Nine Governors Proclaim National Potato Week
National Potato Week is set for December 2 to December 10 as governors of Maine Idaho New York Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Colorado Pennsylvania and North Dakota issue proclamations. The push, backed by the National Potato Association and the Potato Association of America, aims to expand the campaign nationwide with cooperation from several produce and grocery groups.
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Maine
Idaho
New York
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Colorado
Pennsylvania
North Dakota
Kansas City
Pennsyevahia
National Potato Association
Potato Association of America
National League of Wholesale Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Distributors
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association
National Association of Retail Grocers
National Association of Fong Aiwins
Super Market Institute
Moorhead License Revoked in Kansas City Firm Case
Washington DC November 18 The Department of Agriculture issued a statement on a hearing involving Michael Swanson Brady Produce Co of Kansas City Missouri Moorhead Minnesota and Idaho Falls Idaho Violations include failure to account for produce and making false statements for a fraudulent purpose The Moorhead license is revoked effective November 18 1938 Kansas City office suspended 80 days Idaho Falls dismissed Complaint filed by H A Spilman outlines violations and publication of facts continued on Page 18
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Michael-Swanson-Brady Produce Company
Kansas City
A. Spilman
Michael-Swanson-Brady Produce Co
Missouri
Moorhead
Minnesota
Idaho Falls
Idaho
H. A.spilman
Died Last Saturday of U Ray Brown LaFeria Tex
U Ray Brown head of U Ray Brown Fruit Company LaFeria Texas died about 4 o clock Saturday morning from heart failure after a brief illness. He was known in valley growing and shipping circles for honesty and ability. Survived by widow and mother Dr Aimee B Brown of Kansas City body taken to Kansas City for burial temporary receiver A L Bishop appointed as bond filed decision on company’s future pending Mrs Browns return to La Ferla Tex
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LaFeria
Tex
U. Ray Brown
U. Ray Brown Fruit Company
Aimee 8. Brown
Kansas City
A. L. Bishop
National Potato Week Proclaimed by Nine Governors
Nine governors proclaim National Potato Week December 2 to 10. Crop frost in California and heavy wastage in onions noted by the Bureau. Trade with Great Britain lowers U S apple duty. Several regional notes include Florida citrus market pact plans and Arizona lettuce deals. Idaho potato freeze damage reported 15 to 25 percent. New York terminal market actions and Illinois Vegetable Growers Assn meeting items also cited.
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California
Bureau
Great Britain
U.S
Illinois Vegetable Growers Assn
Virginia
Memphis
Omaha
Idaho
Rio Grande Valley
Relief distribution through regular trade channels plan
Lincoln producer Harry K. Grainger argues that government surplus relief products should move via regular trade channels to aid needy families while supporting farmer prices. He notes the current system risks illogical purchases and shipments across states and urges using markets better suited to each product to reduce costs and improve efficiency.
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Harry K. Grainger
J. Grainger & Co
Lincoln
Neb
Grainger
Washington
Idaho
Colorado
Wisconsin
California
West Virginia
Virginia
Florida
Denver
Texas
New Orleans
Minnesota
Connecticut Valley
Iso
United States
Agarnst
Annual Meeting of Marketing Officials Assn Opens
Cleveland November 18 The twelfth annual convention of the National Association of Marketing Officials began with about 100 registrants from 18 states and Canada plus several U S Department of Agriculture representatives. Sessions featured round table discussions on terminal marketing facilities and improvements in commodity packaging with focus also on livestock and poultry marketing and state grade regulations.
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Cleveland
National Association of Marketing Officials
States
Canada
United States Department of Agriculture
G B Jackson Again Named Sales Manager
G B Jackson, a well known California celery and tomato operator, has been re elected by the San Diego County Celery Growers Association as sales manager for its 1939 winter and spring celery deal. Officers announced the appointment this week noting Jackson has managed association affairs during the shipping season and contributed to standardizing pack handling and distribution policies. Acreage planted in the San Diego county district for the 1939 deal, starting after early January, is somewhat smaller than in past seasons.
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Chula Vista
Calif
San Diego County
G. B. Jackson
California
Neers Oreere
Foreign trade in sweet potatoes developing in Louisiana
Scott Louisiana November 18 Within the memory of leaders in the Louisiana Porto Rican sweet potato deal the industry has grown from small to large proportions. Nearly every principal shipper or grower in Opelousas Sunset Leonville Scott Lafayette Arnaudville and belt towns reports that tonnage will double in the next few years. About two thirds of the current movement travels by rail and all commerce is federal inspected. Shippers focus on seed strain production and packaging and pride in their product. The number of major markets accepting Porto Ricans has grown in recent years.
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Scott, la
Opelousas
Sunset
Leonville
Scott
Lafayette
Arnaudville
Belt
Heavy wastage noted in late onion harvest
Washington D C November 18 according to the Department of Agriculture onion production this year in the late states is projected at 11 050 000 sacks versus 10 433 000 in 1937 and the 1927 36 average of 9 894 000 sacks heavy post harvest losses reported across the eastern and central states with New York about 236 000 sacks and Massachusetts around 220 000 sacks, plus shrinking totals in Michigan Ohio Illinois Indiana Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota through November 1.
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Washington
D. C
Department of Agriculture
New York
Massachusetts
Michigan
Ohile
Indiana
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Cold Storage Apples and Pears Stocks by Department
The Department of Agriculture released November 1 cold storage holdings for apples and pears. Apples show barrels and various box and basket counts, while pears list Bartletts packed and loose boxes, baskets, and other boxes.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Produce Packer publication notice for merchants and samples
The Produce Packer is a separate weekly newspaper from The Packer. It carries market news for shippers and distributors of eggs, poultry, butter, hides, wool, fur, and related goods. A free sample copy can be mailed upon request.
