Auction Opens Detroit News in the Packer This Week
Detroit March 21 news notes report The United Fruit Auction Co opened a new quarters with Mayor Marx presiding. Details describe the auditorium seating, auction stand, and expansion after rising business. Also, Chicago reports heavier Louisiana strawberry arrivals and varied quality as markets monitor fruit movement.
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Guy P.tanholl
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United Fruit Auction Co
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Lehinpacasse
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Alfred Rush& Sons
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McDonnell Bros. Co
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Haldwin
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Ray
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Chdee Connally
Juuhoan
Citrus Prices in Chicago Market Report Mar. 21
Fancy California novelties sold well with light supply. Best stock quoted 4 to 4.25 per box. Florida oranges in fair supply but sometimes dry. Carloads at 3 to 3.76 a box. Grapefruit steady with adequate supply especially Time sizes. Lemons quiet with California at 6 to 6.40 and Messinas 5.50 to 6.00 per box.
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Chicago
California
Poultry Prices Steady in Kansas City Market Week
Poultry at Kansas City shows firm tone all week with light receipts and steady demand. Hens ranged 13 to 14 percent, broilers 21 to 22 cents, young roosters 10 to 11 cents, old 4 to 5 cents, turkeys 17 to 18 cents, geese 11 to 12 cents, ducks 15 to 16 cents. Wednesday prices rose with hens at 14 to 14.4 cents, broilers 24 to 25 cents, ducks 16 to 17 cents.
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Kansas City
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New York
Braun
Chicago Exchange Visitors List At University This Week
Out of town visitors registered at the university and Eye Toward here this week include Pp. Douglas Halle Plain Invins Ludwig New York W Geary Carrollton Mo C D Johan Detroit LL Smith Boston Syracuse NY Y Stones Gh Davenport Ta C D Varis France Walter Shot Moines and Convery New York.
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New York
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Carrollton
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Convery
Berries Moving North. March Shipments Expected
This week and last many berries moved north by express from Hammond Indiana. The first carload is expected to move about March 25 as cold wether has kept the fruit at Hick. There is acreage this year in other truck crops. Beans radishes cucumbers and Irish potatoes have been produced and will be shipped by express. Some tomatoes are pink and unwrapped.
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Express
Hazlehurst
Miss
Jane
J.P. Wise
Schedules of H. L. Bryde bankruptcy filed in New York
Schedules show liabilities of 4235 dollars and assets of a smaller amount for H. L. Bryde Inc a two person jobber in eggs and bitter located formerly at 2141 Third Avenue.
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H. L. Bryde, Inc
Third Avenue
Easter Egg Market Slips on Warm Weather and Ample Supplies
Market notes from March 21 describe Easter demand well supplied as warm weather and strong receipts push egg prices lower. Firsts ranged near 17 to 18 1/2 cents with liberal offerings, while futures edged down and buyers held back as outside demand waned. Receipts continued strong with shipments around 12,056 on Thursday and prices showing minor firming late in the period.
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Egg Market Report From New York Trade Summary
Weekly egg receipts totaled 140473 cases last week with 97 626 prior year. Current market steady with oversupply at times and little spring storage sales. Northern Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois firsts traded from 18 to 19 cents. fresh gathered stock remained active with prices around 18 cents.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
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Ohio
Illinois
Michigan
Indiana
Butter Receipts and Prices In New York Market
Receipts for butter from May 1 to last Saturday totaled 2,167,188 tubs versus 2,174,248 a year ago, with weekly receipts at 43,541, higher than 38,4/1 two years prior. Fresh butter remained firm as buyers cover immediate needs, while storage butter nearly exhausted. extras sold near 54 to 55 cents, Firsts around 24 to 26 cents, and creamery grades varying with demand.
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New York
Mar
Poultry Market Report From New York and Local
The packing stock market shows thin receipts and light demand with mixed prices. Dressed poultry remains steady while live stock sales trend lower. fowl and turkeys fetch variable prices with corn fed and mills fed categories noted.
Poultry Market Activity in Chicago Reflects Strong Demand
Chicago trading saw a steady poultry market with good demand from retailers and dressers, despite slightly lighter receipts than last week. Frozen stock moved freely at high prices, live fowls and spring chickens advanced, and cretipts included three cars of live birds and about 1,500 coops by express.
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Chicago
Mar
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Express
Butter Market Dull As Prices Hold Firm
Chicago buyers show weak demand for fancy creamery butter while undergrades hold better. Packing stock remains firm as receipts rise with new creameries planned, 11,974 tubs noted Monday Tuesday. Creamery extras quoted 35c, extra firsts 34 to 341c, firsts 32 to 33c, seconds 29 to 30c. Ex tras in dairies sold at 32c, firsts 27 to 28c.
