Western New York celery crop runs short for Thanksgiving trade
The western New York celery harvest is markedly short this year and quality trails. Prices rise, with prime stock at 3 to 3.50 per crate. some sales at 2.50 to 3.00. Causes include heavy spring rains, floods, a dry spell in summer, and early frosts. Arkport and Sodus districts report 50 to 60 percent yields. shipments light but expected to rise ahead of Thanksgiving.
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Rochester
N. Y
New York
Arkport
Sodus
Williamson
Wayne County
Consolidated Celery Company
Celery Crop Cleaned Up in Colorado After Weather
Colorado celery growers report the crop sold for over ten days. Weather delays prevented loading until now. Foreseeable cleanup by Monday with best crop and prices. Z J. Fort Produce Company notes favorable season. A brief Pennsylvania note warns of a sharp drop in celery due to summer drought.
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Denver
Cole
Odt
Packer
Colorado
Z J. Fort Produce Company
Active Demand for Almeria Grapes in New York Market
New York November 3 sales of Almeria grapes totaled 87 800 barrels for the week. Quality varied with some sound lots but many ordinary and decayed. The market remained strong with steady prices and active demand despite blemishes. Extra fancy brought 6 50 to 7 dollars per barrel and unsound lots ranged down to 1 37 to 2 25.
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New York
Houston Named Assistant to National League Manager
Nowand Houston has succeeded Bowman Price as assistant to General Manager French of the National League. Price resigned due to illness and will likely seek health. Houston, formerly in the tariff and claim departments of the New York Central, brings railroad knowledge and will oversee claim and rate adjustment duties.
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New York
Nowand Houston
Bowman Price
French
National League
Price
Houston
New York Central
League
California Valencia demand strengthens in Chicago market
In Chicago on November 3, strong demand for California Valencia oranges supported light receipts and good quality. Carrots sold steady at 4.75 to 5.25 per box, lemons higher than last week with fair demand, carrots overall at 3.50 for choice and 6 for fancy stock. Florida grapefruit markets softened amid moderate Isle of Pines supply and greenish quality in some lots at about 3.50 to 4 per box.
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Chicago
California
Valencia
Desmand
Florida
Isle of Pines
Michigan potato growers meet at Escanaba convention
About 100 potato growers and county agents attended the Michigan Potato Growers Association annual convention in Escanaba. C W Wald urged standardizing varieties to one main type, promoting hill selection and single-community production to build demand. He favored pure bread seed stock from the Upper Peninsula maturing 10 to 14 days sooner and yielding more.
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Escanaba
Mich
Michigan Potato Growers’ Association
C. W. Wald
Michigan Rurals
Michigan Russett
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Maryland
New Jersey
H. B. Blandford
Newago County
G. H. Coons
Michigan Agricultural College
C. Hoppingarner
Iron County
Apples Bring Winter Prices In New York Market
New York reports apples rising in price as buyers pay high rates for Ben Davis Greenings McIntosh York Imperial Baldwins and Spitzenbergs. Rail and boat receipts reach seven cars on Monday with daily arrivals 30 to 40 cars. ungraded fruit sells from 1.25 up. top red fruit 1.50 to 2. Newtowns scarce at 1.75 to 2.25.
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New York
Newark
Ben Davis
McIntosh
York Imperials
Baldwins
California Vegetable Shipments Reach Seasonal Total
Californian vegetable shipments from southern California over the Santa Fe lines total 1,604 cars and 4,622 cars over the Southern Pacific, summing to 6,227 cars for the season. Latest daily totals include October 26 with 25 cars, October 27 with 16 cars, and October 28 to 31 ranging from 29 to 44 cars.
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Los Angeles
Southern California
Santa Fe Hnes
Southern Pacific Lines
Southern Railroads Question Car Shortage At Interstate Hearing
Interstate Commerce Commissioner C C McCord leads a two day Louisville hearing as shippers press southern and eastern railroads to explain why more than 100000 freight cars are idle or used for storage. Railroads outline distribution delays foreign car returns and proposed relief measures.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce
McCord
Louisville
Southern and Eastern
Southern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal
South
Memphis
Southern Railroads
Seaboard
C. C. McCord
Watsonville
Calif
San Francisco
Chicago cabbage prices rise on week demand and limited cars
Chicago prices on cabbage edged higher this week as demand improved and stocks at stations and among growers cleared out. Storage was near complete but volumes held by operators were light this season, contributing to higher prices. Wisconsin Holland seed stock sold at 42 dollars per ton f o b shipping point, with some trades at 45 dollars.
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Chicago
Predict High Prices For Onion Sets
Louisville Ky November 3 There has been little selling activity in the onion set market recently. Some contracts for March delivery are reported around 2.50 per 32 pound bushel. Immediate delivery prices for reds and yellows run 2 to 2.10. Growers with sets hope for higher prices in March as supply is seen as very short nationally and speculative storage operators anticipate a strong spring market.
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Louisville
Apple Exports Show Week Decline in New York Trade
Apple exports for the week ending last Saturday totaled 43 836 barrels, down from 94 642 barrels in the same week a year ago as reported in New York.
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New York
Apple Prices Slide in Chicago Market Report
The Chicago apple market shows a strong week with higher prices across most grades and varieties. Fine stock sold well at top levels while undersized fruit traded about 50 to 75 cents per barrel below quoted prices. No 2 apples ranged from 1.75 to 2.50 per barrel with ample supply.
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Jons
Grimes
Spies
Greenings
Kings
Pippins
Hubbardsons
Ben Davis
Ganog
York
Complaint Against H. E. Ford Dismissed in Arkansas Peach Case
The case against George E. Ford, Bellefonte merchant, over an Arkansas peach deal, was dismissed this week by U S District Court Commissioner Foote. The Bellefonte Farmers and Shippen's Association had claimed about 1500 was due after peaches were handled, but the complaint was thrown out as Ford defended his conduct as honest while some cars sold low amid a disastrous season.
