Indiana Items of Interest in State Farm News
Field inspectors report eggs are generally sound with rare bad eggs. Hotels restaurants stores show farmers aren’t selling spoiled eggs. Watermelon seed saving underway after seed season. tomato crop deemed exceptional. turkey flock expected to exceed previous ten years. ducks and geese scarce due to dry weather and grasshoppers. Pike and Spencer counties scale up melon culture with 185 carloads shipped and plans for 1,000 to 1,500 acres planted next year.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Food and Drug Department
State Board of Health
Carmi
Lebanon
Columbia Conserve Co
Rushville
Rush
Lawrenceburg
Petersburg
Pike County
Spencer
Recent Indiana Charters and Early Grain Trade Notes
Indiana charter activity includes Indianapolis Red Cross Dairy In with capital $14,000 and directors John Hugeler H E Hoover and F J Hugeler. Milan Dairy Products Co incorporated with $10,500 capital and directors Herman Bohlke William Kaiser William Cook L G Kohlerman Edward Abbott Henry Kramer PF M Hillman James Coffee and C M Laws. Also notes orange shipments from San Luis Potosi to Chicago start around Sept 20, pricing and duties totaling $1.91 per 81‑pound box, and hothouse growers in Grand Rapids elect officers Eugene Davis pres Jerry Hayes vp B Gross sec Blanksma Gysbert Dyse Bert Stiles Rudolph Zant. Luthy Locher relocate to Fulton and Washington in Peoria to boost fruit and produce business.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Red Cross
Capital
John Hugeler
H. E. Hoover
F. J. Hugeler
Milan
Milan Dairy Products Co
Herman Bohlke
William Kaiser
William Cook
L. G. Kohlerman
Edward Abbott
Henry Kramer
PF. M. Hillman
James Coffee
C. M. Laws
San Luis Potosi
Mexico
Thil Point
Chicago
Rilo Verde Valley
Hothouse Growers
Grand Rapids
Mich
Grand Rapids Growers’ Assn
Eugene Davis
Jerry Hayes
B. Gross
Peter Blanksma
Gysbert Dyse
Bert Stiles
Rudolph Zant
Michigan Apples Sold Amid Slow Shipments at Lawrence
In Lawrence Michigan September 14 reports show ample fruit with no shortage, but unloading at fair prices problematic. Winter apples estimated 12,000 to 15,000 barrels with limited orchard sales. Main growers Fuller Bros LaDuke Harris Wiles Donivan Donivan McGowan, plus many small orchards, predict about 75 cars shipped despite scarce baskets and transport delays.
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Lawrence, Mich
Bunnell Produce Co
Eir
Fuller Bros
L. LaDuke
Geo. Harris
A. C. Wiles
Andrew Donivan
L. A. Donivan
Lewis McGowan
Albion, Mich
Albion Fruit Growers’ Assn
Farley
Bros
York Poultry Dealers Face Talk of a Thirteen Cent Market
In Chicas, September 15, poultry merchants doubt a 13¢ market will arise locally or in New York. Some dealers recall New York traders who were jailed after risky bets on thirteen, and the talk centers on superstition, legal peril, and the impact on receipts as the number thirteen looms over prices and stock checks.
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York
Ealers
New York
Swat
May trade picks up in hay market says dealer
Trade in hay appears stronger with lighter receipts and steady demand. No. 1 and choice hay bring 20 to 23 dollars, Kansas and Oklahoma sales improve with light end prices, as buyers reenter the market. Dealer D. H. Devlin of the hay department forecasts continued activity and higher prices later in the season.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
D. H. Devlin
Hay Department For & Cou
Wenatchee
Wash
Hood River
Gibson Fruit Co
Chicago
P.S. Michigan
Local Iowa Ad Notation Promises Subscriptions
In southern Iowa on September 2, 1911 a brief note encloses a $1 subscription to The newspaper. The writer expresses satisfaction with the ad and notes relief from dry weather, mentioning tatues onions and cab.
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Iowa
Chicago Fruit Men Organize Buyers Assoc
Chicago fruit men formed a new organization of about forty leading operators named the Fruit Buyers' Assoc. Officers will be elected later. The group aims to improve general working conditions, regulate buyers at deciduous auctions who take purchases before resale, and seek better team-track conditions through railroad cooperation. A banquet will be held soon to foster familiarity.
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Chicago
Assa
Chicago Fruit Man Promotes Fine Hyslop Creb Apples
A Chicago retailer touts nightly shipments of Hyslop creb apples from Michigan packers. He claims $4.50 to $5 per barrel and offers to ship daily to buyers who value quality fruit. The report notes his barrels and the scribe’s observation of the display.
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Chicago
Michigan
Georota
Will Market 30 000 Bushels Spuds
In Bemidji Minnesota on September 14 the new potato association the northern Minnesota Producers' Co-operative was organized and will market 30 000 bushels this season. The officers are Mort Pendergast Bemidji president Wi Morris Bemidji and Cash Thompson Blackduck vice presidents Otto Bergin Bemidji secretary.
