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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1925
Page
2
Grand Rapids June 19. Michigan cherry producers plan an advertising levy of 1? off a pound on all cherries delivered to canneries to fund a national campaign. Expected yearly ad spend ranges from 25000 to 30000 dollars. uncertainty remains on canner contributions. Sour cherry yields may fall to half normal this season.
About 60 carloads of Bing cherries have shipped from Lewiston this season with many more ready to go, but rain damage threatens. Royal Annes and early varieties fared better while Lamberts await picking. Cannery has taken Royal Annes at 7 cents per pound and has received over 200000 pounds. no black varieties sold yet. Harvests from lower river orchards near finish. Clarkston orchards more than half done. Total district output estimated at over 100 carloads.
Allegan and Fennville Michigan report extensive crop damage from four day wind storms. Onions celery and head lettuce in Gun Plains bottom land ruined as muck surface blown away. Losses run into thousands with areas as far as Moline Wayland Plainwell Hudsonville Grand Rapids Ross Grant and Fenville affected.
East Lansing Mich June 19 Canning factories seek desirable locations in heavy farming areas as poor crops on light soils in recent years push production to soils that hold moisture and resist drought.
At the Utah state capitol meeting state and federal inspectors outlined this year’s cooperative shipping point inspection in Utah. Heber J. Webb will represent the State Board of Agriculture and Walter Kingsbury the federal Market News Service. The program begins with cherry shipments and may lower rates to four per cut and three for vegetables if the one twelfth mill levy is upheld.
Mobridge welcomes the Gambie-Robinson Fruit and Grocery Co as a new facility with its own trackage and modern plant equipment including banana and refrigerating rooms. The enterprise is capitalized at 50000 dollars and is led by Henry J. Sidow, long associated with the Aberdeen Gamble-Robinson Fruit Co.
Lansing June 19. Verne H Church state agricultural statistician says two May freezes and spring drought push Michigan fruit crop to its smallest in a decade. Prospects vary by fruit with apples injured, pears hit hard, grapes poor, cherries around 50 percent, plums under half, and berries affected by drought and wind. Further revisions likely after July, with moisture needed to finish crops.
Frank Gardella a longtime Grand Rapids resident and former wholesaler in the Gardella Brothers firm died at his home after an illness of more than 18 months. A Genoa Italy native who came to the United States in 1870, he helped found the firm and was later inactive in business. John G. Gardella, a fellow firm member, died about a year ago. In Cadillac Michigan seven thousand farmers signed five year contracts making the Exchange their exclusive potato sales agent covering about 30 000 acres of potatoes.
If you want to know anytime about the market on fruits vegetables butter eyes poultry honey room corn ask us department store produce. Coyne Brothers 119 West South Water Street Chicago Carlot House in Carlot Town.
Moorhead Minn June 19 The Minnesota Potato Growers Exchange vs A L Fobes of Glyndon was set for trial in Clay county district court June 11 but adjourned due to a cold heating outage The exchange seeks 50 dollars representing twenty percent of the potatoes value plus 1000 costs and fees Fobes counters with 1000 costs and fees denying the violation He also sought an injunction to bar selling outside the exchange and claimed the potatoes were grown on his son’s land with no right to use it for labor.
Lansing Michigan June 19 substantial increase in acreage planted to light and dark red kidney beans in Michigan this year These varieties substitute the Brown Swede bean new variety produced last year which elevators and bean jobbers say was slow seller The bean market in Michigan has developed strength climbing above 5 60 per cwt for choice hand picked white pea beans for the first time in weeks Jobbing prices touched 5 75 early this week Trade estimates about 2500 cars in Michigan Last season crop approx 9000 cars Stocks are strong and held they are holding out for their price
Ogden Utah June 19 There are about 3500 acres of peas in Weber County this year and their condition is 40 percent better than last year's crop It is estimated the production will be 1700 tons The improvement over last year is due to heavy rains compared with drought conditions in 1994
In Cadillac Michigan on June 19 the Michigan Potato Growers' Exchange accuses the United States Department of Agriculture of an erroneous 1924 potato crop estimate. The group says Minnesota shipments will fall 3 000 cars short and questions why the department did not publicly correct the false surplus impression and help growers mitigate losses.
Salt Lake City Utah June 19 Prospects are good for the honey crop in the Uintah Basin said D H Hillman state bee inspector on his return to the capitol following a trip to the well known honey producing section of Utah The colonies of some of the smaller bee men are depleted through inexperience and lack of attention Feed is ordinarily not plentiful in May and this year many colonies suffered more than usual.
Don H. Hootman of East Lansing helped map the midsummer tour for the Michigan State Horticultural Society. Growers will visit orchards and small fruit plantations in Allegan and Van Buren counties in August to view college pomology experiments. The tour starts at Grand Rapids Graham Horticultural Station, with stops near Fennville and South Haven.
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