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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1922
Page
2
Miami report notes farmers and truck growers in Southeast Florida expect larger plantings for tomatoes and celery. Early seed beds already planted on high ground to avoid flooding, with favorable weather and more water available. Celery acreage is substantial in Lake Monroe area as well, with early lettuces set.
Fargo reports say potato warehouses across North Dakota are full as the car shortage worsens. Farmers store spuds in barns and garages while shipments lag, risking thousands of bushels as frost looms. Officials, railmen, and farm groups seek aid, with limited progress.
Claude A. Brown of Dallas calls for a merger backed rail system under government supervision with a Secretary of Transportation to standardize equipment and prevent shortages. He cites grape and lumber freight issues and warns current management malfunctions cost growers and consumers and hurt carriers’ profits.
Dave Bloomga this week 2B Be Nellis of home from California. Arthur Olson manages jot Gamble Robinson Co Minn spent Sunday Monday here with friends among local trade. Roy Campbell Texas onion opes faton was in town early giving things the once aver. Frank Biggio and Sons returned to the city late in the week after several days in Pittsburgh. George OL Qomlossy superintendent of New York Central Lines Perishable Freight Service with headquarters at Toledo made a hurried business trip to Chicago early in the week.
Fort Pierce officials report no significant citrus or truck damage from recent heavy rainfall. Agricultural experts say the steady rains, though heavy, keep yearly totals below normal but will help later harvests by providing moisture for drying and improved field conditions. Planting plans proceed, with extensive operations starting by month’s end.
In Greeley Colorado on October 27 Weld county potato growers through the Windsor Community Association petitioned Colorado lawmakers to direct surplus Colorado potatoes to relief organizations abroad. George F. Kern of Windsor chairs the committee. The petition, delivered to Congressman Timberlake, calls on officials to leverage relief agencies to ship carloads of potatoes to famine and hardship areas with favorable freight terms and urges a national conference to explore further saving measures for farmers during the 1922 crop market slump. It notes hundreds of local growers and businesspeople signed.
Gamble Robinson Company of Minneapolis purchases the wholesale fruit and vegetable business of Black Hawk Fruit Company in Waterloo Iowa. The new firm, Gamble Robinson Company of Waterloo, is incorporated with 100000 authorized capital, 50000 paid in, absorbing most of the former Black Hawk organization and covering the same territory. Alex C Browne of Miles City Mont serves as secretary and manager. Mrs Ryan of Florida and Mr Ryan of South Haven Mich are cited with fruit exchange ties and a Skinner peach and apple grader unit in Dunedin Florida.
Kentucky markets plan Apple Day and Apple Week with events in Louisville New Albany and Jeffersonville. Committees arrange school apple distribution to children and inmates while hotels restaurants and stores feature apples and advertise plentiful affordable fruit through press and film publicity.
In Sanford Massachusetts on October 27 an estimate shows about 500 acres entering cultivation. The area is expected to grow lettuce and celery as crops. Nearby Jasper Florida notes a fall movement of peppers and cucumbers. A carload of sweet potatoes was shipped last week.
Florida moves to bar shipments of green beans and green peas into the state after a plant board hearing on October 9. Officials warn the Mexican bean beetle could devastate crops if introduced, noting its spread in nearby states and the difficulty of eradicating an established population.
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