Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-03
via Naval Radio Station

=. o. B. shipping point information
reported for Friday. March z:
Lower Rio Grande Valley POINTS,
Cabbage: Cooler, showers. Haul
inrs light. Moderate wire inquiry,
demand and trading moderate. mar
ket slightly stronger Carloads II
in mixed cars +. 0. B. usual terms,
round type bulk per ton mostly Sl2,
few higher: crates mostly $l.lO;
western lettuce crates mostly 81.
Carloads and in mixed cars +. O. B.
cash track bulk per ton mostly $40;
crates 81. Waronloads cash TO grow
ers bulk per ton mostly IS. Beets:
Haulings light. Light wire inquiry,
demand limited market dull. Car
loads and in mixed cars F. O. 3.
usual terms, bushel baskets around
ST.; crates S1.40-1.50; loose per
dozen punches 40c- Carloads and IN
mixed cars r. o. B. cash track, bushel
baskets $4,000; crates ~Sl-25-1-35-
Carrots: Haulings light. Good wire
inquiry, demand and trading active,
market steady. Carloads and in
mixed cars F. O. r. usual terms,
bushel baskets ~$1.O0-1.10; crates
S1.40-1.50; full top loose per dozen
punches 40c. Carloads and in mixed
cars r. o. 3. cash track, bushel bas-
kets around oOc; crates $1-35-1.40.
Primary destinations Lower Rio
Grande Valley movement Friday,
March q:
Cabbage: Houston a.; st. Louis
"a. Brooklyn 4; Pittsburgh 3; 2 each
Chicago, Kansas City, Memphis; I
each Birmingham, New York, Jersey
City, Waco. Washington, Newburn,
n. e.. Toroonto, Baton Rouge, Dallas,
Shreveport, Detroit. Mixed vegeta-
bles: Houston p. New York Il, St
Louis 10; 2 each Jersey City. Shreve-
port: I each Dallas, Nashville. Chi
cago, Toronto, Oklahoma City, Des
Moines. Winnipeg, Denison. Beets:
New York 2. Carrots: st. Louis y,
Houston 5; 2 each New York, Chica-
20, Washington, Baltimore; I each
Montreal, Kansas City, Jersey City.
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Hoboken.
Beets and carrots: st. Louis 9;
Houston a; l each Toronto, Balti-
more, New York, Portland, Me-, AL
toona. Minneapolis. Chicago, Boston.
Spinach: st. Louis 2.
Carlot shipments OF entire United
States reported Friday, March 2:
Cabbage: California 2, Florida 10,
Minnesota 2, New York 81, Texas 80,
Wisconsin 3, total Il. S. 143 cars
Spinach: South Carolina I, Texas IS,
total IT.. 8. IS cars. Carrots: Cali
fornia s, New York O., Michigan !.
Texas rs, Chicago 2. total ". $. As
cars. Mixed vegetables: California
33. Colorado l., Florida 8. Louisiana
IA. New York 8, Texas 80, Michigan
i, total u. :. Isl cars Un~reported
March /. Florida 5. Grapefruit: Ar
izona 3, California I, Florida rs, to-
tai u. s. so cars: Cuba i.
Rochester, N. r.. Fl. O. B. informa-
tion reported Friday, March 2: Cab
bage: Minimum "a degrees, maximum
80 degrees. Demand moderate,
ket about steady. Carloads r. o. B.
usual terms, Danish type bulk per
ton small to medium $s.00-S.50, few
50. Carrots: Demand moderate, mar
ket slightly stronger. Carloads II.
o. B. usual TERMS 100 lib. sacks most
" sl.15.
Spinach r. o. -. information re-
ported Friday, March 2: Crystal
City: Cool, cloudy; haulings heavy,
moderate, wire inquiry, demand slow.
market dull Carloads f. o. B. cash
track. bushel baskets mostly AZ l-2c;
usual terms assoc.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Saturday, March 3:
Mixed vegetables 43, parsley 4,
beets 2. beets and carrots 20. carrots
u, cabbage AZ. shalIots /, total 128
cars. Freight movement TO date this
season: Fruit 1,134s vegetables S,1l0,
total e,2z4 ears. Empties ordered TO-
day II.
Cabbage: Chicago: Clear, Is de-
Rrees. Arrived ! California, 2 Tex
a., ! Wisconsin, on track 73 cars.
Supplies liberal. demand moderate.
market slightly weaker. Texas
repzd type crates best most2y $l.76s