Vegetable market irregular in Chicago amid mixed demand
Chicago August 16 The city vegetable market showed irregular activity with some lines firm on lighter offerings while others abundant and weak. Tomatoes heavy supply and weak demand. best grades slow, poorer stock weakens market. Various regional prices listed for tomatoes beans peppers lettuce cucumbers celery onions and related produce.
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Chicago
Michigan
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Duluth
Ilinois
Minnesota
Michigan Square
California
Walla Walla
Market Review at Grand Rapids Mich
Market review from Grand Rapids reports heavy tomato and apple receipts amid hot weather. Tomatoes sold 40 to 50 cents for hothouse and about 1.50 to 2 per bushel for outdoor. apples mainly seconds and calls bringing 40 cents up, Duchess around 1 and fancy 1.50 to 2. Shipping apples from nearby stations paid about 1. Weather reduced demand. pastures suffer from lack of rain lifting butter and cheese prices.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Wisconsin Cheese Market Moves Higher Amid Heat and Storage
Sheboygan Wis August 16 The Wisconsin Cheese Exchange reports continued advance in prices with Twins up 0.5 cent per pound Daisies 0.5 cent and Squares 1 cent over the prior week Trading remains modest as extreme heat reduces make quality pushing surplus cheese into storage Eastern markets stay nearly inactive as June stock is cleared to realize maximum Food Administration margins Cheddar Twins and other offerings sold at 24.5 cents at Appleton Dairy Board Longhorns and other lots sold in modest volumes at varied prices Chicago and Washington reports noted but details incomplete
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Sheboygan
Wis
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Food Administration
Plym
Sheboy
Appleton Dairy Board
AK Twins
Wederation Selects Hicks as Executive Manager
In Philadelphia on July 27 the group formed the National War Emergency Poultry Federation and chose Reese V. Hicks as executive manager to open and head the national headquarters. Hicks and H. H. Knapp then visited Washington on July 31 to select 918 F Street N W as the office location for wartime poultry information.
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Wi Lecter
Philadelphia
Reese V. Hicks
Mr. Hicks
H. H. Knapp
International
Washington
F Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
Cure Found for Soft Rot in Head Lettuce
Grand Rapids reports a cure for soft rot in head lettuce by spraying diseased parts with formaldehyde. Ezra Levin of Michigan Agricultural College notes tests in 1916 and 1917 showing complete control in sprayed plots and near total loss in unsprayed fields.
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Grand Rapids
Ezra Levin
Michigan Agricultural College
Potato Crop in Britton South Dakota Territory
The potato acreage across Marshall Brown Day and Roberts counties shows a slight drop from last year. The stand is good and the overall crop condition is satisfactory, though blackleg has damaged some fields perhaps ten percent. Labor shortages raise concerns about harvest timing and staffing.
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Britton
Marshall
Brown
Day
Roberts
Onion Sets Crop at So Holland Mil
Onion set acreage this year is about the same as last year. Yield is light, averaging nearly four bushels of sets per pound of seed, vs seven last year. Severe storms at sprouting and seed vitality blamed for thin stands. Many onions grew too large to be sold as sets, sold as seconds widely. White sets scarce due to high seed costs. Harvesting nearly complete. Topping paid eight cents per bushel versus six last year. Most sets contracted at 1.35 per unit. two thirds grown on contract, one third sold independently with prices up to 210 per bushel. West end near Harvey shows better stand and yield. Note advises checking The Packer Weekly Bulletin for independent growers.
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South Holland
Carlota
Harvey
Packer Weekly
Eggs and War Effort: Newman's Candling Guide
Chicago readers learn from John B. Newman, Illinois food and dairy chief, how to handle eggs to reduce waste and support the war. He urges candle them, cool storage, proper candling certificates, and rapid shipping from farm to consumer, with all parties bearing responsibility in a nationwide effort.
Grocers Refuse to Buy Eggs in Griswold Iowa
Griswold Iowa August 16 grocers at a town meeting voted to end purchasing butter and eggs from farmers leaving trade to established produce houses. Stores buying eggs must hold a Food Administration license and buy on a candied basis under same rules as wholesalers. John Biggio formerly with F Biggio and Sons reports from Chicago. He is overseas in France since February and writes he is near the front in good health after a rest camp July 10.
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Griswold
Food Administration
John Biggio
Chicago
John A. Biggio
F. Biggio & Sons
W. Sooth Waterstreet
John
France
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