Outlook for U S potato crop shows uneven prospects
Reports from northern potato regions indicate frost damage lowering yields from Wisconsin to Minnesota and Michigan, with only half to two thirds of marketable sizes in many areas. Nebraska and Colorado show variable results, while the Dakota states forecast lighter crops. overall U S production will be below 1915 in some regions and better in mountain and Pacific states.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Dakotas
Colorado
Greeley
Nebraska
Potato Crop Prospects Decline Across Major States
A Chicago report reviews the fall outlook for winter potatoes. It compares August and September USDA yields for Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, and California, showing lower projections in September 1916. Estimates from growers list car shipments by station in Michigan, New York, Wisconsin and other locales, with figures for Kalamazoo, Saginaw, Gaylord, and more, noting a broad statewide trend toward reduced production versus prior years.
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Department of Agriculture
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National Poultry and Egg Group Sets October Chicago Convention
National Poultry Butter and Egg Association schedules a two day convention October 9 10 at the Sherman Hotel Chicago with entertainment by a Hawaiian quartet and a banquet feature. The program lists sessions on egg claims inspection refrigerator cars and dairy advertising plus a banquet and side show booths. Franklin A Ng secretary and W H Whitcomb president outline the agenda with speakers from Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange and theFt Dearborn National Bank.
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National Poultry, Butter and Egg Association
Sherman
Charles FE. McNeill
Syork Sitap Smi Amd
Ies
New York
Tikshart
Ind
the Sherman
W. S. Whitcomb
Association
Alton E. Briggs
Boston Fruit, and Produce Exchange
Executive Committee
Crystal Room
W. H. Whitcomb
Ff. Combiths
W. F. Bennett
Transportation Committee
Hartman
C, & C. Department
Pomerone
John B. Newman
Ilinois
J. K
Poultry Dealers to Join Kansas City Delegation to Chicago
Kansas City dispatch notes a large group of poultry shippers and dealers planning to travel to Chicago for an October convention. A. W. Bear coordinated invitations with a travel party expected to include at least two cars and about 50 or more dealers, leaving Saturday night October 8 at 8 p.m.
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Kansas City
Eye and Poultry
Chicago
A. W. Bear
Onion Crops in Sea Producing States Report
Authentic crop report notes prominent growers and shippers in all producing sections operate with the Packer reviewing a very complete summary of the winter onion situation.
Onions suffer weather losses in Deerfield Massachusetts
Damage from wet conditions halved the onion acreage this spring and crop size shrank sharply. Prices rise with storage offers around 1 dollar per bushel, shipments lag as farmers hold for lofty figures. Market activity shows limited sales at 65 to 35 cents per bushel, a current price floor.
Onion and cabbage crops in the northeast show mixed yields
The September crop report notes about 80 percent of a normal onion crop in Deerfield and surrounding areas with large, rot-free onions expected in New York and New England. Cabbage prices hit highs as shipments move across New York state, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with local markets tight and growers optimistic despite drought and wet weather effects.
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M. O. Coggins Company Fails Amid Pittsburgh Bank Debt
The M. O. Coggins Company of Pittsburgh, once a major fruit and vegetable distributor, suspended operations after discovering about 125000 owed to the defunct Central Trust Company. The firm’s losses stemmed from mismanagement and poor investments in Florida and Colorado, with most indebtedness to banks and trust companies.
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M. O. Coggins Company
M. O. Coggins
C. A. Coggins
California
Colorado
Central Trust Company of
Pittsburg
M. @. Coggins Company
Coggins
M. C. Coggins Com
Tubbesing Bros Creditors File Bankruptcy Petition
In St Paul creditors have filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against Tubbesing Brothers. The firm ran a fruit house at 152 East Eleventh Street until June, leaving unpaid obligations and debts estimated around eight thousand dollars. Assets include two small city plots with mortgages and a South Michigan Trust Association second mortgage disputed by creditors.
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Tubbesing Brothers
Packer
East Eleventh Street
Chicago
Tubbering Brothers
South Michigan Frust Association
Charles F. Tubbesing
Edward I. Tubbesing
Chas
Edw. H
Mant Third Street
B. Tubbesing
Tubbesing
E ‘Ubbesing
Edward H. Tubbesing
Frost harms farms as Western New York hits first frost
Rochester N Y September 22 Western New York faced the season's first frost of the week with losses running to thousands of dollars. Ice formed in spots and fruit and crops suffered extensive damage especially peach orchards while beans and potatoes were also hurt. Earlier growth slowed and yields likely drop below normal though later warmth softened peaches that were damaged.
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Rochester
N. Y
New York
Apple Exports Weekly Totals From New York
Apple exports for the week ending last Saturday show 22 286 barrels to London and Livel, down from 23 672 barrels a year ago. South American shipments totaled 8 814 boxes of apples and 2 665 boxes of pears.
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London
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