Speech of Professor Boyle on AAA and postwar farming
A letter from Robert M. Clark of Mitchellville Iowa praises Professor Boyle’s remarks before the Milk Dealers address in St Louis. He notes the AAA as the first wide scale cooperative effort aiding farmers to cope with postwar conditions and erosion threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Robert M. Clark
Mitchellville
Iowa’ State, Horticultural Society
AAA
Ith Packer
James E. Boyle
International Association of Milk Sdealera
St. Louis
United States
The
Des Moines
Uts
A P and others cited under Packers and Stockyards Act
The USDA seizes Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co alleging violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act. It accuses A P employees of acting as independent brokers to route meat sales and kick back commissions to the company, affecting competition. Hearings set for December, with several other firms named. The A P denies packer status and any violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Department
C. J. Noell
Noell
A. & P. Company
Wilmington Provision Company
Wilmington
Del
Albany Packing Company
West Albany
Boston Sausage and Provision Company
Boston
Arnurius, Dunn & Co
Hartford
Hartford, Conn
Ralph and Paul Adams, Inc
Bridgeville
Essem Packing Company
Lawrence
Mass
New York
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Packers and Stockyards
Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Oetgen Sentenced to Ten to Fifteen Years in Georgia Penitentiary
Atlanta November 1 Edgar Oetgen, active on Atlanta markets and exposed by The Packer, was sentenced in Fulton Superior Court to a minimum ten years and maximum 15 years in the state penitentiary on 12 counts of cheating fraud and related indictments. He faced federal charges and bail while arrested, and previously operated as the Boulevard Fish and Produce Company. The case adds to decades of entanglements with state and federal authorities. Apple Exports Reach 168,001 Barrels 322,572 Boxes Week Ended Oct 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Edgar 0
Oetgen
Packer
Wea
Crimal
Fulton Superior ‘Court
State
Liberty
Boulevard Fish and Produce Company
The Produce Packer Advertises Free Sample Copies
The Produce Packer announces a separate weekly edition focusing on market and trade news for shippers and distributors of produce, eggs, poultry, butter, hides, wool, and fur. It offers free sample copies by request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Packer
Produce Packer
Pennsylvania Railroad disputes $1 apple rate claim
Officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad denied in a letter to The Packer that they were the sole eastern carrier delaying the $1 cwt emergency apple rate extension. The Wenatchee Valley Traffic Association had credited Secretary Bert L. Baker with the remark in an October 26 item datelined Wenatchee Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn. R. R
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Packer
Wenatchee, Wash
Bert L. Baker
Wenatchee Valley Traffic Association
Pennsylvania
Volume of Cull Apples Outpace Last Year in Wenatchee District
Wenatchee Wash Nov 1 heavy crop loss due to pest damage and harvest drops prompts nine by products plants to run around the clock employing 800 plus workers. Over 500 tons of cull apples used daily for juice vinegar chops evaporated apples and butter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee
Wash
Wisconsin Potato Festival Opens in Stevens Point
Madison notes the Wisconsin Potato Festival in progress at Stevens Point with speakers including Prof. George Briggs J G Mildward and K L Hatch from the University of Wisconsin. Exhibits from the Wisconsin Potato Growers annual convention at Wausaukee are on display. The festival ends tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Stevens Point
George Briggs
J. G. Milward
K. L. Hatch
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Potato Growers
Wausaukee
Processes of Fruit Ripening Reviewed for Grocers
R B Harvey of the University of Minnesota outlines ripening, coloration, and flavor development in fruits and vegetables. He notes ethylene gas quickens ripening, with commercial use by Banana, Bearman, and other firms. bananas ripened by ethylene. tomatoes often ripened off season for Minnesota markets. article aims to inform grocers on new research and preservation of quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
R. B. Harvey
University of Minnesota
University Farm
Minnesota
United Fruit Company and
Fruit Dispatch Company
Florida
California
Texas
Mexico
Bearman Fruit Company
Twin Cities
Cleveland Wholesale Dealers Association Revived in Cleveland
