Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-08
Via Naval Radio Station

Furnished to The Herald by Tex
as Department of Agriculture, Unit
Economies and the San Antonio,
Texas Chamber Of Commerce coop
Grating.
T. o. B. shipping point informa-
tion reported for Tuesday, Feb. q:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Cabbage: Warm, partly cloudy. Haul
ings moderate, good wire inquiry, de-
slightly stronger. Carloads and in
mixed cars +. o. B. usual terms,
round type bulk per ton S12-14, most
ly S14; crates $1.00-1.10. Wagon
loads cash to growers mostly IS per
ton; Beets: Hauliugs moderate, mod
rate wire inquiry, demand limited,
market about steady. Carloads and
in mixed cars +. o.. Is. usual terms,
busnel baskets Sl.l5-l.25; crates
$1.50-l.75, few higher; Carrots:
Haulings moderate, moderate wire
inquiry, market steady. Carloads and
in mixed ears f. o. b. usual ter
bushel baskets 1890 cents; crates
$1.15-l.40. In mixed cars, per doz-
en- punches, full tops 30-35 cents.
Primary destinations of Lower Rio
Grande Valley movement Tuesday,
Feb. z: Cabbage: Houston "a, St,
Louis Is, Shreveport Z, Lexa 2;
each Toronto, Chicago, Marshall,
Washington, Pittsburgh, Toronto,
birmingham, Columbus Ca, Column
hsa S. g., Creenville 5. c. Cleveland,
san Antonio, Memphis, Jackson Miss,
Mixed vegetables: s New York, 5 st,
Louis, 3 Chicago; 2 each Houston,
waco, Ft.-9anegc. / each Nashville
Pensz-la, GRAND Rapids, Minneap-
oils, Columbus, Oklahoma City,
Louisville, Lake Charles, Blooming
ton, Okmulgee, Jersey City. Beets:
New York H.. Carrots: 2 each Chi
cage, st. Louis, l Fl. Worth. Beets
and Carrots: l each New Haven.
Toronto. Potatoes: Pittsburgh /,
Broccoli: 1 each Jersey City, New
York. Grapefruit: 2 each Houston,
TT. Worth. Oranges: / each Hous-
ton, TT. Worth, Waco, FL Paso.
Carlot shipments of entire United
States reported Tuesday, Feb. z:
Cabbage: California !, Florida IL,
Michigan 2, New York 40, Pennsyl-
vania 5, Texas 20, Virginia /, Wis
consin 5, total U. $. 1875 cars. Spin
ach: Texas 7S freight, II express,
South Carolina /, total U. S. 81 cars.
Carrots: California 2, Michigan /,
New York Is. Texas 2, total U. S. 20
cars. Unreported Feb. g., California
]. Mixed Vegetables: California 5,
Colorado 3. Florida 8, Louisiana /,
New Jersey 2, New York 4, Pennsyl-
vania /, South Carolina /, Texas IS,
Utah l. Virginia /, Wisconsin 2. total
U. S. 40 cars. Bermuda 13 cars. Un-
reported Feb. 6, Arizona j, California
10, Maryland l.. Grapefruit: Cali
fornia j. Florida SO, Texas 8, total
u. s. A3 cars.
Rochester, N. Y. r. o. B. Shipping
point information for Tuesday, Feb
ruary q:
Cabbage: Minimum q degrees,
maximum ~ degrees. Demand light,
market dull. Carloads r. o. b. usual
terms. Danish type bulk per tor
S~6.50-7.50, mostly $500. Some con-
signed. Carrots: Demand light, mar
ket about steady. Carloads F. o. B,
usual terms, sacked per 100 lbs. 81.
Spinach F. o. B. shipping point in
formation reported for Tuesday,
Feb. z:
Laredo: Clear, cool. Haulings
heavy, light wire inquiry. demand
moderate, market unsettled to slight
ly weaker. Carloads +. o. b. usual
terms, bushel baskets mostly around
S1.O0; cash track 1890.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Wednesday morning,
Feb. g.:
Mixed Vegetables 50, Potatoes /,
Broccoli ?. Beets 2, Carrots s. Cab
hage 124. Mixed Fruit /, Grapefruit
5. total 1873 cars. Express movement
today. lettuce 2. cauliflower /.
Freight movement to date this sea
son.. fruit 1856. vegetables 1897, to-
tai 5153 cars.
Vegetable jobbing market reported
Wednesday morning, Feb. 8: Cab
bage: Chicago: Raining, 3s degrees.
Arrived ] New York. / Texas, |
Wisconsin, on track 80 cars. Sup
plies liberal, demand moderate, mar
ket steady. Wisconsin Danish type
bulk cwt. $4,000. Texas round TYNE
crates s2.O0-225. mostly s2.25.
Louisiana pointed type crates S1.75-
200. st. Louis: Misting, 81 degrees.
Arrived s Texas. 2 Wisconsin. on
track IS cars. Supplies moderate.
demand for old stock slow, market
dull. demand for used stock light,
market firm. Texas round type
bulk per ton $40. Louisiana pointed
type from mixed cars crates fair
quality $4,000. Pittsburgh: Cloudy,
so degrees. No carlot arrivals. De-
mand slow. market steady. Old sup
plies moderate, New oYrk and Penn
sylvania Danish type barrels pack
ed locally mostly $1.35-I.50. New
supplies light. Texas round type
barrels packed locally S2.50-3.O0
mostly S~2.75-3.00. Carlot sales. Tex
as rnnnd tvna hulk ner ton SAn-A2.