Muck Soil Lecture Draws Fewer Details at Byron Center
Muck crop farmers attended a lecture by Dr. Paul H. Harmer of Michigan Agricultural College on soils with demonstrations. The talk highlighted celery and onion production in the region. Grand Rapids buys another Western Winesap box car at 3.25 a box with limited demand and better condition than prior car.
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Byron Center
Mich
Paul H. Harmer
Michigan Agricultural College
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, Mich
Eee
Grand’ Rapides
City Life Dream Sparks Restaurant Plan
A farmer abandons rural ease to seek town life by opening a restaurant, hoping for a carefree, busy urban existence as described in the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Utah Bill Regulates Bulk Sale of Business Property
Salt Lake City reports a legislative bill to curb bulk store sales, requiring sworn creditor lists before any sale is completed and deeming false statements as perjury with penalties. Also noted are tomato and potato price trends, early vegetable efforts in St George, new rail-led market aims, and a temporary emergency potato rate by railroads.
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Utah News
Salt Lake City
Utah
St. George
Dixieland
Cedar City
St. George City
U. P
Idaho
Missouri River
Chicago Apple Market Steady With Winesaps Leading Demand
Chicago market for apples shows steady overall movement this week. Winesaps commanded higher prices up to 15 cents a box, while extra fancy Delicious and Jonathans drew premiums. general storage holdings remain sizable with limited movement in cold storages.
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Chicago
Northwest
Wenatchee District
Northwestern
Rome
Wagener
Illinois
Jonathans
York Imperial
Ben Davis
Cadiz street market near completion for city department move
The Cadiz street market to house the city department for N. Nigro & Co. nears completion and should be ready for occupancy by March 1. Jacob and Son Stanley acquire D. C. Fulbright interest in Stanley & Fulbright. Fulbright plans reentering Dallas market under his name.
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Cadiz Street
N. Nigro & Co
Jacob
Stanley
D. C
East Texas
Sam Shannon
Southwestern
American Fruit Growers Inc
Dallas
W. S. Reed
Peppers Fruit Company of Texas
Laredo
Wricx
Dissolution of Hruska & Co. Partnership in Chicago
Notice states the co partnership of August Hruska and Albert M Hodek under Hruska & Co. is dissolved by mutual consent. Business will be carried on by August Hruska trading as Hruska & Co. at 842 844 W Randolph St Chicago.
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Hruska
Albert M’ Hodek
Hruska & Co
August
Hruska & .Co
W. Randolph St
Chicago
Spinach Crops Hit Hard by Freeze in Austin District
Travis county farmers face heavy losses as a recent freeze halts spinach shipments until new leaves mature. M H Crockett notes two weeks to resume, with markets glutting supply and margins above packing costs only. Southwest Texas and Austin area expectations focus on reduced shipments and potential price relief.
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Texas
Austin
Travis County
M. H. Crockett
Gao
Bureau of Markets
Many Dealers Are Improving Their Plants
Minneapolis Minn Feb 16 that members of the fruit and produce trade have confidence in the immediate future evident by the number of new fruit houses being erected and by many firms improving present plants to have modern facilities. Notable projects include the C C Taft Company Des Moines newest largest fruit and storage plant using the Moore System with ventilation refrigeration and heating by Charles A Moore and the Steadman Fruit and Produce Company Beaumont Tex opening a 306 by 130 foot wholesale house the largest in the state.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Jnow
Charles A. Moore
Jthis
C.C. Taft Company
Des Moines
Iowa
A. Lanza
Quincy
Bredehoff-Ball Company
Danville
Ill
Mr. Moore
Man-Griffin Company
Rocky Mountain
N. C
Abilene Fruit and Produce Company
Abilene
Tex
F. C. O'Donoghue
St. Joseph
Harkrider-Keith-Cooke Company
Fort Worth
Steadman” It and Produce Company
Beaumont
Whitaker Brothers
Topeka
Kan
Craig Brothers
Steadman Fruit and Produce Company
Beaumont, Tex
Potatoes Car Shipper Earns Only a Dollar Thirty
Minneapolis report notes a Fargo Kourm item detailing a car of 42 000 pounds of potatoes sold for 80 cents per cwt through the Minnesota Potato Exchange. Deductions for advance inspection freight options heater and shrinkage consumed nearly all proceeds leaving a meager 1 30 balance after railroad charges.
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Minneapolis
Fargo Korum
Fargo
N. D
N. P. Nelson
Seal
Minnesota Potato’ Exchange
Canadian Package Measure Aims to Regulate Fruit Containers
The Canadian government drafts a bill to regulate sale and inspection of fruit containers, fix grades for fruit in closed packages, and govern packing branding and dimensions of all fruit containers. The measure follows requests from fruit growing groups across Canada. Elsewhere Miss Ethel B. Bacon of Bacon Brothers, carrot distributors of potatoes, is in Florida and plans to stay for a time.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Ethel Bacon
Florida
Chicago
Ethel B. Bacon
Bacon Brothers
Fruit and Vegetable Growers to Close Dallas Office
The Dallas district office of the Federated Fruit and Vegetable Growers Inc. is closed. General sales manager H C Pressnall will move to another field, and W B Farrar of the Texas Farm Bureau Sweet Potato Growers Exchange will take over. The closure reflects the ending of the vegetable and fruit season and the office will reopen when Texas crops move again.
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Dallas
Federated Fruit and Vegetable Growers, Inc
Texas Farm Bureau Federation
H. C. Pressnall
W. B. Farrar
Texas Farm Bureau Sweet Potato Growers’ Exchange
Texas
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C. H. Weaver & CO
Piowaty - Claussen CO
W. So. Water St
Chicago Territory
FE. Baldwin & CO
Ogden Bidg
WALDE
England
Olden Bldg
Pacific Fruit Express
Roy B. Mathews
Montpellier
Craigmont
Dallas Street
the Preferred Rating Service
Eeees
Fruit-Produce Rating Agency
W. Lake
Chicago, Ill
John W. Low R
Miksapateat
Headle Wayne & Low, ‘Inc
Gomeinte Merchants
W. S. Water St
Ochicago
Corn Exchange Nati
National Produce, Bank
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