Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-07
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Department Of Agriculture. United
States Bureau of Agricultural Eco
Monies and the San Antonio, Texas,
hCam5er of Commerce cooperating.
F. o. B. shipping point informa-
ton reported Wednesday, March 6:
Lower Rio Grande Valley Points:
Warm, partly cloudy:
Cabbage: Haulings moderate.
Good wire inquiry, demand good,
market stronger. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual terms-bulk
per ton round type $20.00-22.50,
mostly $40; crates s1.30-1.50; 80-lb
crates Savoy few sales $1.40-1.5O.
Carloads ard in mixed cars FOB
cash track-bulk per ton round type
s17-18; crates $1.25-1.5O. Wagon
loads cash to growers bulk per ton
mostly $1,000, few higher. Carrots:
HaulingS moderate. Moderate wire
inquiry, demand limited, market
about steady. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB usual terms-bushel bas-
kets $,90-1.O0; few higher: crates
$1.30-1.50; 100-lb sacks topped $1.40-
$50. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB cash track-buShel baskets rs
90c; crates $1.25-1.35. Beets: Haul
ings moderate. Moderate wire in
quarry, demand slow, market about
steady. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual termS-buShel baskets
10000, crates mostly around $l.25-
1.35. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB cash track-bushel baskets
1890: crates $1.10-1.25.
Corpus ChriSti-R obstown Section:
Cool. clear:
Cabbage: Haulings light. Good
wire inquiry, demand good, market
stronger. Carloads FOB usual terms,
round and flat types bulk per ton
very few sales $1,000. In mixed cars
$20.00-22.5O.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Valley movement reported Wednes-
day, March 6:
Cabbage: st. Louis %: Houston
81; 4 each Shreveport. Chicago; 2
each New York, Fort Worth, Van
couver: | each Austin, Tyler. Jack
sonville. Monroe. Memphis, Wichita,
Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Jackson,
Michigan, Bridgeport, FL PaSo, Mon
treal, New Haven, jackson Miss,
Peoria, Seattle, TT. Williams. To-
rontO, Hazelton, Loganport. BeetS:
New York 9; 2 each Philadelphia,
st. Louis, Houston, Chicago; l each
Boston, Detroit. Spinach: Fort
Worth A.; l each Chicago, Phila-
delphia. Parsley: New York Q.
Mixed Vegetables: st. Louis 16,
Houston 0: Philadelphia 8: ? each
Fort Worth. Kansas City: New York
10; l each Naccgdoches. Tyler, Sher-
man, SWeetWater, Ponca City, Mon
roe. Little Rock. Chicago, Grand
Rapids, Minneapolis, Omaha. Hunt
ington, Charlotte. Pittsburgh, AL
bany, Toronto, Winnipeg, Cleveland,
Greenville. Dallas. Cameron.
Grapefruit: TT. Worth 2; l each
Houston. Oklahoma City, Monroe.
Coffeyville. FL PaSo. Oranges: FIT.
Worth l. Mixed Citrus: Houston /.
Carrots: ST. Louis 10; 2 each Boston,
Houston; l each Brooklyn. Philadel-
phia, New York, New Haven. BeetS
and Carrots: l each st. Louis, To-
ronto. Lettuce: Jersey City 2.
CarlOt shipments of entire United
States reported Wednesday, March
6:
Cabbage: Texas 60. Florida 68.
New York 4, Louisiana I; total U. S.
I39 cars. .
Carrots: Texas II, California IA,
New York 6; total U. S. 81 cars.
Mixed Vegetables: Florida "a; to-
tai U. S. "a cars.
Mixed Vegetables: Texas 55, CAL
ifOrnia 81, Florida 81, Louisiana II:
total U. S. 1872 cars.
Spinach: Texas 80, California |:
total U. S. IS cars.
Grapefruit: Texas 6, Florida SO:
total U. S. lot cars.
Additional FOB information re-
ported Wednesday, March 6:
Cabbage: Rochester, II. Y, and
nearby points: Min. 81 deg. Max.
81 deg. Clear. Demand very light.
TOO few sales reported to quote.
Carrots: Rochester, N. Y. and
nearby points: Practically no de-
mand, no sales reported.
String Beans, Canal Point. Fla:
Cold, windy. Good wire inquiry, de-
mand slow, market stronger. Quail
lty and condition wide range. Car
loads FOB cash track, 7l8 bushel
hampers StringlesS and red Valen-
tines S2G2.25; bountifuls S1.25ml5O.
refugees $1.10m1.25.
Spinach: Laredo, Texas: Warm.
Haulings light. Light wire
inquiry, demand moderate, market
steady. Carloads FOB usual terms
baskets Savoy 4Gc; cash
track few sales 35c.
Spinach: Crystal City, Texas:
warm. Haulings moderate.
wire inquiry, demand light,
market about steady. Carloads FOB
usual t~ermS-bushel baskets SAVOY
4Oc; cash track very few sales 35c.
Many shipped to connections on
basis of 30c guarantee FOB shipping
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Thursday morning.
March z:
Mixed vegetables IS, beets 26. car
rotS %, beetS and carrots Is. cab
page 1l3, lettuce 2, aniSe |. parsley
Z, oranges l, mixed citrus l, grape
1ruit q. total 240 cars. Freigh
movement to date this season:
LII = 1AEn