Twin City Street Notes on Fruit Firms Visitors
J C Enright of Roche Fruit & Produce Co traveled from St Paul and Minneapolis to the West this week. George W Marshall, Imbler Oregon apple grower and shipper, was in St Paul Tuesday. Cliff Dietz of DeCamp Fruit Fargo ND visited Minneapolis Monday. Tf 8 Corrigan of Nash Shareholders Spokane is in the Twin Cities this week. Culbertson Brothers Duluth figures among travelers with Wm Bowie Stacy Merrill Duluth Al Hanson Hanson Peterson Hibbing Bill Peter son Virginia and Henry Helland Stacey Essen Superior attending the Minneapolis Fruit and Produce Club opening. S Goldish of S Goldish Co St Paul traveled to St Ansgar IA Tuesday.
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Twin City Street
J.C. Enright
Roche Fruit & Produce Co
St. Paul
Minneapolis
West
George W. Marshall
Imbler
Ore
Cliff Dietz
DeCamp Fruit Company
Fargo
N. D
Corrigan
Nash Shareholders Company
Spokane, Wash
Twin Cities
B. J. Culbertson
Culbertson Brothers Company
Duluth
Wm. Bowie
Stacy-Merrill Company
al Hanson
Hanson-Peterson Company
Hibbing
Bill Peter
Virginia
Henry Helland
Stacey-Essen Company
Superior
Minneapolis Fruit and Produce Club
S. Goldish
S. Goldish & Co
Bradfute Again Heads Farm Bureau at Seventh Convention
Chicago Dec. 12 There was little friction at the seventh annual American Farm Bureau Federation convention held at the Hotel Congress. Aaron Sapiro sparred with J. W. Coverdale over the group’s direction and Wall Street influence. O. E. Bradfute of Ohio was re-elected president. Vice president J. F. Reed was succeeded by E. A. O Neal of Montgomery Alabama. Federal Reserve official E. H. Cunningham warned farmers to go slow on optimism, predicting regional gains but higher prices with reduced production. O. E. Bradfute noted cotton and wheat states led income gains while others lagged. Louis J. Taber quipped about common sense and hard work as essential to recovery. Howard M. Gore illness prevented speech at the banquet.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Congress
Aaron Sapiro
Bureau
Sapiro
Wall Street
O. E. Bradfute
Ohio
Farm Bureau Federated
E. A. O’neal
Montgomery
Ala
J. F. Reed
E. H. Cunningham
Federal Reserve Board
Coolidge
Cunningham
O. E. Bradhute
National Farms Bureau
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Federation
Darkey
Mr. Taber
Gore
Howard ‘M. Gore
Five Destroys Packing Houses in Madera
A fire last week destroyed the Constanza and Foley packing houses along the Southern Pacific Railroad in Madera California. Both facilities suffered total losses as the blaze spread from the Constanza shed to the Foley plant.
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Madera
Calif
Constanza
Foley
Southern Pacific
Chicago Green Vegetable Market See Prices Jump Amid Slow Trade
Price changes on green vegetables in Chicago were irregular this week as moderate trading continued. A midweek cold snap boosted demand while supplies remained moderate to light, with Florida alligator pears at 8 10, artichokes around 4 6 per box, beets and celery firming, cucumbers steady, and tomatoes in Illinois and Ohio hothouses fetching 1.50 2.75 per ten pound basket.
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Chicago
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
New York
California
Oregon
Michigan
Illinois
Kansas
Minnesota
St. Louis
Choice
Alabama
Arkansas
New Orleans
Valentine
Pole
Ohio
Christmas Evergreens On Chicago Market
Chicago buyers show healthy demand for Christmas trees with about 200000 trees expected in Chicago this season. Vermont and Minnesota spruce lead supplies while Michigan’s northern peninsula wanes. Canadian trees are barred due to cedar moss. Eastern spruce, balsam, and holly fetch varied prices from $2 per unit to $20 for large church specimens. Smilax priced per case. Vermont stock bears government inspection stamps.
