Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-19

DCpdt ILlCAI Va ARIlCulIuEG, ODlteO
States Bureau of Agricultural Eco
hC2mSer of Commerce cooperating.
F. Q. B. Shipping point informa-
ton reported Monday. March 13:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Warm, partly cloudy, showers: Cab
bage: Haulings light. Moderate
Moderate wire inquiry, demand
moderate, market firm. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB usual terms
bulk per ton round type $15-17,
mostly $500; crates $1.10-1.25. Car
leads and in mixed cars FOB cash
track very few sales-bulk per ton
round type very few sales $12-14;
crates S1.00-1.10. Wagonloads cash
to growers bulk per ton-mostly
$1,000. Carrots: Haulings light.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand lin
tied, market about steady. Carloads
and in mixed ears FOB usual terms
-bushel baskets $0.90-1.O0; crates
~s1.35-1.4O, fancy, long $3.50. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB cash
track-bushel maskets 10000; crates
~S1.25-1.40. Beets: Haulings moder-
ate. Moderate wire inquiry, demand
limited, market steady. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB usual terms
-bushel baskets 10000. few lower;
crates mostly $1.25-1.35. Carloads
-buShel baskets 1890; crates
~S1.10-1.25. Potatoes: Haulings light.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand lin
tied, market slightly weaker. In
mixed cars FOB usual terms-1O0-
ID sacks Bills Triumphs U. S. No. Is,
few sales mostly $500, cash track
$3.75. Onions: Raymondville and
nearby points: Haulings moderate.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand
moderate, market about steady. In
mixed cars FOB cash track-crates
Yellow Bermudas commercial pack
~$2.50-2.75; usual terms-very few
sales 1925.
Corpus Christie obstown Section:
Warm, partly cloudy. Cabbage:
Haulings moderate. Light wire in
curry, demand moderate, market
firm. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms-round and flat
types bulk per ton mostly $3.50.
Wagon loads cash to growers-bulk
per ton mostly $1,000.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Valley movement reported Monday,
March 10: Grapefruit: Houston 8;
l each Oklahoma City, Dallas, Fair
bury. Carrots: st. Louis 6: Brook
lyn S; 1 each PHILADELPHIA, New
York, Chicago. Beets: Houston, st
Louis. Chicago 2 each; l each Phila-
delphia. New Haven. AniSe: / each
st. Louis, New York. Turnips: Hous-
ton 1. Spinach: l each Fort Worth,
Buffalo. Onions: Amarillo J.. Po-
tatoes: Houston 2: l each Kansas
City. Louisville. Mixed Citrus: Hous-
ton l. Mixed Vegetables: st. Louis
4; New York s.; 2 each Houston, Jer-
sey CITY; 1 each Wichita Falls, Ell
Paso. Enid, Oklahoma, Fl Dorado,
Topeka, Aberdeen. Memphis. Kans-
as CITY. Washington, Nashville.
Springfield, ~Shreeport, Scranton,
Lethbridge. Regina, Grand Island
Neb., Ha'' ilton, Sioux Falls, Louis
vile. Cabbage: St. Louis a: Hous-
ton 5: Detroit 3; 2 each Memphis.
Shreveport; l each Beaumont, Fort
Worth, Kansas City. Omaha, Chi
cago, New London. Wis. Birming-
ham, Louisville, Philadelphia, Svra-
cuse, Bangor, Toronto, Montreal,
| Winnipeg, HaZelton.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Tuesday morning,
March 10: Mixed vegetables 80;
Beets 5: Carrots IS; Beets and Car
rots 6; Cabbage SO; Onions 4; Pota-
toes g.; Anise 1: Dandelion 1; Grape
fruit g.: Mixed Citrus 1; total lis
| cars. Freight movement to date
this season: Fruit 1854, Vegetables
1896, total 1880 cars; to same day
last season: Fruit 1146, Vegetables
1O.819. total 1866 cars.
Carlot shipments of entire United
States reported Monday, March 18:
Cabbage: Texas 47; Florida %;
New York 2; total U. S. 81 cars.
Spinach: Texas 81: Virginia 6;
Others 8; total U. S. 70 cars.
Potatoes: Texas 4; Colorado 20;
Florida Is: Idaho ga: Maine 160,
Minneapolis 1874; total U. S. 769 cars.
String Beans: Florida 10; total
U. S. Is car
Grapefruit: Texas s; Florida "a;
others 4; total U. S. 104 cars.
Carrots: Texas IA; California 4;