Enforcing Illinois State Residue Spray Law Begins June 1936
The Illinois Department of Agriculture announces stricter enforcement of the Illinois Food Law and Federal Food and Drug Act on spray residues in fruits and vegetables. Walter W. McLaughlin warns Illinois growers and dealers that interstate commerce and intrastate sales of adulterated produce will face action starting June 1 1936, aligning state practice with federal precedent since 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Witnois
Walter W. McLaughlin
Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Food and Drug Administration
United States Department of Agriculture
Illinois Department of Agriculture
God and Drug Administration
Illinois to enforce spray residue limits on fruits and vegetables
The Illinois Department of Agriculture will act under the state Food Law starting in the 1936 crop season against products sold in Illinois that exceed specified spray residue limits. Lead .018 grain per pound, arsenic .01 grain per pound, fluorine .01 grain per pound. The move mirrors federal precedent, aims to aid local growers, and continues lab support to help market residue free produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Food ‘and Drug Administration
Linoig Department of Agriculture
Tllinois
State Department of ‘Agriculture
Imnois
Illinois
Potatoes Studied For Hotel Trade By Michigan Professor
East Lansing March 6 Prof Henry C Moore head of potato work at Michigan State College announced a study to identify potato types used by hotels He mailed 100 questionnaires and received 60 replies including 39 from Michigan hotels Nearly all hotels rely on home grown stock with three using mostly Russet Burbanks Most rely on wholesale supplies with three using truckers Only 21 hotels in small cities bought from growers Most hotels buy by grade 11 hotels preferred specific brands Moore noted hotel stewards are more varietal minded with 33 buying by varieties and 27 asking for production state He distributed Katahdin samples to hotels for boiling baking and frying tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lansing
Mich
Henry C. Moore
Michigan State College
Michigan
Moore
Veteran horticulturists Henry Muth and John Murray die
In Grand Rapids Michigan this week two Kent county veteran horticulturists died Henry Muth aged 70 and John Murray aged 82. Both had devoted over five decades to fruit growing and became noted figures in local agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Kent County
Henry Muth
John Mur Yay
Plan to standardize Michigan celery crate sizes
Michigan vegetables group leads move to set uniform celery package sizes across flats squares highballs highboys half crates and two thirds crates after hearings in Kalamazoo Decatur Muskegon Hudsonville Zeeland Holland Hamilton and other regions. Committees will finalize the standard dimensions with state agriculture to enact the rules into law.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan Vegetable Growers Association
Michigan
Kalamazoo-Decatur
Martin, Muskegon
Hudsonville- Zeeland - Holland - Hamilton
Kalamazoo
State Department of Agriculture
C. H. Mahoney
East Lansing
State Association
Decatur
Mahoney
Hudsonville
Hamilton
Muskegon
Martin
Matt Guggenheim Passes Away After Industry Ties
Chicago March 6 Matt Guggenheim a longtime fruit and vegetable industry figure in Chicago died last Friday at his home 1380 East Hyde Park boulevard aged 70. He operated as M Guggenheim at 58 South Water Market and is survived by his widow a daughter Mrs Leona Livingston and a son Milton Funeral services were held Monday at 936 Hast Forty-seventh street with burial at Mount Mayriv cemetery Milton will continue the family business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Matt Guggenheim
East Hyde Park Boulevard
Mr. Guggenheim
M. Guggenheim
South Water Market
Leona Livingston
Milton
Hast
Forty-seventh Street
Mount Mayriv
Ask Increase in Michigan Port Improvement Funds
Grand Rapids March 6 The Great Lakes Harbors Association urged the U S Senate to raise the rivers and harbor improvements appropriation for Michigan ports The house passed bill would be revised upward secretary R F Malia said 22 Michigan projects totaling 8339700 face indefinite postponement The association noted that 40 percent of the nation s water commerce and 90 percent of inland water commerce are handled by the Great Lakes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Great Lakes Harbors Association
