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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1909
Page
2
Kansas City January 9 Efforts led by H Walmsley former state game warden aim to form an association to stop selling game killed within Missouri. While Walmsley held office little game was marketed but recent amendments and lax enforcement have spurred a record winter trade in Missouri markets.
Shipping South Texas cabbage report from Galveston Texas on January 2 1908 states several cars of cabbage already shipped and more being sent by express to Texas points. Davis invites reliable buyers to contact him for future supplies and references his good crop.
Corpus Christi correspondent reports land values in Nueces county, unimproved truck land at 25 to 20 dollars per acre and improved land at 40 dollars and up. Letter disputes Houston article claim of 6,000 cars for truck shipment from the lower Rio Grande valley, urging readers to seek accurate grower and shipper figures. Author J Wiley offers further information to readers.
In South Whitley Indiana on January 8 Wiener Bros. & Co. advertise wood ashes as a fertilizer and top dresser and announce several cars of choice onions. In Nositu Texas on January 8 cabbage onions cucumbers and watermelons are main crops with shipments planned for February April May and June. Anxelita is listed in the shipping station for this point.
Kansas City January 9 reports show Florida fruit demand waning amid cold weather, but prices mostly steady. Pineapples sell $2.50 to $3 on street. jobbers $2.24 for common sizes. quality good overall, with Cubans present. Florida oranges steady at $2.25 to $2.50 per box, top prices rare. Grapefruit unchanged at $3.50 to $3.75 for Brights. Kumquats 16.5 to 20 c per quart. Vegetables scarce, Texas and Louisiana supplies abundant. peppers $2.50 to $2.75 per hamper, crates $3.50 or more for 6-basket lots. Cucumbers slow at 90 c a dozen. tomatoes poor quality, Trancy crates $3.50–$4 if available. Receipts light, overall market fair.
Cabbage is now moving and onions will be ready about April 20 at Mission Valley Texas. Carrot shipments are routed through H Carlin of Cuero. Paige reports 100 acres in potatoes at this point. Cakes tomatoes and peppers are grown but contracted.
Chicago reports show egg prices rising with cold weather. Firsts in shipping cases sold 29 to 30 cents, storage stocks in strong demand, and forecasts point to higher storage demand if cold continues. Receipts rise in Tennessee Kentucky and Oklahoma, while South and Southwest supply tightens.
Ordway expects about 1,000 acres of cantaloupes this season. The Ordway Gold Medal Cantaloupe Assn has 50 growers. Last year 400 acres were planted but frost destroyed half the crop. This year white meat cantaloupes will make up one third of the crop and ripen in early September, with pink meat varieties following mid September.
Sunset Texas notes several cars of peaches will ship from the point with apples potatoes cabbage and tomatoes in smaller lots. Peach shipping starts May 25 and runs to August 1. potatoes June 1. cabbage June 15. tomatoes July 10. apples June to October. Shippers listed in current Bulletin. The Wis Horticultural meeting seeks good attendance and fruit exhibits in Madison January 12 to 14. Lowry Horner opens Johnson City branch to cover Tennessee Virginia and surrounding states. R A Greever leads in Tennessee.
Report from New Albany Mississippi Noftel Alabama and Kosciusko Mississippi on fresh egg production and shipping. New Albany shows no increase and shipping at forty cases weekly. Noftel notes slow growth with season not yet begun while Kosciusko expects early season if weather holds with 36 to 50 cases weekly in January and February.
Southeast Nebraska fruit farm offered for sale with 85 acres. Grows apples peaches plums pears grapes berries and straw berries. Located near railroads school 3 ½ miles State Normal 4 ½ miles, has good water and fair buildings. Income about 1500 dollars yearly. Ill health prompting sale. For price and details contact Fruit Farm Peru Nebraska adv.
Lan ton Rylander from San Marcos Texas reports a drastic reduction in onion acreage for the year 1909. He notes about 3 acres planted this year versus 300 last year, blaming thrips that persist despite weather. He fears yields will not be shipment quality and mentions thrips appear in other onion districts too.
Yorktown Texas January 4 1909 F C Mehnert secretary Yorktown Truck Growers Assn reports about 76 acres Bermuda onions and 100 acres Irish potatoes to be planted by the Yorktown Truck Growers Association and about 50 acres onions and 200 acres potatoes outside the association around Yorktown.
Beeville Tex Jan 3 At a courthouse meeting truck growers formed an association to coordinate marketing of local vegetable crops. Facing Browns ville competition with extensive carrot shipments the group aims to better ship and sell produce. R Y Wayland serves as secretary and F E R Washburne as treasurer with M B Butler as president.
Reports from Rocky Ford indicate a larger cantaloupe planting this year with careful seed selection. D W Burrell issues a 1909 seed catalogue detailing garden products and melon varieties. Lentin-Cento Fruit Co owner changes do not affect financial status, with 1908 volume near $300,000 and a 20 percent dividend. management lists Frank Cento as president and J Cento as treasurer.
Kansas City dispatch surveys Texas shippers across many towns from Fayetteville to Decatur, detailing current and projected poultry and egg shipments. Turkeys largely sold or shipped, eggs scarce in some areas, with varying weekly volumes from 25 to 150 cases and pounds up to thousands, reflecting ongoing winter movement and looming spring uptick.
Traverse City Michigan January 8 local commission buyers cut back on their regular menu revealing a weak potato market with the 50 cent price still prevailing though unattractive. Some buyers report stock recently shipped showing losses from eight to twenty five dollars per car.
Austin Jan 8 The joint convention of the State Horticultural Society State Nut Growers Association and State Nurserymen Association will convene in Brownsville January 13 and remain in session with a full program for growers.
A two day Texas horticultural gathering outlines a packed schedule of talks and papers. Nurserymen meet January 13 with experts from Arcadia to San Antonio on growing and grafting pecans roses and fruit trees. Speakers cover nursery practices diseases and landscape design. The afternoon features eucalyptus planting plant health and banana fig palm topics with an evening address by city and state horticulture leaders. A Thursday excursion and a railway talk conclude the program.
Kansas City reports a cold snap and scarce stock driving egg demand above supply. Hurst Produce Co at 542 Walnut St seeks shippers of any size as egg sales surge. Also note few turkeys left in Houston with Texas turkey crop largely sold and local receipts tight.
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