Central Florida Exposition Opens February 20
Crawford Bickford previews the Central Florida Exposition opening February 20 for five days. The event showcases Florida life with county and community displays, new buildings, and a large midway. Premiums total thousands for fruit, vegetables, poultry, and farm products, plus entertainment by Royal American Shows and free grandstand acts each afternoon and night.
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Crawford Bickford
Florida
Central Florida
C. Moore
Agricultural Department
American Poultry Association
Vail G. Dunlap
M. W. Heatherington
W. R. Graves
Fair Management
Flower Show at Tampa Highlights Florida Fair Dates
The Florida Fair and Gasparilla Carnival will feature a flower show billed as the Home of a Million Blooms from January 30 to February 10. Mrs. T. D. Waldie, superintendent, announced a newly renovated show building will host elaborate floral arrangements and landscaping exhibits.
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Gasparilla
T. D. Waldie
Billy Wales to Lead Anheuser-Busch Clydesdale Team
Reinsman Billy Wales will drive the eight horse Clydesdale hitch owned by Anheuser-Busch during the first week of the Florida Fair and Gasparilla Carnival from January 30 to February 10. The team, over 16 hands, will perform daily in Tampa in front of the grandstand, then head to New Orleans for Mardi Gras after Gasparilla.
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Billy Wales
America
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company
St. Louis
Clydesdale
Tampa
Ef Wales
New Orleans
Fertilizer Dealers Name Orlando Headquarters for Zone Seven
Florida dealers meeting in Orlando designate the city as permanent headquarters for zone seven of the National Fertilizer Association. Harry Cleveland Harris of Washington will locate there permanently and open an office after January 1. Enforcement of the fertilizer code becomes the association’s chief objective.
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Fertilizer Dealers of Florida
Orlando
National Fertilizer Association
Harry Cleveland Harris
Washington, D. C
Shipment Of Beans Should Be Cut To 250 Cars A Week
Consumers have bought snap beans freely this winter as supplies stayed heavy keeping prices low. Better control recently kept market from dropping, with 250 cars weekly projected to yield higher net returns. Growers should grade well, especially for New York shipments, as excep tional stock fetched up to 2 50 a bushel in a car.
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New York
Farm Inventory Aids Farmers For Next Year
A farm inventory is the simplest and most useful record a farmer can have. Some farm relief may come next year by using the winter fireside for reading and studying about better farming.
New York Shows Big Increase In Florida Commodities
New York City in 1933 recorded a sharp rise in Florida fruit and vegetable use, reaching 33,467 carloads, about 20 cars daily more than 1932. While total fruit and vegetable consumption declined slightly from 171,003 carloads last year to 155,786 in 1933, Florida goods still posted solid gains amid shifting transport data.
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New York
Florida
New York City
Cuban Vegetables Boost Imports Amid Fine Crop
Cuban vegetables show a strong season with heavy imports expected into New York. Tomatoes start late with four to five weeks of high import activity. Lima beans and cucumbers also large in production with prices volatile. Imports from Cuba and the Isle of Pines are affected by Florida and Puerto Rico competition, but rising cucumber prices may lift imports in the near term.
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New York
Florida
Puerto Rico
Islands
Painters Poultry Offers Wax Dressing At Stockton Street Plant
Painters Poultry in Jacksonville claims a new method to remove pin feathers from dressed poultry. A large wax bath hardens the wax after a quick dip to pluck fowl, then the wax is peeled away with the pin feathers, melted and reused after straining.
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Painters Poultry
Painter
Stockton Street
Jacksonville
Farm stock and crops require better record keeping
On almost every farm some livestock fail to repay their keep and certain crops lose money. Lacking a few records will reveal losses and guide corrective steps.
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Kilgore
South
Kilgore Seed Company
Plant City
John Deere Orchard
John Deere Tractor
Orchard
John Deere
Moline
Ath Annuai
Puen
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