Prairie hay demand rising for Kansas and Oklahoma supply
Chicago firm led by Albert Miller & Co. expects a heavy prairie hay movement from Kansas and Oklahoma due to scarce old timothy and strong Chicago demand. J H Devlin says a steadier five month market is likely with more alfalfa usage rising. current prairie hay price cited at 11 to 15 dollars per ton and Miller’s Co. stands among Chicago’s largest hay receivers.
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Chicago
J. H. Devlin
Albert Miller & Co
Kansas
Oklahoma
Timothy
Southwest
Devlin
Albert Miller Co
Amon
Peoria Cabbage Trade Visit By Seibold
W H Seibold a well known grower visited the trade this week in Peoria noting cabbage shipments from the Peoria district with several cars loadable and stock of excellent quality. Grand Rapids suit over burned potatoes damages $2000 after a car fire caused by a wood stove on a siding.
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Peoria
Chicago
W. H. Seibold
Grand Rapids
Mich
Indiana
Cubis
Ma, Starks Co
Dock charge of 20 dockage on every fruit car at Traverse Mich
Local shippers Northern Michigan Transportation Co and Pere Marquette railways clashed over a $20 dockage per car on fruit loaded on the dock. To avoid losing Chicago business the Pere Marquette used an iced cat from its spur to unload directly from independent steamers. After conferences the steamship line agreed to flat monthly dockage for independent boats, with fruit hauled away by wagon to avoid dock loading. Cherries and strawberries are arriving. rain boosted the season with about 3 cars daily.
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C Traverse
City
Mich
Northern Michigan Transportation Co
Pere Marquette Railway
Transportation Company
Manistee & North Eastern Railway
Ohio
Manistee
Pere Marquette
Chicago
Steamship Company
George W. Lardie
Greenway Market Sees Record Holiday Trade in Green Bay
Frank J C Schilling reports a booming holiday season with the Green Bay outlet handling growing fruit and vegetable demand. He notes high orders, hard work to manage sales, and extended reach into hundreds of smaller towns, with shortages of potatoes peaches watermelons and cabbage while distribution remains ample across other markets.
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Greenway
Wis
Frank J C. Schilling
Green Bay
Dusek & Co Firm Noted for Clean Legal Record in Chicago
Chicago July 9 Among city commission houses none is more successful than Jos. Dusek & Co at 183 West Randolph St. Established in 1894 the firm has never faced a lawsuit or legal action. It handles fruits vegetables poultry eggs and butter and seeks broader ties with Illinois and Michigan fruit growers and shippers as demand grows for larger receipts. Mr Dusek expects a good fruit season.
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Chicago
Jos. Dusek & Co
West Randolph Street
Illinois
Michigan
Dusek L
Citrus Market Shifts as Lemons Lead California Trade
Shipments from Southern California show oranges at 686 cars and lemons at 237 for the week, with a total annual movement of 27,218 cars of oranges and 4,260 cars of lemons. Valencias remain steady amid hot weather while lemon demand rises, storage gains, and new cold storage facilities, pre cooling plans, and executive moves reshape the fruit trade across California. Pacific Fruit Express builds ice facilities. Florida exchange taps a new sales manager. various local canneries and creameries expand or reorganize.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California
New York
Pacific Fruit Express
Colton
el Paso
Salt Lake
Riverside
Redlands
Florida Citrus Exchange
Tampa
R. P. Burton
Exchange
Burton
California Fruit Growers’ Exchange
A.teid
D. D. Black
King
A. C. G. Exchange
Michigan creamery news sketches a growing dairy district
In Mason Michigan a new creamery rises with brick and cement trim while a 115 foot well promises ample water. Wesley Schuchter of Brown City, owner and manager of Gladwin cheese, signs a 30,000 pound New York state institution order to be produced in five weeks. Shepherd creamery patronage remains strong under C L Hokemeyer as two burnings daily continue. Ewart creamery adds machines and Vermontville head Will Moore resigns. James Knowles named manager. A Bay City firm forms a 300000 capital company to build a MacLean cream separator plant with a 40 by 300 foot two story main building and 100 workers, Hubert Yard of Sarnia to lead.
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Albion
Ind
Charles Peck
O. P. Barnum
D. B. Kuhns
Fairmont Creamery Co
Omaha
Neb
Twelfth and
Jones Streets
Woodworth Creamery Co
Chicago
Theodore Rentz
Willam
Remington, N.Y
J. T. Nicholas
B. W. Stringfellow
Mr. Nicholas
American Sanitary Dairy Co
Wilmington
Del
Niagara Falls
H. L. Squire
C. W. Barber
F. W
G Pool
3Udge Farms Co
New York City
P. Beale
Jampesell
Wall Street
New York
Hawkes Co
Davenport
O. Becker
8. W. Hawkes
Sheffield Farms-Slawson-Decker Co
Weat
Fifty-seventh Street
Manhattan Street
Broadway
C. B. Lane
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Supplee
Alderney Dairy Co
Philadelphia
Davenpor
Iowa
Pure Milk Co
McKinney Creamery Co
McKinney
Tex
J. L. White
L. A. Scott
R. R. Alien
Michigan Creamery News
Grand Rapids
Mich
Mason
Ingham County
Wesley Schuchter
Brown City
Gladwin
Shepherd
C.L. Hokemeyer
Ewart Creamery
Will Moore
Vermontville
James Knowles
Decrease In Butter Make At Elgin Board Meeting
Elgin Indiana July 5 the Elgin Board of Trade met Saturday due to a holiday on Monday and noted creamery butter firm at 25 1 4 cents in advance of cover with two lots selling at 26 cents The board reported weekly sales totaling 1 124 400 pounds and compared prices with prior years 22 25 24 20 cents For fruits vegetables butter eggs and poultry The Packer will keep you posted on relevant market data
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Elgin
Inl
Elgin Board of Trade
Packer
J. P. di P
Grand Rapids Shippers Ready Fruits and Vegetables for Market
Staff correspondence from Grand Rapids Michigan notes multiple shippers preparing produce for market over the next six months. J Beboer Fisher Levi S Woollett W J Veir E Champ ion John Baker E Stroup National League of Commission Merchants Geer Hopp Jacob Koning H Vender Kolk are named as growers and shippers of fruits and vegetables including carrots cucumbers plums peaches apples potatoes lettuce and other produce from Grand Rapids and Hudsonville area. Stroup plans to ship south in August.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
J. Beboer
Fisher & Levi
S. C. Woolett
W. J. Eir
E. Champion
John Baker
E. Stroup
Mr. Stroup
National League of Commission Merchants
Geer
Hopp
Jacob Koning
Fruit crop updates from Michigan growers posted in Bangor and other towns
Reports from ROM MICH Bangor and Grown Mich note good fruit crops with raspberries starting to move and peaches and early apples due by early August. About 10 carloads of apples expected from Grown around mid September. Nearby stations handle other fruits. Menominee also reports strong crop and apples shipping starting in August. Augusta notes below average fruit crop with Ben Davis Stark King apples shipping August to October and small fruits sent to Battle Creek and Kalamazoo.
