Indiana onion crop eyed as one of the best ever
The Indiana onion harvest shows broad acreage increases especially in the western area. Prices range 40 cents for colored onions and 60 cents for whites, with buyers scarce and shippers active. Whites yield up to 500 bushels per acre, overall crop size and quality expected to surpass last year if dry, cool weather holds.
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Knoxville
Ind
Indiana
Niles
Nappanee
Kankakee
Onions At Racine Wisconsin Crop Ready To Harvest
In Racine area about 275 acres of Red Globe onions in excellent condition ready for harvest. Estimated 250 to 300 car shipments. Yellow onions light, home demand consumes most yellows. Onion sets crop heavy with large sets, harvest begun last week, 25 000 bushels expected. Cabbage crop in Racine light. other nearby areas report good domestic cabbage, 15 tons per acre, clean and sound.
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Racine
Wis
Kenosha
Somers
Corliss
Ives
Union Grove
Caledonia
Packer Weekly
Higher Car Service Again Charges Stir Chicago Receivers
Chicago receivers protest new rail demurrage rates of five dollars per day with an added one dollar daily surcharge. They claim the Interstate Commerce Commission approved the higher charges, but no protest was filed by shippers. The move aims to curb cars left idle on tracks, with icing included in the base rate. Stillwell onion crop expands to 200 acres yielding 400 to 500 bushels per acre as storage and shipment plans develop locally.
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Chicago
Southwestern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Transportation Lines
Stillwell
Ind
Walkerton
Kankakee Marsh
Butter Price Holds at Elgin Vin
Creamery extras in butter remained unchanged this week as the board decided at its meeting list Monday that the price was in line with prevailing conditions and the market firm at that figure. A few bids were posted from 24 to 25 cents, but no butter was secured at that price. Labor Day next Monday prompted the decision that no meeting would be held that day.
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Elginvin
Roswell Crops Report Outlook for Apples Cantaloupes and Tomatoes
Roswell New Mexico reports 60 percent apple crop this year due to hail with 375 to 400 cars expected from Roswell and nearby areas. Cantaloupes show favorable conditions with about 30 cars from Roswell and Berrendo, while Lakewood tomatoes near start and a Roswell storage warehouse aids growers. Potatoes, pears from various districts nearing shipment. peach crop in lower valley and Carlsbad nearly exhausted with strong returns despite broad market conditions.
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Roswell
N. M
Pecos Valley
Colorado
South Texas
Pper
John Nix & Co
Chicago
Packerman
Berrendo
Portales
Artesian
Lake Arthur
Lakewood
Lakewood Canning
Farmers’ Supply Co
Kieffer
Carlsbad
Berries Report Near End of Chicago Season
In Chicago on August 30 berries show limited demand for blackberries and scarce red raspberries. Blueberries receipts drop and prices ranged from 1.25 to 1.75 dollars per 16 quart case. raspberries sold 2 to 2.75 dollars per 24 pint case when good, with slow movement if soft.
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Chicago
First Michigan Grapes Ship Out in Season From Chicago
The first car of grapes this year left Michigan last Tuesday, shipped by M. Piowaty & Sons of Chicago. The firm expects to supply the market with hundreds of cars this season and guarantees fruit quality under their supervision. They quote daily prices and welcome market inquiries.
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Chicago
Michigan
M. Piowaty & Sons
Marties
Handling Wash Berries Again for Coyne Bros
Washington state blackberries are shipping to Coyne Bros in Chicago for the third straight year. Three cars arrived this week with more on the way, as the firm anticipates several weeks of berries. The shipper remains satisfied and returns each season.
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Chicago
Washington State
Coyne Bros
Grace Takes New Post With Gamble Robinson Co
Mr. T. E. Grace leaves Minneapolis after two years as the local representative for R. E. Cobb Co to oversee the Gamble Robinson Co hose operation in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan. Friends wish him well as the firm expands with a new building and nine associate houses inOntario.
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Grace
Minneapolis
T. E. Grace
R. E. Cobb Co
St. Paul
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Gamble-Robinson Commission Co
North Sixth Street
Gamble-Robinson
Ontario
Will Work Onion Deal From Ind Walkerton
Onion business moves to Walkerton Indiana as Piowaty Stauffer Co fits offices locally for the season. William Piowaty of M Piowaty & Sons will reside in Walkerton and work with George Stauffer to handle onions as extensively as before.
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Ind
Walkerton
Piowaty-Stauffer Co
Chicago
Wm. Piowaty
M. Piowaty & Sons
Geo. Stauffer
Pear deal boosts Earl Bros in Chicago Washington pears flow
Heavy in Pears shows Earl Bros of Chicago handling about two thirds of Washington pears received. The firm auctions most fruit and reports favorable returns versus eastern sales. Earl Bros plans extensive involvement all season and is attracting more shippers from North Yakima and the coast state.
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Chicago
Washington
Earl Bros
North Yakima
Wash
Rainfall Devastates Indiana Onion Fields
Rain drenched portions of Indiana including Milford onion fields in Nappanee and near cloud burst conditions a week earlier, flooding acres just as harvest began, causing heavy losses for growers. Open Office in Minneapolis notes Denney & Co of Chicago opening a branch at 113 North Sixth Street with A. E. Wisherd in charge handling peach, apple and prune accounts.
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Ind
Indiana
Milford
Minneapolis
Denney & Co
Chicago
North Sixth Street
A. E. Wisherd
Denney Peach
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