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Show Adolphus Pulley Studies Chicago Markets and Cold Storage Plants Adolphus Pulley, one of the operators opera-tors of the A. W. Pulley and Sons feed mill, returned home Tuesday from a month's trip through Kearney, Nebraska, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and Denver. He went east to I market eight cars of onions which they have had in cold storage and to investigate the market for eggs, fruit and vegetables. After disposing of the onions In Chicago he spent considerable time checking the markets with a view of learning what Utah products can be marketed there profitably. The cold storage possibilities for Utah products pro-ducts was also thoroughly investigait- i ed. Mr. Pulley reports that from data i they showed him the onion and potato , market nexifc fall will likely be over done. Increased onion acreage in I Texas and Colorado, Utah and Idaho is expected unless crop failures cut j down the production. At the present time Idaho potatoes are selling atfi 19 j cents per peck to the consumer after j being resacked, freight paid and all. j In every instance Mr. Pulley found , that the highest quality produce and ; I packing is demanded on these markets. mar-kets. He found Utah cauliflower shipped ship-ped there was of good quality but they told him our grading and packing pack-ing was" below standard. The Chicago and middle west egg market is not as good as the New York market. There is a better mar-I mar-I ket for dressed poultry, at Chicago. A big amount of poultry and farm: produce pro-duce goes into the large cold storage plants there, Mr. Pulley said, and are ' held until the market prices become profitable. A visit to the Swift and company plants proved interesting to Mr. Pulley. Here he investigated the making and marketing of meat scraps and fertilizers. During his trip he visited manyj places of historical note and interest returning with a lot of information and a firmer belief that Utah has a great future and is one of the best places in which to live. |