Michigan County Agents Visit the Chicago Market
Michigan county agricultural agents toured Chicago markets to relay findings to farmers shipping products to the Illinois metropolis. They praised Michigan fruit and vegetable quality and the improved apple pack after washing, noting better packing and market reception on South Water Street. The trip was arranged at the invitation of Chicago trade associations.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan County
Chicago
Illinois
Michigan
South Water Street
Trade agents seek Michigan farm products in Chicago
Agents visited South Water Market, the Fruit Auction Sales Company, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and the Board of Trade to study Michigan farm products as Chicago dealers see them daily. The tour underscored how local markets value regional crops and reflect shifting demand patterns.
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Michigan
Chicago
South Water
Fruit Auction Sales
Chicago Mercantile Ex ‘Chiarige
Board of Trade
John W Hardin Idaho Apple Grower Dies
John W. Hardin aged 63, president of the Twin Falls Horticultural Association and pioneer apple grower, died at his Kimberly home after a two week illness. He moved to the Twin Falls tract 30 years ago, helped plant and develop orchards, was an early commercial grower and an original owner of the Decatur Orchard near Filer. Survived by widow Imma May Hardin, three sons John Herbert and Henry, his mother, two brothers and a sister.
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Kimberly
Idaho
John W. Hardin
Twin Falls Horticultural Association
Twin Falls
Hardin
Decatur
Filer
Harry Heller
Imma May Hardin
John
Herbert
Henry Hardin
Columbus Day Banquet at Nicolet Hotel in Minneapolis
The Italian Progressive Club will hold its Columbus Day banquet on Saturday October 10 at the Nicolet hotel Minneapolis. D L Piazza predicts a large turnout from Italian descent across the northwest and from Twin Cities fruit markets. The event features Italian dishes and a general evening of dancing games and entertainment.
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Minneapolis
Itaian Progressive Club
Nicolet
New Strain of Corn Beats European Corn Borer in Michigan
East Lansing reports from Michigan State College where A R Marston and B T Dexter lead the project. They announced a new corn strain with an exceptionally hard outer shell that prevents borers from entering the stalk, promising safer sweet corn for gardeners and reduced pest damage statewide.
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East Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Michigan Experiment Station
A. R. Marston
T. Dexter
Wisconsin Potato Shipments Start
Wisconsin potato crop moves after a killing frost cools stock. Much stock remains green and misshapen, with U. S. No. 1 quality limited. Some shippers expect statewide shipments to top the September 1 estimate of 17,000,000 bushels as digging slows and farmers hold for higher prices.
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Waupaca
Wis
Wisconsin
Stevens Point
Harvest of Idaho Potato Crop Progressing This Week
Idaho Falls reports potato harvest in the 1936 season progressing well with most late crop out by midmonth. Forecasters note favorable weather and early vine frost aiding digging while growers hold price expectations, storage capacities, and contracts shape shipments. Prices for U S No 1 Russets hover around $1 per cwt with some firms at 1 05 to 1 10 as shippers stockpile for future demand.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
U. S
Second crop raspberries on Grand Rapids market
Second crop red raspberries appeared on the Grand Rapids market this week. Grown by local grower George Kilmer the fruit shows a fair set of green berries nearing maturity and may continue through until frosts arrive. Kilmer expects several pickings as conditions allow.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
George Kilmer
House of David Plans Market Site For Cold Storage Plant
Benton Harbor voters consider selling or leasing market land to the House of David colony to build a cold storage plant at the market. The plan foresees 80 000 to 100 000 bushels capacity, creating 100 to 300 jobs and boosting tax revenue with completion slated for early spring.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
House of David
H.T. Dewhirst
House of David Corporation
Crow
Dewhirat
Dewhirst
St. Joseph
Benton Harbor Market
St. "Seph
Chicago Street Notes highlights executives and arrivals
J L Crutchfield president of American Fruit Growers Inc Pittsburg stopped in Chicago this week on westbound travel. L Pat Gillarde of L Gillarde Company returned after two weeks in California. Carl Plowaty of Plowaty Brothers Inc back from New Orleans. H C Poor of American Fruit Growers Inc Los Angeles visiting Chicago. LaManila Bros Arrigo Company received California asparagus first of season packed in pyramid crates. J C Chase of Chase Co Sanford Fla visited South Water Market. Mrs Martin Roth wife of M Roth & Sons operated on for appendicitis and was recovering. F r eight and trade calls by Egan and Blair of American Refrigerator Transit. Mike Degaro of M Degaro Company Chicago visitor. Maine Green Mountain potatoes arrived first car of season and sold to Wilensky & Co. John Novy flew to Cleveland on business. Last Thursday Henry Tebbena died suddenly. longtime trader on market. Earl Dancy Missouri Pacific Railway and assistant visited. Harold Mojonnier of Mojonnier & Sons in Walla Walla visited Riley-McFarland account. J S Wilson of Produce Terminal Cold Storage ill. Perry Smithers Jr limped with broken blood vessel from bowling. Sidney King of Wabash Railway in Chicago. First car of washed wax Canadian rutabagas arrived, 50 pound bags, very fine quality. Wilensky & Co received first car last year. J A Simmons of Simmons Inc Salinas Calif visited. Fred Schillinger of Wabash Railway calling on South Water Market. Walter Gray Santa Fe Lines general agent perishables in Los Angeles on six weeks tour of eastern markets.
