Turkey Egg and Poultry Crop Prospects in Key States
Chicago September 29 reports from The Packer show varied poultry conditions across Texas Kentucky Tennessee and other shipping districts. Texas turkey output is forecast fair with strong dressing plans while Ohio Missouri Arkansas and Kansas expect fair to good turkeys and spot feed shortages. Egg and poultry outlook appears modest but favorable with weather risk uncertainty.
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Kentucky
Tennessee
Chicago
Packer
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Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Maryland
Oklahoma
Iowa
Minnesota
New York
Illinois
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Michigan
Virginia
Wisconsin
Texas Turkey Crop Review Shows Plentiful Birds and Higher Prices
Dallas reports record turkey supplies for September with many broilers in receipts and several firms shipping over 1,000 head. Prices hover around 17 cents per pound, up from last year, and dressing plants may start by November 1 as demand stays strong ahead of Thanksgiving. The Texas crop is expected to show higher quality and earlier dressing than last season.
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Texas
South
Seta Freen Taveen
West Texas
Central Texas
Dallas
Poultry and Eggs In Texas and nearby regions
Austin reports a weaker poultry supply with fewer turkeys ducks and geese while chickens remain common. Egg production is down from last fall and shipments of eggs are rising slowly but forecasts vary by locality with some areas seeing larger turkey crops and others noting scarce eggs.
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Tex
L. I. & Co. Avery
Hennington
Okla
E. M
Trowie
Lorch Leaves Packer for Piowaty & Sons
M W Lorch resigns as Chicago Packer man effective October 1 to become sales manager for M Piowaty & Sons. He has long trade ties and starts with the new firm after several years at The Packer. He is succeeded by W H Taylor, who has long covered Minnesota and the Dakotas from Minneapolis.
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Chicago
M. W. Lorch
M. Piowaty & Sons
Lorch
Parker
Grand Rapids
Jackson
Lansing
Muskegon
Michigan
Pittsburgh
South Bend
Ind
San Antonio
Tex
Lockport
Packer
W. H. Taylor
Minnesota
The
Dakotas
Minneapolis
Fined for Feeding Land to Chickens in Cleveland
Cleveland Ohio September 29 J E Goff was fined 100 and costs after humane officers charged cruelty to animals for feeding poultry in a car with a mixture of two thirds sand and red pepper The car from Weinberg Brothers Chicago to Joseph Pierson of Cleveland carried about 1000 pounds of sand and stock Goff claimed no unlawful act and said he only followed instructions from the buyer Weinberg Brothers denied directing sand feeding and noted the car was shipped from Springfield Missouri to Chicago before reaching Cleveland with Goff in charge The car was allegedly overweight by about 1490 pounds according to Cleveland weights
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J. E. Gotf
Joseph Pierson
Weinberg Brothers Company
Chicago
Humane
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Goft
Weinberg Brothers
Springfield
Heavy Inquiry for Cabbage Prices Up in Chicago
The cabbage market was strong this week with Wisconsin Holland seed stock quoted at 38 to 40 per ton f. o. b. roading station. Taquir was active as demand exceeded supply. Farmers were paid 25 to 32 per ton at country points while dealers here handled Colorado cabbage in line with Wisconsin quotes. next wet cabbage expected to move more freely from Wisconsin stations.
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Wisconsi Holland
Taquir
Be Co
Wisconsin
Colorado
Fancy Apples Sell Well in Chicago Market Report
Fancy barreled apples in Chicago show steady demand and high prices for top quality fruit on Sept. 29. Medium and undergrade stock moved slowly while supply remained tight for extra fancy lots. prices for No 1 to fancy barrels ranged from 3 to 5.50 dollars, with No 2 stock quoted around 1.50 to 2.25 dollars per barrel and occasional premiums for small lots of extra fancy fruit.
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Chicago
Jonathans
Alexanders
Wolf Rivers
Grimes
Ot Soulert
New York State
New York
Ben Davis
Virginia Paldwins
Gravensteins
Western Poultry Dealers To Open In New York
Western live poultry shippers plan to organize a company and launch a New York market house. Al Jon R. Carter leads the effort and will convene Chicago meeting during the National Poultry Association convention. The house is to open next month for the large fall poultry deal.
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Western Poultry
New York
Louisville
Aljlon R. Carter
Chicago
National Poultry Association
Apple Exports and California Vegetable Shipments Reported
Apple exports for the week ending last Saturday reached 4 119 barrels, compared with 35 114 barrels a year earlier. About 15 320 boxes were exported on the South American ship Moliere, which sailed September 28. Southern California vegetable shipments total 4 247 cars over the Southern Pacific and 1 350 cars over the Santa Fe, bringing the season total to 6 697 cars. Daily shipments for September 21 to 27 are listed as 10, 16, 0, 0, 21, 8, 17, and 15 cars respectively.
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California
Los Angeles
Southern California
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Heavy frosts across Midwest push temps to record lows
Heavy frosts gripped Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado, with freezing temperatures along Oklahoma's north border. Dallas registered 44 degrees at 7 a.m. Friday, the lowest September reading ever recorded at that location.
