Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-03
Truck Markets

Warm, partly cloudy. Potatoes:
HaulinEs moderate. Light wire in
quiry, demand slow. market dull.
Carloads r. o. B. usual terms and
in mixed cars, sacked per cwt. Bliss
Triumph L. +. No. is, ! 1-2 inch
minimum, very few sales, mostly
$2.75; cash track mostly $3.50. Cab
bage: Haulings very light, light wire
inquiry, demand slow, market dull.
Carloads r. o. B. usual terms and
cash track. too few sales TO estab-
lish market. In mixed cars r. O. B.
usual terms, and cash track, bulk
per ton best s50-65; crates $3.50-3.75,
few higher. Wagonloads cash TO
growers, bulk per ton $3.50, last re-
port. Beets: Haulings moderate.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand mod
crate. market steady. Carloads and
in mixed cars F. o. B. usual terms.
bushel baskets $1.25-1.50. crates best
$2.00-2.25. Carloads and in mixed
cars F. o. B. cash track, bu.hel bas-
kets S1.10-l.25; crates ~$1.65-1.T5.
Carrots: Haulings moderate. Moder-
ate wire inquiry, demand moderate,
market steady. Carloads and in
mixed Ears r. o. b. usual terms.
bushel baskets $3.50; crates around
2.O0-2.25. Carloads and in mixed
cars +. o. b. cash track, bushel bas-
kets S1.25-1.40; crates s1.75-1.s0.
String beans; Haulings moderate.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand lin
tied, maket about steady. Carloads
and in mixed cars r. o. b. usual
terms. bushei hampers green s1.75-
2.25, mostly $500; cash track $3.50
Its. Wagonloads cash to growers
mostly SIPS per bushel. Wide range
corn: Haulings increasing. Moderate
wire inquiry. demand and trading
moderate. market steady. Carloads
and in mixed cars r. O. r. usual
terms, mostly ~S2.00-2.25 per bushel
baskets: cash track ~Sl.75-2.00.
Sugarland and Wharton-Eagle
Lake potatoes: Advice received from
this office indicates that carloads
Of potatoes will begin moveing from
/ Sugarland about May il and from
wharton-Eagle Lake section about
May 81.
Caflot shipments OF entire United
| States reported Wednesday. May 2:
Potatoes: Florida 26. incomplete,
Idaho IT'S; Louisiana 80, Maine 1858;
Michigan 40. Texas as. Minnesota
43. Washington Al, Wisconsin rs,
Wyoming 5. total U. s. e72 cars.
String beans: California ., Florida
Is, incomplete. Louisiana /. Texas
Is freight. 2 express, total u. $. 40
cars. Onions: California -, Louis
lana 1. Texas 173. total u. s. 1876
cars. Carrots: California is. Louis
lana 3. New York 10, Texas IL. total
L. s. ~. Cabbage: Alabama IS,
| California "A, Florida .. Louisiana
:. Mississippi 15. New York 2, North
| Carolina /. South Carolina so heavy.
IL light. Texas 2. total u. s. 147
cars. U~nreported May I. Louisiana
&. Mississippi s. Tomatoes: Califor-
MIA 2. Florida East Coast s incom-
| nlete, other Florida 20, total I. $. 70
ears. Mexico 80 cars. Mixed vege-
tables: Florida rs. incomplete. Louis
ANA a., South Carolina ., Texas So.
total u. S. 169 cars.
Additional F. O. p. information re-
poted Wednesday. May 2: Potatoes:
Hastings. Fla: Cool. clear. Haul
ings very heavy. Better wire in
curry. demand moderate, market
| slightly weaker. Carloads r. o. B.
usual terms. double head barrels
| Spaulding Rose u. 6. No. IL s4.50;
u. s. No. % s2.50-S.00. Expect very
heavy shipments all week il weather
| continues clear. Tomatoes; Belle
| glade-Chosen. Fla: Warm, clear.
Haulings light. Very light demand.
too few sales reported to quote. Buy
ers holding off account demoralized
market. Growers asking skies green
wrapped Benny Best ~s2.00-2.O5.
String beans: Belleglade-C Chosen,
Fla: Warm, clear. Haulings light.
Demand very light. too few sales re-
ported 70 quote. Track buyers hold
INK off account demoralized mar
ket.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Thursday morning.
May 3: Mixed vegetables s3, pota-
toes 81, beets I. heets and carrots
II. carrots 10. cabbage 4, beans 10.
green corn 4, tomatoes /, parsley 2,
total i24 cars. Express movement
| today. string beans 2 cars. Freight
movement to date this season. fruit
1l45. vegetables 1857, total 1902.
| Empties ordered today 81 cars iced.
Beets: Chicago: Arrived I Texas,
on track 4 cars. Supplies moder-
htf. UtWdNu anu NiduAHE ~HlOhtIdAtt
market about steady. Texas bushels
best packs S2.O0-2.25, ordinary Sl.5O-
ITS; crates ~s2.5O-2.75. Mississippi
rs bushel hampers best stock. $I.5O.
/ ordinary sf.00. st. Louis: Arrived 4
Texas. on track 8 cars. Supplies
moderate. demand slow, market dull.
Texas crates best mostly $3.50:
bushels best mostly s2.00-2.25. fair
| Sl.50-t.75. Csrlot sales st. Louis
basis. Texas bushels ! car. Phila-
delphia: Arrived I Louisiana. on
track 6 cars. Supplies moderate. de-
nand moderate, market steady 10
firm. Texas bushels sl.75-2.o0, few
low as $3.50; cartes s2.50-2.75. New
York: Arrived ! Texas, supplies
moderate. demand slow. market
slightly weaker. Texas crates best
S3.00-3.50. poorer s2.00-2.50; bushels
S~l.75-2.95. Louisiana bushels $3.50
LIS. Pittsburgh: Arrived 2 mixed
Texas. Supplies moderate. demand
slow. market about steady. Texas
bushels Si.75-2.00; crates best s2.75-
500. poorer s2.00-2.50.
String beans: st. Louis: Arrived l
Flrida. ; Texas. on track 3 cars.
Supplies moderated. demand light.
market slightly weaker. Florida rs
hushel hampers $3.50. Kansas City:
Arrived > Texas. on track Q ears.
Supplies moderate. demand slow,
market dull. Texas hushel hampers
green ~stringless ~s2.65-2.75.
Tomatoes: st. Louis: Arrived as
Florida. ! Mexico. on track % cars.
! Supplies liberal. demand slow. mar
ket steady for good stock. Florida
East Coast skies ripe and turning
wrapped fancy count S2.50-3.25. few
$3.50. some low "a 5000; choice
S1.50-2.25. few $3.50: Florida West
| Coast green count and turning wrap
| ned fancy count S3.00-3.25. choice
Sis. Most west coast stock too