Portland Market Prices for Fruit and Produce in Oregon
Portland Oregon March 3 The movement in apples is good at advanced prices Extra fancy Winesaps large sizes at 3 50 Spitzenberga 2 75 Orange market steady at 3 25 3 50 Tangerines 2 76 Florida grapefruit and lemons 6 60 4 Los Angeles strawberries 60c per box Potatoes unchanged with favorable outlook Oregon 50 75c per cwt Yakimas 90c 1 Onions firm 3 25 Cauliflower 2 29 Oregon choice 1 75 Imperial Valley spinach 8 per crate lettuce 3 50 California outdoor rhubarb 3 75 per box Mexican tomatoes 5 per repacked lug Walla Walla spinach 2 50 18-pound box Also her legs bowed but Mary turns to blush in Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Weather to Boost Strawberry Market in April
Chicago notes March weather has been cool with demand for berries fluctuating with temperatures. Distributors anticipate improved weather and rising supplies in April. Market prices show Louisiana cases at 4.50 to 6.00 per case, Florida fruit at 0.50 to 0.66 per quart, with some very poor Florida berries as low as 0.02 per quart. May adjust as more fruit arrives.
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Florida
Much Less Noticed in Pitted Potatoes in Red River Valley
Harmers in the Red River Valley stored surplus potatoes last fall due to car shortages and bad roads. As they dig them out, a large percentage are not fit to market because intermittent frost and early winter warmth froze some top layers, hurting the rest. Some pitted crops are marketable, but a heavy percentage is spoiled.
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Wayne County Agricultural Society elects new officers
At an adjourned meeting in the Court House Lyons a slate of officers was chosen for the year led by President William Holloway. Elected vice presidents include Augustus Burnett Lyons Henry Cross Galen Willis Cosad Huron Miles Dean Marion Durfee Hoag and others. Plans were adopted to erect several new buildings.
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Calgary
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To Reduce Peanut Acreage in Camilla Georgia
Camilla farmers near all members of the Georgia Peanut Growers Association plan to cut their peanut acreage this season, aiming at stabilizing prices and returns for growers in the region.
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Good business in green vegetables on Chicago market
Chicago March 30 ideal weather aided steady weekly trade on greens with sound and fancy tomatoes in good demand and large receipts of string beans. Repacked Florida fancy crates sold $4.50 to $5.50. original Florida crates brought $2.50 to $4.50. Mexican fancy crates $5.50 to $5.50. assorted vegetables including cauliflower lettuce peppers cucumbers and asparagus showed varied prices and steady activity amid quality differences. demand favored fancy grades while haywire notes on several items.
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Clarence A. Carter Wins Suit Against Railroad
Detroit March 30 Clarence A Carter a prominent commission man recovered from illness to claim a loss of 1912 39 against the New York Central Railroad over a mixed shipment of peppers and eggplants from Fort Myers Fla in May 1920 The delayed poorly refrigerated car cost nearly double the initial claim and after fruit traffic managers at Nolan Cunnings revisited the case a Florida attorney wired for full instructions leading to a recovery of the asserted loss in the long delayed suit
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Dealers urge railroads for better yard cooperation
Detroit march 30 railroads push track dealers to unload refrigerator cars quickly amid nationwide shortage. Salesmen report cars moved mid process making location tracking hard. itinerant cars end up in inquiries, delaying unloads by days.
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Detroit Street Notes HitStone Mississippi Sugar Receipt
Detroit Produce Dealers discuss closing warehouses at 3 pm with track gates, pending action from a Detroit Produce Dealers Association meeting. John Schulte reports Florida vegetables plentiful and citrus still to move. Potatoes have driven market strength for about ten days, with daily deals varying and no clear change anticipated.
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John Schulte
M. Baldwin & Co
Florida
Detroit Produce Dealers’ Association
Mexican Tomato and Vegetable Shipments at Nogales
Shipments from Mexico to the United States through Nogales show 139 cars of tomatoes and 24 cars of vegetables this point. Earlier in March 28 cars of tomatoes and one car of vegetables passed, with multiple daily totals reported. The season totals reach 1,002 tomato cars and 192 vegetable cars, with the week's average price at 2.10 per crate and many crates sold at 2.50 delivered.
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San Maid Raisin Growers Reorganize Under Capper Volstead Plan
Government aid backs Sun Maid Raisin Growers California reorganization to meet Capper Volstead Act conditions. Ralph Merritt and USDA officials discuss forming a producer only cooperative, reducing nonproducer stock, and creating a subsidiary for packing and processing funded by bonds and securities.
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San Maid Raisin Growers
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Not a Real Farmer in El Simtin Politicking
In El Simtin a man named Corntessel dismisses a neighbor as not a real farmer. He says the farmer sticks to farming and knows nothing about politics, reflecting a Washington Star style cartoon caption brief.
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Washington Star
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