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Packer
Produce Packer
Eges
Deadlock in California citrus prorate plan blocks quotas
Deadlock among California Arizona orange and grapefruit marketing agency members halted volume prorate decisions. Distributors and one independent shipper group oppose, votes 6 to control. Shippers continue interstate and intrastate shipments with no current prorate limit, while the Citrus Marketing Agreement remains in effect except for the missing California orange quota.
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Mutual Orange Distributors
Los Angeles
California
Daily Press
Jesse W. Tapp
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Washington, D. C
Arizona
Vegetable Crop Allotments for 1939 Planned
Washington news in brief reports approval by the Secretary of Agriculture of the 1939 agricultural conservation program. The plan mirrors 1938 with adjustments for crop conditions and admin ease, focusing on small farmers and commercial vegetable areas, with some practices tested in experiments.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary of Agriculture
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Special License Tags for Produce Trucks in Louisville
Louisville officials begin issuing special license signs for wholesale fruit and vegetable dealers trucks to curb pinhooking. Established dealers pay 100 dollars yearly, transients 250. Police will stop crossing river trucks and require a bona fide interstate transaction explanation before permits pass through town.
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Louisville
Sinking Fund
Phil Miller
Commission
Millet
Miller
Mareee
Bourk-Donaldson-Taylor Co quits Denver wholesale fruit trade
Denver Nov 18 after 20 years in wholesale fruit and produce Bourk-Donaldson-Taylor Co closed its doors and sold its stock and goodwill to Amato Fruit and Produce Co Elmer Hartner appointed trustee for creditors principal creditors include Reconstruction Finance Corporation United States National Bank and Standard Banana Co H J Bourk will retire and Amato to occupy former Bourk-Donaldson-Taylor HQ after Jan 1 with claims in full promised but not yet fully determined
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Denver
Colo
Bourk-Donaldson-Taylor Company
Amato Fruit and Produce Company
United States
Bourk - Donaldson - Taylor
Eighteenth and Wynkoop
Market Street
Elmer Hartner
Hartner Produce Company
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
United States Natenal Bank
Sigll
Standard Banana Company
American Ba‘ Vna Company
Meier-Dawson Produce Company
H. J. Bourk
Bourk-Donaldson-Taylor
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Trade treaty with Great Britain lowers duties on US fruits
A reciprocal trade pact with Great Britain and Canada cut duties on American apples from 24 to 16 percent and pears from 16 to 11 percent. Canned asparagus corn and beans see 20 percent to 10 percent reductions. Canada also trims export duties on eggs, potatoes, fresh vegetables and fruits, with apples remaining at 15 percent while grapes rise modestly. The agreement aims to boost U S fresh fruit exports by aiding apple and pear sales in the United Kingdom and restoring U S market position.
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Great Britain
U.S
Washington, D. C
United States
Canada
Hull
Dominion
United Kingdom
Compulsory Heater Service Raises Potato Shipping Costs
Compulsory heater service charges on potatoes from northern and western shipping points took effect at midnight Tuesday. The fees add 3 to 6 cents per hundredweight to shipping costs, varying by origin and destination.
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Kansas City
Frost Ravages California Crops Across Regions
Frost blanketed California producing districts over a long weekend, damaging fruits and truck crops statewide. Inyo County saw records to 12 degrees, while the San Joaquin Valley and Tulare orange areas reported severe losses, with Ivyanhoe Delatio pole peas destroyed and Emperor grapes frozen nearly completely. Tomatoes in Contra Costa wiped out. celery and other vegetables affected in Delta and coastal districts.
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Los Angeles
California
Inyo County
Stockton
Imperial Valley
San Joaquin Valley
Santa Maria
Florida citrus interests outline a market pact
Lakeland Florida November 18 The citrus industry factions voted eight to three to submit an outline for a federal marketing agreement to Secretary Wallace. The plan calls for grade and size restrictions on interstate shipments and current volume control on Valencia orange movements beginning late winter or early spring. The tentative plan was presented to officials.
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Lakeland
Fla
Florida
Wallace
Valencia
Arizona Fall Lettuce Deal Nears Start in Phoenix
Phoenix Arizona November 18 Lettuce shipments from Salt River valley expected to begin Saturday with several firms cutting on Monday to launch the fall deal. An unusually early start is anticipated with up to 150 carloads by December 1 and 10 000 to 11 000 acres to harvest. Weather has been warmer than normal delaying growth and dry conditions may extend the harvest and limit larger sizes. Growers consider a size restriction but no action taken yet. Salinas and Imperial Valley conditions may shift timing, with volume not likely before December 5 to 10 reaching 76 carloads daily.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Salt River Valley
Salinas
Imperial Valley
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Michael Swanson-Brady Produce Co
LaFeria, Tex
Minn
Kan
A.ray Brown
LaFerla, Tex
New York State
Martinsburg
Laredo
Buffalo
St. Louis
Balish
Harry
Myera
Waybright Produce Company
Okane
purk-Donison- ‘Aylor Co
Louisiana
Detroit
National Potato Weex
America
Bane
Wee
Wee Kenny Coes Bag
Aee
Wtar Oer
Weh
Annual Meeting OF Marketing Officials Assn
G.B. Jackson
U. S
Bourk-Donaldson
Taylor CO
Amato
Bnys
Delta Celery
San Joacquin
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