Idaho Early Triumph Potatoes Highlight Education Drive
Special to The Packer reports Boise Idaho July 16 as the Idaho Fruit and Vegetable Advertising Commission expands a statewide educational campaign. Growers are urged to dig pick and pack in cool morning hours, ship full weight sacks to prevent shrinkage, and protect potatoes from heat. Radio and newspaper ads push Idaho Early Triumphs nationwide with emphasis on quality and proper handling.
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Boise
Idaho
Idaho Fruit and Vegetable Advertising Commission
Packer
Idaho Triumph
Chicago
St. Louis
Memphis
State Advertising Commission
South Water Market Trade Golf Tournament Opens Season
The South Water Market trade golf season opened at Oak Hills Country Club with a 2 p.m. start and a well attended dinner at the clubhouse. Dick Collins and Cc W Smith led arrangements, and many industry figures from fruit, railway, and transport firms attended including F E Baldwin, R C Rittenhouse, M J Ardito, and J A Larocco. The second weekly tournament followed at Westward Ho Country Club.
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Chicago
South Water Market Trade
Oak Hills Country Club
Dick Collins
Postal Telegraph Company
Cc. W. Smith
Florida Citrus Exchange
F. E. Baldwin
F. E. Baldwin & Co
F. R. Short
Ilinois
L. G. McNamara
Wesco Foods Company
R. C. Rittenhouse
R. C. Rittenhouse Company
Henry Lubin
Lubin & Suslick
The
Joe Crisanti
Fox
Union Pacific Railroad
Bob Schultz
Wells
Wade Fruit Company
Wenatchee, Wash
Sam Brubaker
Fresh Foods, Inc
Irwin Nathan
South Water Market
Westward-Ho Country Club
Red River Valley Potato Improvement Association Offers Free Field Inspections
The Moorhead Minnesota meeting of the Red River Valley Potato Improvement Association announced free inspection of potato fields for valley growers. A seed scout will identify quality fields and later seed availability will be provided to raise yields and quality, aiming to boost valley potatoes to compete nationally and increase southern demand. Names F L Behling Herman Skyberg Donald A Peet Carl G Ash John Lorentzen are listed as officers and directors.
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Valley Improvement Association
Moorhead
Minn
Minnesota
Red River
F. L. Behling
Herman Skyberg
Fisher
Donald A. Peet
Carl G. Ash
Crookston
John Lorentzen
Lake Park River
Chas Abbate Company Sells Georgia Elberta Peaches
Chicago reports the Chas Abbate Company handling an early car of Elberta peaches from Georgia. Quality noted as very good with strong movement anticipated by July 19 and peak later that week. Abbate teams in Georgia and Chicago plan continued activity throughout the season with f. o. b. orders from Macon and rolling car and track sales in Chicago.
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Chicago
Chas. Abbate Company
Georgia
Elbertas
Tom Ferrarini
Chase Abbate Company
Charles Abbate
Dempsey Hotel
Macon
Grasshopper Invasion Hits Michigan Dairy Farms
Grasshoppers threaten alfalfa and clover meadows on many Michigan dairy farms in a hot dry spell. They invade fields, moving after damaged feeding grounds, as farmers try poison bran baits to curb the pest spread.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Annual Field Day Features Golf and Prizes at Medinah
About 250 Chicago Mercantile Exchange members and guests enjoyed a sunny, hot field day at Medinah Country Club. Golf dominated the program with many prizes, while bridge, softball, and other games entertained attendees. Notable awards included Bobby Ascher’s low gross 75 and John Coleman’s 79.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Medinah Country Club
Exchange
Trade and Allied Industries
Medinah
Harry H. Field
Jim Wetz
Florida
Mr. Wetz
Field
Joe Cohen
Field Day
Bobby Ascher
Idlewilda Golf Club
John Coleman
Herb Field
Barry Redfearn
Rudy Dauber
Joe Nolan
Mike Fox
D. H. Murphy
Sam Finnerman
George Christians
Harold Webber
Charles Borden
C. H. Hansen
Charles Bowman
Barry Ryan
Walter Koch
Joe Milnarik
Nick’ Fennima
Frank Collyer
Laurence H. Brink
D. J. Coyne
R. Scholes
C. A. Coxe
Roy Eldredge
Dave Gross
F. M. Darby
Jim Schalla
E. E. Seymour
John Toman
James Fanning
Ed Supe
J. L. Barker
University Horticulturists Visit Benton Harbor Market
Five mid western university horticultural experts toured Benton Harbor market on July 16 visiting South Haven Millsburg Growers Exchange and Sodus Fruit Exchange. Participants included J C Blair W W McGill Lorenz Green J C McClintoch and C R Berkholder. Blair photographed the market and shot motion pictures including technicolor scenes.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
South Haven
Millsburg Growers Exchange
Sodus Fruit Exchange
Jud Freeman
Bean Sprayer Company
J. C. Blair
University of Illinois
W. W. McGill
University of Kentucky
Lorenz Green
Purdue University
J.C. McClintoch
C. R. Berkholder
Purdue
Blair
Chicago Street Notes on fruit shipments and visits
R G James of Fresh Foods Inc leaves for Georgia to monitor Elberta peach movement, with planned stops in Fort Wayne and Charleston. Clarence W Abbott, Twin Falls Idaho, visits South Water Market. Frank G Hough of American Fruit Growers in Yakima tours markets. Russel Produce sells first Pleasant Valley onions car to Schwartz Brothers in Detroit. A E Aviles of Western Distributors visits R C Rittenhouse in Chicago. California Bartlett pears arrive via California Fruit Exchange and auctioned by Fruit Auction Sales. Anthony Caruso travels to Caruso Georgia for beach deal.
