Milwaukee Market in Fruits and Vegetables
Milwaukee December 14. Apple trade holds at previous prices with steady movement. Grimes Golden Winesaps Baldwins and Spies barrels fetch 4.25 to 6.50 each. Grapefruit and lemons ease with large supplies and modest demand. California Valencia oranges bring 4 to 4.50 a box. Florida stock 8.75 to 4.26 a box. Pears remain tame with Keiffer 3.25. cranberries firm at 13 to 15 for Cape Cods and Late Reds, up to 24.50 for Late Howes. Beets and cabbage markets easy. homegrown produce quoted. Potatoes in good demand, Wisconsin and Minnesota bulk 1.40 to 1.66 per cwt. Homegrown stock 1.65 to 1.76.
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Milwaukee
Jonathans
Ben. Davis
Spies
California
Florida
Colorado
Wisconsin
Salt Lake City Celery Day Observed
In Lake City Utah a custom marked by boosters sending celery to friends nationwide and to Canada. A crate of the finest stock was sent at the request of friends of President Wilson and Vice President Marshall as part of the celebration.
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Lake City
Utah
United States
Canada
Wilson
Marshallin
Food Administration Sets Potato Trade Rules and Licenses
Chicago December 14 The United States Food Administration authorized a bulletin from Grand Rapids Michigan outlining vital points for potato growers shippers and consumers. Licenses required for wholesale buyers sellers and cooperatives and penalties include closure for violations. The administration aims to standardize by pound pricing and U S standard grades while aiding education and implementation across Michigan and the nation.
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Chicago
E. P. Miller
United, States Food Administration
Grand Rapids
Mich
Office of Markets
United States Food Administration
Food Administration
The
Michigan
Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Prices Hold Firm in Indianapolis Market Amid Cold Wave
In Indianapolis on December 14, bitter cold and subzero temps kept fruit and vegetable prices firm due to transportation delays. Potatoes mostly first quality. sweet potatoes up on lagging supply. No cabbage available. hothouse canes up 1 per box. Casaba melons 50 cents per crate. Florida eggplant 3 to 3.50 per two dozen crate. Oranges up 26 cents per box. apples scarce with Grimes Golden in short supply. Best cookers Baldwins Greenings Kings. banana prices rising due to ship space. Florida limes higher, lemons sagging. Christmas trees and decorations arriving. trees $1.25 per bundle, holly wreaths $1.76 per dozen, laurel $1.25 per yard chain, Lycopodium $1.26 per wreath. Cold wave checked supply.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Rancy
Florida
Grimes
Fresh eggs push jobbers to higher bids in market
Fresh eggs and stiff price gains up to 46c for current receipts and 48c for specials. Low new arrivals lift demand for storage stock as jobbers raise selling prices from 34c to 38c. Poultry steady on strong demand. country butter holds at 3d. Local creameries pay 40c for butter fat.
Milwaukee Butter and Poultry Prices Report
The Milwaukee butter market advances with fancy creamery at 49 to 49 1/2 cents. Cheese steady, eggs in strong demand with current receipts at 44 to 47 cents. storage firsts 32 to 32 1/2 cents. Poultry trade quiet with light receipts. fowls 17 to 19 cents, spring chickens 18 to 18 1/2, turkeys 21 cents. ducks 19 to 20 cents. geese 18 cents.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Minnesota growers to hold festival at university
Fragmentary notes describe a Minnesota fruit growers event at a university featuring discussions on fruit farm management by successful growers. Audience, dates, and organizers are unclear due to damaged OCR, but the focus is on horticultural methods and farm practices.
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An Feng
University Rt
Parmers’ Son
Groovers
Food Administration on Alleged Waste in Chicago
A Chicago Food Administration statement urges calm over letters alleging food waste. It explains many losses are unavoidable due to weather, labor shortages, and transit delays, urging reporting of confirmed waste and stressing small daily savings by individuals outweigh large but local losses.
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Chicago
Office of the Food Administration
Food Administration
America
Minnesota Potato Growers Meeting Preview
Minnesota potato growers circle their third annual conference set for Friday January 4 at 1 345 p m at University Farm in connection with Farmers and Home Makers Week. Emphasis on seed certification with exhibits of standard varieties and equipment for disease control and degeneration of varieties.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
University Farm
Rasmussen Visits Chicago From Wisonsin Cabbage Outlook
Matt Rasmussen president and manager of the Somers Produce Company Somers Wisconsin arrived in Chicago Tuesday to meet local cabbage operators. He expressed optimism about the cabbage market saying demand will rise and prices will climb.
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Matt: Rasmussen
Chicago
Matt Rasmussen
Somers Produce Company
Somers
Wis
Rasmussen
Thej
Northrup King and Co New Seed Plant Opens in Minneapolis
Northrup King and Co seedsmen completed and occupy a new eight acre plant at 16th Avenue NE and Jackson Street Minneapolis. Buildings include a 420 by 100 foot main structure with multiple stories, two additional sheds, and a large garden seed storage and processing complex. The facility features modern seed cleaning, sorting, testing, and repacking lines, three private rail lines, and automated packing and labeling systems for thousands of seed bags. A full seed testing lab ensures purity and germination with traceable records for shipments.
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Northrup, King’& Co
Minneapolis
Northrup,King, &Co
Jackson Street
Great ‘Northern
Paffic Railways
United States
Choice
Sera
Rowland
Northwest
Iof
Northrop, Hing, & ‘Co
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Iowa
Burlington
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Canton
Regeue Creston Muscatine
Ottumwa
Centerville
Esterville
Florida, Louisiana
Texas
Shippers
W.A. Murphy Wanes
the Fruit and Vegetable Distributing Center
Goldman
Packer
Des
Moines
Salt
Oriente
Cuba
New York City
Comstock Grapefruit Company
NTE
Grapefruit
New York
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B. Congdon
Mar
Dearborn, St., 4. K. Comstock
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Food Administration and the Potato Trade
Bureau, of Markets
Miller
Coyne Bros. Dept
Leonard Adam
W.so
St. Chicago
John W. Low
J.C. Mittelstadt
S. Headley Wayne & Low, Inc
W. S. Water
Corn . Exchange
Natl. Bank
National Produce Bank
Tr. E. Ball
Springfield, Minors
Office OF Food
Minnesota Potato Growers’ Meeting
Chic iGo
Southern’ Washubies
GEO. E. Ford
C.H. Weaver &Co
Northrup, King, & CO
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