Fifty two members attended a Thursday noon meeting to revive the Cleveland Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Dealers Association to improve local market conditions. Eighty six firms signed roll call indicating intent to back the revival, and a labor committee was appointed to negotiate with the local union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cleveland Wholesale Fruit & Vegetable Dealers Association
Ohio Produce Merchants Association
C. F. Haas
Sam Sansone
J. D. Weitz
A. L. Romp
R. F. Blair
N. Vanover
R. Swiler
Salinas Lettuce Market Firms Up After Frost
Salinas California November 1 Lettuce market strengthened after frost Tuesday. Growers cut little on Thursday with shipments likely under 100 cars daily for a few days. Quality mostly ordinary with some fair to good. Thursday prices at 2 2.60 per carload f o b cash with strong wire inquiry for best stock. Week's early shipments: 1, 117, 120, 116 cars from Salinas Watsonville district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salinas
Calif
O. B
California
Salinas-Watsonville
Tariff Change Lets Mixed Freight From Rio Grande Valley Reach East
Walter J Kav anaugh perishable freight agent for Missouri Pacific Lines says tariffs will be amended effective December 1 1936 to allow vegetables in mixed carloads or mixed with pineapples or citrus fruits to leave the Rio Grande valley Texas for Chicago and points east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Walter J. Kavanaugh
Missouri Pacific Lines
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Ypoints
Postponed Action on Florida Citrus Marketing Agreement
Lakeland Fla November 1 It is reported that further action on the federal marketing agreement for Florida citrus will be postponed by the Associated Citrus Growers and Shippers of Florida until a committee appointed by H C Case president of the organization has given the matter further consideration The committee was instructed to consider possibilities of some other form of industry agreement not requiring federal government participation The group has pushed to secure another federal marketing agreement to replace the one canceled by Secretary Wallace and to work under state laws creating a citrus commission but the commission lacks power to prorate shipments of citrus fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeland
Fla
Florida
Associated Citrus Growers and Shippers of
H. C. Case
Wallace
Citrus Commission
California Citrus Industry Hears Marketing Plan Ahead
Los Angeles on November 1 reports the California citrus industry has finished a week and a half hearing on a proposed marketing agreement and order. The AAA will digest testimony, draft revisions if needed, and resubmit for acceptance. Two co operatives CFGE and MOD can vote as groups, likely approving the agreement. The public hearing ended weakly with a few dozen attendees and fatigue. The area question remains unsettled, with northern and central California favoring two areas and Southern California favoring one. Continued on Page 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Wallace
AAA
California
CFGE
MOD
Central
H. B. McClure
Visalia
Officials Seek to Stop Cull Apple Shipments Out of Wenatchee
Horticultural inspector P A Combelli says that every shipment of cull apples leaving the Wenatchee district is checked at multiple points. He reports a six car shipment diverted and dumped in a gravel pit and notes efforts to halt truck and rail movements, with permits refused for out of state transfers unless receivers are known. The department aims to keep culls local to prevent fresh market contamination and reduce waste, acknowledging high cull percentages this year and prior prosecutions of shippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee
Wash
P. A. Combelli
Everett
Seattle
Spokane
Ephrata
Horticultural Department
Nature is still supreme in potato debate
J Fenn Smith of Smith Canastota responds to H G Zuckerman’s defense of potato crop control. He ridicules nature fakirs, notes crop setbacks wipe out surpluses, and jokes Theodore Roosevelt would chide such plans while citing latest figures and continuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
H. G. Zuckerman
Packer
J. Fenn Smith
Smith-Canastota, Inc
Canastota
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Teddy
California
Zuckerman
Isaac Locke Company Boston Goes Under Liquidation
Boston on November 1 reports the Isaac Locke Company assets were sold at auction on October 30 to Winn Ricker & Co. of Boston. The firm, a pioneer in Faneuil Hall market since 1840, faced financial reverses and discontinued retail operations around 1920. Total assets, including receivables, are estimated near 23000 dollars with most physical assets and location bought by Winn Ricker.
