Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-13
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-
tion reported for Saturday, Feb. IA;
Lower RIO Grande Valley points:
Cabbage: Cool, rained all day,
drizzling Sunday. Haulings light ac-
count OF weather. Moderate wire in
quiry, demand and trading moderate,
mbarket firm. Carloads and in mixed
cars +. - 3. usual terms mostly Sl2-
III; cra|s SI.0O-1.I0. Wagonloads
cash TO grower mostly IS per ton.
Bets: haulinrs light account Of
weather. Moderate wire inquiry, de-
mand moderate, market about steady.
Carloads and in mixed cars +. U. b.
usual terms, bushel baskets mostly
around $l.1O-1.35; crates ~Sl.60-l.S0.
Carrots: Haulings light account Of
weather. Moderate wire inquiry, de-
mand improving, market steady.
Carloads and in mixed ears +. o. 3.
usual terms, bushel baskets S0l90c;
crates $l.25-l.40. In mixed cars
+. o. 3. usual terms. full top loose
per dozen punches mostly SOC.
Primary destinations of Lower Rio
Grande Valley movement Saturday
and Sunday:
Cabbage: Houston 10; st. Louis
10; Chicago 8; New York 2; / each
McGehee; Cleveland, Memphis, Phila-
delphia, Washington, Boston, Shelf
field, New Orleans. Pittsburgh, Ho-
bort, Birmingham. Mixed vegetables:
Houston 10; st. Louis 3; New York
1; 3 each Jercey City, Philadelphia;
? each Memphis, Fit. Worth, Little
Rock, Muskogee, Ashton, Ky, Jack
son, Texas, Memphis, Amarillo,
Shreveport, Washington. Minneapo-
lis, London, Ont, Wichita. Carrots:
Chicago 3; l each Shawnee. New
York. Beets: st. Louis /. Spinach:
St. Louis 4; l each Fort Worth, Chi
cago. Oranges: Fort Worth i.
Grapefruit: Houston 5; Fort Worth,
Memphis, Kansas City, Des Moines,
San Antonio, Denver l each.
Lower Rio Grande Valley love-
ment reported Sunday and Monday,
Feb. 1918:
Mixed Vegetables q, Carrots I,
Beets /, Cabbage 20, Oranges l,
Grapefruit 6, total SO cars. Freight
movement to date this season. fruit
1858, vegetables 1887, total 1915 cars.
Marketing Texas Vegetables:
Marketing Texas Vegetables, Low
err Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Sum-
mary Of 1927 Season." BY W. ID.
Googe, is the title of recent bulletin
I 49, a. Ne ~ nu- - ~
above address or to the Bureau az
Washington.
Vegetable jobbing markets renort-
ed Monday morning, Feb. Is: Cab
bage: Cloudy, 81 degrees. Arrived
"a Texas, on track so cars. Sup
plies liberal. demand and trading
moderate, Wisconsin stock about
steady, Texas stock slightly stronger.
Texas round type crates ~S2.25-2.50,
mostly around $3.50. few S2.75: st.
Louis: Clear. 43 degrees. Arrived
30 Texas, l Wisconsin, on track 35
cars. Supplies moderate, demand
moderate, market slightly stronger.
Texas round type crates $500: bug
per ton $40-45; Fort Worth: Cloudy.
50 degrees. Arrived 8 Texas, on
track , cars. Supplies moderate. de-
mand slow, market steady. Texas
round type per cwt. ~$1.50-1.75. In
mixed cars Fl. Worth basis. mostly
around S1.35; Cincinnati: Cloudy, 80
degrees. Arrived / New York, 5
Texas, on track 10 cars. Supplies
heavy, demand moderate. market
steady. Texas round type crates
mostly $500; bulk per ton $3.50.
fancy $3.50; Philadelphia: Cloudy,
rs degrees. Arrived 3 Florida, =
New York, 3 Texas; on track IS
cars Old offerings moderate, de-
mand limited, market firm. New sup
plies moderate. demand slow. market
steady for good stock. Florida Wake
field / 1-2 bushel hampers Sl.25-
1.65. mostly ~S1.25-1.50, few .i.T5.
Texas round type crates s~2.50-3.10.
Pittsburgh, cloudy. 80. Arrived 6
Texas. . Pennsylvania, 3 Texas.
Supplies moderate, demand slow,