Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-13
Truck Markets

Vegetable market report No. IS.
Short course for shippers Mt Mer-
cedes junior high school March 16-
II:
Shippers are urged to have a repre-
sentative from every loading shed
present al the lectures and demon
given by DR.. J.. j. ~Taubenhaus, on
given from 9 TO IL a. m. Friday and
Saturday, and from / TO 5 p m. Fri
day. On Saturday afternoon trips
the diseases Of truck crops.
+. D. b. shipping point information
reported for Monday, March IL:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Cabbage; Warm, partly cloudy.
Hauiings decreasing. Good wire in
quiry. demand good, market slightly
stronger. Carloads and in mixed ears
+. 0. B, usual terms, round type bulk
per ton $35-37.5, few $40; crates
$2-1O-2-25- Carloads and In mixed
cars r. o. b. cash track, bulk per ton
5000; crates mostly 81. Wagon
loads cash 20 growers, bulk per ton
around SIS. Beets: Haulings mod
crate. Demand moderate, market
steady. Carloads and in mixed ears
Fl. o. b. usual terms, bushel baskets
mostly ~$0.90-1.00; crates $1.A0-1.5O.
Carloads and in mixed cars + o. B.
cash track, bushel baskets $4,000;
crates mostly $l25-1.40. Carrots:
Haulings moderate. Good wire in
curry, demand good, market steady.
Carloads #. o. b. usual terms, bushel
baskets mostly $1.1O-1.25: crates
$1.6-1-s0. Carloads and in mixed
cars +. o. Is. cash track, bushel bas-
kets $090-1.O0; crates $l4O-i.5O.
Robstown-Corpus Christi Sections:
Cabbage: Warm, partly cloudy.
Haulings light. Good wire inouirv.
demand good, market firm. Carloads
r. O. B. usual terms, round and flat
types bulk per ton very few sales
$S5-4O. Shippers and growers hold
ing back account heavy shipments
from Valley. and anticipating higher
prices.
Primary destinations Lower Rio
Grande Valley movement Monday.
March ~:
Cabbage: Houston liz: Q each 81
Louis. Shreveport; 1 each Rator
Rouge, Brooklyn, Memphis. New Or
leans. Mixed vegetables: New ycrL
?, ". Louis 3, Shreveport l. Car
rots; Hoboken 4. st. Louis 2. Beets:
SL Q 1. Beets and carrots: 81.
louis J.. Iurnips: Pine Bluff /.
hadishes: Chicago /.
Rochester, n. Y, +. q. B. infor-
nation reported Monday, March 10.
Cabbage: Minimum 81 degrees. De-
mand moderate, market slightly
stronger. Carloads r. O. b. usua
'ernsss psnnh type bulk uer ton
smail 70 medium $15-IS. Carrots
demand limited, market dun ~
siigntly weaker Carloads Y. q. r
sna terms. sacked per 100 lbs.
Lower Rio Grande Valley NOVA
ment reported Tuesday, March "a.
Mixed vegetables rs. turnin~
neets ,, beets and carrots 4. c~arrots
lo, cabbage SO, total TAI cars. Fx-
press movement today: Lettuce
car. Freight movement 10 data th;s
season: Fruit LAG: vegetable q q
total 1891 Empties ordered to5ss
iced 1877 cars. 1s
vegetable Jobbing markets -report-
co tuesday morning, March Ia. Csh-
page; Chicago: Cloudy, AZ degrees
II Texas. on track 30 cars
supplies moderate, demand moder-
ate, market firm. Texas round tvra
crates best $3.0G-3.25. fair s2.50-a-on-
y. Louis: Cloudy, so degrees. Az.
rived 30 Texas, on track Al ears
supplies heavy, demand moderate.
market about steady. Texas round
bulk per ton $3.50. Carlot
sales 70 outside points St. Louis
OASIS, Texas bulk per ton I ear $50.
crates l a $500; New York:
Cloudy, 4S degrees. Arrived 2 Cali
s Florida. 10 New York. al
Texas, ! New Jersey. New supplies
moderate. demand moderate. market
about steady. Florida pointed tvnel
l IL bushel hampers S1.75-2.25. Tex-
az round type crates $3~.OO-3.50. let-
tuce crates Savoy s2.OO-n.25. Pbila-
delphia: Raining, 40 degrees. A.
rived Q Florida, 8 New York. ? Teras
on track 81 cars. Supplies moder-
ate, demand slow, market dun
Texas round type crates ~s3.25-3.5O:
Boiton: Cloudy, - degrees. Ar
rived ! Florida. 5 Texas. on track q
cars. Supplies liberal, offerings
light, demand slow. market dun.
Texas round type barrels packed To-
mostly $3.50; 1t. Worth.
Cloudy, IS degrees. No carlot ar
on track 4 cars. Supplies
moderate. demand moderate. market
firm. Texas round type bulk Der
mostly $3.50. few s2.75: Pitts
burg: Cloudy. ~ degrees. Arrived
: New York. 8 Texas, supplies mod
eratc. demand slov. market about