Butter market steadies as 25 tubs sell at 42c
Elgin butter board reports 25 tub lot sold at 42c, week’s market steady with another 25 tubs offered but unsold. Prices up two cents from last week with good demand and fair quality. Fresh figs scarce but quality good and demand active at 60c per basket. Celery crop near Grand Haven, 100 acres, season hot and dry, strawberries liberal and California berries shipped for months in Chicago.
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Elgin
Grand Haven
Mich
Chicago
California
Strong Thanksgiving Demand Keeps Chicago Vegetable Trade Active
Chicago December 1 The Thanksgiving week demand kept the vegetable market brisk with generally liberal supplies. Celery and Michigan boxes led sales while California crates moved at 5 dollars and Florida bushels fetched seven dollars. Homegrown stock sold 15 to 30 cents per bunch, green beans and wax beans sold at 3 to 4.50 dollars, hothouse tomatoes around two dollars per basket, and Brussels sprouts near 15 dollars per drum or 17 cents per quart. Continuous arrivals of artichokes and cucumbers supported steady activity in clear market conditions.
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Chicago
California
Michigan
Florida
Ohio
First Texas Satsumas Arrive Coast to Coast
The Texas Satsumas reach markets as C H Weaver & Co report the first car of the season. Quality is noted, with early shipments sold quickly in Texas markets. The Packer praises the paper as a top source in fruit and produce news, dated November 24 1916.
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C. H. Weaver
Satsuma
Texas
Texas H. Weaver & Co. Harely
J. Mack Tann
Market Report From New Orleans And California Produce
A mixed market report notes onions at $3 per two Wort, extra fancy stock around 00, large head lettuce scarce and in fair demand, New Orleans barrels $2 to $3.50, California Iceberg $2.25 per case. Florida hams poor quality, light demand, prices $1.50 to $2.50. Alligator pears arrivals small, good quality, strong demand, $7 per dozen. Beets clean and well packed, homegrown stock almost gone. Louisiana barrels and sacks about 1.25. Cauliflower heavy supply, demand quiet. Michigan crates fair quality $1.50, California flats $1.253. Radishes desirable, light supply, demand heavy, 50 to Ti per dozen bunches. Mushrooms heavy, fair call 25 to 45c per lb. Green peas in strong demand, high prices near $4 per bushel. Celery cabbage in good demand, light supply. Eastern crates fair quality around $1.75. Michigan cases $1.50.
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New Orleans
California
Florida
Louisiana
Michigan
Calfornia
Michigan bean growers refuse to sell navy variety
Traverse City December 1 local buyers offer 5256 per bushel for the white navy beans but growers refuse to sell. About 20 000 bushels are estimated crop with only around 1000 sold. Several thousand bushels were stranded by wet weather and are now a total loss.
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Michigan
Traverse City
Mich
Call for Mr Diogenes Verhage contract dispute
Holland Mich Dec 1 Arand Brouwer Ottawa county farmer lost money on a contract with Verhage Milling to deliver winter potatoes for 35¢ a bushel and receive potatoes in exchange Brouwer held to the contract D J Stephens moves his office in Chicago to 192 North Clark Street a carrot selling agent and distributor now active in the city fruit and produce market
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Diogenes
Holland, Mich
Arand Brouwer
Ottawa County
Brouwer
Verhage Milling Company
Brower
D. J. Stephens
Chicago
North
Clark Street
False reports of cog holdings in Ohio Valley
Cincinnati officials and others spread misstatements about large surplus produce in storage. Managers report total holdings of eggs at both cold storages on Wednesday: 14 680 cases, about 60 percent less than the same week last year. Of this, 5,000 cases are owned by a major meatpacker. balance held by retailers and dealers. Daily shipments 100 to 200 cases. stock to be worked down by year end. Public confidence sought with weekly statements. prices align with general market.
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Cincinnati
Kentucky
Tennessee
Southe
Indiana
Regional Shippers Anticipate Winter Receipt Lag
Some southern shippers expect greater delay next month while Ohio Valley lines project limited receipts throughout the winter season, reflecting uneven railroad traffic and freight handling conditions.
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Ohio Valley
National Farm Conference Opens in Chicago December 4
The fourth annual National Conference on Marketing and Farm Credits will open December 4 at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago and run through December 9. Frank L. McVey of Grand Forks, N. C., serves as president and Governor-elect Frank O. Lowden of Illinois will give the welcome. The program covers the Federal Farm Loan Act, land policy, milk and perishable fruit marketing, livestock marketing hearings, cooperative credit for farmers, cost funding in cooperative grain marketing, and more with speakers from Kentucky, New York, Michigan, and Georgia among others.
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Chicago
National Conference On
Frank L. McVey
Grand Forks
N. C
Sherman
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
United States
Louis B. Magdid
Tallulah Park
Frederick K. Mutchler
Kentucky
Victor K. McIlhaney
National Association of Auction Companies
New York
James N. McBride
Lansing
Mich
G. HB. Prater, Jr
Woolverine Co-operative Company
Paw Paw
Michigan
Annual Meeting of Detroit Branch Leaders Elect Officers
The twenty second annual meeting of the Detroit Branch of the National League of Commission Merchants was held at the Hotel Statler after a 6:30 dinner. Officers elected included President Edward Read and vice presidents George L. Collins and Charles J. Matt, with John D. Wiley as secretary and treasurer. Delegates to the twenty-fifth convention were I. M. Baldwin, Robert G. Rudd, W. D. Lane, Charles J. Matt, and Frank Wise. National committeemen named for executive, transportation, press, and legislative roles include John D. Wiley, F. M. Baldwin, Charles J. Matt, and J. M. Smith.
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Detroit
Mich
National League of Commision Merchants
Hotel Statler
Edward Read
George L. Collins
Charles J. Matt
John D. Wiley
I. M. Baldwin
Robert G. Rudd
W. D. Lane
Frank Wise
Executive Committee
Transportation Committee
F. M. Baldwin
Press
Legislative
J. M. Smith
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Packer
Southern V Vegectables
Meriia
J. Enis Slater Co
Eck
John A. Eck CO
laley-Neeley Co
Sioux City, B
Aberdeen
Huron
Mitchell
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Middle West
Citrus Fruit Shippers
Central Distributing CO
W. S. Water ST
A. L. McClay & Co
Ank
Grand
Haven
Florida Shippers
Gner & Sons
Cago
I National Renga
The
Neies
C.h.weaver &Co
N. Clark St
Watertown Potato Co
Watertown, S. C
Werences
Produce Exchange Bank
J. BE
Enek
J. T. Kelly & CO
Northwest
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Leonard Adams
W. So
Water St
Dearborn
Bank
the Packer
John W. Low
Wheelluch Wayne & Low, Inc. Fruit and Produce Cease Merchants
W. S. Water Sr
Com. Exchange
Natl Bank
Nat. Produce Bank
Ee. Ball
Springfield
Wllneis
Southern Vegetable Shippers Coyne Brothers
Washington, Oregon and
Montana
Potato Shippers
Rutherford D-Erede CO
Minneapolis, Minn
Dakota
Shippers
W.A. Murphy
Bule J
St. Paul, Minnesota
P. F. McGuire & CO
Carlot Distributors
Okaanges
Wit
St. Paul
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