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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1919
Page
2
Butter prices show slight rise while Chicago markets hint at an uptick if butter continues higher. American cheese quotes edge up. eggs gain 6c with receipts at 64 to 66c, limited high quality arrivals. city trade storage eggs 54c to 62c. Fowls weaken with springers in demand, four pounds and up fetch 22c, light weights 15c, roosters down, ducks and geese steady.
The Wisconsin Potato Growers Association and Wisconsin Potato Shippers Association schedule major events during the December show week in Milwaukee. The event, touted as the nation’s leading potato exposition, features county booths, grading demonstrations, and a department by the Wisconsin Marketing Commission to establish grades and regulations. Officers J W Hicks Jens Unrenholdt and J G Milward are noted, with Edward Nordman directing market efforts and W P Jones running grading demonstrations. Carload operators from Chicago and Minneapolis are expected to attend.
In Chicago at the La Salle hotel J G Milward secretary of the Wisconsin Potato Growers Association entertained industry representatives who will exhibit or attend the Wisconsin Potato Exposition to be held in Milwaukee December 8 to 13 The gathering underscored strong interest in the event known as America s greatest potato show with attendees from Albert Miller Co Armour Co Swift Co Darling Co and others including the Eastman Company American Steel and Wire and International Harvester among many.
Grand Rapids Mich Nov 21 The two growers associations operating here have merged to form the Grand Rapids Growers Association The re organized body will handle hothouse and field vegetables fruits and farm products with Henry J Cheney Reed Cheney as general manager R Yonkers pres Wilfred Hannah vice president and Rudolph Zant secretary
The Detroit fruit and vegetable market reports a quiet pace with prices steady and receipts living small ahead of Thanksgiving. Potatoes onions and other produce move slowly as rail service bottlenecks persist and car shortages limit shipments.
Chicago November 21 records show fancy butter priced at 70c on Monday and 71c on Tuesday as shortages kept trading quiet. Receipts for the period were 2,876 and 5,719 tubs, with storage stock firm and withdrawals heavy. Prices varied by grade, with extras at 71 1 2c and standards around 64c, while market tone remained firm through Wednesday to Friday amid small arrivals and steady or unchanged quotations.
Minnesota potato market this week faces weak sales due to car shortages. Buyers and sellers foresee higher prices but cars are scarce, delaying shipments as weather warms and roads improve. Receipts thin as stations fill up, with white stock $2.70–2.78 per cwt and Red River Ohio varieties $2.90–2.95, last week shipments total 348 cars.
Milwaukee market reports steady apple prices with slight gains for certain varieties. McIntosh from Michigan $11.50 per barrel. Snows $9.50 to $10. Spies and Greenings $8.50 to $9. Russets and Baldwin’s $8 to $8.50. Tasman Sweets and Hubbardson $7.50 to $8. Florida lemons $5 to $6 a box. cranberries in good demand at steady prices. Wisconsin jambogs $11.50 to $12 per barrel. cabbage $2.50 to $3 a barrel. celery firm. onions steady. potatoes $2.65 to $2.85 per cwt Wisconsin. Idaho spuds $3.15 to $3.26 per cwt.
The Howard Skass Company announces the opening of offices in Denver Colorado at 225 Mint block. The firm will handle potatoes onions cabbage and other light vegetables in a carrot approach and is led by Mr Skass who has years of experience with C N Wildt Produce Company since its founding.
East Liverpool Ohio recalls a past item from November 21 noting potatoes selling for 55 cents a bushel at Schmidt's Cash Grocery. The nostalgia column highlights a memory from ten to twenty five years ago.
Chicago November 21 Calumet Refrigerating Company announced completion of expanded storage facilities. The new combined cooler and freezer space totals 2 000 000 cubic feet, boosting the firm’s cold storage capabilities substantially.
Oliver W. Tong, Minneapolis life blogger, advertises a service for handling shippers claims. He touts quick, economical, noiseless collections of loss, damage, overcharge, and reparation claims, specializing in interstate committee work.
Chicago November 21 Following a weaker feeling in the poultry market late last week the first of this week showed a marked recovery with nearly all lines advancing Trade had picked up again and a renewed briskness in demand was noted across the market as buyers and sellers resumed activity and prices moved higher.
Demand for turkeys remained strong while poultry prices varied across categories. Receipts included 16 freight cars and 140 coops on Monday and 12 freight cars and 1,410 coops on Tuesday with Tuesday quotations listed for turkeys fowls hens spring chickens old roosters and various ducks and geese. The market eased Wednesday with lower prices for heavy hens and spring chickens and a liberal, but sluggish, sale. Thursday brought further reductions as buyers remained scarce despite continued arrivals.
The report notes reductions and a fair sale. Receipts included 11 freight cars and 1,600 express coops. Friday's market showed weak demand for geese, down 2 cents. Other stock held steady with unchanged prices, and receipts counted in freight cars.
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