Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-09
Truck Markets
Via Naval Radio Station

F. O. B. shipping point informa'
tion reported for Thursday, Mar. 81
Lower Rio Grande Valley points
Cabbage: Warm. partly cloudy
Haulings very heavy. Good wire in.
qui-y, demand brisk, market strong
err. Carloads and in mixed cars f. o
b. usual terms. round type bulk pei
ton mostly $22-25; crates $1.30-1.A0
Carloads and in mixed cars y. o. b
cash track, bulk per ton $500,
crates $1.10-125. Wagonloads casl
to growers, bulk per ton $3.50; few
higher.
Beets: Haulings moderate. Demans
moderate. market steady. Carload
and in mixed cars F. O. B. usua
terms, bushel baskets mostly arouns
ST.; crates $1.4O-1.5O; loose per dozcF
punches mostly 4Oc- Carloads an
in mixed ears r. o. b. cash track
bushel baskets $3.50; crates mostl,
SI.25.
Carrots: Haulings moderate. GooS
wire inquiry, demand good. marke
steady. Carloads +. o. B. usua
terms, bushel baskets mostly $l.00
ITO; crates $1.50-1.60; loose pc
dozen punches 3-40c. Carloads an;
in mixed cars #. o. B. cash track
bushel baskets around 90c; crates
$1.40-1.50.
Robstown-C Corpus Christi sections
Cabbage: Warm, clear. Hauling
moderate. Good wire inquiry, de
mand moderate, market strong Car
loads RI. o. ID. usual terms, round and
flat types bulk per ton, few sales
$22-25; cash track mostly $50.
Primary destinations Lower Rio
Rio Grande Valley movement Thurs
day, March s.:
Cabbage: st. Louis 80; Houston
25; z each Shreveport, Memphis; (
each Fort Worth, Chicago; Kansas
City 8; New York A; 3 each Bator
Rouge, Pittsburgh; 2 each Cincin
natl, Toronto, Brooklyn, Birming'
ham; / each Nashville, Montgomery
Lexa, McAlester, Herrin, Boston
Newburg, Dallas, Montreal, Provi
dence, Goldsboro, Joplin, Peoria. Lit
tie Rock, McGehee, Cape G~irardean
Springfield Mo. Amarillo, Victoria
b. C., Hutchinson, Cedar Rapids, At
lanta. Mixed Vegetables: Houston
Is, st. Louis 10, New York Q, Chica'
go 4; / each Indiana, Joplin, Bator
Rouge, Shreveport, Dallas, New
Brunswick. Jersey City. Fort Worth
Doloth, Wichita, Monroe, Fort Smith
Arkansas City, Birmingham, Beau
mont, Kearney, Neb.. Atlanta, Pales'
tine. Sodbhry, Ont. Onions: St. Lonil
/. Lettuce: Houston /. Spinach:
each Fort Worth, st. Louis. Turnips
Birmingham /. Carrots: Hoboken 5
New York 5; 2 each Chicago, Kan
sas City, st. Louis, Houston; / each
Pittsburgh, Hoboken, Syracuse
Grand Rapids, Philadelphia, Mem
phis, Milwaukee. Buffalo. Beetsi
New York 5, st. Loris 2, Philadelphia
/. Beets and carrots: st. Lohis 4;
1 each Houston, Pittsburgh, New
York, New Haven, Montreal, Wor
cester.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Thursday, March 81
Cabbage: California 8, Florida 16
New York n. Pennsylvania 2, Texas
165. Wisconsin /. total 2l6 cars
Spinach: California 3, South Caro-
lima 5. Texas 10, total 118 cars
Carrots: California &, New York 9
Ohio /, Texas 81, total u. S. 81 cars
Mixed vegetables: California unre
ported, Louisiana 12, Texas so, tota
W. s. I4S cars. Potatoes: Colorado
So. Idaho 173, Maine 1856, Minnesota
243, Michigan ~, New York %, Lons
Island Is, Wisconsin 95 total u. S
1,040 cars. Canada %. Grapefruit
Arizona J., California 2, Florida So
Texas 2. total u. S. 80 cars. String
beans: Unreported.
Rochester, M. w., r. o B informa
tion reported Thursday, March s.:
Cabbage: Minimum Fl degrees
maximum SO degrees Demand good
market stronger. Carloads F. o. B
usual trims, Danish type bulk PEI
ton S11-l3, mostly around $12, few
higher
Spinach r. o. B information re
ported Thursday, March 8:
Crystal City: Warm, clear. Haul
ings heavy. Good wire inquiry, de.
mand moderate, market about steady
Carloads F. o. b. cash track. bushel
baskets mostly 40c; usual terms as.
doc.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move.
ment reported Friday, March 8:
Mixed vegetables 60. turrips 2
spinach I, beets n, beets and carrots
~. carrots 32, cabbage las, peas 4
total 265 cars. Freight movement
to date this season.: Fruit 1,142, veg.
etables 9,157, total 1929 cars. Emp.
ties ordered 162 cars.
Vegetable jobbing markets report
ed Friday morning, March 9: Cab
bage: Chicago: CLOUDY, IS degrees
Arrived IA Texas, on track as cars
Supplies moderate, demand and trad
ing moderate, market firm, price.
higher. Texas round type crate.
best S2.75-3.00, fair $3.50; st. Louis
Cloudy, 40 degrees. Arrived /.
Texas, on track 80 cars. Supplies
moderate. demand moderate, markei
slightly stronger. Texas round type
crates ~$2.5o-2-65; bulk per ton $50
few 500. Carlot sales to outsids
points st. Louis basis, bulk per tor
Texas round type 2 cars S45, 1 cal
SO, l car $50; New York: Cloudy
81 degrees. Arrived 5 Florida, 7 New
York. a Texas. A. New Jersey. New