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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1910
Page
2
News from Orion Lexington and Deckerville Michigan reports a booming berry and apple season. Strawberries and raspberries show promising yields while orchards show varied care and pruning, with many now spraying. Old Mission notes Henry Seel’s 95 acre orchard aiming for full apple peach pear crops and abundant cherries.
In Indianapolis market notes eggs hover around 18 cents with some houses paying a fraction higher while all quotes stay firm. Poultry is firmer though prices shift, spring chickens in light supply at 28 cents. Butter rises with creamery advancing. country butter at 19 cents. First roasting cars of the season received from Florida via George Hitz & Co. Various fruits and vegetables show higher or steady prices with new potatoes at a dollar per bushel and Marion county strawberries arriving near $3 per crate, easing cherry and melon markets.
W 7 Henry and Hi S Duncan of Detroit visited on Wednesday. Verhalen Bros sent Jaz Jr on a business trip to St Louis. Merrill & Eldredge sent J Eldredge to Missouri. Horvitz returned from an annual East trip with Albert. Halleck returned from Cape Charles to open Albert Miller & Co office for the season. Butter & Egg board out-of-town names include Richard Graham Meadville Benedict McDaniels Walter Fitch and J Munger. Gallagher of Gallagher Bros. injured a hand after a window pane accident. P Lapidus Holub hold Chicago territory for Lyon Bros Co with cantaloupe shipments from California. first car expected June 2.
Chicago May 27. A previous note claimed Nt Woods Co would bring California cantaloupes this weekend. The firm did ship two cars but one came from southwestern Texas and the other from Mexico. The quality was not as good as California fruit.
A contract awarded to the Central Fruit Auction Co will handle the entire Georgia peach line in Chicago for the coming season. I L Hasler, the company's president, says daily morning sales may occur when shipments are heavy, with location near a street to be chosen. An estimated 490 to 500 cars of Georgia peaches could pass through the Chicago market, and Texas peaches are also expected to be arranged through the firm.
Detroit Mich May 26 The present outlook for apples in this state is good and there will be the same old cry for barrels when picking time comes. The National Manufacturing Co with mills nationwide can supply stock at low freight cost. Farms can club to obtain 2 500 barrel lots and save fall costs by contracting coopers for summer work. Write the company in Detroit Mich about stock at the nearest plant.
The 1910 catalogue of the O K Champion potato machinery line is fresh from the press and ready for distribution. It features artistic photos of machines and life like views appealing to potato growers nationwide. A free copy can be requested. The Champion Potato Machinery Co. is erecting a new fireproof storage house and expanding facilities to store paints and oils due to growing material supplies.
Chicago May 27 Peters Bros announce new facilities in St Louis and Cincinnati to handle fruit and vegetable shipments. Russell & Sons will represent in St Louis and L F Gloystein Co in Cincinnati. Local shipments will be revised with commissions up to 15 percent for under ten dollars, 13 percent for ten to forty, and 10 percent on larger consignments to reduce per house costs as shipments from Michigan Illinois Tennessee Mississippi Louisiana and other points are split among several commission houses.
Chicago May 27 report notes an exceptional running time for a car of berries from Bowling Green Kentucky to Chicago. The car traveled via Louisville on passenger train No 72, departing 9 30 am and arriving in time for the early market. Shipment originated in Bowling Green and used L N lines to Louisville by 2 56 am. If Louisville car switching and delivery to Monon can be arranged, regular schedules may be kept. Dealers expect Kentucky Tennessee berry movement to shift to the new route if the schedule holds.
R H Pennington of Evansville Indiana predicts a large melon movement to Chicago from northern Florida and Georgia starting mid June. He expects nearly 500 carloads this season and aims to supply reliable stock promptly to drum up repeat orders from jobbers and receivers.
May 27 report from Chicago states A. H. Barber Creamery Supply Co. sells a cheap efficient egg candler for use where power is unavailable. The firm, a large supplier to egg and butter dealers, also welcomes inquiries about egg and butter cartons and butter wrappers.
The 8. P. Wadley Co. of Dubuque has acquired the large building of the Iowa Falls Manufacturing Co. in Iowa Falls, Iowa, with plans to convert it into a general produce and cold storage plant.
Chicago May 27 Charley Kerr of C A Kerr Co plans a major gold mining venture in north Georgia. He leads a syndicate to operate claims said to hold paying ore while returning from an Oklahoma oil property tour. He says no stock offering and aims to let friends invest in his new gold enterprise.
Croswell and Deckerville reports show egg receipts 50 percent higher than last year with earlier and longer runs. Spring hatch robust for chicks and poultry including turkeys ducks and geese. Butter packing stock scarce due to new creameries and nearby cheese factory. June butter outlook strong as pastures improve. Rochester shipments large with ample receipts and plentiful stock this year. Shippers expect spring hatch above average. names of egg and poultry shippers listed in The Packer Bulletin.
Star City Indiana May 23 1910 To The Packer Cannot get along without The Packer I know it has made me ten times the amount it cost I think it is the best investment I can make You collected 20 from Schuetze Co Buffalo NY where we failed I am having a good business shipping a car of eggs a week to eastern markets Monday Business Will Be Light Chicago May 7 Memorial day holiday no work and no horse parade many specimens from South Water street will be in
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