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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1925
Page
2
Chicago September 4 a correction to last week's advertisement for W H J Kavanagh gives the correct Roosevelt exchange numbers as Canal 3282 and Canal 3283. The item ends with a humorous quip about a pie joke.
Moorhead Minn Sept 4 the first party and dance of the season by Red River Valley potato dealers was at Comstock hotel with about 25 couples from Moorhead Grand Forks Wahpeton and Chicago attendees. W J Koppen chaired the committee and Anderson sisters orchestra provided music. Miss Hortense Anderson named Queen of the Ivories in a radio contest.
Stockton Calif Sept 4 The potato market is firmer with dealers asking 2.45 a sack on the bank for top lots, while most stock sells from 1.75 to 2.25 a sack depending on quality. Growers dig 40 to 46 cars daily on the islands. 636 cars shipped in August, about 17 daily. Onion market quiet Whites 2, browns and yellows around 1.50. 1,000 cars remain to be sacked.
Chicago reports indicate steady potato prices as markets see active shipments from Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota and Maine. Chicago receipts remain moderate with about 125 cars on hand selling at mostly 2.26 for Wisconsin No 1 bulk whites and 1.76 to 1.85 for partly graded stock, Idaho Russet sacks 2.86 to 3.00.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 4. The citrus industry expanded largely in the last 30 years with ongoing public and private research shaping better cultivation and orchard management. California’s citrus roots trace to Franciscan missions in the 18th century, with the nucleus formed at San Gabriel Mission and William Wolfskill’s 1841 Los Angeles orchard. The Southern Pacific and Santa Fe railways spurred commercial growth, the Washington Navel orange emerged at Riverside around 1878, and the industry now spans 268,703 acres with about 24 million trees across three climatic districts: Southern, Central, and Northern California.
Washington September 4 The advisability of extending quarantine 53 to include Maine Rhode Island and Washington for the purpose of preventing further spread of the Latin moth pest will be discussed at a public hearing in Washington D C on September 28 by the federal horticultural board U S Department of Agriculture Interested persons may appear in person or by attorney The pest is not of prime importance but its spread is undesirable The current distribution of the Latin moth covers parts of Eastern Rhode Island Massachusetts New Hampshire and Southwestern Maine In Washington it is found in King county and neighboring counties between Puget Sound and the Cascade mountains
The article traces early citrus planting in Arizona from 1888 in Salt River Valley and Yuma, noting 1924 counts in Salt River Valley and Yuma, with about 1 600 acres in Salt River and 675 in Yuma. It covers dominant crop shifts toward oranges and grapefruit, mentions Washington Navel origins, Valencia, Eureka and Lisbon lemons, and the rise of Marsh grapefruit since 1890 as the key Southwest commercial fruit.
Quincy Illinois September 4 The sixth annual Adams County Fair opens Monday September 7 at Baldwin Park Quincy lasting five days with open entries and strong displays of farm products especially fruits and vegetables. Premiums total upwards of 265000 dollars.
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