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Chicago
Vermont
Minnesota
Michigan
New England
Dominion
Russell Braman Crowned Michigan Apple Show King
Russell Braman, a 20 year old Grand Rapids apple grower, wins the Michigan apple show crown for the third year in a row. He takes six sweepstakes, 27 firsts, eight seconds, two thirds and one fourth, plus cash and merchandise valued at about 200 dollars. Judges praise his Baldwins plate as best.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Russell Braman
Oscar Braman
Braman
Michigan
Michigan Agricultural College
Russell
Baldwins
J. H. Gourley
Ohio Experiment _ Station
Wooster, O
J. H. Waring
Oregon Agricultural College
Niels L. Harass
Fennville
H. Schaefer & Sons
Sparta
Taylor & Jager
Saugatuck
W.R. Roach
Hart
Charles McCarthy
J. Pomeroy Munson
W. R. Roach
L. H. Greene
Belding
Thorne | Brichting
Jonathans
King David
Charles Braun & Son
S. J. Cowan
Rockford
Steele
Farley Brothers
Albion
McIntosh
F. C. Sherman
Duchess
Roy Dodge
Caledonia
H. S. Newton
Rex Roberts
Utah News Notes On Agriculture In The Beehive State
Movement to shift Board of Agriculture duties from the capitol to Logan Agricultural College. Death of George A Leonard, pioneer grower. Utah County graded 457 cars of fruit and vegetables in 2021 period led by peaches, apples, pears, onions. Cache Valley celery boom prompts larger acreage next season. Hancock Brothers Fruit Company eyeing co operative Spanish onions with growers. Inspector Sorenson warns fruit growers about field mice and winter damage. recommends clean orchards and poison baits. Springville Mapleton tomato growers seek $14 per ton. plans to join county committee for canners. A C Childs urges green tomatoes for Eastern markets and carrot and onion shipments. Heber J Webb lauds fruit/veg improvements, calls for storage, grading upgrades, one mill state tax for ag inspection, and prim a facie evidence certificates and higher inspector salaries.
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Board of Agricultural
Capitol
Agricultural College
Logan
George A. Leonard
Filer
I.a
Utah’ County
J. C. Sorenson
Smithfield
Cache Valley
Hancock Brothers Fruit Company
Charles J. Sorenson
Provo
Springville
Mapleton
A. C. Childs
Utah County Farm Bureau
State Board of Agriculture
Heber J. Webb
Webb
United States
Utah Board
Utah
Agriculture and railroad ties in din of the season discussion
Chicago reports the sixteenth semi annual meeting of the American Railway Development Association at the Sherman Hotel. C Cobb cites 16 000 Georgia watermelons shipped while Cobb pushes standardization to extend rail transport. Dr Tait Butler discusses public relations and shared aims of agriculture and railways. W H Olin notes perishables handled by the Denver Rio Grande with 1370 car peaches shipped from Palisade this season without a claim.
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Chicago
American Railway Development Association
Sherman
Ican
Southern Ruralist
Atlanta
State of
Georgia
Cobb
Tait Butler
Progressive Farmer
Memphis
Butler
W. H. Olin
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Palisade
Good Celery Movement Near Riverbank
Daily celery shipments from the Santa Fe ice plant in Riverbank California total about 20 cars and will rise by mid December for the Eastern Christmas market. The celery mainly comes from the Delta lands and is loaded into refrigerator cars near Antioch before icing here.
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Riverbank
Calif
Santa Fe
Delta
Antioch
Apple Market Mixed as Trade Holds Steady in Chicago
Dealers report a steady-to-fair week for apples in Chicago with ample supply and steady demand. Prices vary by variety and size, including Extra Fancy Jonathans up to 3.50 per box, Delicious up to 4.50, and York Imperials around 8.75 to 6.76 per box, plus Bushel baskets around 1.50 to 2.60 per basket.
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Chicago
Colorado
Ben Davis
Starks
Baldwin
Russell
Kings
Northern Spies
York Imperials
Jonathans
Krug Retires From Gwin White & Prince Sales Post
Sumner Washington December 12 F H Krug longtime sales manager for berry and vegetable shipments in Sumner announces retirement from Gwin White Prince Inc after two seasons Future plans not disclosed but believed to involve independent berry shippers in Puyallup and Sumner districts
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F. H. Krug
Sumner
Wash
Gwin, White & Prince, Inc
Puyallup
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G.M.H. Wagner & Sons
Geo. Hitz & Company
National Seagae OF Commission Merchants OF the
Western Fruit Jobbers Association OF America
International
Apple Shippers Association
Product Reporter Trading Members
S. Delaware St
Indianapolis
Anderson, Indians
Ray J. Diekemper
Fruits & Vegetables
Terre Haute
Pennington-Geissler Co. Incorporated
Pennington Brokerage Co
Evansville, Indiana
Shipper
LEO Pott Pottlitzer & Son CO
Commission Merchants
Lafayette, Lad
the Packer
Bradfute
Woodland
W. EB. Beardslee
Elkhorn Farm Center
E. J. Bandy
We R. Taylor
Apple
Utah News Notes
Chicago Fruit & Produce CO
W. Randolph St
Chicago, Ill
Southern Vegetables
T.E. Polk ‘Company
American Railway ‘Development
DE Giorgi Brothers CO
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Southern
Fiedler Bros
Springfield
Ill
John Low Pres, ‘Treas
C. Mi
Wayne. A ‘Tow, Inc
T. E. Ball
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