupe accounts. He noted brisk movement, predicting boxes may vanish in three to four weeks.
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Chicago
Earl Gibson
Gibson Fruit Co
Gibson
Good Fruit Prospects Across Michigan and Midwest
Reports from Michigan indicate a bumper fruit crop this season if weather stays even. New orchards in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin are coming into bearing after two years rest, with frost damage mostly avoided in Wenatchee and North Yakima valleys. Creamery and cheese factory developments span Kansas to Texas, with new co operatives forming and facilities planned or suspended in multiple towns.
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Chicago
Michigan
Indiana
Ilinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Packer
Old Jones
Wenatchee
Wenatchee Valley
North
Yakima
Wash
Doctor Reassures Girl About Apples
In a New York Tribune snippet the doctor explains the nutritional value of apples to a girl. He notes malic and phosphorus acids aid digestion, complexion, brain function, and youth, contrasting ancient reverence for the apple as a divine rejuvenator. The girl opts for another apple.
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New York Tribune
Shiploads of Potatoes Arrive as Chicago Market Grows
Two lake schooner cargoes weekly bring northern Michigan potatoes to Chicago via C A Kerr & Co who also load carrots for shipment. The stock is described as excellent and exactly what the trade seeks. John M Train of J M Train & Co is dubbed the cucumber king of Chicago. The firm handles cucumbers year round and has established outlets across the territory as a specialty vegetable supplier.
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Chicago
Michigan
C. A. Kerr & Co
John M. Train
J. M. Train & Co
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General Commission
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the Packer
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Coolidge
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Farmers’ Creamery Assn
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C. Crouse
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J. M. Ward
A. Parkins
J. Millay
O. G. Glover
L. B. Canfield
H. Goodner
Sac City
Stony Ridge Cheese Factory Co
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Ferdinand Zeiiert
Gridley
Cal
Gridley Reamery & Cannery Co
Schulenberg
Tex
Schulenberg Creamery Co
Gus Russek
C. A. Vogt
E. J. Russek
Milwaukee
International Dairy Show Assn
Oxford Junction
Iowa Creamery Co
Simpson Creamery
Cedar City
Utah
Cedar City Creamery Co
Charles T. Watkins
B. S .Green
J. F. Green
Cameron
Cameron Creamery Co
R. L. Tyson
Jeff T. Kemp
Frank Marek
F. E. Lazenby
Plattsburg
N. Y
William McGaultey
McGaulley
West Chazey Creamery Co
Perronville
Memazipe Perron
Escamba
Gibson Fruit Go
Barnett Bros
Chicaco
Cub Chen
Eck-McNeill & Co
Water Sf
the House of Huster Ee
J.snyder & Son
First National Bank
Wayne & Low Fruit and Price
John W. Low
A. Wheelock
B. FE. Werden
W. Water St
Southern Shippers and Associations
Luthy & Locher
Peoria, Ill
Peoria
Ber
Nelson & Finch
Ill
Packer SS
A. E. Greisser
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