Higher Prices on Eggs and Butter at Milwaukee
Milwaukee news notes butter up 8 cents from last week with creameries priced at 62 to 63 cents. Eggs rise about 1 cent as supply tightens and demand remains good. current receipts fetch 50 cents per dozen. Poultry demand is solid with soft meat springers at 31 cents and stays at 26 cents. roosters down 1 cent to 21 cents. Heavy fowls average 31 cents, dressed poultry in strong demand as buyers take all offered.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Market Apples Steady Prices Mixed Across Items
In Milwaukee on February 20 the apples show steady demand and ample supply with Southern Jonathans at 11.11.50 per barrel and Yorks Ben Davis at 7.50 8, Ganos 8 8.50. Eastern Greenings 10 10.50, Baldwins 9.50 10, Michigan Greenings Russets and Baldwins 8.50 8.50. Western box apples around prior prices Jonathans Winesaps 3.25 3.50, Rome Beauty 3 3.25, Delicious 4 4.25. Grapefruit steady, lemons down, oranges up modestly. California Navels 6 6.50, Floridas 4.75 5.50 per box. Cuban oranges 8.50 9. Cranberries fair with slight price drop. Cape Cod 8 9.50 per barrel. Strawberries scarce. Floridas steady 65 75c per quart. Cabbage firm at old prices Homegrown 6.50 7 per cwt red 7 8. Celery small offerings 50 60c a stalk New York crates 10.50. Onions down via larger supply Potatoes up about 5c Wisconsin Minnesota 4.20 4.40 per cwt. Active trade.
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Milwaukee
Jonathans
Yorks
Ben’ Davis
Ganos
Rome
California
Floridas
Texas
New York
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Fertilizer Increases Tomato Yields in Missouri Trials
Missouri College of Agriculture reports field tests showing fertilizer use boosts tomato yields from one to five tons per acre and speeds early bearing by four to five weeks. Commercial fertilizer with 3 4 percent nitrogen and 12 percent phosphorus offers best results. stable and poultry manures also helpful but slower to affect earliness. In Decatur, W T Seibels remains with Odell Poultry Supply, as director and vice president. H B Patton also serves as director and second vice president.
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Missouri College of Agriculture
Missouri
J. T. Rosa, Jr
Columbia
Mr. Seibels
Decatur
W. T. Seibels
Chicago
Odell Poultry Supply Corporation
F. W. Shilling
H. B. Patton
Bloomington
National Butter, Poultry and Eggs Association
Detroit Trade in Fruits and Vegetables
Detroit February 20. Cold weather has firmed the potato market and most vegetables and fruits, though trading remains light due to high prices. Railroad delays restrain the market, with hopes for better conditions when roads reopen. Florida strawberries arrive and move slowly at 65 70 cents a quart. Bermuda potatoes fetch 15 16 dollars per 2 barrel, while Michigan 150 pound lots bring 6.50 6.75.
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Detroit
Florida
Bermuda
Michigan
Steady Apple Market in Chicago Sees Demand Stay Strong
Chicago February updates show a steady apple market with moderate arrivals and good demand for barreled varieties and Western boxes. Extra fancy Jonathans gain slight strength while prices remain unchanged across most varieties.
Coleman’s Cabbage From Mission Texas Produce Co
Colemans Cabbage ship now a well known pack of firm green bulk cabbage loaded under personal supervision at Mission Texas Wire for prices Coleman Produce Company Mission Texas
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Coleman
Mission, Tex
Cc. E
Mission
Texas
Sweet Potato Disease Control Demonstrations in 1919
Demonstrations by the University of Missouri College of Agriculture and growers in St Louis and Newton counties show control measures for sweet potato diseases, especially black rot. Recommendations include sorting seed tubers, replacing seed bed soil with clean material, and disinfecting sound seed with mercuric chloride solution before bedding.
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Columbia
University of Missouri College of Agriculture
St. Louis
Newton
J. T. Rosa, Jr
Chicago Market on Green Vegetables in February Report
Chicago notes a modest improvement in the early green vegetable market as supplies rise and demand strengthens in places. Carrots lettuce and related items show varied prices across regions with New Orleans and California consignments cited for crates and hampers, while spinach and shallots move with steady sales and some discounts for ordinary stock.
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Chicago
New Orleans
Louisiana
Texas
California
la Place
Ama An
Los Angeles
Denial Valley
Arizona
Florida
Ama
Vicinity
Kenner
Imperial Valley
Framework for pruning young apple trees in Missouri
The article explains pruning aims to develop a strong tree framework for fruiting wood. Heavy pruning boosts vigorous shoots, yielding fewer but longer shoots. Young trees should be pruned severely, with decreasing severity as trees age, guiding scaffold formation and branch development while using thinning cuts and heading backs.
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Columbia, Mo
W. R. Gardner
University of Missouri,College of atBpiculture
Abe Kassel Returns to Lead Kassel Poultry Branch
Abe Kassel of New York resumes charge of the Kassel Poultry Company branch in Indianapolis after several days at the home office. He reports a material increase in receipts from this section for New York.
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Abe Kassel
New York
Indianapolis
Ind
Kassel Poultry Company
West Washington Market
Berry Market Easier in Chicago Strawberries
Berry market in Chicago shows easier conditions with Florida cold weather pushing green strawberries to market. Demand fair for common lots. a few extra fine quart prices around five cents. Receipts averaged about 20 refrigerators per day for the week.
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Chicago
Florida
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Corn Exchange Nate ‘Bank
National Produce Bank
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Waskow Butter CO
W. So. Water St
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Winesaps
Kings
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Wagner
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Starks
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Disease Control
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