Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-13
Truck Markets
Via Naval Radio Station

Furnished to The Herald by Tex
as Department Of Agriculture, Unit
ed States Bureau Of Agricultural
Economies and the San Antonio,
Texas Chamber Of Commerce coop
Grating.
F. o. B. shipping point informa-
ton reported Thursday, Jan. IL:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Cabbage, Cool, clear. Haulings in
~creasing, moderate wire inquiry, de-
mand moderate, market slightly
stronger. Carloads +. o. B. usual
terms, round type bulk per ton 81
SIS; crates around $3.50. Carloads
r. o. b. cash track, round type bulk
per ton s20-22. In mixed cars +. ..
B. usual terms, round type bulk per
ton S~22-S27.50 . Wagonloads cash to
growers, bulk per ton $500; Beets'
Haulings light, moderate wire IN
quiry, demand good, market firm.
Quality and condition wide range.
Carloads and in mixed cars +. o: B.
usual terms, bushel baskets $3.50
i.75; crates very few sales, $780,
2.25; Carrots, .Haulings heavy, mod
crate wire inquiry, demand and trad
ing active, market about steady.
Carloads and in mixed cars 4. o. Il.
usual terms, bushel baskets lis
1856; crates ~1.60-1.75. Carloads y.
o. B. cash track, bushel baskets
1.10-1.15. Crates 1.A0-1.60.
Primary destinations of Lower Rio
Grande Valley movement Jan. -:
Cabbage, Houston IL, st. Louis 3,
Chicago 4. 2 each Cleveland, New
York. Shreveport, l each Washing
ton, Providence. Fl. Worth, Dallas,
New Haven, McAlester, Little Rock,
Jackson, Tenn, Rocky Mount, Birm-
ingham, New York. Dublin. Tex;
Carrots, st, Louis 10, Philadelphia 3,
2 each New York, Chicago Houston,
1 each New Haven, Cleveland, Pitts
burgh, Memphis; Mixed Vegetables,
7 each Houston, New York, 2 each
Shreveport, Fl. Worth, Chicago, !
each Washington, Waco, Amarillo.
Pueblo, Lubbock, Toronto, Pampa,
Tex, Buffalo, Marshall, Wichita
Falls, Wilkes-Barre, Philadelphia,
San Antonio; Beets and Carrots: 81.
Louis. s; l each Houston, Cleveland,
Jersey City. Detroit, New York,
Philadelphia; Beets. New York 2;
Grapefruit: TT. Worth 8, Houston 3,
| each Kansas City. Tulsa. Memphis,
Cedar Rapids, Hamilton, Ont, Waco,
Minneapolis.
Carlot shipments from entire
United States reported Thursday,
Jan. IL; Cabbage. New York 142,
Wisconsin 20, Florida Is, Pennsyl-
vania Z, 3 each Michigan, Virginia ;
2 each Louisiana. washington; i
each Maine. North Carolina, Utah,
total u. =. pa cars. U%nreported
January IL, California l car.
Rochester. n. Y, +. o. B. informa-
tion reported Thursday, Jan. ~:
Cabbage, Min. 32 degrees, AZ.
Demand light, market weaker. Car
loads y. O. u. usual terms. small to
medium Danish type bulk per ton
very few sales, mostly around SEQ;
Carrots, Demand fairly good, market
slightly stronger. Carloaas n. o. B.
usual terms. 100 lb. sacks 1.00-1.10.
+. 0. B. spinach shipping point in
formation reported Thursday, Jan.
II: Laredo, Cool, clear. Haulings
moderate, good wire inquiry. demand
good, market strong. Carloads 4.
o. b. cash truck, bushel baskets
mostly 1.35-1.40, few 1.25-1.30. Car
loads #. o. b. usual terms l.55-1.60,
few 1.65; Crystal City, Clear, cool.
Haulings moderate, good wire in
quiry, demand good, market stronger.
Carloads +. o. b. cash truck, bushel
baskets 1.35-1.40: Shipped Thursday
Texas 20, South Carolina q, total U.
5. 81 cars.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Friday morning; Mix
ed vegetables AZ, Parsley !, Potatoes
2, Beets 2, Carrots 20, beets and
Carrots IA, Cabbage Of, Grapefruit
Is, total 155 cars.
Jobbing market reported Friday
morning, Jan. ID:
Cabbage; ChiT>go. Partly cloudy,
3S degrees. Arrived / Louisiana. on
track n cars. Supplies moderate,
demand moderate, market about
steady. Texas round type and Louis
lana pointed type, crates 2.75-S.00;
Pittsburgh: Cloudy, SO degrees. Ar
rived 1 Pennsylvania, l Texas. Sup
plies moderate, demand slow, mar
ket about steady. Texas round type
barrels packed locally 3.00-S.60, most
IN 3.25-3.60; Ft. Worth: Partly
cloudy, 10 degrees. No earlot ar
rivals, none on track. Supplies
light, demand moderate, market
slightly weaker. Texas round type
bulk per cwt. 2.00-2.25; Kansas City,
Partly cloudy, 4s degrees. Arrived 4
Wisconsin, on track 3 cars. Supplies
moderate, demand moderate, market
about steady. Texas mixed car re-
eeipts, bulk per ewt. LIS.
Carrots: Chicago. Arrived q Cali
fornia, on track 10 cars. Supplies
moderate, demand moderate, market
barely steady. Texas bushels best
packs 2.75; st. Louis: Arrived 1 Tex-
as, on track s cars. Supplies mod
crate, demand. moderate. market about
steady. Texas bushels i.S6-2.00;
crates 2.E0-2.75; Boston, Raining, "A
degrees. Arrived / New York, on
track 8 cars. Supplies liberal. de-
mand very slow, market dull. Texas
bushels mostly Its; crates mostly
500; Pittsburgh: Arrived I Califor-
MIA. l Ohio. Supplies moderate. de-
mand slow, market firm. Calitor-
MIA crates mostly 3.75.
Beets: Chicago; No carload ar
rivals, none on track. Supplies
light. demand moderate, market about
steady. Texas bushels best packs
mostly 2.75, fair 1.75-2.00; New York,
No carload arrivals. Supplies limited,
demand moderate, market about
steady. Texas bushels ~25o-3.to, few.
higher. poorcr low as 91n-