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Boston
Isaac Locke
Winn Ricker & Co
Locke Company
Faneuil Hall Market
Charles B. Locke
Isaac Locke Company
J C C Cancels Western Truck Competitive Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered the cancellation of temporary truck rates on potatoes onions and other vegetables from Utah Idaho Wyoming Colorado and other western points to midwestern and southwestern markets. The old pre January 15 1933 rates will be restored after the commission act last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Utah
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
Interstate Commerce Commission
Maturity Certificates Required With Florida Citrus Shipments
Lakeland Florida November 1 Citrus ship pers are warned that maturity certificates must accompany shipments and the Inspection Bureau has begun issuing fifth copies of certificates to guard against seizure in northern states. Virginia notified that after November 1 fruit sent into that state would be held up without certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeland
Fla
Florida
State Department of Agriculture Inspection Bureau
Virginia
Wind damage less than first feared in Southern Cal
A field assessment of last week's windstorms in Southern California shows navels and other citrus losses smaller than feared. Orange County faces about 21 percent navels loss, Riverside 10 percent, Ventura around 10 percent, and Los Angeles near zero except San Fernando Valley 5–10 percent. Valencia damage expected heavier. overall impact tied to future weather and shipments. 400–500 cars lost in the storm. about 3,500 cars remain to go. A Placentia Growers official warns salvaging wind-damaged Valencia fruit yields low returns, urging growers to avoid cannery offers and preserve future value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
Frank L. Williams
Orange County
Riverside
Riverside County
Redlands
West Highlands
Ventura County
Los Angeles County
San Fernando Valley
Valencia
Williams
Santa Ana Daily Register
Jack A. Prizer
Placentia Orange Growers Association
Browers
E M Shoemaker a Noted Texas Shipper Dies
Ernest M. Shoemaker, a nationally known Texas shipper of fruits and vegetables, died Thursday morning after about a week of typhus fever. He operated offices in Harlingen, Twin Falls, Grand Junction, and other shipping districts, but made Jacksonville his home.
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Jacksonville
Tex
Ernest M. Shoemaker
A. Y. Shoemaker
Harlingen
Twin Falls
Grand Junction
Freezes Hit California Crops Across State in Wide Area
Frost and subfreezing temperatures battered nearly all producing districts from Ventura to Fresno and beyond. Emperor grapes face over 50 percent losses with uncertain storage quality. Tomatoes, citrus, and celery suffered varying damage while pea and other vegetable crops show conflicting reports. Losses include Moor Park Brentwood and Firebaugh Mendota districts with foregone tomato deals in many areas.
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Los Angeles
California
Imperial Valley
Ventura
Fresno
Exeter
Orange
San Diego
Moor Park
Fillmore
Ventura County
Brentwood
Contracosta County
Potato Control Program Outlined at Kansas City Meeting
In Kansas City 60 potato growers shippers and dealers from five states joined AAA officials for a formal discussion of the potato situation. The meeting outlined the federal potato program under the 1935 act to be administered from December 1, with administrative advisors named for Missouri Kansas Arkansas Oklahoma and Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
AAA
Kansas Citlan
Asc
C. L. Fitch
Ames
Iowa State Vegetable Growers Association
J. B. Hutson
A. B. Mercker
Keith Himebaugh
Information Department
H. Co. Thompson
Cornell University
Missouri
J. E. Crosby
College of Agriculture
University of Missouri
Columbia
Kansas
Frank Blecha
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Arkansas
J. H. Héck+man
Arkansas University
Fayetteville
Oklahoma
D. C. Mooring
A. & M. College
Louisiana Sweet Potato Crop Exceeds Previous Year
New Orleans report estimates Louisiana 1935 sweet potato yield at 6,080,000 bushels, up from 5,840,000 last year and above the five year average of 4,950,000. Statistician Lionel L. Jones notes the crop is 4.1 percent higher than 1934 and 122.8 percent above the five year norm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
Lionel L. Jones
United States Agricultural
Georgia Pecan Volume Boosts Local Market
In Moultrie Georgia pecans arrive in heavy volume with receipts for the past month expected to exceed 1000 pounds. Prices range from six to thirteen and a half cents per pound as market activity picks up.
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Georgia
Moultrie
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Lowe
Bros. Boyle
Cornell
Saya Mr. Clark
Packers and Stockyards Act
Edgar 0. Oetgen
Apple
Canada
International Apple Association
Wenatchee District
Minnesota University
Cleveland Wholesale Dealers Assn
J. Fenn
Valencias
E. M. Shoemaker
N. W
enatchee-Okanogan District
Losea
Yakima
Missouri-Kansas Area
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