Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-14
Truck Markets
Via Naval Radio Station

+. o. b. shipping point information
reported Saturday, May IL: Lower
Rio Grande Valley points: Warm.
rained all night Saturday, Sunday
shower. Potatoes: Haulings moderate.
Light wire inquiry. demand slow.
market dull. Carloads and in mixed
cars F. 0. B. usual terms, and cash
track, sacked per cwt. bliss triumphs
U. S. No. Is / 1-2 inch minimum few
sales mostly S2.25. Wagonloads cash
70 growers, mostly handled for grow
ers' account, few S1.75-2.00. Beets:
Haulings light. Light wire inquiry,
demand slow, market dull. Carloads
and in mixed cars +. o. b. usual
terms, bushel baskets Sl.OO-I.1O:
crates around $l.50. Carrots: Haul
ings moderate. Moderate wire in
quiry. demand moderate. market
slightly weaker. Carloads and in
mixed cars +. O. &. usual terms, bush
81 baskets ~Sl.00-1.15; crates $780,
l.60. String beans: Haulings light.
Light wire inquiry. demand slow,
market weak. Carloads and in mix
ed cars r. o. B.. usual terms. very few
bushel hampers green $3.50; cash
track best $1.25-1.50. Wagonloads
NaEh ~ ElONNtH GAsWN-lsZ0 per UuHnEl.
Wide range in quality, few fancy
higher. poorer lower. Green corn:
Haulings moderate. Moderate wire
inquiry, demand and trading moder-
ate. market steady. Carloads ard in
mixed cars +. o. B. usual terms, bush.
ell baskets Sl.50-l.75; cash track
mostly Si.25-1.40. Tomatoes: Haul
ings light. Good wire inquiry. de-
mand good. market slightly stronger
Carloads Il. o. b. usual terms and in
mixed cars fours pinks unwrapped
mostly Sl.75, Tugs green wrapped
mostly S2.25-2.50. In mixed cars F,
O.. B.. cash track. fours pinks unwrap-
ped mostly $3.50.
Primary destinations Lower Valley
movement reported Saturday and Sun.
day: Potatoes: Houston 20; TT
Worth S; 4 each Chicago. Kansas
City; ! each st. Louis, Des Moines
Joplin, Oklahoma City, Dallas. To-
matoes: Chicago s; Houston 4: Fl
Worth 9; ! each st. Louis. Beaumont
Kansas City, Philadelphia. Onions:
New York Q; Houston 8; Philadelphia
]. Beets: Baltimore /. Carrots: st.
Louis 8; Kansas City 1. Green corn:
Houston 6; st. Louis 81; New York 3;
] each Chicago. Atlanta, New Orleans.
Cabbage: ] each Topeka, Fl. Worth.
Beans: Dallas i. Mixed vegetables
st. Louis g; Houston s.: Dallas &; 3
New York; 2 each Toronto, Memphis,
Little Rock; ! each Fl. Worth. Paris,
Indianapolis. Monroe. Lake Charles,
Shamrock. Trinidad. Waco. Beaumont,
Shawnee, Shreveport. Altus, Wichita
Falls. Knoxville. Amarillo. Washing
ton. Denver. Nashville. Atchison.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Saturday and Sun
day: Potatoes: Alabama q, Florida
32T, Idaho Ii, Louisiana so, Maine
Isl. Michigan IS. Minnesota 90, New
York 3, Texas 26, Wisconsin al. total
U. 5. 1l0l cars. Carrots: California
%. Louisiana /, New York Z, Texas a
total U. S. 81 cars. String beans:
California 2. Alabama 2, Florida 10,
Louisiana 80, South Carolina 2, Tex
as 3, total U. S. 80 cars. Cabbage:
Alabama 19, Florida /, Louisiana 10
Mississippi %, North Carolina z
Z. South Carolina 81 heavy 25 light
California s, Texas 3, total u. s. les
Tomatoes: California 8. Florida r
| Coast IT'S, other Florida 81. Texas 10
total U. S. 24S cars. Onions: Cali.
fornia ~. Texas 55. total u. s. Isc
cars. Mixed vegetables: Alabama 2
Florida %, Louisiana 81. Mississippi
Is, South Carolina ~, Texas IS, to.
tai u. S. 1893 cars.
ported Saturday. May ~: Potatoes:
Hastings, Fla: Warm, partly cloudy
Haulings heavy. Moderate wire in