St Paul Board of Trade Banquet Highlights Progress and Talks
The twentieth annual St. Paul Board of Trade banquet attracted about 160 representatives. President Denkel urged cooperation between principals and employees as A L Larpenteur recalled St Paul’s growth from a river camp to a city of 250000. J B Redpath urged reforms, Wells of R B Cobb Co. shared city business data, noting seven creameries produced 7000000 pounds of butter valued around 2500000 dollars.
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Board of Trade
St. Paul
A. L. Larpenteur
City of
Larpenteur
United States
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Tubbesing
Tubbesing & Nelson
John Johnson
Pine City
Leon McGuire
Potato shipments rise at Stevens Point point in Wisconsin
Between one-third and one-half of the potato crop has moved from principal shipping points. Stevens Point reports 208 cars shipped, Iola 446, Scandinavia 203, Ogdensburg 220, Bancroft 156, and Almond 489 cars, through the first of the month.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Iola
Scandanavia
Ogdensburg
Bancroft
Almond
Marketing Arrangements for Crops In Advance
Farmers and receivers are urged to plan marketing for the next season. Advance shipping arrangements prevent market rush confusion and ensure steady supply to buyers. A dependable outlet helps growers ship ripe fruit and vegetables timely while dealers handle orders and pricing through The Packer as the intermediary.
Vegetable Market Quiet as Southern Stock Moves Slowly
Chicago traders reported a quiet vegetable market with ample supply and weather effects delaying styles. Louisiana stock moved slowly in barrels. Florida and Texas receipts varied in quality, with prices easing on many items though some high end batches held value. Tomatoes remained scarce and in steady demand, while other greens and beans showed mixed gains and declines across regions.
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Chicago
Louisiana
Ty Ws
Texas
Carol
New Orleans
Dixon
California
Kankakee
Detroit
Michigan
Florida
Farmers organize Red Potato Growers Assn in Barnesville
Representative farmers in the Red River Valley meet at Barnesville Opera House on October 25 to form the Red Potato Growers Association. Five thousand dollars in stock is subscribed. A board of directors and a manager are elected to market and ship potatoes. Directors include Carl Koenig Frank W. Danneck O P Landsom C W Windstock W J Stegve R G da Grange OP Wigers John Christin and Inkenship. The association will load and ship potatoes south with offices and warehouses planned along the valley. Potatoes graded Navy Red River Early Ohios with size standards and hand picking requirements. Continuous shipping to southern markets begins.
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Kted River
AL Barnesville
Frank W.danneck
0. P. Landsom
CW. Windstock
W. J. Stegve
R. G. da Grange
OP. Wigers
John Christin
Inkenship
Association
Navy
Red River
Ohios
Frozen oranges seized at Indianapolis market
Three carloads of frozen oranges from California were seized by state food and drug commissioner H. KB Barnard and ordered shipped out of Indiana. A fourth car was released after A. W. Bruner, a food inspector, found the fruit in good condition. Officials are monitoring California citrus shipments and will not permit any frozen fruit on the market.
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Indianapolis
State and Local Agriculture Bulletins Update
The State Agricultural Experiment Station in Columbia Missouri issued Bulletin 107 on Farm Poultry House Construction and Circular 67 on Keeping Records of Dairy Cows. North Carolina’s Truck Growing bulletin 174 was released by the State Department of Agriculture. New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanics issued Grape Crown Gall Investigations. Cleveland Ohio’s Agriculture Bulletin 96, with Atlantic Distributing Co’s Albert McMahon, covers marketing.
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Columbia
State Agricultural Experiment
Rileigh
State Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
State, College
N. M
Newew Collage of Agriculture and Mechanics
Cleveland, O
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Albert McMahon
Cleveland
Athantic Distributing Co
Chicago Apple Market Shows Bright Improvement Despite Cold
Weather checks trade as cold spell slows movement. Chicago reports slight uptick in demand and prices for common storage and box apples. Baldwins fetch 2.25 to 2.50, cold storage 2.75, Greenings 3, Kings 3 to 3.25, Jonathans up to 4, No 2 stock around 1.65 to 1.75.