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Bemidji
Minn
Potato Association
Northern
Minnesota
Harvest of broom corn hits high sales in Illinois
Bloomington Illinois September 14 movement in broom corn harvest shows sales reaching highs not seen in three decades. A Douglas County farmer reportedly sold nine tons at 160 dollars per ton amid expectations of a limited supply of prior corn this season.
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Bloomington
Ill
Douglas County
Elgin Butter Prices Unchanged Despite Board Meeting
Elgin reads no change in creamery extras for butter this week as bids failed to meet offerings. The butter board met Monday and set 261.3 cents, but the vote kept the market unchanged at 26 cents. District output declines while weather remains favorable.
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Elgin
Trade at Indianapolis Michigan White Cling Peaches Hit Market
The first early Michigan white cling peaches reach Indianapolis prices 2 per bushel with other lines 1.25 to 2.00. Indiana peaches small at 0.75. Pineapples 3.15 per crate, pears 1.50 per bushel, various fruits and vegetables in mixed pricing. Damson plums lower, cantaloupes from multiple regions, apples and grapes listed, tomatoes down to 0.40–0.60 per bushel, cabbage and lettuce prices noted. Sweets and potatoes steady, Cape Cod cranberries and direct Cape shipments announced by E L Hasler Company in Chicago.
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Indianapolis
Michigan
Indiana
Jonathan Capples
California
Mertz returns from vacation a changed man
G Mertz head of G Mertz & Co mobile Alabama, recently rested at Wakansha Wisconsin with Mrs Mertz and two daughters. He says four weeks at the springs made a new man of him and he and his wife gained about fifteen pounds each. He jokes about potato contracts for the government noting soldiers appetite for spuds and his deliveries. He plans to stop in St Louis on the way home.
Various Agricultural Bulletins and Creamery Notes Across States
Circulars from Michigan State Agricultural College and University of Maine announce topics on Tuberculosis in Fowls and proper potato seed handling. Pennsylvania issues Bulletins on Skim Milk Cheese, Domestic Science foods, and annual meeting proceedings. New creamery builds planned in Campbellsport and Cedar Lawn, while Harrisburg creamery closes. Albion apple holdings and prices noted for local growers.
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East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station
Harrisburg
Department of Agriculture of Pennsylvania
Fernnsylvania State Board of Agriculure
Orono, Me
University of Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
Campbellsport
Wis
Cedar Lawn
Ray Sackett
Fond du Lac
Alexander
Ore
Fort Morgan
Col
Cohen Selling Lot of Grapes in Chicago Market
L Cohen & Co of Chicago report handling nearly 10 carloads daily of Michigan grapes this season and expect to maintain the pace. They receive grapes from the Southern Michigan Fruit Assn of Lawton and invite buyers to contact them for reliable stock.
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Cohen
Chicago
L. Cohen & Co
Michigan
Southern Michigan Fruit Assn
Lawton
Peach trees culled in Ontario district over Little Peach pest
Ontario horticulture chief reports 15 000 peach trees must be destroyed in the Niagara district due to the Little Peach disease. The pest has appeared only recently and is widespread in the area.
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Ontario
Toronto
P. W. Hodgetts
Niagara
Also Mentioned on This Page
Apples
Packer
Coyne Brothers
W. S. Water Street
Bulk Ben Davis
Duchess, Seckzis, Howells
D’apjous
A. E. Barker & CO
West
Water St
Sulzberger & Sons CO. Produce Dept
Gallagher Bros. Noduce Commission
Mercmants
Chicaco
Garlots
F. E. Baldwin
R. R. Anderson
W. S. Water St
Rafi
Bank
the Packer
Maer Buren
W. Monroest
Ringfield Produce Co. Bhi
L. Gillarde
Mer
Gillarde
Axst
Mgr
Springfield
Itt
Snyder & Grotefeld
J. Snyder & Son
First National Bank
Appies
Earl Bros
Waters
The
North Fork Association
Paonia
Colorady
Luthy
Peach
Lawrence
Chicago Fruit Men
Washington, D. C
Gamble- Robinson Commission Co
Minneapolis
Burkhbartsmeier Bros
N. Peoria St
L. D
Siemens
B . You
Eck-McNeill & Co
Humber
W. Se. Water St
J. J. Corzine
Charleston
Illinois
Ee. Ball
Carlo
Bya
F. W
Nat’n Bank
John
Bronson
Randelah St
Eck-Wegeforth CO
E. L. Hasler Company
Cape Cod
Cape
Wisconsin
Platten Produce Co
Green Bay
M. George & CO
W. So
Water Street
Schlosser Bros
Erie Ave
General Commission
Storch Bros. & Co
W. Se
Commercial Nat'l
Bank Chleags
the Packor
Wayne & Low Fruit and Produce
John W. Low
B. A. Wheelock
B. E. Ee Werden
W. Water
Wisconsin Barrel and Cooperage Co
J. W. Hjorth
St. Peed Mian
ST. Paul
B. Presley
Sir
Carlete
Omaha
Trimble Brothers
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