Vegetables struggle with variable demand across markets
In Chicago receipts for vegetables were modest with limited supplies. Prices eased for celery and head lettuce, while green beans and wax beans sold unevenly. Florida celery, Texas barrels, and Illinois boxes were noted with mixed demand. repacked Florida tomatoes and Cuban stock appeared at firm to moderate prices.
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Illinois
Baltimore
Detroit
Kankakee
Louisiana
Florida
Minneapolis Potato Market Faces Unfavorable Weather
Weather hampered hauling this week as loading only from warehouses allowed. Growers with long hauls could not move holdings yet expect to sell at prevailing prices once conditions improve. Local dealers urge unloading now to avoid spring windup risks. Burban ks, Rose and Rural varieties move around 60c to 77c, Red River Ohiois at 75c for prompt shipment. First cantaloupe plants from Imperial Valley arrive in Chicago, paving possible local cultivation.
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Minneapolis
Burbanks
Rose
Sandland
Red River Ohios
Meeting of Western Cantaloupe Exchange in Chicago
Members of the Western Cantaloupe Exchange will convene in Chicago next Monday with most of the group attending. Leaders who attended the Kansas City robbers convention are slated to join, and eastern interests will be represented. The gathering will select agents in markets and finalize distribution plans for this season’s cantaloupe crop in the Imperial Valley California, per the exchange’s lineup. Cratchfield and Woolfolk Pittsburgh M O Coggins and Co Pittsburgh Lou Brothers Co New York J Weaver Co Chicago Co Cincinnati Duncan San Francisco and Los Angeles United Marketing Co Los Angeles Jos Friedheim Co Chicago.
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Imperial Valley
California
Fruits and cheese prices ease amid mixed quality notes
Weathered market report from Indianapolis and Sheboygan notes Florida berries poorer in size though steady at 10 50c a quart, new Wauchula oranges at 2.25 a box, California seedless pricier, shrinking apple stocks, and uneven pineapple quality. Cheese prices ease at Plymouth with Twins and Daisies down, Longhorns and Americas also easing as buyers pull back.
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Florida
Wauchula
California
Illinois
Sheboygan
Wis
Plymouth
Plymouth Dairy Board
Americas
Potato Growers Organize in Houghton County
Ninety four farmers join the Houghton County Potato Growers Association with county Agriculturist Geismar tasked to buy seed potatoes in Wisconsin. The group projects a larger 1914 crop, planning 1500 bushels of Sir Walter Raleigh and 600 bushels Irish Cobier seed, aiming for at least 40 000 bushels, with last fall’s crop valued around 185000.
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Houghton
Mich
Houghton County Potato Growers’ Assn
Houghton County Farm Bureau
Geismar
Bureau
Wisconsin
J. Giesmar
Houghton County
Growers’ Association
Walter Raleigh
Celery crop fails to pay farmers shift to onions eyed
Michigan growers report a poor celery season with low prices and rot in trenches. By February 15 the last of the crop will be shipped and only about a dollar per box of four dozen netted. Some farmers consider converting celery ground to onions next season as Chicago imports flood markets. Kalamazoo and Hudsonville report local committees forming to push a new public market, meeting with farmers to discuss routes and means.
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Hudsonville
Migh
Chicago
Kalamasog
Mich
Kalamazoo
Schaeffer
Trades and Labor Council
Farmers’ Organization
Detroit Market Summary: Prices Fluctuate as Supplies Tighten
Detroit market report notes butter weakness and cautious trade as buyers go hand to mouth. Egg production up with higher receipts but prices easing. Poultry in short supply. spring chickens and hens favored. Apples and oranges steady, strawberries moderate, cabbage scarcer, celery and wax beans slow, tomatoes from Florida poor quality.
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Detroit
California
Florida
Butter Quotations Lowercu Reported at Elgin Board
Elgin February 6 quotings show butter prices easing this week with creamery extras at 26 and a half cents after sales last Monday. Four lots were offered on the call, three remained unsold, one sold at 26 and a quarter cents on bids from 26 to 26 and a half cents.
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Elgin
Heart Disease Kills a Fruit Man
Shelby Michigan February 6 heart disease caused the death of F O Rouse 75 a prominent fruit raiser for two decades He is survived by four children Sparta Michigan February 6 G S King of Hartford Connecticut has purchased the Sparta creamery from P C Mossner In the last year the creamery paid farmers of this section 35000 for cream
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Shelby
Mish
F. O. Rouse
Sparta
Mich
G. S. King of
Hartford
Conn
Sparta Creamery
P. C. Mossner
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