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Cage
George E. Ford
Foote
United States District Court
Arkansas
Bellefonte Farmers’ and Shippens’ Association of
Bellefonte
Ark
Ward
Ford
Packer Warns Against Local Subscriptions Scam
The Packer reports a warning about a man collecting subscription payments but not delivering newspapers. Citizens who paid the price are urged to avoid further payments and provide information on the scammer’s whereabouts to aid authorities.
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Los Theane
Packer
California Citrus Season 1915 16 Closes
The 1915-16 citrus season closed October 31 with a total of 43 044 cars of oranges lemons and grapefruit. Southern district shipments topped 37 514 cars with 20 042 on Southern Pacific lines. Tulare district reached 5 804 cars, 5 435 via Southern Pacific. Butte county 626 cars.
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Los Angeles
Southern
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Tulare
Butte County
Southern California
Santa Ana
Orange County
Suit Over Alleged Misbranded Apple Barrel Exposed
Rochester files show the State Department of Agriculture seeks a $50 penalty for misbranded barreled apples from Dr. H. W. Day of North Rose. The suit, before Justice D. E. McClelland, centers on a barrel in a New York shipment found with fungus and scab. Day denies the fungus appeared before storage and contends the apples were grade stock. An adjournment was taken for four weeks.
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Rochester
State Department of Agriculture
Wilford Tt. Purchase
Newark
Justice of the Peace
D. E. McClelland
H. W. Day
North Rose
Day
Bonni Castle
Sodus Bay
Orleans County
New York
Cincinnati Church Members Join a New Farm to Table Scheme
Union Methodist Church in Wesley Avenue opens a cooperative food buying department to purchase supplies in large lots for members at lower prices. The plan follows a community meeting led by Mrs. Willms and local figures promoting direct farm-to-consumer distribution. Critics doubt church coops can succeed, while organizers seek wholesale suppliers and a West Court Street store partner.
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Cincinnati
Union Methodist Church
Wesley Avenue
West End
Dyer School
J. Willms
Housewives’ League
Reign
William Brag
Herbert Bigelow
Burg
Charles H. Reeves
Union Church
Jesus
Church
West Court Street
Alleged Storage Egg Trust in Chicago Under Scrutiny
Chicago officials and federal investigators weigh a wide probe into egg holdings after Alder man Pretzel claimed eight local brokers control about 1 250 000 cases of stored eggs. Brokers deny a formal price‑fixing pact while acknowledging large stakes in the market. Grapes on the Chicago market were nearly cleared with prices easing though demand remained light. Michigan Concords sold at 50 60 per ton and Niagara stock lingered at 65 67.
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Chicago
Alderman Pretzel
Michigan
Western New York celery crop shortage probe
A chaotic page of market notes and briefs surveys multiple agricultural markets across the nation. Topics include celery in Western New York, Michigan potato harvests, Chicago onion and cabbage prices, California citrus season, and New York apple prices. Some labor and farming activism noted with farm-to-table schemes and industry shifts. The sprawling items mix market data with personnel notes and regional reports.
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New York
Michigan
Chicago
G. F. Ford
Irench
Almeria
Tom Cochran
Tom Peppers
California
Pacific Coast
York State
Florida
Porto Rico
North Georgia
New York Street
Carnation Company
Yakima
Lumberton
N. C
C. P. Hoar
Cobb Company
York
Buffalo Street
Office & Bro
New Trust Company
Pittsburgh
Meyer
Connel
Zinn
Ghent
N. Y
Michigan Potato Growers Reaping A Golden Harvest
Traverse City Michigan reports record high potato prices and rapid digging as demand soars. Growers push stock to market with little storage or seed reserves while outside buyers from Pittsburgh and Ohio rush to purchase. Local bankers estimate Traverse County crop value near two million dollars with daily sales around twenty thousand dollars.
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Traverse City
Mich
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Grand Traverse County
Haouées
Betting on Wilson and Hughes Sparks City Debate
In New York on election eve a broker offered odds 10 to 9 on Wilson then wired from Colorado that Hughes would win. Cochran reported betting two to one on Wilson and later got the reply looks like Wilson but Peppers prefers Hughes, prompting a question about who told the truth.
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New York
Rspe Sh Rai
Tom Peppers
Colorado
Cochran
Wall Street
Huches
Wilson
Ochran
Mr. Peppers
Peppers
Hughes
Kidder
Chicago Onion Market Advances Again
The Chicago onion market remains firm with prices 25 to 50 cents higher per 100 pounds than last week. Demand is active across a wide region as season end reduces storage. shippers face transport shortages while holding stocks. Reds and yellows stay at the same market basis around 4.25 per 100 pounds fob central states. California bulbs mostly at 2.75 to 3.0 with 2.00 for extra large.
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Chicago
Chicago Citrus Auction Prices Rule Easy
Moderate grapefruit offerings kept the market easy this week. Florida Citrus Exchange began with a car sold for 4 to 7.05 per box, then Florida and Isle of Pines cars posted distinct price ranges. A second Florida sale listed Blue Stripes, Bright Blue, Golden Red, and H. P. Brights with varied prices. A Isle of Pines car showed Brights and Fancy Bright pricing, reflecting steady demand and ample supply.
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Chicago
Florida Citrus Exchange
Greenfruit Auction Company
Florida
Isle of Pines
H. & P. Brights
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Howard Houston Mer
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Heiring
Apple Exports
Hixfer
HO. E. Ford
Chibeo Commission
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Jay W. Twitchell
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Edward A. Barns
I. T. Page
M. C. DU
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Maine Potato Growers
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