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Chicago
Kings
Ben Davis
Ganos
Grimes Golden
Jonathans
Masters Dies in Chicago After Illness
Joseph H. Masters of Chicago died January 29 after pneumonia and complications. He had lived in Chicago 29 years and operated at 150 West South Water Street. He owned a cabbage business in Frankfort, Michigan, and manufactured a plant setter. Survived by widow, three daughters and four sons. sons to continue Jos. I. Masters' Sons business.
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Chicago
Joseph H. Masters
Joseph Jr. Masters & Sons
Jos. I. Masters’ Sons
Seed Potatoes Moving In Nashville Market Report
Jobbers report liberal demand for fruits vegetables in Nashville. Seed potatoes move with Dobbers at 1.75 per bag and Cobblers and Triumphs 2.50 to 2.75. Prices vary for Irish potatoes onions cabbage celery and citrus with Florida and Alabama products appearing and prices ranging by crate barrel and box.
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Nashville
Tenn
California
Alabama
Florida
Asher
Onions and Potatoes and Other Truck in Rosadale La
In Rosadale Louisiana January 1 1913 Dr L Singletary reports 300 acres of onions and hundreds more planned for potatoes and truck. He seeks buyers for the crop stating fertile lands mild winters and green fields with progress from December planting. He encloses a one dollar money order for a yearly copy of The Packer.
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Rosadale
Packer
L. Singletary
M. D
Poultry Market in New Orleans Sees Mixed Demand
The New Orleans poultry market last week faced ample receipts of large hens and very large young chickens, while buyers favored smaller stock. Prices ranged from 20 to 28 cents per pound for small to medium young chickens, 17 to 18 cents for medium large, 14 to 14.5 cents for hens 3½ to 4 pounds, 18 to 19 cents for turkeys, ducks at 11 to 12 cents, and geese at 7 to 7.50 dollars per dozen.
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New Orleans
Poultry Carload Rates Granted by Interstate Commission
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad Co filed to set live poultry carload rates under livestock contracts equal to existing horse and mule rates. The Interstate Commerce Commission granted the filing but noted it does not approve the rates and they will be subject to complaint.
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Washington, D. C
Mobile & Ohio Railroad Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fruit Growers Organize In Ohio Town
In Wakatomika Ohio on February 7 about 25 fruit growers met and formed the O K Fruit Growers Aspen. Officers: J F Nethers president George Wright vice president J F Dickenson secretary treasurer S L Howard J HR Steff and G T Noland on the board of directors.
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Wakatomika
O. K
Aspen
Trinway
Cooperdale
J. 4 Nethers
George Wright
J. F. Dickenson
Ll. Howard
J. HR
Steff
G T. Noland
Decrease in Cost of Living notes in Wheeling WV
The Samuel B. McKee Co. urges consumers to compare today’s prices with last year. Onions show a 400 per cent decrease and cabbage about 50 per cent. Potatoes tomatoes and other items fall 10 to 20 per cent. Also reports new Belcher Bath Hotel manager in St. Louis with Frank Dachsel succeeding W J Warner at the Belcher Bath Hotel in the Produce District.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Samuel B. McKee Co
St. Louis
Frank Dachsel
W. J. Warner
M Ansver
Belcher Bath Hotel
Fourth
Deas Avenue
Belcher Bath
Market Notes Reflect Heavy Vegetable Supply in Dallas
Dallas street notes describe a glut of green vegetables with cabbage and lettuce flooding the market. W. E. Harlan of Santa Maria Tex ordered cabbage destroyed and dumped lettuce due to lack of demand while eggs and carrots signal overproduction. various brokers and companies visit Dallas as shipments from Peninsular states and California loom. Louis F Swift of Swift & Co visited, and the Palmer farms and local firms adjust wagons and stock as market conditions shift.
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Dallas
W. E. Harlan
Santa Maria
Tex
Dallas Street
W.R. White
White Produce Co
Denison
White
Ben Ablon
Chicago
W. E. Harlen
Harry Harlan Co
Louisville
Carl Piowatty
M. Piowatty & Sons
Piowatty
Houston
W. C. Wiley
Tyler Produce Co
Roy Campbell
Southern Texas Truck Growers
Washington
The
Bird Commission Co
Brown News Co
Southern Produce Co
Kentucky Rio Grande
Pharr
Texas
California
Louis F. Swift
Swift & Co
Prices Lower on Hay in Chicago Market
Chicago stock market notes show hay prices easing due to oversupply of medium and common grades and weak demand for under grades. Record demand shift from Kansas and Oklahoma prairie lowers timothy, while choice timothy and prairie hold value. Clover hay trades between seven and eleven dollars.
