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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1923
Page
2
Business interests at Newberry in the Upper Peninsula back a movement to raise celery production and challenge Kalamazoo. The Newberry area is advancing, with J. Van Tyle, the largest grower, producing 200,000 bunches this year from 10 acres.
Lawton Michigan September 14 Grape growers and shippers should widen distribution for Michigan grapes says R H Shoemaker of state and federal Agriculture Departments. Review of 1922 totals shows most sales in Illinois Pennsylvania Ohio and Michigan with shipments to 36 states and 345 towns. Over 20 percent shipped to Chicago Pittsburgh second with 915 cars. Total season shipments 5317 cars. No record kept of truck hauls.
Fragmented OCR text references Minnesota cent leas thanja year ago around 50 shipped from here. No clear event names dates or places emerge beyond scattered terms. The readable bits offer minimal concrete facts for a concise historical record.
Last Bartlett pears scarce as buyers switch to Flemish Beauties at 1.00 to 1.50 a bushel. Peaches dull with prices from 1.50 to 4.00 a bushel. Apples 1.40 to 1.75 a bushel, grapes 2.75 to 4.00 a dozen for four-quart baskets, watermelons at 4.00 a dozen, cantaloupes fading from a cantaloupe glut, Irish Grey melons 25 to 30 pounds high price, honeydew 1.59 a bushel. Large peach crop expected. plums quiet to dull with Lombards 0.40 to 0.75 a bushel.
Minneapolis, Minn September 14. Albert Miller and Co potato distributors report their new Minneapolis office, opened at Market State Bank building, is in full swing just after the month’s start. John R. Bouchier directs Minnesota loading stations and oversees Wisconsin outlets, bringing 13 years of Chicago office experience as station manager. Direct long distance calls link Minneapolis to Chicago to monitor the potato situation.
Bismarck North Dakota September 14 with the potato harvest just opening wages will be generally five and six cents per bushel for picking and probably about four dollars per day for hauling according to reports of state employment agents to the office of J A Kitchen commissioner of agriculture and labor Some orders now are being received at the offices for men for general farm work including fall plowing at wages of fifty to sixty dollars per month Mr Kitchen reports
John Bacon of Bacon Brothers returned from a two week trip covering potato producing districts in Wisconsin Minnesota and the Dakotas. He visited four districts and is back in Chicago.
Michigan faces a reduced potato harvest with estimates of 6.0 to 8.6 million bushels cut from total production. Verne H. Church predicts about 30.0 million bushels, down from 37.8 million last year, while drought and frosts have trimmed yields in several districts. Western regions remain near normal with improved quality expected if frost is avoided. A 15 percent smaller planted area and late shipping season impact prices and market outlook across the state. Separately, Michigan Trust Company seeks ICC permission to abandon 30 miles of track on the Manistee and Northwestern line from Bendon to Empire due to unprofitable maintenance.
Bay City Michigan September 14 Secretary T F Marston of the Northeastern Michigan Development Bureau relays a plea from Secretary Lee H Bierce of the Grand Rapids Association of Commerce to back a movement for improved potato grading. Bierce, a noted potato consumer, says better stock could fetch higher prices and plans to buy a bushel of well graded potatoes for the Top O Michigan Potato Show in Gaylord November 7-8 with growers paid $2 per bushel. The buyer may reject tubers not meeting quality.
Chicago moves to aid perishable loss and damage claims with the Davis Traffic Service Bureau led by E L Davis. Offices occupy the Ogden building on 1921 North Clark Street. Davis has 14 years in fruit and vegetable trade and experience with railroads and several carriers.
B L Sorenson of Owatonna Minnesota and W C Ladd of Rochester Minnesota plan to establish the Flambeau Nursery Company on an eighty acre tract near Ladysmith Wisconsin. The venture is to operate as a formal nursery business with the new company name.
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