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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1922
Page
2
In an oil city of 60 000 population the owner with great possibilities is leaving the city after building a fine, well established business and a live organization. For particulars write “WHOLESALE” care The Packer Chicago at 192 N. Clark St.
June 9 Riverbank Calif crops and fruit look good ranchers predict big yield after floods. Grape buyers report highest price of the year at $125 per ton from J J Hardie West who sold his crop on the vines. He has ten acres Alicante Bouchet. farm noted as best in five years with strawberries improving and steady 12 1 2 cents per box.
Edwin Ri Godfrey a Milwaukee fruit and produce pioneer dies at 80 in Wauwatosa after a long illness. He founded E R Godfrey & Sons Co and built a large Milwaukee business with nine creameries. He served as mayor of Wauwatosa and supported philanthropy, leaving four sons, a daughter, and 17 grandchildren.
Gardeners inland from St Paul should inspect plots for spinach yellows disease as officials report a resilient strain bred at Virginia station. W T Tapsey of the horticultural division notes seed of the resistant variety will be available next year and urges Minnesota gardeners to monitor crops.
Amidon North Dakota June 9 County commissioners offered five thousand dollars per inch of rainfall over 3.54 inches for May and June to Rainmaker Hatfield. He refused the wager, though May rainfall in Slope county exceeds three inches and may reach over five by month’s end. Jacksonville News Notes reports tomato shipments and deals in Texas and Oklahoma, with several firms opening offices and packing facilities.
Grand Rapids Michigan June 9 A standardized fruit and vegetable pack is planned by the Michigan State Canners Association with Dr A R Todd secretary announcing after opening of a state office in the McMullen building The plan aims to start with apples and expand to all products Michigan labels will signal quality and boost demand The office will liaison between manufacturers wholesalers retailers and consumers Dr Todd chemist will visit factories observe crops and coordinate with the National Canners Association to relay crop and market data A clerk will run the office in his absence.
Milwaukee June 9 Wisconsin law on grading potatoes shows clear gains. L D Foster notes machine graded potatoes brought 15 to 20 cents more per cwt than ungraded. Since September 1921, 16,000 cars shipped with an estimated $112,000 extra received by state farmers. Many farmers adopted the Boggs grader as standard.
Pullman Washington June B A Slocum extension bee specialist with Washington State College advises uniting weak and queenless colonies to form one strong profitable hive. He recommends the newspaper method, safest for inexperienced beekeepers, where two hives are stacked with a sheet of newspaper between them and bees gnaw through to join within about 24 hours.
Prices for the Winesap pool of Yakima valley division are announced by manager F E Miller. The pool totals 210000 boxes from the valley and company orchards, with fob prices after deductions. Extra fancy 2 20 2 00 1 50 1 80 1 20 1 40 1 10.
Philetus Purdy, 87, a venerable and active early fruit grower, died in Fennville after a brief illness. He owned a large farm four miles northwest of town and is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Anie M. Dawson of Fennville.
G H Miles of Seattle and Jack Lindley of Fresno were in Los Angeles en route to Imperial Valley for cantaloupe business. Ben Arkelian of Fresno will base in Heber during the season. Arena & Co. and Sawdey & Hunt sent representatives to Brawley. Officials from American Fruit Growers and National Fruit Exchange visited. A fruit grower meeting in Ephrata discussed shipping to market under Skookum Brand.
Rust confirmed on spinach in the Walla Walla valley, Spokane reports on June 9. J. W. Wiley, district horticulturist, says rust is the first known disease to affect spinach in that region. Heald, plant pathologist at Washington State College, advised consultation with other authorities to devise prevention steps.
White Salmon June 9 Colonel Walter T Bates an orchardist from Burden Mountain district has been ordered to London as military attache representing the military history branch of the war college overseas with the 8th Regiment. The strawberry harvest in this district is in full blast and carrot shipments will begin to fall this week.
J. A. Hickman of Rio Hondo was chosen president at a Rio Grande Citrus Fruit Exchange board meeting in Harlingen on Monday. Other officers were elected, and a five member committee was formed to recruit all growers. A 1 cent assessment was set for each tree under three years old, and plans were made to exhibit Valley fruits at the Houston Fair and Exposition this fall.
Tyler Texas June 9 It is estimated that $750000 will be realized by Smith county truck growers from the tomato crop began to move Saturday when two carloads of green stock were shipped from Whitehouse 11 miles southeast of here Present estimates place the crop at 700 cars of tomatoes from Smith county with about 50 cars all told to be shipped in less than carlot shipments Express shipments consist of pink stock whereas the bulk of carload lots will be shipped groan
Merced Calif June The Merced Growers Association new packing plant opens. The association includes 50 growers who handle 60 percent of local tomatoes onions garlic Italian squash and summer squash. The frame 150 by 90 foot building sits on the Southern Pacific line and features modern facilities. Merced has long needed such a plant as the district is known for tomatoes and ranks second to Imperial Valley in market timing to avoid direct competition.
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