United States Senate
Michigan
House
R. F. Malia
President Marsh names arbitration and advisory appointees
President G A Marsh of the Western Fruit Jobbers Association announces appointments to the arbitration committee and advisory councils on Transportation and Legislation. The list includes F W Mort C H Weaver Co and George B Smith Thos B Smith & Sons in Chicago, plus Harry H Allen Chandler Allen Co. Also named are state directors from multiple states and advisory council members for transportation and national legislation, spanning numerous cities and firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Frui
Chicago
G. A. Marsh
Western’ Fruit Jobbers Association
F. W. Mort
C. H. Weaver & Co
George 8. Smith
Thos
Smith & Sons
Line
Harry H. Allen
Chandler-Allen Company
Dean Stanley
Phoenix
Ariz
S. P.scott
Little Rock
Ark
Flint
Mich
Leon
K. Stein
Minneapolis
D. C. Simmons
Utica
Miss
C. E. Marshall
Kansay City
A. J. Knievel
Butte
Mont
Charles G. Trimble
Omaha
Neb
Paul Meyerhoff
Reno
Nev
le Hutchinson
Albuquerque
N. M
Dawson
Tulsa
Okio
R. D. Monahan
Freewater
Ore
J. F. Mack
Deadwood
H. G
McKenzie
Memphis
Tenn
C. D. Kirk
Sam Benito
Tex
E. O. Muir
Salt Lake City
Utah
Reuben G. Benz
Yakima
Wash
Philip Klein
Racine
Wis
Frank Fountain
Cheyenne
Wyo
Advisory Council On Transportation
Fred J. Leonard
Appleton
H. B. Cole
Sacramento
Calif
D. F. Mahaffy
San Francisco
L. A. Leebrick
Denver
Cole
R. J. Harrison
H. S. Pierce
Burlington
F. L. Partridge
Hutchinson
Kan
H. W. Bishop
Harry B. Wolf
Kansas City
R. E. Butler
St. Louis
I. R. Stahl
Weslaco
Advisory Council
BE. L. Brown
Grand Island
J."n. Dillard
H. Harding
Fresno
Mallory
E. Enos
Elmer Hartner
Colo
A.W. Barnett
A. M. Metzler
Decatur
St. Joseph
H. D. Stephens
Oklahoma City
Okla
A. J. Canale
Memphis,Tenn
Ben 8. Keith
Fort Worth
Ray F. Ryan
Seattle, Wash
C. H. Godfred
Milwaukee, Wis
Surplus Michigan Apples for Welfare Distribution
Michigan growers cheer federal decision to buy surplus apples for welfare distribution. Willard J. Maxey oversees Michigan purchases from 27 concentration points with 65 cent per bushel payments. Federal inspector R. W. Dickerson sets fees and oversees fed inspected stock headed to western Michigan.
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Michigan
Peter P. Farina Buried With Military Rites at Alexandria
Peter P. Farina, 33, manager of the T. J. Ault Produce Co, was buried last week with military rites by the American Legion Post at Alexandria. A World War veteran, he formerly lived in Alexandria and Elwood, Ind. He is survived by his widow, a son, three brothers and three sisters.
Chicago Street Notes Reflect Regional Trade Visits
W B Irish of Yakima County Horticultural Union visited Chicago this week. Nate Lerner and J Lerner & Son executives traveled to Rochester and the east coast including Miami for business, with other industry figures such as Sterling Huxtable and J D Horton also in Chicago or on tours. From the Illinois market side Lino-Meyer-Polke Co received Georgia asparagus, while A T Johnson Jr. returned from Florida for his firm. Also noted were visits by H M Newell of Illinois Department of Agriculture and Birkett of Straight Side Basket Corp plus freight traffic manager Sidney King of Wabasha Railway Co touring to call on trade.
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Nate Lerner
Cohen & Gordon
J. Lerner & Son
Rochester
N. Y
Jake Lerner
Florida
Miami
Sidney King
Wabasha Railway Company
St. Louis
Michigan Fruit Growers Spring Meeting Reports Soil Tactics
At Pontiac Michigan during the Michigan State Horticultural Society spring convention fruit growers were urged to monitor soil moisture by observing run off. Dr R D Anthony of Pennsylvania State College advocated growing sod in rotation to reduce runoff and boost organic matter while recommending heavy fertilization when sod culture is used. Secretary H D Hootman highlighted the farmer as teacher and cited field observations aligning with scientific discovery. He noted biennial bearing can be tempered by thinning after blossom shucks drop and described leaf-to-crop relationships influencing annual yields.
