Tree-Gold Cooperative Growers Promises Shared Savings
The Tree-Gold Cooperative Growers outlines centralized packing and marketing to reduce costs and return savings to members. It details Class B stock, member refunds per box, and a plan for expanding packing facilities, with leaders including A. W. Young and Lawrence Gentile guiding a guaranteed volume of at least one million boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
Tree-Gold Cooperative Growers
A. W. Young
Vero Beach
Florida Citrus Control Committee
Lawrence Gentile
Gentile Bros. Company
Tree-Gold
Gentile
J. G. Dreka
DeLand
H. J. McReynolds
Joseph Gentile, Jr
Orando
F.C.B
F.o.b
Rea
Farm Credit Administration
Watermelon Market Sees Heavy Florida Georgia Shipments
Early June brings large volumes of melons with carloads averaging 30 to 36 pounds. Florida shipments from last year may be exceeded this year despite less acreage as growers report an excellent season and regulators aim to stabilize markets with controlled movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
North Florida
South Georgia
Florida 4-H summer program packs June with camps and short courses
Florida 4-H clubs run a busy June with 8000 girls and 3000 boys in activities. The Girls Short Course at Florida State College for Women in Tallahassee hosted 414 leaders from 30 counties, with contests and scholarships to Chicago. Gainesville hosted the 18th annual Boys Short Course for 250 attendees from 28 counties. National Club Camp sent four Florida representatives to Washington, while Camp McQuarrie in Ocala National Forest awaits opening with a full schedule of camps across Central and South Florida for June to August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Francis Cooper
Florida
State College For Women
Tallahassee
Flavia Gleason
Chicago
Edna Sims
Walton
Margaret Dunsford
Polk
Canning
Ruth Granger
Osceola
Frances Palmer
Gadsden
Viola Fritz
Palm Beach
Leola Little
Dade
Eunice Morgan
Taylor
Miriam Miller
Orange
Seminole
Roberta Brown
State Council
Florence Hombrook
Escambia
Ruth Arnott
Thelma Ham
Clay
Mary Frances Tomberlin
Hillsborough
Jeanette Rish
Gulf
State College
Gainesville
University of Florida
R. W. Blacklock
Agricultural Extension Service
Experiment Station
College of Agriculture
Magnolia Grove
State Bankers Association
National Club Camp
National Club
Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Nelli Berry
Alachua
Herman Youngblood
Okaloosa
D. C. Hanks
Escambi
Anna Ma. Sikes
W. T. Nettles
State Agricultural Extension Service
Hombrook
United States
South Florida
Central Florida
Ocala National Forest
Lake County
McQuarrie
C. K. McQuarrie
U. S. Forest Service
C. C
Okaloosa County
Camp McQuarrie
Lake
Marion
Union Counties
Duval
St. Johns
Brevard
Okeechobee
Hardee
Highlands
DeSoto
Madison
Suwannee
Lafayette
Columbia
More Farm Boys Enrolling At College Of Agriculture
Florida farm youth enrollment rises as students arrive from across the state and beyond. The extension service reports unprecedented letter activity and widespread dirt farmer outreach amid expanded duties and county participation. State funds for farm and home demonstration services grow slightly above 1934-35 levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of Agriculture
Florida
State Agricultural Extension Service
Florida Youth Gittings Wins Danforth Fellowship Trip
Brooksville junior Ben L Gittings of the University of Florida College of Agriculture is awarded a Danforth Foundation fellowship. He will spend four weeks in August studying and relaxing at St Louis and Camp Miniwanca on Lake Michigan. Dr Wilmon Newell notes his high scholarship and activity. He joins about 30 other fellows from various colleges for study near St Louis and camp recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben L. Gittings
Brooksville
University of Florida College of Agriculture
St. Louis
American Youth Foundation
Camp Miniwanca
Lake Michigan
Danforth Foundation
Wilmon Newell
College of Agriculture
Gittings
Lime Sales Gain Marks Growing Citrus Interest
Lime demand has risen over the past three to four years with steady year round sales, peaking in summer for beverages. Florida may soon supply all U S limes as imports shift to demand driven markets in the Mississippi Valley and southwest. Retail packing into half dozen to dozen limes boosts consumer appeal and prices remain favorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
West Indies
Mexico
Atlantic Seaboard
Mississppi Valley
Thi
Plantings for July list many crops and flowers
The July planting note lists Beggarweed celery chufas eggplant various grasses collards kaffir corn mustard millets okra cowpeas peanuts peppers rice sorghum turnips ruta es Kena four o clock petunia phlox vere zinnia. The text reads as a catalog of crops and flowering plants for July.
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National Geographic Magazine
Florida Apiaries, Inc
Stovall Professional
Tampa
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