Quiet demand on Chicago vegetables eases prices
Chicago market reports a quiet demand with lower prices on many vegetables. Arrivals from Florida remain light while receipts from Louisiana and Texas rise. spinach and cabbage show weakness, and many crates and barrels fetch modest returns across multiple items including tomatoes cucumbers and lettuce.
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Florida
Louisiana
Texas
Chicago
California
Detroit
Kankakee
Minneapolis Butter and Egg Market Update
The Minneapolis egg market eased from last week with lighter receipts and steady prices for fresh prime firsts at 32 cents. Demand remained fair as winter cold kept buyers cautious and rots sold at 8.70 a case. Butter showed a firmer but unsettled tone with all grades holding, extras at 37 cents and firsts at 35 to 36 cents.
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Minneapolis
Bean acreage set to rise in Michigan this year
Detroit March 9. W J Orr president of the Michigan Bean Growers Association predicts the state will yield its largest bean crop. He estimates 700000 acres to be planted, 250000 more than 1916, with seed costs about 6 per acre versus 40 per acre for potatoes. Orr says marketing conditions are excellent.
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Detroit
Mich
W. J. Orr
Michigan Bean Jobbers’ Association
Orr
Kerr Recovered and Returning Home to Chicago
C A Kerr of C A Kerr Co. is expected to return to his Chicago home tomorrow after two months in a Battle Creek Michigan hospital. He underwent an operation and now is in better health than before illness. His friends in the trade are glad to have him back on the job.
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Chicago
C. A. Kerr
C. A. Kerr & Co
Annual Eye Show at Indiana University
The annual show at Indiana University announces an eye opening poultry display on March 9 with the band promoting better egg grading and packing. Nearly 400 dozen eggs were exhibited last year and entries are free for all to compete for cups ribbons and cash prizes in six classes. Educational exhibits highlight poultry appliances feeding devices and demonstrations.
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Ees Urdue University
Ind
Crescent Milk Ted Poultry Co Incorporation in Evansville
Evansville notes report the Crescent Milk Ted Poultry Company incorporated with S. Moskowitz & Co. as organizers and $10,000 capital. Other items include Gov Goodrich signing a bill on selling fruits and vegetables by weight or count with an exemption for producers selling from house to house. Mitchell reports cedar trees especially red junipers harming fruit trees in Lawrence and Orange counties prompting calls to cut cedars due to dust spores affecting apples.
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Evansville
Ind
Crescent Milk Ted Poultry Company
S. Moskowitz & Co
Indianapolis
Goodrich
Orange Counties
Michigan Dairy Show and Butter Egg Poultry Meeting
The Michigan Butter Egg and Poultry Shippers Association met in Detroit March 6 at the Hotel Statler with officers elected for the year. Lectures on egg and poultry handling, state control of eggs, and dairy economics were given by national and local experts, followed by a banquet for about 200 guests. The Michigan Dairy Show was held in Detroit March 6 to 8 with Miss Paulina Raven leading home economics lectures and a multi-group convention for dairy associations.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan Butter, Egg and Poultry Shippers’ Association
W. T. Seibels
National Association
J. W. Lyons
Jackson
P. M. Hurley
D. A. Bentley
Saginaw
Frank
Dairy and Food Commissioner
Michigan
Fred L. Woodworth
F. J. Schaffer
Commission
Butter and Egg Board
David Klein
Dairy and Food Department of Illinois
E. W. Benjamin
New York State Agricultural College
Armory Building
Paulina E. Raven
Michigan Agricultural College
A. C. Anderrson
Erasions Dairy Husbandry
Went
Witusek
Colcereon
Banquet for Potato Dealers in Chicago Celebrates Association
About 70 local potato dealers attended a banquet in Chicago at the Hotel Planters hosted by the Chicago Potato Dealers Association. The event featured a nine course dinner and a musical program by the Little German Band, plus each guest received a miniature American flag pin. A prank by a man claiming to be from a U.S. District Attorney office provided light entertainment. Separately, fruit growers in western Michigan report damage to peaches cherries and pears from recent cold weather.
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Chicago
Chicago Potato Dealers’ Association
Bill” Arthur
Michigan
Holland
Mich
Potato Shippers Offered Weather and Loading Guide in Chicago
D J St hens, carlot distributor at 19 North Clark Street, has prepared a booklet for potato shippers. It offers advice on preparing cars for severe weather, general loading, grading and marketing based on Stephens' experience as shipper, buyer and distributor. Shippers may obtain a copy by addressing Mr Stephens.
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Chicago
D. J. St Hens
North
Clark Street
Stephens
Ayer
Poto
Stepheng
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