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R. G. James
Fresh Foods, Inc
Georgia
Elberta
Fort Wayne
Ind
Charleston
W. Va
Frank G. Hough
Yakima, Wash
American Fruit Growers Inc
Chicago
Russel Produce Company
Pleasant Valley
Schwartz Brothers
Detroit
California
Bartlett
California Fruit Exchange
Fruit Auction Sales Company
Anthony Caruso
Caruso Fruit Distributors, Inc
Caruso, Ga
Berrien County Imports Berry Pickers to Relieve Labor Shortage
Berrien County fruit growers face a severe picker shortage due to a bumper raspberry and cherry crop. The Benton Harbor U S Employment Service forwarded 300 orders but none available, while Detroit arranged 200 workers and Michigan offices were told to help. Some growers transport pickers from Arkansas to Michigan. southern pickers influx continues but remains insufficient. Market Master Roscoe D Krieger has routed requests to the U S Employment service to manage the demand.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Berrien County
United States Re- Employment Service
Detroit
Michigan
Arkansas
Roscoe D. Krieger
United States
Michigan fruit crops rise for peaches apples plums and cherries
Grand Rapids Mich July 16 The state crop reporting board expects pears at 1 360 000 bushels down from 1 370 000 last year apples 12 792 000 bushels up 60 percent peaches 2 861 000 bushels up 66 percent plums about 49 percent higher cherries harvest underway 24 percent larger and grapes 64 000 tons up 65 percent from last year as Michigan fruits overall show gains beyond 1936 with pears the sole exception.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Verne H. Church of
Lansing
State Agricultural Statistician
State Crop Reporting Board
Church
Mr. Church
Heavy car ferry traffic floods Mackinaw Strait
Traffic across the Straits of Mackinac is at a record high as the Michigan fleet ferries operate around the clock. Delays mount for trucks at Mackinaw City and St. Ignace while awaiting transport. Relief is expected when the new City of Cheboygan ferry is in service after U.S. Bureau of Navigation inspectors approve it.
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Mackinaw City
Mich
Straits of Mackinac
St. Ignace
State Highway Department
City of Cheboygan
Wm L Wagner Comments on Trade Matters in July
William L. Wagner of the United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Association outlines recent foreign and domestic trade topics. He notes recommendations from the Southcentral States conference urging uniform labeling for foods preserved by freezing, a near strike avoided with the Railway Express Agency wage settlement, votes by non-operating railroad unions on pay increases, and growing enforcement actions under the Robinson-Patman Act against practices of several firms.
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Chicago
William L. Wagner
United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Association
Southcentral States
Houston
Express
Railway Express Agency
Brotherhood of
Railway Clerks
Votc. Om
Womea
Robinson-Patman
Cement Institute
Golf Ball Manufacturers’ Association
F.T.C
Levy to Manage Onion Dept at Christ Hansen & Co
Melvin Levy, a veteran in the onion trade, joins Christ Hansen & Co. to head their onion department. Previously Chicago office manager for Dingfelder & Balish, he will oversee onion imports from across the country. He departs for Idaho to represent the firm before returning to Chicago. Also noted, several executives join the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as new members.
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Melvin Levy
Christ Hansen & Co
Chicago
Dingfelder & Balish, Inc
Levy
Idaho
Caldwell
Illinois Central Schedules Southern Illinois Fruit Shipments
The Illinois Central System has a new daily schedule for southern Illinois fruit and vegetable shippers, in effect except Saturdays and Sundays. The line will move perishables to Chicago with refrigerator cars, stopping at loading points to pick up cars, promising next morning delivery for fresh produce from southern Illinois.
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Chicago
Illinois Central System
Southern Illinois Fruit
Fred Short
Illinois Central
South Water Market
North Cairo
Ill
Villa Ridge
Til
Dongola
Balcom
Anna, Ill
Cobden
Central, Ill
Chicago, Ill
Wisconsin Potato Crop Outlook Is Favorable
Madison Wisconsin July 16 In the July crop report the potato outlook for Wisconsin shows a larger crop after last year’s extremely small yield and marked gains for the United States The Wisconsin acreage is about one percent larger than last year with an estimated production of 25935000 bushels up from about 20000000 last year The United States crop is estimated at 404000000 bushels versus 330000000 bushels last year
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Madison
Wis
Federal State Crop Reporting Service
Wisconsin
United States
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South Water. Market
Lightning Service
Applebaum-Missner CO
Chicago Res
the Packer
Red Book
Your Bank
Advertising Commission
Gordon Tyrrell CO
Celicago Commission
Jobbera
W. Coppersmith ,Co
Rubin Produce Co., Inc
Smith-Cordes CO
South Water Market ‘Trade
M.B. Rosenthal
Vincent Hotel
Phone Harbor
Rosenthal & Stockfish, Inc
Chas. Abbate
Peach
Chicago Exchange
Washington
Calif.Ariz
L. D. Chicago
U.S
U. S
Arizona
Imperial Valley
Salinas
South Racine
Postal L. D
Chicago Street Notes
Clarence W. Abbott
Twin Falls
A. E. Aviles
Western Distributors
Nogales, Ariz
Wm. L. Wagner
New Chicago Exchange
Arthur W. Schultz
Bartlett Frazier Company
Maynard C. Ivison
William R. Proctor
Abbott, Proctor & Paine
New York City
Philip Sherman
Tri-State Produce Company
Sioux City
Clarence M. Murray
Frank C
Crispo
Watsonville
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
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