Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-02-25
SHIPMENT FROM
VALLEY SHOWS
STEADY GROWTH
Total Of 3O6 Cars During
Last Three Days Of Week.
Cabbage Price is Again
Mounting

HARLINGEN. Texas. Feb. % With
tht advance in the prize for cabbage.
tEe Valley farmer il advancing the total
(umber of cars Of the commodity being
shipped daily. Friday an advance of
$500 per ton was made % the farmer.
and on that date there were g.; ears or
one solid train load Of the commodity,
shipped from the Valley.
Cabbage started ont the first of the
season IA good price. S:iJ.tit. and held
this for about three weeks when the
price began TO break and wen; 10 $1,000
where il hung for about three weeks.
The prediction al the present time j.
that the prize to the farmer will again
mount 10 the $.;.p.OO level within the
next thirty days. and poSsibly sooner.
The quality of the cabbage ihiS year
j. above the average for l.l-.i and with
favorable weather conditions the record
for l923 will bc broken in regard % the
total numrr Of ears shipped. The year
49, was the banner year for the Valley
in the number OF ears Of truck shipped
and the prices rc,cisrd were good. This
year the Valley farmer stand~ good
chance to come up 10 the l.'.1 record.
and possibly 70 break ii.
For the first three or four weeks Of
the Valley trmfk shipments the beet and
carrot movement took precrdrn n but
during the past ten days the cabbage
farmer has completely swamped this
movement Bccts ani carrots are grown
on "A very large scale around Mercedes
and Weslaco. and these two points have
shipped two-thirdS Of the total number
Of ears this season. The price paid the
farmer for these crops is netting 4
handsome return. On good Weld
either II these commodities viii pro-
du.r around seven hundred ami Fits
bushels per acre and IN a great many
instances this mark is entirely eclipsed.
In addition 10 selling the vegetable n
self the-farmcrS have the iofg~ for fred
and they are Of great value The price
being paid farmers this season has been
around Doc per bnShcl. Just AZ soon
ns the season is over this hand will be
rlowcd up and put into the staple SUM
mcr crop cotton.
In regard to the ranking Of the towns
in the Valley. according 10 III" total NUM-
Der of ears shipped for the past three
days. Mercedes came forward and
Iaimcd first honorS. During the three
days shipping Mercedes shipped total
of - ears made up as follows: :; ears
~ cabbage. ~ cars If mixed vegetables.
| ear cf spinach. and - ears IL bccts
and carrots mixed. Mercedes has. sin
the beginning ~ the season. maintained
about this proportion ia her shipping
re- ord>. that j.. more bcets aud carrots
jim one day than ail other commodities
,mbincd
WeSlaco ran Scrond for the three day
Rriod hy shipping ~ ears. which were
Evided as follows: Il cars of hcefS and
VcarrofS. ~ ears of mixed vegetables AMI
T.. ,arS of cabbage. Wc~larn durir. the
past few days. has been gaining ia the
number of ears of cabbage shipped
WcSlaco and Mercedes during the past
two years have been neck and neck IN
the race for first honnrS III truck ship
nenis.
Alamo shipped the largest number If
ears Of cabbage for the period with 4
total of =? ears while Donna moved
\ (thc second largest number. i. ears. There
two pla - shipped practically ane-third
Sof the total number for The period. there
Ybeing total of l76 cars moved.
other Valley towns shipments were a.
Follows: San Bcri'o shipped total ~
- cars. Harrington moved lS ear
brownsville rolled rs ears. points M the
san Benitc and Rio t;rande Valley Rail
road shipped II cars. l'harr had -
ears loaded la Fcria I. ears and
CombcS T. ears while Rarrc,la moved
| ears and san Juan II ears Stuart
Place shipped = ears. Mission ar.
olmito ; Ears McAll~n and EdinAurg
each ears. and last but not least Shary
land shipped | car of grapefruit.
The total number of :.G cars for the
three day period WAS divided as is shown
below: Cabbage first. with 175 ears.
mixed vegetables ranking ser1nd g.;
: arS: Reefs and carrot> third with -
: cars: lettuce : ears: grapefruit :; car~
. and Of spinach. Shipmcnis during
the coming week win probably show am
ether good increase ewing in the later
cabbage beginning 10 crmc off
.