Auction Plans Teeter Amid Abeyance For Local Market
The article notes Harry Winds Auction delaying plans for a butter egg and poultry sale operation. Chris reports the project is in abeyance with no clear restart date. King discusses an in and out auction style that shifts with market conditions, potentially favoring buyers or sellers. Business moves along as usual despite the initial shock of the proposal.
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Leyancee
Chris
TV Peue
King
Cranberry Growers Meet Forms New Officers In Grand Rapids
The Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association held its twenty fifth annual meeting in Grand Rapids. Attendance was solid despite cold weather. Andrew Searles was elected president with Potter as vice president J W Fitch secretary W J Gebhart treasurer and J J Emminick on the executive committee. Reports praised new cultivation methods and water based pest control over spraying.
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Grand Rapids
Wis
Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers’ Assn
Andrew Searles
Walker
J. W.' Fitch
Gebhart
Andrew Scaries
Potter
J. W. Fitch
Cranmoor
W. J. Gebha
Wisconsin
Lewis
Shell Lake
Cape
Michigan shipping point reports heavy berry movement
Leslie Michigan January reports indicate peak movement of strawberries and red and black raspberries to nearby counties. 18,000 to 30,000 barrels of apples also shipped from the area. 20 cars of potatoes and 75 cars of cabbage moved this season with other vegetables like parsnips and beets. The British Columbia Fruit Growers’ Association plans its annual meeting January 30–31 in Victoria with R M Winslow as secretary.
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Leslie, Mich
Mason and
Eaton’ Rapids
Flansburg & Potter Co
Packer Weekly
British Columbia
Victoria
B. C
The
British Columbia Fruit Growers’ Assn
R. M. Winslow
Agricultural bulletins issued from several stations
Berkeley announces Bulletin 218 on California Plant Diseases and Bulletin 220 on Dosage Tables describing fumigation for scale insects on fruit trees. Morgantown issues Bulletin 135 titled West Virginia As a Poultry State. Corvallis releases Bulletin 110 Preliminary Frost Fighting Studies in the Rogue River Valley and Bulletin 16 A Method of Budding the Walnut. Los Angeles Bureau of Entomology issues Bulletin 97 The California Peach Borer.
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Berkeley
Cal
College of Agriculture Experiment Station
College of Agriculture Experiment Optation
Agricultural Experimental Station
Morgantown
W. Va
Agricultural Experiment Station
West Virginia
Corvallis
Ore
Oregon Agricultural College
Rogue River Valley
Los Angeles
Bureau of Entomology
California
Michigan Bean Crop Poor in 1911 Season
Lapeer Michigan reports a very poor bean harvest with fewer than 25 percent No. 1 beans and 24 to 40 percent unmarketable. Elevators are clogged with wet beans. buyers suffer losses as stocks moved for stock feed at low prices.
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Michigan
Lapeer
Mich
Central
Eastern Michigan
Poultry Market Stronger Than Ever At Petersburg India
In Petersburg Indiana on January 11 the new market shows stronger Christmas trade with shipments by J. D. Willis & Son and Jean Poultry Co. Free Apple Yield in Portland Indiana reports Samuel C. Stephens of Jefferson township gathered 274 from a single apple tree this season.
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Goo
Poultry Point
Petersburg
Ind
J. DL. Willis & Son and
Jean Poultry Co
Portland
Samuel C. Stephens
Jefferson Township
Fine calendars offered free by vendors across states
Jan 11 notices from New Orleans to Lynden show S Segarl Co and others mailing attractive free calendars. Titles include The Problem of the Future October Days on Wolf River Friends Harvest Time and The Beauties of Summer among others. Ships and merchants distribute large color panels and portraits as seasonal promotions.
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New Orleans
S. Segarl & Co
Memphis
Tenn
Anderson-Tully Co
Wolf River
Netevant
George W. Allams
Louieville
Pickrell Ciiig Co
Leieman & Co
Viclaria
E. M. Jas- Loufayitie
Per’s Calender
Muncie
Ind
Denner-McCracken Fruit Co
Madison
O. Oliver & Son
Atlanta
T. F. Goodwyn & Co
Albion
N. J
H. Ja. McKensie
Fgr
New York
John K. Lasher & Bro
Morrison Street
R. B. Shimer & Co
Wallington
Duncan
North East
Crawford Bros
Lynden
Thompson
Big Onion Set Deal At H H Chester Co
Chicago January 12 One of the largest onion set deals in history is being handled by H H Chester Co at 92Q Stock Exchange building. They hold a vast stock in warehouses and screen all sets for perfect condition. They invite buyers and dealers nationwide and offer prompt shipment for any quantities.
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Chicago
H. H. Chester & Co
Culbertson’s Motor Truck to Exhibit at Chicago Auto Show
Fremont's Lauth Juergens Motor Car Co announces a three ton auto truck for Culbertson Bros of Duluth and says production is at capacity at their Fremont plant. The firm offers two to four cylinder trucks up to three tons with four speeds and a 1912 catalogue now ready. In other notes, Illinois Valley Creamery plans plant expansion. Wisconsin Cheesemakers hold annual convention. Pattison family to open a new creamery in Danville. Charlotte Creamery Co incorporated with $10,000 capital. Northern West Point Creamery filed incorporation with $2,500 capital.
