Milk and Produce Markets Show Weak Butter Decline
The Packer reports a sharp butter decline with local holdings moderate and most buyers betting on a bottom. Eggs move to storage as April shipments rise, while potatoes and onions surge in price on strong outside demand. New cabbage from the south sells higher. domestic varieties tighten as weather and crop prospects shift. Dairy and fruit notes include Kansas and Illinois updates, with several traders changing ventures and regional associations forming to market crops directly.
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Michigan peach is fire proof says Milwaukee dealer
Milwaukee trade shows renewed activity with warm weather as dealers anticipate price gains. Sieg of A Grossenbach & Co notes spring supplies may be delayed by cold weather, predicting Michigan peaches will appear if needed and will fetch strong outside prices. Chicago reports first California cherries at $8, notices in fruit trade.
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W. E.” Sweet &Co
Schmidt & Keith
Chicago
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Union Fruit Auction Co
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State Street
Lee Gates
F. H. Buck & Co
Vacaville
R. G. Murdock
C. E. Thurston Co
Henry Heinemann
Meyer & Heinemann
Alabama
Coyne Bros
Indictment against Hayden faces state probe in Chicago
May 4 Chicago section reports Merrill and Eldredge offer contracts on selectlor shipments. The indictment targets C B Hayden Jr for prior poultry veal ears and hides dealings. Meyer & Heinemann bought Hayden business and face explaining shipments and pricing. Hayden possibly fled city. state attorney pushing the case vigorously. Also a Tennessee note from Tazewell reports 1907 peach crop damage and tomato canning amid orchards and shipping activity.
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Hayden
Meyer & Heinemann
Hastings Potato Trade in Full Swing at Federal Point
Hastings Florida sees a busy potato movement as the Florida East Coast railway runs its nightly potato special. Buyers and reps from Nix & Co New York J H Killough Co Philadelphia and others converge with local growers like Pellicer and Davis to ship 15 to 25 cars daily. Federal Point near Hastings also yields strong output with growers including Hubbard Merwin Wilkinson and Jordan. A late frost in Ames Iowa causes limited damage to early plums and cherries, centered near Des Moines and the central area.
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Philadelphia
R. J. Jones, Jr
Smith & Olden
E. W. Wiggins
H. Woods Co
Chicago
3. C. Hansen
C. H. Norris & Co
Baltimore
Thad’ C. Renley
Florida Sunshine
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A. C. L. Railroad
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Illinois Demurrage Bill Died Amid Lobby Push
Springfield May 3 Illinois legislature defeated the receipt demurrage bill imposing penalties on railroads for failing to supply freight cars promptly. The pure food bill underwent extensive amendments with debates over dairy and creamery oversight and fruit jelly sales sections. Crutchfield Woolfolk Gibson faced unsettled accounts tied to the Streator Produce Market as Vinecore allegedly folded, leaving creditors.
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Nomerciar
Chicago
Crutchfield, Woolfolk & Gibson
Streator Produce Market
East Main Street
Streator
Ill
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Vinecore
Potato Demand Shrinks As New Crop Looms
Chicago May 4 The potato market shows a lighter week with weaker demand and lower prices at loading stations. Dealers attribute the softness to external markets and the coming new crop, though some traders foresee a possible late season rise if stockpiles adjust. Fresh shipments from the south arrive as new supply grows.
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Pittsfield Fruit Prospects Report for 1907
From Pittsfield on April 29 1907 worded to The Packer the grower William Perry notes Apples expected about half a crop this season Peaches prospects fair but pears will be absent Cherries and plums light while other fruits are expected to be fair Crop outlook reflects local conditions and farming patterns of the era.
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Sit. Vernon
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L. X. Benl
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Hasler Co Advertises Broad Representation for Crop Sales
Hasler Co of Chicago solicits ground representation across regions including California Texas Florida and Louisiana and offers to move large crop lots such as strawberries. They claim to handle the Butterfield Berry Growers Shippers Assn output from Butterfield Missouri with first car expected around May 15 and welcome inquiries from shippers buyers by wire or letter.
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Butterfield Berry Growers Shippers’ Assn
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Hasler CO
Chicago
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