Frosts Ravage Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana Crops
The February blizzard and cold snap damaged vegetables and fruit buds across Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Texas. Early peach and lettuce losses were reported in many areas with cabbage onions and tomatoes also affected. Some regions like Mississippi and Louisiana saw significant crop injury while Texas ports faced extensive damage to citrus and other produce.
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Louisiana Vegetables Damaged by Severe Storms
New Orleans reports a major sleet and snow storm causing heavy damage to early pea bean and young potato plantings. Indiana and Mississippi sections note strawberry, tomato, cabbage and pea losses while optimistic forecasts promise a later, steadier crop with improved quality. No frost danger in Florida as temperatures rise.
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Steady Poultry Market With Satisfactory Chicago Demand
Chicago steady live poultry market as week receipts fell and demand absorbed offerings. Monday start near 500 coops, fowls and birds steady with slight 4c rise. midweek heavier arrivals, market unchanged. Dressed poultry steady. dry picked turkeys 23% to 24c, chickens 15 to 17c, capons 21 to 22c, fowls 15% to 16c. Friday softer on live fowls 15% to 15%c. springs 17c.
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Butter market softens as demand drags in Chicago
Chicago on February 27 reports a weaker butter market with reduced trade volume. Local and out-of-town interest wanes as cheap foods accumulate, though some early week demand kept prices steady. Receipts run about 6,000 tubs daily. creamery extras fetch 29 1 2 cents, extra firsts 28 29 cents, firsts 25 1 2 cents, seconds 23 1 4 cents. No 1 stock offered at 18 1 4 to 18 1 2 cents.
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Nine Chinese Eggs Joke Leads to Court Action in St Louis
In St Louis on February 27, Bill Brockman faces a pending hearing after a hoax involving 9 Chinese egg cases from San Francisco. Newspapers spread a false tale of 3,000 cases at 20 cents a dozen, prompting an inspector to file a warrant. Brockman admits the joke and will be tried next week for deceptive conduct.
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Missouri Egg and Poultry Shippers Convention Opens in Kansas City
Kansas City hosts the sixth annual Missouri Association of Carlot Shippers of Eggs Poultry and Butter convention with speakers from Philadelphia Chicago St Louis and Kansas. Highlights include Dr Mary Pennington and Prof Wm Tippincott. Visiting delegates from New York Central and other lines arrive ahead of events with entertainment planned at the Baltimors hotel and Casino smoker.
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Prices Sag on Potatoes as Receipts Rise in Chicago
Potatoes show a moderate weekly decline in Chicago with heavier receipts and active trade. Prices move around 60 to 70 cents for good stock, while shipments face delays from extreme cold and weather. Farmers increase offerings. outside demand remains modest. Seed potato market steady with hints of larger spring demand as weather improves.
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Buffalo lettuce sale tops previous records in Buffalo trade
The Buffalo Fruit and Produce Co led a car sale that was misreported as a New York shipment. A Buffalo to Buffalo sale for 868 hampers grossed $1,520.25, dismissed as a New York sale. The same firm sold 726 hampers for $1,162.85 and 768 hampers for $1,186.45 for other associations, with several additional cars moving trade.
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Heavy frost grips Dixie amid varied market notes
A wide sweep of market and weather items reports a heavy frost in Dixie. It lists egg, butter, poultry and vegetable markets from Chicago to New York, with prices, trends, and upcoming events. Includes Texas eggs, cantaloupe, onions, fruit crops and regional notes from multiple states.
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World market for eggs tests storage operators this year
New York February 27 1914 storage egg traders face a pivotal season as imports from Russia Denmark Germany and other nations gain access via a world market. Tariffs lifted and foreign stock ready press prices with April and May offers at 16 to 17 cents per dozen. Domestic and foreign supply mix in summer and fall will determine whether storage eggs on the seaboard profit or risk losses.
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Foreign Egg Prices Hit New York Trade In February
New York on February 27 saw foreign operators offering strictly fresh eggs laid in New York at 21 21% per dozen. Transportation costs from Germany and Austria are three cents per dozen with refrigeration, plus two to three cents from Missouri and further west. Industry observer Thomas Seckel notes steamship handling ruins stock and warns buyers to watch prices next season. Continued on Page 8.
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