Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-26
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.
+. o. B. shipping point informa-
ton reported tor Wednesday, Janu-
airy 20:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
cabbage; cool, clear. Haulings mod
crate, light wire inquiry, demand
limited, market about steady. Car
loads and in mixed cars r. o. b.
usual terms, round type bulk per
ton S15-17; crates $1.0O-l.20. Wagon
leads cash to growers mostly $40
per ton; beets, h~aulings light, mod
crate wire inquiry, demand moder-
ate, market steady. Carloads +. D. b.
usual terms, too few sales to estab-
lish market. In mixed cars +. o. b.
usual terms, bushel baskets mostly
$l.50; crates mostly $500; full top
per dozen punches, loose, mostly
soc; carrots, haulings light, light
wire inquiry, demand moderate, mar
ket dull but steady. Carloads +. D.
b. usual terms, few sales, 90c;
crates "sl.30-1.40. In mixed cars 4.
o. B. usual terms. bushel baskets
mostly $1.00; crates mostly $3.50;
full top per bunch, loose, mostly 35c.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Rio Grande Valley movement We'd
nesday, Jan. Is: cabbage: Houston
10, st. Louis z, Shreveport y; 2 each
New Orleans, Chicago; ] each De-
witt, Ark, New York. coldsboro.
Pittsburgh, Durham. Montgomery.
Memphis. New Orleans. Atlanta, Sa-
pulpa, San Antonio, Denver. Mixed
vegetables: New York 3, Houston 2.
l each Jacksonville. Tex. st. Louis.
Jersey City. Beets ana carrots:
New York &; / each Houston, st.
Louis, New Haven, Toronto, Norfolk,
San Antonio. Beaumont, Okmulkee.
Chicory: Jersey City, /. Broccoli:
New York /. Grapefruit: Houston
.: l each Minneapolis, Des Moines.
Kansas City. Emporia. Ponca City,
Shawnee, Dallas, Topeka.
Carlot shipments from entire
United States reported Wednesday,
January %:
Cabbage; New York SO, Texas IS,
Florida is, Wisconsin is, South Caro-
lima a; | each Louisiana, New Jersey,
Washington. Total u. s. 128 cars.
Unreported January "a, California !
car. Spinach: Texas SO, South Caro-
lima /; total 81.
Rochester, n. y. F. o. B. ship
ping point information reported We'd
nesday, Jan. 25:
raLLa~a. N;n On -.
maximum 40 degrees, showing. bliz-
card. Demand slow, market dull, car
loads +. D. b. usual terms very few
sales, bulk per ton small to medium
mostly S7.00-7.50. Some consigned.
Carrots: Demand light, market about
steady. Carloads F.. o. b. usual
terms 100lb. sacks csc.
Spinach +. o. Il. shipping point in
formation reported Wednesday, Janu-
airy %;
increasing, good wire inquiry. demand
moderate. market about steady. Car
loads +. o. b. cash track. bushel bas-
kets Sl.20-1.35; usual terms $3.50
100. Crystal City: Cloudy, warm.
Haulings increasing, good wire in
quiry, demand good, market un-
settled. Carloads F. o. B. cash track.
bushel baskets s1.25-1.35, mostly
SIPS; usual terms s1.40-1.50.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported for Thursday morning,
January 26:
Mixed vegetables SO, potatoes /,
chicory |. parsley /, broccoli /, beets
3, beets and carrots 4, carrots 2, cab
bage IS. grapefruit 5; total 122 airs.
Lettuce 2 express. Freight movement
to date this season, fruit sos. vege-
tables 30ls; total 1886 cars.
Grapefruit shipments this season
to January IA:
Arizona 100. California 600, Florida
6164, Texas 76S, total U. s. 1869 ears.
Last season to January Is, Arizona
10, California 19l, Florida 62l6. Texas
$40, total U. S. 7l06 cars. Total car
lot shipments last season, Arizona
30, California sos, Florida 1927,
Texas 747, total U. S. IsS47 cars.
Vegetable jobbing markets report
ed Thursday morning, Jan. 26: cab
bage: Chicago, clear, s degrees. Ar
rived l California, 8 Wisconsin, on
track 80 cars. Supplies liberal, de-
mand moderate, market steady. Wis
consin Danish type sacked per cwt,
75-90e. Texas round type crates
S2.50-2.75. St. Louis: Clear, 81 de-
grees. Arrived 10 Texas, l Wiscon-
sin, on track 30 cars. Supplies mod
crate, demand slow, market dull.
Texas round type bulk per ton $AO-45.
Denver: Clear, Is degrees. Arrived
l Texas, on track ! car. Supplies
light, demand moderate, market
steady. Texas round type bulk per
cwt. $2.75-$3.00. mostly $500. Kan
sas City: Clear, IL degrees. Ar
rived l Wisconsin, on track 0 cars.
Supplies liberal, demand slow, mar
ket dull. Wisconsin Danish tyre
bulk per cwt. mostly $l.00. Texas
round and flat types, bulH per cwt.
mostly S2.75; crates flat type, few
sales, mostly $3.50. Pittsburgh:
Clear, 30 degrees. No carlot ar
rivals. Supplies light, demand slow
market steady. Texas lvund type
barrels packed locally S3.25-3.50:
crates mostly $500. Cincinnati
Clear, 80 degrees. No carlot ar
rivals, on traS. 81 cars. Supplies
heavy slow, market weak. Texas
round type bulk per ton $50; crates
mostly $3.50. Louisiana pointed tyne
crates ~s2.00-2.50.
Carrots: Chicago: arrived 4 Cali
~fornia, or track IS cars. Supplies
moderate, demand moderate. market
steady. Texas crates fancy S2.OO-
2.25; bushels best packs ~$i.25-l.5O.
st. Louis: No cariot arrivals. on
track p cars. Supplies moderate, de-
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