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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1893
Page
7
A Raleigh department circular urges consistent weekly egg crate shipments to maximize prices. It discourages buying single crates, favors crates grouped in tens, and promises higher returns through steady orders. The note, signed by W H Wory, stresses long planning and farm industry support.
Guidance on killing, dressing, packing, and shipping poultry to fetch top market prices. Details on bleeding, scalding, drawing, drawing vs undrawn, cooling, boxing weights from 100 to 200 lbs, paper lining, labeling, and avoiding deception in tare. Includes pack order, stock quality, and legal dress standards plus market notes from Boston and New York.
Raueier Virginia Nov 4 1893 issue presents a price list for tobaccos and related goods, with instructions for plain shipping directions and station lines. The document details various products such as Best White Soft Aperl, Extra C White, patent cut loaf, granulated, White Maple Drips, Amber Drips, Honey Deipa, Fancy Golden Drips, and Golden Sheaf per barrel, with values or descriptors. It also includes tobacco brands Barnes New South, Good Cheer, Our Ideal, Big Chew, and Baking Soda quantities, plus pepper and coffee items, ending mid list with Richmond Va and Al.
Prices range from 22 50 to 37 50 manufactured near Raleigh by Alliancemen Sold by W H Worth S B A Raleigh N C listing various sugar cured meats and tobacco products with packaging notes and bulk order discounts references to Club-raisers and Proressive E armeer terms and weights for caddies and cases for bulk discount details
Prices, most stock at 11 per pound. Philadelphia market reports eggs at 23 to 34 cents, hens to 10 cents, roosters 6 to 7 cents, and turkeys 10 to 11 cents. Baltimore receipts fall, fresh eggs 22 cents, spring chickens 11 cents, turkeys 10, old roosters 25 cents each. Advice to ship to Boston for packing and dressing. caution on poultry shipments to Boston now. better prices expected as cooler weather arrives. Worrs, 8S. B. A.
Brethren urged to provide post office for correspondence. W H Worts requests help locating 8 S T Smith who asks for egg crates and baskets. unable to reach him due to common name and many Smiths in the book. Please supply postal destination.
Worris and the State Alliance urge placing orders through the agency to save money and put commissions into the treasury. They tout printed stationery as safer and more convenient, offering 100 sheets of note paper, 100 envelopes, a pencil, pen holder, blotters and more for one dollar. Donistop promotes Pro-Farmer distribution to every neighborhood.
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