Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-12
1924 Seasoa Sets
New Records for
Mellon Products
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paper to protect against frost when
ing young plants emerged from the
! solL These paintings were from
one to two weeks ahead of the
uncovered acreage in maturing Ear
~ yields were generally less than
anticipated and shipments never
reached the high point :hat Sas cX-
pected by many at the opening Of
The season. Many thought thai 600-
'tO or even more might 5c aNtici-
pated sometime during the move.
ment, and with the railroads aJving
plenty Of equipmcn; TO move the
stock there seemed no question but
what that condition might develop.
Cool weather, however. kept the
stock ripening gradually AMI no
sharp advance over 600 ears level
oped. Instead the crop came off in
two peaks, more or less in steady
even volume. Late Yields were fair,
ly heavy and the shipments from
this acreage surprised many oper-
atorS because Of the steady heavy
volume which it turned out.
"The shipments maintained
considerable lead over all previous
seasons and now rs the deal is
closing, the total movement has
passed all previous records by con
siderable margin, totaling l5.ll2I
cars, to date.
" Cool weather in The terminal
markets during the first few weeks
of the deal was very discouraging
and caused prices to be maintained
at very low levels. Practically ev-
eryone lost money on stock arriving
during this period, just as the
heaviest shipments Of the season
began arriving the weather warmed
up IN the east and prices both there
and at shipping point began to re-
cover. They did not at any time +
maintain a general level for ANY,
length of time which was rrofit- t
able to shippers, I
THE first peak of the season
.ame on June - with J3j cars re-
ported out. a second peak Of jSI
'ars developed on June II. for
45s, to as low rs l.Oj on
June IA. A general range Of from
'l.l0-l.20 was maintained during
he week from June 1920. On June
Il prices started to advance and
we're mostly around $175 on June
3 but declined rapidly to the low
;nge Of s0c-l.G0 by the last of
he month; rising again TO 81 1U-1.15
Turing the first few days Of July
fter which quality deterioration
irought prices downward to the pre-
ent lime. Prices this season on
umbo crates have ranged general
V 2je higher than standard CRATES
while ponys have ranged :jc-50c
ess. HAT crates &ere sold usually
n a basis of 10 per cent Of the
crate prices.
Prices as High AS SO
"Priees in important terminal
larkets during ,.he latter part OK
lay ranged $6.00-lC00 on standard
rates, but with the heavier arrivals
eclined and the range during the
lird week of June was 225-35
Iostlv 9.50-3.00. Since that date
ley have ranged mostly 2.2j-3.00.
The fob. auC ion. prices have
cen watched closely by shippers
no had stock for sale and ~ the
Ihs were carly in the dav. manM
fused to sell to cash track buy
5 until they first learned what the
Gctinn prices were. Fob. selling
rs been more general this year than
nv previous seasOn bL. il is prob
be that not more than an average
f around % per cent of the move
ent was disposed Of in this man
ar. As in past seasons. the great
urk of the shipments have been
He'd 20 dealer 5 representatives On
le terminal markets. cOnsigled or
He'd Joint account with terminal
arket agencies who have advanc
funds to growers through various
stributOrs.
With theT cantaloupe season yir-
for ;his yer, figures
.SN that the southern district in
e valley is again the heaviest
Upper, the total ears up to July
being 1868 as against 695S cars
ipped from points in the northern
strict Of the valley.
Last year the shipments from the
uthern district up TO July 20,
tailed ZOO ears as compared to
22 ears shipped from the northern
strict. In 1929 the shipments
ON the southern district were 6579 }