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Chicago
Theo. D.“Juergens
Lauth Juergens Motor Co
Fremont, CO
Culbertson Bros. Co
Duluth
Minn
Fremont
Lauth-Juergens
Lauth- Juergens Motor Car Co
Fremont, C
Streator
Illinois Valley
1 Creamery Co
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin’ Cheesemakers’ Assn. Is
Danville
Pattison
Edwin Pattison
Corn Belt Creamery
Bloomington
Charlotte
Charlotte Creamery Co
A. E. Robertson
H. E. Beeby
J. C. Naeve
Greene
West Point Creamery Co
Guggenheim Bros Incorporates in Chicago
This week in corporation papers Guggenheim Bros formerly a partnership becomes a corporation with $100 000 capital stock. They centralize a spread of three or four interests and succeed Thomas Produce Co. in Wausau Wisconsin. Glass Fruit Co formed in Wausau with $15 000 capital stock. incorporators are C A Glass Louis Treutel and J E Murray formerly Thomas Produce Co employees. business continues along similar lines.
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Chicago
Springfield
Guggenheim Bros
Thomas Produce Co
Wausau
Wis
Glass Fruit Co
C. A. Glass
Louis Treutel
J. E. Murray
Must Sell Vegetables by Weight Ordinance Enacted
Joliet Illinois city council passes a measure requiring vegetable and other commodity dealers to sell by weight. Repacked fruit must carry notice of the weight rule and all hats and other measures must be in full pint or quart sizes. Mason City Iowa Farmers Merchants Produce Co organizes with $25000 capital led by C B Caraway of Estherville as president.
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Joliet
Mason City
Farmers’ & Merchants’ Produce Co
C. B. Caraway
Estherville
Detroit Butter and Egg Board Elects Officers for 1912
The eighth annual Detroit butter and egg board banquet gathered about 125 members and friends. Officers elected for 1912 include Walter R. Throop as president, A R Langridge as vice president, Henry P. McDonnell as second VP, Fred J. Schaffer as secretary, B L Howes as treasurer, with directors Carl Sackewicz J A Tibedesu A Padelet and Frank Presse.
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Detwol
Butter & Egg Board
Detroit
Mich
Detroit Butter and Egme Board
Walter R. Throop
A. R. Langridge
Henry P. McDonnell
Fred J. Schaffer
B. L. Howes
Tres
Apple grower offers Ben Davis crops in Indiana
A New Castle reader offers Ben Davis apples for sale and requests subscriptions to The Packer. He notes many apples stored locally but no peach crop. A separate notice from Spiceland mentions potatoes in demand.
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Ben Davis
New Castle
Ind
Packer
Oo. L. Rinner
Spiceland
How to Grow Tomatoes The Bowlesly Method Explained
A guide from Sterling New York on tomato cultivation detailing single vine growth, staking, pruning, and runner removal to produce large, early, prize quality tomatoes. The piece emphasizes selecting smooth meaty varieties, spacing rows two by four feet, and training vines to stakes with twine.
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Sterling
C. P. Bowlesly
Capons Profitable at Leslie Michigan
Leslie Michigan dau reports capon shipping point status with an estimated 75 000 to 100 000 pounds to be shipped this year. Poultry raisers call it a profitable industry with E W Potter among principal shippers. Current output reaches market by month end as eggs decline due to cold weather and butter output shifts to creameries in the region.
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Leslie
Mich
Dau
Nn Capon
E. W. Potter
Building Up Michigan Orchards in Hillsdale
In Hillsdale Michigan on January 12 reports indicate extensive work on old orchards yielding a good last season. Main varieties include Steele Reds Spies Baldwins and Greenings. The Pullen Apple Co leads in leasing orchards and holds about 7000 barrels of Baldwins and Spies stored in Chicago Bloomington IL and Lansing Michigan.
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Michigan
Hillsdale
Mich
Pullen Apple Co
Chicago
Bloomington
Lansing
Four Minneapolis Dealers Fined for License Violations
Minneapolis officials report four produce dealers pleaded guilty to selling goods without proper licenses or bonds. Names and addresses include W. H. Samuels of North Sixth Street and L. H. Benedict of J. H. Hillman & Co. at Central Market. A separate note from Washington says a hearing on apple rate advances will be held February 28 in Minneapolis to review Interstate Commerce Commission evidence.
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Minneapolis
Commission
W. H. Samuels
North Sixth Street
Benedict
J. H. Hillman & Co
Central Market
Washington, D. C
Vussault
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Bitter cold grips Chicago delegates en route to convention
A Chicago delegation and western city members traveling to Pittsburg for a New York convention endured one of the coldest experiences on record. A cutting wind and subzero temperatures chilled delegates and their ladies as they walked to the Pennsyl vania station around 9 30 Sunday night, noses and ears suffering in the exposure.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
New York
Alder
Pennsylvan Station
Red onions and celery crops boost Jackson muck farms
In Jackson Michigan on January 12, a good red onion crop was produced on muck lands and growers plan larger acreage next season. The past year's crop has been marketed and celery is also cultivated. The Aspinwall Machinery Co. reports many orders from the south for their potato planter.
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Jackson, Mich
Packer
Aspinwall Machinery Co
Elgin Butter Prices See No Change at Board Meeting
Elgin January 12. Creamery extras prices remained at 36 cents as the butter board met last Monday. Two lots were called for but received no bids. Weather turned milder after a cold spell. output remains small and down from last week. Beginning next Monday the board will meet in new rooms in the Spurling block.
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Elgin
Spurling Block
Seed Potato Prices Rise as Memphis Trade Opens
The seed potato deal begins in Memphis with growing demand. Triumphs priced at 1.25 per bushel Cobblers 1.50 Peerless Pearl Hebron 1.10 Early Rose and Burbanks 1.15 to 1.25. Seed sweet potatoes distributed in small lots with yams at 4 per barrel Queens 3.50. Onion sets yellow red spring 1.40 1.50 per bushel whites 1.85.
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Memphis
Jenn
Peerless Pearl
Hebron
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St. Paul
Th- Don Producté Co
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Resso
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Lake Birests
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Snyder & Son
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