Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-02-11
TRUCK SHIPPING
ON LARGE SCALE
JUST BEGINNING
Saturday Shipments Makes
New Record With rs Cars.
Season Shipments Now To-
tai 1854 Cars
Especial to the Herald }


HARIINGEN, Texas. Feb. IL
Valley truck shipments are gradually
getting into swing and the total number
OF cars being shipped daily Il gradually
nearing the hundred mark. With the
ideal truck gathering aud shipping
weather ~ the past week shipments have
been growing daily. In addition to the
heavy freight shipments Of Valley truck.
the express shipments are also coming
IN for their share Of the increases. Had
II. not been for the heavy decline in the
price for cabbage the shipments would
have been augmented to much larger
degree. but the farmers in the Valley are
cutting cabbage that absolutely has to
bt cut and are holding up on the move
inent as much as possible The bulk Of
the Valley cabbage this year is much
later than last and il is hoped that the
prices being paid the farmers through
out the Valley will gradually show an
increase.
The Valley beet and carrot crop seem
20 be- pretty well in line with the crop
conditions ~ last year. These two com
modities have been making about the
same record in the number of ears
shipped as the cabbage movement. The
heaviest movement Of these commodities
IN from Mercedes and Weslaco.@ these
two towns shipping approximately one
half of the total number of cars of these
vegetables shipped daily. During the
1g2223 season Weslaco aud Mercedes
also held the first rank in the total mum
ber of ears of these varieties of vege-
tables shipped. Up until 1922 beets and
carrots did not begin 10 compare with
the cabbage shipments in the total num-
Der cars Of shipped. but the 1873 season
found the shipments clnging lose Ia the
cabbage movement and the same is hold
ing good this year
The Valley mixed vegetable move
ment rs not holding up as well as il did
in 1873 for some reason-posSibly. be-
cause the beet and carrot movement is
just now in full swing and as the season
begins % pass the movement of the ears
Of mixed vegetables will show decided
increase.
In the Saturday loading there were
Is cars shipped from the Valley. Of
this number Mercedes shipped IL ears.
leading all Valley towns.
Shipments from Mercedes were as fol
lows: \ ears Of beets and carrots: >
cars of mixed vegetables. cars Of cab
bage and one of carrots.
Weslaco came second with total Of
L. cars made ~ aS follows: q ears Of
bects and carrots. cars of mixed vege
tables and one ear of cabbage
San Benito came third on the list with
y cars composed Of the following: q
cars of mixed vegetables. :. ears of let
tuce and one car Of cabbage San Bcnito
is shipping practically all Of the lettuce
that Is leaving the Valley
La Feria came fourth with : cars for
the day made up ~ follows: :; ars of
cabbage 3 ears Of bcetS aud carrots. I
ear of mixed vegetables and one ear of
turniPS.
Other shipments throughout the Val
lev were as follows: Brownsville car
of cabbage and | ear Of mixed vegc-
tables: Barrrda and Combcs each =
cars ~ cabbage: Points on the san
Fento and Rio Grandc Valley rairoad
tSan Benito being shipping ponil 4 ears
of cabbage. ! ear of mixed and | car Of
spuds. Harlingen moved cars Of cab
hnge. : ears of mixed vegetables and |
car ~ grape fruit Donna shipped ::
cars Of cabbage and | ear Of beeiS and
carrots Alamo shipped car of cabbage
aad ! car of cabbage and car of bccts
rnd carrots and San Juan shipped = ears
of bcets and carrots. Ednburg shipped
one ear of cabbage and rharr car Of
mixed vegetables. Sharyland shipped
two cars Of grapefruit. Mission moved
| ar of cabbage and car 81 beetS and
carrots
Valley shipments 70 date total 1..:5i
cars made M rs follows: 5Ol cars of
beeis and carrots: 437 cars II cabbage:
300 cars of mixed vegetables: Z. cars
Of grapefruit and oranges: 13 cars of
beans and IL cars of lettuce: 10 cars
of spuds and ) ears of spinach. :: sars
cf furnips and 4 ears Of cabbage plants
tThese plants were shipped from The
Valley to points where heavy frosis oc-
curredl and ! car of lemons