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Bangor
Mich
Menominee
Augusta
Spy
Ben Davis
Stark King
Battle Creek
Kalamazoo
Albert Lea Dairy Board bids lift prices at sale
In Albert Lea Minnesota on Tuesday the dairy board saw renewed bidding with 35 creameries represented and 1312 tubs of butter sold. Two bidders stood out M L Brown Co of Chicago and local agent A Hise of Smith Wright Son New York. Cremeries at 26c for twelve lots and three creameries at 26c with the rest at 25c. Government inspector H J Credicott praised the board but noted buyers held back due to the pace. He urged creameries to stand by the board promising continued access to supply.
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Albert Lea, Minn
Albert Lea Dairy Board
New York
M. L. Brown & Co
Chicago
A. Hise
Smith, Wright & Son
H. J. Credicott
Onion buyers sought in Pleasant Valley and nearby towns
Pleasant Valley Iowa July 5 1909 favorable weather through August 1 will push Red Southport Globe onions to rapid movement. About 450 cars will be shipped from a ten mile radius with Le Claire Princeton Bettendorf and Pleasant Valley each contributing. Growers report excellent stands and quality this year and urge hustling buyers to enter the onion market as acreage grows in coming seasons.
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Pleasant Valley
Packer
Southport
le Claire
Princeton
Bettendorf
Mississippi Valley
Short measure berry crates under fire in Michigan
In St Joseph Michigan residents protest short measure berry crates with a petition signed by Chicago commission merchants. Michigan standard is a 16 quart wine crate though Wisconsin ships some short crates this season. Growers chased volume to raise prices but expect fewer short packages next season. Grand Rapids reports Yuille Miller Co did not buy Van Westenbrugge Erb but expanded, while Westenbrugge Erb moves to larger quarters elsewhere to grow business.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Chicago Commission
Michigan
Wisconsin
Mas
Grand Rapids
The
Packer
Yuille-Miller Co
van Westenbrugge & Erb
Fine season for honey in Gibson county
Oakland City Indiana July production of Gibson county honey will be the largest on record. Frequent rains followed by warm sunshine boosted broom on honey bearing plants leading to abundant harvest for the season.
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Oakland City
Ind
Gibson County
Creamery Chain Planned in Bluffton Area
To establish a string of eight creamaries in this region, Bluffton Indiana reports that Slater & Co. has closed negotiations for a site here. The Tudor Packing Co. of Kokomo is interested, marking Bluffton as the first location in a Milch territory boosted by electric line expansion.
Michigan Makers Stand Firm On 16-Quart Berry Crates
South Water street merchants protested cut size berry crates shipped from near St. Joseph to Chicago. Local manufacturers Wolfe Wells-Higman Colby Hinkley Anderson Tully and Geo. B. Thayer said crates are uniform size and 16 quarts. Competing smaller boxes mislead growers. prices and fruit quality favor standard packaging. The Packer notes Netted Rock cantaloupes and watermelons from Indiana growers, with August shipments expected.
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Michigan
Grand Rapside
Mich
South Water Street Commission
Chicago
Bt. Joseph
Wells-Higman Co
Colby Hinkley Co
Anderson Tully Co
Geo. B. Thayer & Co
Commission Men of
Wenatchee Inspections Restored by County Board
Wenatchee Washington July 8 The county commissioners settled a long running dispute over fruit inspector appointments by reinstating the deputy inspectors to cover Chelan Cashmere and Wenatchee. The move followed pressure from fruit industry interests who urged continued service.
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Wenatchee
Wash
Chelan
Cashmere
Thiel plans 30000 grape baskets from Visalia vineyard
Visalia Kentucky July 8 F B Thiel owner of Oak Lawn vineyards says about 30000 baskets of grapes will be harvested this season from 40 cultivated acres on sunny hills. Shipment expected August 15 to September 30. He notes hail storms reduced the crop this season. He also grows pears tomatoes and pickles on other acres.
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Visalia
F. B. Thielkeld
Oak Lawn Vineyards
Poultry and Eggs at Nebo Ill June 26 1909
Egg receipts are falling off considerably but poultry is moving freely in Nebo Wil June 26 1909. Enclosed is $1 to pay for one year’s subscription to your paper. Signed John B Harpole.
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Nebo
Wil
John B. Harpole
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