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Chicago
Kansas
Oklahoma Prairie
Timothy
Prairie
Choice Timothy
Choice
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakota Prairie
Cleghorn Enters Brokerage in Indianapolis Id
A. R. Cleghorn, long associated with the California Fruit Exchange here, quits as broker and starts his own brokerage firm in Indianapolis. He cites eight years as a broker representing the California Fruit Distributors in Omaha and later handling the exchange account. His office is at 31 S. Delaware Street.
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Indianapolis
A. R. Cleghorn
California, Fruit Growers’ Exchange
California Fruit Distributors
Omaha
S. Delaware Street
Free Book of Spray Formulas Issued by Illinois Metals Co
Illinois Metals Co of Chicago is sending a free booklet of spray formulas to inquirers who mention The Packer. The booklet covers spraying formulas and features models of the Anti blog sprayer. Strawberry trade in Chicago shows slow sales and steady arrivals with 60 freezers received Monday amid uneven quality and some green or overripe fruit.
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Chicago
Illinois Metals Co
Florida
Apple Man Returns to Chicago After Southern Trip
R A Watson of IC A Watson & Co. Chicago returns to the city after a several week southern trip and says it feels good to be back in Chicago.
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Apple
Chicago
R. A. Watson
Ic. A. Watson & Co
Mr. Watson
New Nashville Produce Firm Opens for Wholesale Fruits
Nashville Tennessee February 7 L P Hope Co announces a new entry into the local fruit and vegetable trade. The firm has opened at 116 and 118 Second avenue North and will handle produce on a wholesale basis. The company has long operated a field seed and grocery establishment.
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New Nashville Produce Firm
Nashville
Teen
L. P. Hope Co
Second Avenue
North
Local egg and poultry prices steady in Nashville market
Nashville Tenn Feb 7 The local ore market shows slight change with shippers paying firmer prices for fresh cased eggs 20 to lie per dozen. Receipts moderate Poultry steady with light arrivals Live hens 10 to 11c Small chickens 2.50 to 3.50 per dozen Turkeys 15 to 16c Ducks 12c Geese 8c.
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Nashville
Tenn
Shinnstown Orchard Co Prepares 5000 Fruit Trees
Printing Orchards in Clarksburg West Virginia reports the Shinnstown Orchard Co has land broken and ready to set out 5000 fruit trees with one fourth peaches and three fourths apples, signaling a major planting drive.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Shinnstown Orchard Co
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Southern Vegetable Shippers
Algoma Produce Co., Ltd
Sault Sainte Marie Ontario
Canada
A. R. Gleghorn
Fletcher American Nat'l Bank
the Packer
Ies
S. Et
TTI
J. T. Kelly
Minneapolis
MINN
ST. Paul Board
Railroad — and Warehouse ‘Commission
Western Trunk Line rAilroads
Wuntington
Huntington
Ind
County Recorder
Huntington Produce Co
J. F E. Beyer
Iienry
E. Ball
Springfield
Wisconsin
Potato Assn
JH. Masters
OK South Water Street
Berkeley Apres
W. Vay
Crosby
Snyder - Schutz CO
South Water Street
Dearborn
Nat. Bank
Amer, Nat. Bank
Benton Harbor
Mich
M. L. Campbell
Raesiver
W.so
Water St
Welch Ht
WELCH
W.S. Water
Gallagher Bros
Incaco
Produce Commission
General Commission
Storch Bros. & Co
We Se
Caleage, Senelesele
Stanell
Wayne & Low Ace Corenta
Exchange
Nath Bank
Nat
Schlosser Bros
Erie Ave
Y. A. Murphy
E. Ird St
Breker
Shipper
OHN B. Hoxsie & CO
Outlet Unlimited
E. J. Brewington, Broker & Garlot Dist
R. Seles Apples
Cer Pony
LEO B. Mull CO
Cedar Rapids
Geo. H. Mueller & Co
J. Snyder & Son
First National Tank
W.S. Water St
Elgin
Elgin Butter Board
Hasta
Joseph Dusek & Co
Randolph Street
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