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Maine
Green Mountain
American Fruit Growers Inc
Wilensky & Co
Splendid Publicity on Apples in Detroit
A Detroit News feature last week showed a large apples column with a bowl image. The paper posted a daily $1 prize for two weeks for reader apple recipes. The Evening Times also covered National Apple Week with illustrations, praised by Kirk F Mitchell of Detroit Union Produce Terminal.
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Detroit
Detroit News
Evening Times
Kirk F. Mitchell
Hurst Opens Twin Falls Office For Season
L L Hurst announces a new office in Twin Falls Idaho to promote the potato and onion shipping business with Caldwell as headquarters. Mary Ann Wax to wed Arthur Y Schulson scheduled for October 18 at Belmont hotel Chicago.
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L. L. Hurst
Twin Falls
Idaho
Caldwell
Mary Ann Waxtoe
Chicago
Louis Wax
Criss & Wax
Florida Firms Name Gridley Maxon Chicago Distributor
Gridley Maxon & Co Inc. is named exclusive Chicago distributor for Palmer Farms Growers Co operative Association Sarasota Fla beans and celery under brands Palmer House Circle P Phillippe and Zoom Straight Forked River. They also represent N N Starling & Son Belle Glade Fla beans and Pearce Produce Co Miami Fla tomatoes with brands Black Point Golden Rule Triangle.
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Florida
Gridley, Maxon &Co
Chicago
Gridley, Maxon & Co., Inc
Palmer Farms Growers Co-operative Association of
Sarasota
Fila
Palmer House
Circle P
Pearce Produce Company, Inc
Miami
Fla
Black Point
Golden Rule
Triangle
Potato Crop Subnormal in Grand Traverse County
Grand Traverse County expects a subnormal potato crop in volume but normal in quality according to County Agricultural Agent Carl Hemstreet. He cites drought for retarded growth and early planted fields showing below normal tuber set.
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Traverse City
Mich
Grand Traverse County
Carl Hemstreet
Bangor Apple Show awards premiums for growers
Premiums for the seventh annual Bangor Apple Show were distributed this week among 6000 fruit growers in Bangor Michigan. Exposition attendance and related plans push the show to exceed $1000 in premiums. The event runs November 12 to 15 with R. J. Martin as general manager.
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Bangor
Mich
R. J. Martin
Celery Festival Held in Decatur Michigan
Decatur Mich Oct 9 first annual celery harvest festival held this week under the Decatur Lions Club with local business cooperation. While celery was principal, other muck land crops were displayed in store windows and public places.
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Decatur
Mich
Decatur Lions Club
Poultry Diseases Highlight Missouri Farmers Week Talks
Columbia Missouri hosts Farmers Week October 27 to 29 at the Missouri College of Agriculture with veterinary science sessions on livestock and poultry diseases. Staff will answer questions each afternoon on sanitation disinfection acetonemia milk fever prussic acid poisoning drought related disease and Bangs disease progress.
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Columbia
Missouri College of Agriculture
Poultry Disease Terms Highlighted in Report
A fragment lists swine disease and problems, bighead and stomach worm issues in sheep and goats, roup in turkeys, pullorum disease and control, plus internal and external parasites of poultry. This item suggests a veterinary or agricultural bulletin outlining common animal health concerns.
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Turkeys
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Pat) Gillarde
L. Gillarde Company
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Carl Plowaty
Plowaty
H. C. Poor
American Fruit Growlers Inc
Los Angeles
LaManila Bros.Arrigo Company
J. C. Chase
Chase ,& Co
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Martin Roth
M. Roth & Sons
J. F. Egan
American Refrigerator Transit Company
J. G. Blair
St. Louis
Mike Degaro
The
M. Degaro
John Novy
Novy-Hart Company
Cleveland
Henry Tebbena
J. Trankina & Co
Mr. Tebbens
Earl Dancy
Missouri Pacific Railway
R. T. Watt
Harold Mojonnier
Mojonnier & Sons, Inc
Walla Walla, Wash
Riley-McFarland Company
J. Wilson
Produce Terminal Cold Storage Company
Perry L. Smithers, Jr
Sidney King
Wabash Railway Company
J. A. Simmons
J. A. Simmons, Inc
Salinas, Calif
Fred J. Schillinger
Walter Gray
Santa Fe Lines
Mr. Gray
Fred E. Bruns
South Wat
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Hot House Products
Asparagus
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