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Chicago
Eggs at Kansas City Market Report
Kansas City market notes a two cent drop in eggs on Monday amid abundant receipts and weak demand from shippers. Through midweek further declines followed with firsts at 16 and current receipts near 4.80 per case, rising to about 4.85 by Friday. Easter demand lagged due to holidays. shipments from the Midwest increase. and speculation centers on April pack prices around 14 to 16 percent in small lots.
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Kansas City
Mar
New York Farm Produce Commission Bill Nearing Passage
A reform measure for commission merchants, drafted by Assemblyman Cole, to license traders, require bonds, and require honest accounting, moves toward becoming law within two weeks. It aims to curb fly by night crooks, protect farmers, and standardize pack, sale and shipment practices across New York markets.
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Agricultural Committee
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Travis
Commission
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G C. Tuckerman
Commissioner of Agriculture
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Court of Appeals
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Unis
New York City
Georgia Peaches Face Possible Damage From Recent Rains
Georgia Fruit Exchange reports no peach damage south of Atlanta from last week’s cold snap, but heavy rains over four to five days threaten blooms and pollenization. Wires from Americus and Marshallville indicate no damage there. A. D. Vans noted among the exchange representatives.
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Georgia Fruit Exchange
Americus
Marshallville
A. d. Vans
Offerings-Advertisements Index and Reports Summary
Index to offerings advertisements lists seed and eating potatoes onions tomatoes apples cabbage cucumbers citrus and other farm goods from shippers and manufacturers. Reports note cold storage capacity and weather damage across Georgia areas including Rome Dalton Jasper Canton Fort Valley with varying peach and crop losses.
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Texas
Planta
Nery Land
Bulletin Features in The Packer Weekly Bulletin
Kansas City bulletin notes ads from berry and truck growers across Tennessee Mississippi and other southern points including Norwood Law Halls Curve Jackson Greenfield Gates Ripley and more. It lists Mississippi shipper associations and other fruit vegetable shippers with eggs listed at various primary points.
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Packer Weekly
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Tennessee
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Texay
Berries Short Measure in Milwaukee Market
MilwaukeeWisconsin March 21 The city sealer reports 24 cages of strawberries sold this week with some cases short in measure. Some new boxes arrived full but shorts were ordered out of state. Wisconsin container law from 1913 amended 1912 allows March 1913 to remove old containers. State sealer directs strict enforcement to use standard containers. confiscation of containers and berries possible.
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W. F. Steiner
Little Change in Potatoes Demand Steady Prices
Chicago market shows no major change as demand stays fair and stocks not accumulating. Receipts light, dealers hold steady prices with sound stock preferred. farmers hold for potential advance. Warm roads hinder hauling yet country stock small. early sorts quoted around 43 to 45 cents per bushel.
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Chicago
Mar
ST Vars
Onion Trading. ts Call. Chicago Market Report
In Chicago on March 21 there was a lighter inquiry for onions this week with operators sorting smalled trading. Prices remained around the per hundred for sacked red and yellow Globe onions, but the general tone of the market was subdued.
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Market report on Chicago car buyers and Wisconsin stock
The piece notes slower trading and steadier prices in Chicago and Wisconsin. Dealers report limited stock and expect stocks to clear in a couple of weeks as buyers are less brisk than last week.
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Muirkel
Wisconsin
Suit Against Ball and Slater in Peach Deal Case
Peters Bros. sue Ball and J B Slater in Chicago for a peach deal. Judge Stewart heard arguments. defendants claim no grounds for criminal action and seek transfer to civil court. Hearing set for March 29.
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Peddler Trouble Flares Over Chicago Ordinance Impact
City restrictions on peddlers crying out their wares stir unrest among sellers and buyers. Dealers claim business suffers as many peddlers quit or shrink operations. A court test on the ordinance’s legality is under way, with traders watching the proceedings.
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Mar
E Street
Frost Reports from Ind and Nearby on Berry Prospects
Frosts across Independence Louisiana Tickfaw Castleberry Haleyville Hazlehurst and Nashville areas caused limited or no berry and fruit damage. Some shipments delayed while others expect normal crop quality and volume with improved conditions. peaches and other vegetables show variable impact with prospects for good yields amid cooling weather.
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Castleberry Association
Benry Run
Peocle Stower
Gout Demand for Asparagus In Local Market
Asparagus receipts were heavy this week with sales around seven dollars per box for prime lots and three to four dollars for lower grades. White asparagus sold at a lighter pace, with pricing in the three to five dollar range and some bargain lots in the lower end of the market.
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