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Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
North
Borden
Oklahoma
Dallas
Apple Val Therein Crop Heavy Growers Roam New York
A clipped OCR item mentions Winchester man in relation to apples and a Virginia crop, with notes about heavy production and growers facing restrictions or travel into New York. The fragment references Bougly taking Yorks and an eater of O20 thins, leaving unclear specifics but suggests regional agricultural activity and movement limitations.
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Winchester
Yorks
Virginia
New York
Apple dealers ship fall fruit to major cities
Greene County dealers have shipped fall apples to New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Chicago. The fruit’s grade is noted as BY Sold generally for $1, with some variation to $2.75 for higher quality.
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New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
Sperber Begins In Rochester Like Cleveland Broker
William Sperber Jr, originally from Pittsburgh, has opened in Cleveland renting space opposite the American Butter and Cheese Company. He faces past legal trouble in Rochester over bond issues and was sent back for trial. The apple trade notes him among agents shifting buyers from New York to Virginia and Maryland with varied prices for Greening, McIntosh, Gravenstein, and Jonathans as market activity slows.
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Cleveland
William Sperber, Jr
Dittglurgh
Rochester
N.Y
American Butter and Cheese Company
Sperber
St. Louis
Wayne Jouveyerand
Vegetable Growers Association Holds Annual Session in Chicago
The Vegetable Growers Association of America held its ninth annual convention in Chicago with over 400 members. Discussion focused on advertising garden and orchard products through uniform packs, distinctive labels, and trade slogans. Howard W. Selby of Philadelphia spoke on the value of advertising, while delegates toured truck wards and greenhouses in an automobile excursion.
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Chicago
Vegetable Growers’ Association of America
Howard W. Selby
Philadelphia
Association
Selby
Northwestern Fruit Exchange
D. J. Coyne
Coyne Brothers
Cleveland
Immature Florida Grapefruit Shipment Reported
New York reports two cars allegedly carrying immature grapefruit shipped from Orlando on September 17 and 21. The cars were billed as pineapples to Milton Wolf in Petersburg Virginia, a possibly fictitious name. Authorities trace the shipper and inspect the case as government tests await clearance.
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Frovida
Orlando
Milton Wolf
Petersburg
Demand for Peaches in Chicago Sees Firm Tone
Chicago reports a firm demand for fancy sound peaches with moderate supply. Michigan arrivals thin but eastern stock appears, mostly small and inferior fruit going to peddlers at low prices. Fancy Elberta peaches from Michigan and New York fetch 1.50 to 1.75 per bushel, poorer stock down to 73 to 1, Crates from Michigan around 1.25, flats quotable at 6 to 7 cents, and 5th rings at 20 to 25 cents.
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Chicago
Michigan
New York
Turkey egg and poultry crop trends noted across states
A digest lists turkey egg and poultry outputs from California to New York, with notes on markets for butter, apples, peppers, and onions. It highlights shipments, storage, auctions, and market prices, plus upcoming meetings of poultry dealers and fruit growers and references frost threats in Michigan.
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New York
William Sperber, Jr
Cleveland
Chicago
W. L. Wagner
M. W. Lorch
Piowaty & Sons
Michigan
Minnesota
Nellis
Florida
Kennard
B. Marmor & Son
Central
H. W. Buckbee
Dried Fruit Review
Mr. Sherwood
Oregon
J. F. Luge
San Francisco
Sebastopol
Redlands
Calif
Sodus
Cape Cod
Brooklyn
York State
Jersey Cities
Northwestern
Emphis
Kansas City
Fire Devastates Scioto Onion Marsh District
A historic blaze roared through the Scioto Onion Marsh near McGuffey Ohio, burning hundreds of acres of muck land and threatening onion storage plants. Volunteers, militia, and residents dug trenches and used smoke helmets as flames advanced underground toward buildings, with about 20 acres of harvested crop lost and long term ruin feared for the muck land.
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William Shadley
Department of Mines
Columbus
Wilt McGuffey
Cyrus McGuffey & Son
J. A. Jones
Wagner Returns From Pacific Coast in Strong California Season
W L Wagner of G M H Wagner & Sons arrived back from the Pacific coast reporting a prosperous California fruit season. He noted good prospects for a satisfactory yield of numerous commodities and said the firm would remain active in California gear with shipments of seasonable lines ready to move.
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Chicago
W. L. Wagner
G. M. H. Wagner & Sons
Southern Poultry Dealers Meet Oct. 16
Louisville September 29 A program at the Watterson Hotel will mark the Southern Poultry and Allied Shippers Association annual meeting on Monday October 16 in Louisville. Delegates from allied groups will attend and a luncheon program is planned.
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Southern Poultry Dealers
Louisville
Southern Poultry and Hes Shippers’ Association
Watterson Hotel
Chicago Street Notes and Market Items Highlight Regional Trade
Chicago street notes report transactions including L F Case buying an orange grove and a Potatoes at Morrill Nebraska market. California milk law noted. Arthur Lessly to marry and Examiner Disque in San Francisco referenced. Arkansas peach orchards healthy and Denton county peanut outlook mentioned.
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