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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1919
Page
2
Chicago August 1 butter market opened firm with prices up about 10 cents as receipts fell, notably fancy grades, amid drought and hot weather reducing western pasture quality. Trading fair early week, many sales for consumptive use, street stocks kept light. some investment buying noted.
Prices for creamery extras and various butter grades are listed, with quotations ranging from 42 to 93 cents per pound. The market remained firm with steady standards and active trade as receipts and packing stock changed across Wednesday and Thursday.
Chicago markets show live poultry firm start with fowls and roosters up briefly before declines as liberal stock receipts by freight and express pressure prices. Turkeys, broilers, fowls, roosters, ducks and geese prices listed. market eased Wednesday and Thursday. Also note first car of California Gravensteins arrived in Chicago, quality good and selling at auction.
Chicago August trade in green vegetables shows a large, steady market with ample supplies. Head lettuce and sweet corn dominate, prices mostly steady though quality varies. tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and beans also traded, with regional produce from Michigan Ohio Illinois and Tennessee shaping the mix.
C C Curry ex Brandt Company poultry manager planned to move to Minneapolis for business. H B Patton Bloomington Produce Co and Homer McDaniel Sherriff Street Market made Chicago stops on recent routes. Mrs Carry Fisher now with W S Moore & Co after National Poultry, Butter and Egg Association work. Oncar Olaon of Marritt & Widredee returned from Minnesota. Randolph Pratt Three Day Produce Co sent to study Southern vines. A W Hale Chicago Butter and Egg Board assistant secretary left on vacation.
Co E Campbell reports an arrival of a carload of Minnesota bulk potatoes in Chicago received by F E Baldwin. T B Berk of St Joseph Michigan visited the Twin Cities this week. Berk says Michigan grape crop is fine and about 100 percent.
Louis Schwarzburg of Chicago has secured full patent rights for the Perfe ction Filler an egg case filler designed to be damage proof. Herman M Levy supports marketing and bets on lower shipping damage claims while trial shipments are planned for results to be publicized.
T C Brash of New Zealand and W Dempster spoke at the Chicago Butter and Egg Board on a U S dairy tour. They described government price controls in New Zealand and lower consumer butter prices, while noting higher farm values there. They stayed with Marshall L Brown & Co and were introduced by Frank Collyer.
Detroit August 1 GV Branch named director of the municipal bureau of markets after an exam row. No opposition appeared as others withdrew before testing. County Producers talk with Branch on market fixes. grocers to meet. Apple buying stalls in Hood River as pre harvest sales halt awaiting Milwaukee convention. independents hold out despite high offers.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a firm in Minneapolis and references to events or items at a trade, with due obscurity. Readable names and concrete details are too incomplete to form a clear card.
The Chicago egg market shows a split: Southern stock priced as ordinary firsts while Midwest eggs fetch top quotations. Receipts by freight reached 14 071 and 19 915 cases, with prices varying by origin and grade. Local notes mention Fresno fruit visits and industry figures among smaller items.
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