Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-15
Truck Markets
Via Naval Radio Station

r. o. r. shipping point informa-
tion reported Monday, May IA: Low
er Rio Grande Valley points: WARN.
haulings, wet fields. Light wire in
quiry, demand slow. market dull.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB usu-
al terms. and cash track, sacked per
cwt. Bliss Triumphs u. s. No. Is,
/ 1-2 inch minimum. few rollers
mostly s2.25. Wagonloads cash to
growers account. few S1.75-2.00.
Beets: Practically no h~sulings. wet
fields. Light wire inquiry. demand
slow. market dull. Too few sales re-
ported to quote. Carrots: Practically
no haulings, wet fields. Moderate
wide inquiry. demand slow. market
dull. Too few sales reported to
quote. String beans: Practically no
hsulings, wet fields. Light wire in
quiry. demand slow, market dull.
Too few sales reported TO quote.
Green corn: Practically no haulings,
wet fields:- Moderate wire inquiry,
demand and trading moderate, mar
ket steady. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB usual terms, bushel bas-
kets few rollers Sl.50-1.75. Toma-
toes: Practically no haulings, wet
fields. Good wire inquiry, demand
good, market slightly stronger. Car
loads FOB usual terms and in mixed
cars, Tugs green wrapped few most
ly $3.50. Others too few sales re-
ported to quote.
Primary destinations Lower Val
ley movement reported Monday. May
IL: Mixed vegetables: l each Hous-
ton, Marshall, Toronto. Onions: 1
Beans: Denver 1. Tomatoes: Chi
cago 8; Little Rock 4. Corn: Hous-
ton i. Potatoes: Waco 4.
Csrlot shipments of entire Unit
ed States reported Monday, May IA:
Potatoes: Alabama So. Florida 1T6.
Idaho $50. Louisiana Is. Maine 124.
Michigan ~, Minnesota a.. New York
3, Texas 2. Washington 80. Wiscon-
sin 90. total U. $. $50 cars. I'm
reported May l3-Michigan 4. Can
ada 3. String beans: California q.
Florida 10. Louisiana 10, Mississip-
pi 9. South Carolina /, total U. S.
"a cars. Carrots: California %, New
York 5. total u. S. 80 cars. Onions:
California IS. Texas 81. total u. s.
So cars. Tomatoes: California 3,
Florida East Coast So. other Florida
IS, Texas 4. total u. S. 1913 cars.
Mixed vegetables: Alabama /, Flor
ida is, Louisiana 3. North Dakota s,
South Carolina 2, Texas 3, total U. S.
SO cars.
Additional +. o. r. information
reported May IA: Potatoes: Hast
ings. Fla: Warm, clear. raining this
evening. Haulings moderate. Mod
crate wire inquiry, demand moderate.
market weaker, prices lower. Car
loads FOB usual terms, double head
barrels Spaulding Rose u. s. No. Is
mostly $500; U. s. No. Is mostly
$l.50. Some consigned. Some sales
made on previous contracts now be-
ing filled. Mobile, Ala. (Southern
Alabama points,: Warm, cloudy.
Haulings moderate. Light wire in
quiry. demand limited. market about
Carloads FOB ususal terms,
sacked per cwt. Bliss Triumphs U. s.
No. is mostly $3.50. Onions: La
redo. Tex: Warm, clear. H%aulinrs
light. Light wire inquiry. demand
light, market about steady. Car
loads FOB usual terms, standard
crates yellow Bermudas and Crystal
Wax u. s. No. Is and mixed No. Is
and Is very few sales rollers, $1.00.
beans: Belleglade-Chosen,
Warmer. clearer. Haulings
very light. Very light demand, too
few sales to establish market. One
car 7-s bushel hampers green U. S.
No. Is sold, S1.25. Practically all
shipments consigned. Tomatoes:
Belleglade-Chosen, Fla: Haulings
light. Moderate wire inquiry, de-
mand moderate, market about steady,
good. Carloads FOB usual
skies green wrapped fancy
count $3.25-3.50. best mostly $3.50.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
reported Tuesday morning. Nav
IS: Mixed vegetables 4. potatoes 2,
corn g.. tomatoes I, total II cars.
movement TO date this sea
son. fruit 1145. vegetables 1894
cars. Total 1859 cars.
String Beans: Kansas City: Ar
I Louisiana, . Texas, on track
3 cars. Supplies moderate, demand
moderate, market slightly stronger
for good stock, about steady for or
stock. Louisiana ia bushel
hampers green stringless S3.00-3.25:
wax few sales $3.50. Texas bushel
hampers green stringlsss condition