Ruling on cabbage car sale clarifies delivery duties
Chicago case centers on a bulk cabbage car sold last winter by B. D. Anguish & Co to Christ Hansen & Co. The court held an as is sale does not require acceptance of the entire car unless cabbage is broadly uniform. Hansen rejected lower quality cabbage after one load, while Anguish noted the car was not loaded by them and was bought on a freight basis. The car, shipped by Mike Molitor of Little Chute Wisconsin, was on track in Chicago.
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Chicago
B. D. Anguish & Co
Christ Hansen & Co
Hansen
Anguish
Potatoes Firm in Chicago Trade on Mild Week
Chicago reports a firm but modest potato market with cool weather and steady trading. Prices vary by region with Missouri Kansas around $1.90 to $2.20 for cobblers and New Jersey Minnesota Ohio users quoted. track activity included 173 cars on Wednesday. Honey prices unchanged in Denver with mixed flower mountain honey at $3 to $3.25 per case and white clover stock near $4.32. extracted honey steady and alfalfa white at 10 to 10.5 cents per pound.
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Chicago
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Wisconsin
New Jerseys
Minnesota
Denver
Colo
Colorado
Chicago fruit and vegetable market slows after two active days
Trading on the Chicago market slowed Wednesday as dry hot weather tightened supplies. Homegrown greens were common while prices varied. tomatoes sold at 1.1 50 per best bushels and lettuce remained in strong demand. Cabbage and celery showed ample or mixed availability with prices ranging across crates and sacks.
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Chicago
Michigan
Washington
Colorado
Illinois
California
New York
Tennessee
Towa
Wisconsin
Walla
Idaho
Alabama
Mississippi
Nancy Halls
Virginia
Georgia
Jersey
Walla Walla
Indiana
Missouri
St. Louis
First car of seedless grapes arrives in Chicago in nine carton crates
The Williams Fruit Corporation of Fresno shipped the first car of seedless grapes to G. Batcheller Hall Company. The cartons use a cardboard display design praised by Al Hart, the local Hall manager. The arrival was recorded in Chicago on aug 10.
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Chicago
G. Batcheller Hall Company
Williams Fruit Corporation
Fresno
Calif
al Hart
Hall Organization
Lightning Blaze Destroys Mascari Warehouse in Kokomo
A severe Aug. 15 storm in Kokomo Indiana caused a $20000 fire at the Mascari Fruit Company warehouse and cold storage plant. The section damaged had been recently erected.
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Kokomo
Indianapolis
Ind
Mascari Fruit Company
Drought Cuts Michigan Potatoes and Beans Yields
Four weeks of bone dry July weather reduced Michigan potato prospects by over 3 million bushels. August 1 estimates put potatoes at 26,037,000 bushels, 14 percent below the 10 year average, with beans forecast at nine bushels per acre as blight and heat blight blooms.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Verne H. Church
State Agricultural Statistician
Herbert E. Powell
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Frost Following Drought Damages Michigan Crops
In Grand Rapids Michigan on August 15 a light frost swept many areas and caused damage to beans late potatoes and various truck crops after hot weather. The minimum fell to about 28 degrees.
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Michigan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Wisconsin Cabbage Starts With Steady Prices
Chicago reports the Wisconsin cabbage market begins solidly with prices near the early season norm. Quality shown as generally good though some stock is small, with prices around 18.21 dollars per ton f o b Racine and Appleton. Movement is moderate and Chicago dealers target a wide territory due to drought in southern areas. A few cars reached New York and Pittsburgh prices.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
O. B. Racine
Appleton
New York
Pittsburgh
Indiana Honey Crop Shortens Dramatically This Season
Indianapolis August 15 Indiana will harvest about 1,000,000 pounds of honey this year far below the normal 8,000,000 due to a dry heat driven strike on honey plants. Beekeepers report starving bees and thousands of colonies facing death unless immediate feeding with a sugar syrup is provided, says Charles O Yost head of the apiary inspection service.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Charles O. Yost
Apiary Inspection Service
State Conservation Department
Yost
Chicago Street Notes highlight regional business visits
Rocky Ford cantaloupes appeared at South Water Market with first cars from S A Gerrard G M H Wagner and Sons and CG H Weaver. Kroger’s Norbert Faessel visited G Batcheller firm. R Cumming returned from Cuba with Arthur Serra. Carl Piowaty hosted a dinner at South Water Market Club. John Morris Jr passed through Chicago en route to Grand Rapids.
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Rocky Ford
South Water
S. A. Gerrard Company
G. M. H. Wagner and Sonsland CG
H. Weaver and Company
R. Cumming
Arthur Serra, and Company
Cuba
Carl
Fred Piowaty
South Water Market
John Morris, Jr
Harlingen
Tex
Chicago
Grand Rapids
Blister Beetles Devastate Indiana Vegetables
Indiana reports widespread blister beetle damage to potato tomato and chard crops. Purdue University entomology head Prof J J Davis advises using sodium fluosilicate dusted on plants, alone or with lime or flour, as effective control as arsenical sprays fail. Adults feed on foliage while larvae help destroy grasshopper eggs.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
J. J. Davis
Purdue University
Purdue
Davis
Drought Cuts Honey Crop On Ohio Michigan Tour
Apiarists on a joint Ohio and Michigan beekeepers’ tour report a 40 to 50 percent drop in honey production due to a dry summer and sparse clover bloom. In Michigan observers note a half crop prospects while Ohio shows highly variable conditions across the state.
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Ohio
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Mich
United States
Graham Horticultural Experiment Station
J. C. Kremer
Michigan State College
Virgil N. Argo
Ohio State University
Honey production outlook noted by USDA tour
James I. Hambleton and E. L. Secrist of the USDA apiary division joined a tour amid reports from other sections showing declines. The production was expected to run at about 60 percent of the 1929 honey flow, prompting caution about overall bee yields.
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James I. Hambleton
United States Department of Agriculture
E. L. Secrist
Washington
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Charles Abbate Company
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Jim White
James G. McCarrick Company
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Shapiro Brothers Distributing Company
Sam Schatz
Charles Nathan
Gridley, Maxon & Co
Joe Mages
Applebaum-Mages Company
Billy Nathan
Tom Korshak
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