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Pontiac
Mich
Michigan
Michigan State
R.D. Anthony
Pennsylvania State College
Anthony
H. D. Hootman
Hast Lansing
Robert Anderson
Covert
Hootman
Mr. Hootman
New Chairman Sought for Blossom Festival
Benton Harbor Michigan March 6 The Southwestern Michigan Blossom Festival Committee must elect a new general chairman after M D Read resigned to become secretary of the Minneapolis Gas Light Company. George Friday of Coloma has set festival dates for May 3 to 10 and predicts over 200000 visitors as fruit trees bloom early in spring.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Southwestern Michigan
St. Joseph
M. D. Read
Minneapolis Gas-Light Company
Minneapolis
George Friday
Coloma
Michigan State Horticultural Society
Friday
Michigan
Michigan Farmers Union selects new leaders
Heads Farmers' Union Owosso Mich March 6 Edward Rolphs Akron farmer named president succeeding John Lentz Maybee dairyman who died last week Charles Downing Willis member of the State Board of Agriculture elected vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heads
Farmers’ Union
Owosso
Mich
Edward Rolphs
Akron
Michigan Farmers Union
John Lentz
Maybee Dairyman
Charles Downing of
Willis
State Board of Agriculture
Twin Cities Street Notes on regional trades and travel
The R L Higgins Company operates warehouses in the Red River valley with locations in Grafton Edinburg Northwood Adams Hatton and Clear Brook North Dakota. Multiple sales and logistics staff return from trips as spring touches the region with Florida strawberries arriving carried by Wishnatzki Nathel and W A White Brokerage. A new Stacy Distributing Company opens with guests and flowers, while staff report on rainy central Iowa and travels through Texas Florida Louisiana and Missouri with industry gatherings in St Louis and Kansas City.
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R. L. Higgins Company
Minneapolis
Red River Valley
Grafton
Edinburg
Northwood
Adams, Hatton
Clear Brook
North Dakota
Twin Cities
Florida
W. A. ‘White
Wishnatzki & Nathel
Plant City
Fla
Earl Young Starts Carrot Shipping Firm in Minneapolis
Earl T. Young launches Earl Young & Co. with offices in the Gorham building to handle general carrot shipping in seed and table potatoes, focusing on the Red River valley. Young formerly with c. EB, Healy & Co. has just returned from the region.
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Minneapolis
Earl Young & Co
Earl T. Young
C. Eb, Healy & Co
Gorham
Red River Valley
Young
Winter Damage to Michigan Peach Buds
Conflicting reports on winter damage to Michigan peach buds. Estimates ranged from zero to over one thousand percent killed. State horticulturist A C Boyer reported over half the buds blasted, while some growers and horticulturists remained optimistic about a fair crop. Kent Ottawa Horticultural Society notes unusual sub zero pattern with limited ground air circulation. Some growers recall past seasons with few live buds yet strong peach sales, while others report severe losses. Mason and Oceana counties show widespread bud loss and poor outlook. New officers elected for Kent Ottawa Society: Otto Klenk president, Edward Robinette vice president, K K Vining secretary, Floyd Helsel treasurer. Independence, Kan. district egg and poultry meeting slated for March 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Cc. A. Boyer
Lansing
Kent-Ottawa Horticultural
Stanley Johnston
South Haven
Horticultural Experiment Station
H. D. Hootman
East Lansing
Michigan State Horticultural Society
U. S. Crane
Fennville
Fea
Mason County
Srowers
Oceana County
Kent-Ottawa Society
Otto Klenk
Sparta
Edward Robinette
K. K. Vining
Floyd Helsel
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C.H. Weaver & CO
Chandler-Allen CO. Auction—Sales
Chandler & Son
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Harry Allen
Paul Chandler
Everett Chandler
Texas
H. Rubenstein & O., Inc
Milwaukee
Halsted Exchang National Bank
Phe Bank of the South Water
Mar
Pres. Marsh
D Rapids
Federal /Surplus Commodity Corporation
Willard J. Maxey
Emergency Relief Commission
R. W.dickerson
Plainwell
Western Michigan
Maxey
Peter P. Farina
Iceberg
Imperial
Yoma
California
Best
Chicago Street Notes
W. B. Irish
Yakima County, Horticultural Union
Yakima, Wash
Sterling Huxtable of
Diercks, Huxtable & Baldwin, Inc
Waupaca
J. D. Horton
National Fruit and Vegetable Exchange, Inc
New York City
Sam Friedman
S. Friedman & Sons
Mr. Friedman
H. M. Newell
Springfield, Ill
Lino-Meyer-Polke Company, Inc
A. T. Johnson, Jr
William H. Esslinger
American ‘Veneer Package Association
Benton, Harbor, Mich
BE. E. Birkett
The
Straight Side Basket Corporation
Benton Harbor, Mich
Blossom Festival
S.& H. Levy CO
Thomas S. Smith & Sons
Solon Place
Nate Swiler
Mr. Swiler
Clarence Larson
C. H. Robinson Company
Vern Culbertson
Culbertson- Chisam Company
Stacy Distributing Company
W. A. White
Mr. White
Gordon Smith
Ralph Lockwood
de Soto Creamery & Produce Company
Missouri Poultry and Egg
Messrs. Davia and
Ames
Booth Cold Storage Company
Poultry and Egg
Steve Palmer
8. G. Palmer Company
East Grand Forks
Minn
Harvey Wolfe
Healy, Company
New Brighton
Kansas
Independence
Kansas Egg and Poultry Association
Meath
Taal
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