Potatoes Cheap in Winnipeg and Manitoba Farmers Plight
Nov 10 Winnipeg reports tariff increases push potatoes to high duty in the U S, forcing Manitoba growers to compete in southern markets. 5,000,000 bushels unrealized, many farmers plow under crop due to low prices. Winnipeg wholesale at 30 3/4 cents per bushel. Also Appleton cabbagem growers seek seed inspection by G Williams in Washington state for cabbage seed production.
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Winnipeg
Winnnipeg
United States
Manitoba
Manitoba Department of Agasulture
Appleton
Wis
Outagamie County
Williarms
Washington ‘State
Milwaukee Trade In Fruits And Vegetables Report
Milwaukee November 10 a fairly good trade in apples with liberal supplies. Fancy eating apples wanted. Michigan barrels $3 to $4.50, New York No 1 $4.5. Western boxes $1.50 to $3.00. Banana market rising. $7.50 per 100 pounds. Grapes easy. small baskets 38-40c, large 50-60c. Grapefruit slow. Florida boxes $4-4.50. Lemons firm. up to $11-12 per box. Oranges Florida $4.50, Californias $7. Pear market steadier. supplies light. Cranberries firmly held. barrels $11-14. Cabbage slow. barrels 50-65c, tons $4-4.50. Celery stronger. Michigan crates 90c-$1. Cucumbers moderate. hothouse $2-$2.25 a dozen. Lettuce down. leaf 25-35c a dozen, Iceberg 34-4.50 per crate. Onions liberal. Semana fair at $1.25-$1.75 per cwt. Potatoes ample. 40-81c per cwt. Spinach receipts large. market weak at 50-90c a bush. String beans ample. hampers $1.50-$2.50, wax $2-$3. Sweet potatoes quiet. barrels $2.50-$2.75, hampers $1-$1.60. Tomatoes easy. California rungs $2.25-$2.50.
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Milwaukee
New York
Florida
Michigan
California
W H Traver Placed Under $10 000 Bond
Grand Rapids Michigan November 10 William M Traver former Hartford fruit grower and canner pleaded not guilty in United States District Court to defrauding the St Joseph Valley Bank of Elkhart Indiana of large sums by false certificates of indebtedness Bond fixed at 10 000 Traver escaped from a federal agent last spring but was recently apprehended in Northwestern Canada Indictment alleges a scheme using the mails to obtain funds Through the bank as intermediary with customers Four transactions cited July 30 1921 and September 1921 totaling 2112 50 5000 3145 and 7500
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Grand Rapide, Micn
William M. Traver
Forme
Hartford
United States District Court
St.,Joseph
Canada
Traver
Bank of Money
Ontario Peaches Reach London Market From Grimsby District
Winnipeg reports Ontario Agricultural Department backed peach shipment to London with one thousand cases sent last month from the Grimsby and Niagara Peninsula area. Ontario’s fruit aims for about six pence each, arriving two months before South African peaches, hoping to win first place. Ontario fruitmen also enter Western markets on a broader, more efficient basis, competing with British Columbia.
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Winnipeg
Ontario Agricultural Department
London
Grimsby
Niagara Peninsula
South Africa
Ontario
British Columbia
Big Grape Harvest Hits Niagara Ontario Belt
In Niagara district Ontario the grape yield this year shatters prior records with 15 000 to 210 000 tons mainly Concords. Growers earned about 80 125 per ton as native wines juice and US market shipments rise. One winery plans 500 tons. thieves warned, no waste expected, fruit thieves scorned.
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Winnipeg
Niagara
Ontario
United States
Spraying Is Cheap Insurance for Celery
East Lansing Michigan November 10 Failure to spray cost celery growers thousands this year says Dr G H Coons plant pathologist at Michigan Agricultural College after a survey of the celery belt He offers spraying as blight control and outlines steps including seed quality bed sanitation crop rotation heart leaf spray timing and budget estimates noting total spraying expense for a season should not exceed 20 dollars for cheap insurance
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East Lansing
Mich
Michigan
G. H. Coons
Michigan Agricultural College
Greerhouse
Extra Cipher Changes Local Potato Acreage Claim
In a letter dated November 6, 1922 from St Thomas North Dakota a Northern grower disputes a report in The Packer that 65 000 acres around Glasston Auburn and St Thomas hold potatoes and a single warehouse. He states the correct figure is about 6 600 acres and urges a correction to avoid mislead growers and market officials.
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St. Thomas
N. Bak
Packer
Northwest
Minnesota
North Dakota
Grand Forke Herald
Glasston
Auburn
Herald
Department of Markets
Stanley Ganele
Purdue Horticultural Show Opens November 10 to 13
The Purdue Horticultural Show began in Lafayette Indiana with entries in apple vegetable and flower classes. Conducted by students it runs November 10 through 13 and is open to Indiana horticulturists with five classes for different student and entrant groups.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue
Purdue University
Indiana
Federal Board
Michigan Car Order Sparks Shipper Protest
Grand Rapids, Mich. Nov 10. Michigan shippers face hardship per Pere Marquette president Frank H. Alfred due to Interstate Commerce Commission orders returning Western box cars to home lines. Alfred says the railroad has 10,000 cars away from home and seeks exemption. Potatoes show Michigan lagging against Minnesota in car allocation per government figures.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Frank H. Alfred
Pere Marquette Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Alfred
Pere Marquette
Minnesota
Lettuce Shipments Rise From Grand Rapids Ahead of Peak
Grand Rapids shipments of hothouse leaf lettuce show steady growth with 75 barrels moved last week and over 150 barrels expected by Saturday. Growers anticipate peak production around Thanksgiving as demand remains fair. George L. Comlossy of the New York Central Lines attended a Freight Station Section meeting in Chicago to discuss perishable freight handling and refrigeration car issues.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
G. L. Comlossy
Chicago
George L. Comlossy
New York Central Lines
Armerican Railway Association
Apples Have Had Ad Slow Week at Chicago
Chicago market for apples shows a dull week with bushels and barrels easing while boxes stay nearly steady. Receipts from nearby sections and the East and West swelled on track to 200 to 225 cars, prompting storage sales as buyers lagged and buyers’ market conditions persisted across Michigan and Illinois grades.
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Chicago
Michigan
New York
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
Bextra
Rome
Colorado
Idaho
Tomato Crop in Grand Rapids Faces Texas Competition
Greenhouse owners in Grand Rapids, Michigan, fret over Texas plans to double tomato acreage for Northern markets. Last year Texas tomatoes competed with Michigan hothouse produce, bearing the market when production costs rose in Michigan climates. Thirty new greenhouses were built in the area this year.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Texas
Michigan
Farmers Institutes in Ottawa County This Winter
Grand Haven Mich Nov 10 Highteen farm institutes will teach farmers how to increase egg production yield better fruit and vegetables from fewer acres and how to market the produce to gain best returns. County Agent C P Milham says specialists from Michigan Agricultural College will assist.
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Grand Haven
Mich
Ottawa County
C. P. Milham
Michigan Agricultural College
Manitoba Vegetable Growers Organize Cooperative
Manitoba vegetable growers have formed a cooperative association with a 100000 charter, shares at 30 each, and a warehouse capacity for 200 cars. In Annawan Illinois Kedron Valley reports an onion crop over 70 carloads this season, with plans for larger acreage next year and generally profitable conditions for growers.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Annawan
Kedron Valley
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