Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-17
Truck Markets
Via Naval Radio Station


Furnished TO The Herald by Tex
as Department Of Agriculture, Unit
ed States Bureau Of Agricultural
Economics and the San Antonio,
Texas Chamber Of Commerce coop
Grating.
F. o. b. Shipping point informa-
tion reported Monday, January 10:
Lower Rio Grande Valley Points
Cabbage: Warm, cloudy. Haulings
light, Moderate wire inquiry. de-
mand limited, market dull. Carloads
and in mixed ears r. o. D. usual terms,
round type bulk per ton. $22-25;
crates mostly $l.5O-I.65. Wagonioads
cash to growers, bulk per ton $500
1850.
Beets: Haulirgs light, moderate
wire inquiry, demand good, market
slightly stronger. Quality and con
dition wide range. Carloads and in
mixed cars (. o. b.. usual terms, bu-
shell baskets Sl.75-1.90; crates very
few sales S2.0O-2.35.
Carrots: Haulings moderate, mod
crate wire inquiry, demand and trad
ing good. market about steady. Car
loads and in mixed cars +. o.. b. usual
terms, bushel baskets "$1.l5-l.30;
crates around SITS. Carloads I. o. b.
cash track, bushel baskets sl.00-l.l5;
crates Sl.60-l.65.
Primary destinations Of Lower Rio
GranGe Valley movement January is:
Cabbage: 6 st. Louis; ! each
Greenwood, Fort Smith, Altus.
Mixed Vegetables: s New York; 2
each Shreveport, Houston, ST. Louis.
Carrots: 2 st. Louis, l Houston.
Grapefruit: / each Dallas, Mime
apolis.
Carlot shipments from entire
United States reported January Is:
Cabbage: New York SO; s each
Florida, Pennsylvania; 2 each Texas,
Virginia; l each Ohio, South Caro-
lima. CALIFORNIA;; others %; total
L. S. 1872 cars.
Spinach: Texas 80, South Carolina
3. Total U. s. 1872 cars.
Spinach: Texas 81. South Carolina
:. Total u. s. al cars.
Rochester n. u. +. o.. b. shipping
point information reported Monday,
January 10;
Cabbage: Minimum II degrees,
maximum Is degrees Demand very
light. market weak. carloads r. o. D.
usual terms. very few sales. Danish
tyne bulk per ton medium 70 small
SIS. mostly around IS. Many con-
signed.
Carrots: Demand slow. No sales
reported.
F. o. b. spinach shipping point in
formation reported Monday, Janu-
AIRY &c:
Laredo: Warm, clear. Haulings
increasing. light wire inquiry, de-
mand good. market firm. Carloads
+. o. b. cash track. bushels Sl.50;
usual terms Sl.65.
Crystal City: Warm. clear. Haul
ings light, moderate wire inquiry.
demand good. market strong. Car
loads f. .o. y. cash track, bushels
Sl.50; usual terms Sl.65.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Tuesday morning:
Mixed vegetables %, parsley >, po-
tatoes I, beets and carrots 3, carrots
u, cabbage 81, mixed fruit ], grape
fruit Il, total % ears. To date this
reason. fruit $50, vegetables 2256,
total 1916 cars.
Vegetable jobbing markets report
cd Tuesday morning. Jan. le:
Cabbage: Chicago: Cloudy, 33 de-
grees. Arrived ! California, . New
York. 3 Texas. . Wisconsin, on track
including broken 80 cars. Supplies
moderate. demand and trading rather
slow. market barely steady. Wiscon-
sin Danish type sacked per 100 lbs.
I5-90c. Louisiana pointed type and
Texas round type barrels S2.T5-S-0O.
*. Louis: cloudy. 80 degrees. Ar
rived ? New York. ? Texas, , Wis
cousin, on track including broken ~
cars. Supplies moderate. demand
slow and market weak on old. de-
mand moderate and market about
steady on new stock. New York and
Wisconsin Danish type bulk per ton
$500. Texas round type bulk per
ton $3.50. Fort Worth: Cloudy 50
degrees. Arrived / Texas. on track
l car. Supplies light, demand mod
crate. market about steady. Texas
round type bulk per cwt. mostly
S2.25. In mixed cnrs brokers carlot
sales For. Worth basis, Texas round
type sI.S5-2.O0.
Carrots: 81. Louis: Arrived 2
Texas, on track n cars. Supplies
moderate. demand light. market
steady for good stock. Texas bu-
shells best mostly $~I.S5-2.0O. slack
pack sl.GO-i.75. Chicago: Arrived 2
California. 2 Texas, on track includ-
ing broken So cars. Supplies moder-
ate. demand moderate. market slight
~ weaker. California crates $3.50
3.75. Texas bushels pest packs 50.
fair Si.50-t.75. Boston: Clear 80
degrees. Arrived ! Texas, on track
including broken 7 cars. Supplies
liberal. demand slow. market dull.
New York 100 ID. sacks cut and
wash S1.O0-1.25. Texas crates $3.50
40.