San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-09
Complete Paintings This
Year Smaller Than
in 1923.
CABBAGE YIELD HIGHER
Potato Paintings Of Lower
Valley Severely Cut
by Frost.

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onion acreage according to the issue
of the States Marketing Bulletin of
the markets and warehouse depart
ment. Complete onion paintings this
year total but 1920 acres, compared
with 12.6S0 year ago, and average
condition on the estimated acreage IN
Webb county and upper counties, TAX
ing into consideration loss of stand,
is estimated by the truck crop special
list of the bureau of agricultural
economics at 81 per cent of normal,
according to the bulletin. The crop
in general is from two to three weeks
late. One of the interesting develop
ments of the season is the new acre
age in Central Texas, the Austin sec
ton of Travis county appearing this
year with 160 acres against twenty
last year and Hays county. which a
year ago had no commercial onion
acreage, appearing with a planting OF
twenty.
Cabbage Yield Higher.
The acreage yield on cabbage this
year in the lower valley will have an
important bearing on the movement,
for to offset the fact that paintings
are fully 5000 acres lighter than in
1922, when 1890 acres were planted
the yield will run about a ton to the
acre more, taking the season as an
average. with the later paintings. be-
cause of generally favorable weather.
expected to turn out a slightly better
crop than the early cuttings. The
truck crop specialist expects the
movement to peak around March IL
to Is. The movement TO February
rs amounted to 1852 cars this year,
ms against 500 for last, compared with
Florida's 1928 and 397 cars, respec-
lively, and a total old crop movement
TO the date listed of 34,9S6 cars this
year for 40,140 year ago. the latter
figures indicating the rapid cleanup
of old crop stocks on hand.
While beet and carrot acreages are
lighter this year than last. paintings
of the former being but 1870 acres,
compared with 1880 a year ago and OF
the latter 1910 acres compared with
2747 year ago, there has been a
brisk movement and the truck crop
specialist reports January movement
OF ten straight cars of beets and 81
straight cars of carrots, besides which
1915 cars of beets and carrots mixed
and a general mixed car movement OF
129 cars. containing some of these
commodities, rolled. In 1922 but two
straight. cars of carrots were listed
as rollngs of January, the heaviest
shipping being in April. when Merce-
DIES IN Hidalgo county rolled 20 OF a
total of 81 cars. The carrot move
mcnt Of that year called for but As
cars ag4inst general mixed car ship
ping of 1888 cars.
No Damage to CantalOupes.
Present indications are for approx
imately 1850 acres of cantaloupes TO
be planted in Hidalgo county this sea-
son. Most of the acreage will be In
the neighborhood of Mission and Sam
Fordyce. Because of protection furn-
ished them during the cold weather
of the closing days of February no
damage was done 10 cantaloupe plant
ings.
While the 1924 spring. acreage in
potatoes originally showed an increase
of about 600 acres over last season
and was placed at 1900 acres, frost
damage is believed to have cut back
the paintings fully 100 acres in the
Brownsville section. and San Benito
paintings have been reduced 40 per
cent to a total of but 700 acres by
the cold weather.
The lower valleys tomato crop,
which started with original paintings
of $500 TO 5000 acres. and was later
reduced to 2600 by inclement weather,
was cut back possibly 40 per cent
by the cold weather. and as Gamer
On county's acreage will probably not
be replanted, the crop will be lighter
than earlier anticipated.
8 Approximately half OF the string
bean acreage in the San Benito-
Brownsville section. which held so per
cent of the 200 acres devoted this
year to the string bean crop in the
valley was severely damaged. In
1922, the paintings of Brownsville and
San Benito> rolled total of AZ
straight cars, 23 of which were San
Beuito movements alone. That year
there was an important acreage in the
McAllen neighborhood, which called
for 81 ears to move il to market.
Sweet Corn Deal Expands
The shipping of sweet corn is grad
ually developing itself into one of the
commercial industries of Texas in the
lower Rio Grande Valley, the Whar-
ton neighborhood and the Austin sec
ton. The washing watts of the latter
two sections used for the washing OF
spinach come into excellent use as pre-
cooling tubs for the corn. which is
submerged in bushel baskets in ice
water for about five minutes, before
being loaded in the cars with crushed
ice scattered on the top Of the baskets.
Hidalgo county is expected to have
from 200 to $50 acres Of sweet corn
to move in the roasting ear stage. with
shipping probably from May 10 to
June II. The Wharton sweet corn
deal which was inaugurated last
wear, expects to operate from plant
ings of around 100 acres, which rep
rcsents an increase from those of Il
year ago Of around 800 acres. In
1923 the shipping season at Wharton
ran from June II To IS. No estimate
of the paintings in the Austin dis
b-ict is made by the truck crop spe-
halist though contracts are being Of
kred for acreage deals and Indications
point to the usual paintings.
In the vicinity of Mercedes there
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