Edgerton Mfg Adds Plant Improvements in Paoli
Paoli Ind May 4 The Edgerton Manufacturing Company a Plymouth based fruit and vegetable packaging maker is adding extensive improvements to its Paoli plant. A new power plant will be completed within 30 days and machinery for strawberry boxes Climax baskets and other popular baskets is being installed. The Plymouth plant has also specialized in a half bushel basket popular for several seasons.
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Paoli
Ind
Edgerton Manufacturing Company
Plymouth
Michigan Poultry Price Discrimination Law Noted
Jansing Mich May 4 Michigan residents learn of a 1912 statute banning unlawful discrimination in buying poultry eggs milk cream and butterfat. The Casé bill mirrors this, seeking to ban discrimination in all agricultural purchases within the state. The law prescribes fines up to 500 dollars or up to six months in jail for violations.
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Jansing
Mich
Michigan
State Senate
House
First Cantaloupe from Imperial Valley Herald of Summer
Chicago May 4 reports the first cantaloupe of the year and first car of watermelons and cherries signaling summer. C H Weaver & Co opened the Imperial Valley season with a small but mature melon, promising a strong cantaloupe trade under their Three Melon brand across 1,400 Imperial acres, 600 Turlock acres, and extended holdings including New Mexico and Colorado. If weather stays favorable, cantaloupe shipments may begin by May 20 under Gold Medal and Three Melon labels.
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Chicago
Imperial Valley
C. H. Weaver & Co
California
Turlock
J. W. Falk
Weaver
New Mexico
Colorado
C. H. Weaver’s Co
Imperial ‘Valley
Turtles Found In Indian Lake Escape After Drainage
Mankato Minn May 4 Thousands of mud turtles sought refuge on a tiling line when Indian Lake was drained to expose the bottom water no longer covering them. Large snapping turtles appeared aged and mud covered, leatherback soft shells and thousands of terrapin varieties visible. Many fish fled through the tile, and the oldest turtles may be used to make tender turtle.
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Mankato, Minn
Indian Lake
Milwaukee Fruit and Produce Exchange Holds Annual Meeting
Milwaukee May 4 The annual meeting of the Milwaukee Fruit and Produce Exchange at the Hotel Pfister reported 1922 business between 8 000 and 10 000 carloads, about 8 percent higher than 1921. Officers reelected included Joseph Risseuw as president and Martin C. Kipper as secretary with plans to boost advertising and retailer visits to Broadway commission houses.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Fruit and Produce Exchange
Pfister
Milwaukee Commission
The
Exchange
Martin C. Kipper
Commission
Broadway Commission
Joseph Risseuw
Alonzo Vallee
Albert G. Eissler
Charles Godfrey
Edward ‘Neustadt
Thomas Daly
Charles Johnson
Omer Bryant
Rudolph Grossenbach
Alfred Schmidt
Michigan Price Measure Passes State Senate
Lansing May 4 The Case anti discrimination marketing of farm products bill passed the State Senate without opposition. The draft applies only to marketing of potatoes in Michigan though an effort sought to cover all agricultural products. The bill now goes to the House, with adjournment date looming. supporters expect quick passage unless House opposition grows. It targets discriminatory practices among potato buyers and aims to stop price manipulation by leveraging losses from low prices to cover profits when competition wanes.
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Lansing
Mich
State Senate
Michigan
House
Senate
Onion Shipment Records Set Season Peak In 14 States
Chicago May 3 onion shipments shattered all prior season records as the U S Bureau of Agricultural Economics estimates a seasonal output of about 20 200 cars from 14 late or main crop states This total tops last season by 6 800 cars and exceeds the 1920 21 peak by 1 300 cars Fennville Mich May 4 a 80 by 60 foot pre cooling chamber is being installed by the Fennville Canning Company to prolong packing of fruits by two to three weeks The compartment capacity will be 12 000 cases of berries Packing of strawberries is expected to begin June 1%
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Chicago
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Fennville
Mich
Fennville Canning Company
Parliament Egg Debate Turns To Humorous Egg Law
Chicago dispatch reports British MPs spent an afternoon debating when an egg is not an egg while considering a bill to label the 2,000,000,000 eggs imported annually. Members joked about foreign eggs, passports, and even lizards hatched from Chinese eggs, ending with a farcical tale of a hen and a tally of three kinds of eggs.
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Chicago
London
the Tribune
England
House of Commons
Great Britain
China
J. M. Hogge
Pretyman
Nottingham
Thomas Sexton
Arthur Churchman
Late start for Grand Rapids outdoor crops in 1900s market
Grand Rapids May 4 outdoor vegetable crops show rapid growth with new offerings at each market session, about two weeks later than last year. Spinach arrived 11 days later, rhubarb 14 days later, radishes slow to move, and hothouse leaf lettuce production overlaps depressing prices. Radishes down 10c from last week. hothouse tomatoes progress slowly with limited pickings before June 1. Sow bugs damaged some greenhouses and Paris green may have contaminated soil.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Farmers' Packing Co. Placed in Receivership
St Paul Minn May 4 lack of ready capital and inability to collect on nearly 400000 of notes of farmer stockholders led to the appointment of a receiver for the Farmers Terminal Packing Company a Newport Minnesota cooperative, in a district court action settled last week.
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St. Paul, Minn
Farmers’ Terminal Packing Company
Newport
Minn
Spagnola Fruit Company Opens in Des Moines
Tony Spagnola launches the Spagnola Fruit Company, a new wholesale fruits and vegetables firm at 135 Court Avenue. Spagnola, who heads the business, has seven years with Dye Produce and prior experience as an independent trader. He brings wide connections in local trade and with distant shippers.
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Tony Spagnola
Des Moines
Spagnola Fruit Company
Court Avenue
Dye Produce Company
Want Reduction in Bean Inspection Charge
Grand Rapids May 4 reduction in the stop over charge for inspection of beans from 6.30 to 2.70 a car was urged by the Michigan Bean Jobbers Association traffic committee with Michigan railroads. Points of inspection listed as Port Huron Detroit Saginaw and Grand Rapids. If granted the change would allow every bean car to bear an inspection certificate, easing coverage by six inspectors and aiding canners and grocers.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Central Freight Association
Michigan Bean Jobbers’ Association
Michigan
Port Huron
Detroit
Saginaw
Cleveland
Bangor Co operative Marketing Association Chief Resigns
Bangor Michigan May 4 B W Kibby resigns after four years as manager of the Bangor Co operative Marketing Association The board of directors has appointed Cecil Trim of Bangor as his successor.
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Bangor
Mich
B. W. Kibby
Bangor Co-operative Marketing Association
Cecil Trim
Bees Arrive from Roxton Texas to Manitoba Apiaries
Dr H J Merkeley of Whytewold Man received 30 bee packages from Roxton Texas this week as the forerunner of 3 000 packages expected in Winnipeg in the coming days per Manitoba government apianist L T Flove
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Texas
Winnipeg
H. J. Merkeley
Whytewold
Man
Roxton
Manitoba
Aplanist
L. T. Flove
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Hall, Wedge & Carter Water S
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National Produce Bank
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Carlot Brokers
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King Tut
Joseph Bisseuw
Farmers’ Packing Co
Guide Book Rating Service
Oie Eastguide Book
Fruit-Produce Rating Agency
Guide Book Service
Bacon Bros
Ogden Bldg
Leslie N. Jull Fruits— Vegetables
John W. Low
Mittelsta R
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