Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-08
Via Naval Radio Station

F. o. B. Shipping point informa-
zion reported for Wednesday, March
Z:
Lower Rio Grande Valley Points:
Cabbage: Warm, partly cloudy.
Haulings fairly heavy. Good wire in
quiry, demand active, market strong
er. Carloads and IN mixed ears
r. o. b. usual terms, round type bulk
per ton $500, few S22.0Q; crates
S1.25-1.40. Carloads and in mixed
cars r. o. B. cash track, bulk per
ton Sl6-1S; crates ~$l.iO-l.20. Wagon
loads cash TO growers, bulk per ton
SlO-l2. Beets: HauliEgs moderate,
demand moderate, market steady
Carloads and In mixed cars F. O. y.
usual terms, bushel baskets mostly
around S1.00; crates $1.40-l.50; loose
per dozen punches mostly doe Car
loads and In mixed cars II. o. b. cash
track, bushel baskets $500; crates
$I.25-1.35. Carrots: Haulings mod
crate. Good wide inquiry demand
good. trading light, market firm. Car
loads and in mixed cars +. O. b..
cash track, bushel baskets around
soc; crates $1.40-l.50.
Robstown-Corpus Christi Section:
Cabbage: Warm, misty. Haulings
light. Good wire inquiry, demand
moderate, market strong. Carloads
f. o. b. usual terms, round and flat
types bulk per ton toe few sales to
establish market, asking for Fridays
shipment $500.
Primary destinations Lower Rio
Grande Valley movement Wednesday,
March q:
Cabbage: Houston as; st. Louis
%; Shreveport IL; z each McGehee,
New York; Chicago 4; Brooklyn 3;
2 each Kansas City, Omaha, Baton
Rouge, Memphis; ! each Indian
apolis, Alexandria, Pittsburgh, Green
wood, Toronto, Washington, Garth
age. Atlanta, Fort Worth, Cincinnati,
Dallas, Cleveland, Goldsboro, Louis
Vile. Mixed Vegetables: Houston
%; st. Louis IA; New York 10; Chi
cago 4; Fort Worth 3; 2 each Jersey
City, Shreveport, Pittsburgh. Wichita
Falls; / each Norfolk, London, Ont,
Enid. Memphis. Dallas. Lawton, At
lanta. Marshall, Louisville. Peoria,
Milwaukee, Kansas City, New Or
leans, Hartford, San Antonio. Car
rots: st. Louis 8: Hoboken z; A each
Houston, New York; Chicago .;
Philadelphia 2; l each Tuscaloosa,
SHREVEPORT. Beets: New York a;
st. Louis 2; / each Philadelphia,
Boston. Chicago. Beets and Carrots:
I. Louis s.; New York 8; / each Hous-
ton. Toronto, Montreal. Philadelphia.
Carlot shipments Of entire Unit
ed States reported Wednesday. March
z: Cabbage: Arizona I, California
3, Florida III, Maine 4, New York 33,
Pennsylvania 2. Texas IS, Washing
ton 1, Wisconsin 4, total II. 5. l4l
cars. Spinach: Texas 81, California
2. South Carolina ;, total u $. IS
cars. Carrots: Texas 2, California z,
New York 13, Ohio 2, total U. s. 81
ears. String beans: Florida /. I'm
reported March 6-Florida 4. Mixed
vegetables: Louisiana 8. Florida a,
Texas 4 incomplete, New York I,
total U. s. IS cars. Unreported March
6-Texas 10 cars. Potatoes: Colo
RADIO as, Idaho 1877, Maine 154, Mich
igan Sc, Minnesota 1S4. New York 81,
Long Island 10, North Dakota as,
Washington 45, Wisconsin los, total
u. s. $50 cars. Canada 20. Grapefruit,
Arizona 2, Florida rs, total U. S.
70 cars. Cuba 3. Porto Rico IS. I'm
reported March 6-Florsda IS cars.
Rochester, n. Y, F. o. B. informa-
ton reported Wednesday. March Z:
Cabbage: Min. 20 degrees. Max. 81
degrees. Demand improving, mar
ket stronger. Carloads F. o. B.
usual terms, Danish type bulk per
ton small TO medium 1910, mostly
$40. Carrots: Demand moderate,
market about steady. Carloads r. o.
b. usual terms 100 ID. sacks s1.20.
Spinach +. o. B. information re-
ported Wednesday, March z: Crystal.
City: Cloudy, warm. H~aulings
heavy. Moderate wire inquiry, de-
mand light, market unsettled. Car
loads r. o. B. cash track bushel bas-
kets 4Oc; usual terms 45c.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Thursday. March s.:
Mixed vegetables SO, lettuce 1, spin
ach /, beets 10, beets and carrots III,
carrots IS, cabbage 40, shallots I,
grapefruit 2, total 260 cars. Freight
movement to date this seascn-fruit
1912, vegetables $500. total 1O,G34
cars ETnpties ordered today 21S
cars.
Vegetable jobbing markets report
ed Tuesday morning. March q: Cab
bage: Clear, so degrees. Arrived IL
Texas, on track is cars. Supplies
moderate, demand and trading i'm
proving. market stronger, prices
slightly higher. Texas round type
crates mostly $2.75, fair $3.50. ST
Louis. Cloudy. AZ degrees. Arrived