Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-06
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Department Of Agriculture, United
States Bureau Of Agricultural Eco
Monies and the San Antonio, Texas,
hCamber Of Commerce cooperating.
+. o. B. shipping point Informs
tion reported Tuesday, Feb. 5:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Warm, partly cloudy. Cabbage:
Hauhngs moderate, moderate wire
inquiry, demand moderate, market
steady. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms, bulk per ton round
type $22.50-25.00; crates SLASH go,
mostly around S1.50. Carloads and
in mixed cars FOB cash track, bulk
per ton round type mostly $50;
crates S1.35-1.45. Wagonloads cash
to growers, bulk per ton orund type
S15.00-17 80, few high as $50. Car
rots: Haulings moderate, moderate
wire inquiry, demand moderate, mar
ket steady. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB usual terms, bushel Jas
kets 90-95c, few higher; crates $1.40-
1.50. Carloads and in mixed carr
FOB cash track, bushels mostly
around soc; crates S1-30-l.S5. Beets:
Haulings moderate, light wire in
quiry, demand light, market steady.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
usual terms, bushel baskets $500;
crates $~l.35-1.45. Carloads and IN
mixed cars FOB cash track, bushels
1880. crates $1.25-1.35.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Valley movement reported Tuesday,
Feb. 5: Grapefruit: Fort Worth s;
Houston 4; FL Paso 2; / each Cedar
Rapids, Denver, Chicago, Saskatoon,
Canada. Dallas. Cabbage: st. Louis
"a; Houston 81; 4 each Toronot,
Chicago. Fort Worth; 2 each Mon
treal, New York, Detroit, Vancouver,
Charleston. Memphis; Shreveport 3;
l each Dallas, New Haven, Hamilton.
Birmingham, Carthage, No., Salt
Lake, O~gdensburg, Philadelphia, Uti-
ca, Cleveland, Norfolk, Joplin,
Jonesboro, New Orleans, Washing
ton, Salisbury. Lettuce: Jersey City
l. Parsley: New York 1. Mixed cit
rus: Des Moines 1. Beets and car
rots: Brooklyn, St. Louis / each.
port. Spinach: 2 each Houston, Salt
Lake City; l each Fort Worth, St.
Louis Beets: St. Louis 3; / each
Houston, New York.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Tuesday. Feb. s.:
Cabbage: Texas "a; New York IS;
Florida "a total U. s. 142 cars. Car
rots: Texas 3 New York 8; Califor-
MIA z; total U. S. 81 cars. Grape
fruit: Texas 10; Florida III; total
U. S. 143 cars. Mixed vegetables:
Texas T6; Louisiana 3; California
le; Florida 5; total u. s. ll6 cars.
Mixed citrus: Texas Il; Florida 81;
total U. s. g. cars. Spinach: Texas
los; California 4; total u. S. 100
cars.
Additional r. o. B.. information
reported Tuesday, Feb. s.: Cabbage:
Rochester, n. r., and neary points:
Minimum III degrees, maximum n
degrees. Clear. Demand only mod
crate, market unsettled. Carloads
FOB usual terms. bulk per ton Dam
ism small 10 medium size few sales
S4O-i-, feS isSher, some shippers
holding for higher rrices. Carrots:
Rochester, N. y. and nearby points:
Demand limited, market about
steady. Carloads FOB usual terms,
100-lb. sacks S2.S5-3.OO. Spinach:
Laredo, Texas: Clear, warm. Haul
ings moderate, light wire inquiry,
practically no demand or trading.
Spinach: Crystal City. Texas:
Cloudy, warmer. Haulings heavy.
light wire inquiry, practically no de-
mand or trading.
Houston passings previous "a
hours: Cabbage: | each BirminV-
ham; Evansville, St. Louis. Harris
burg. ILL.,, Shreveport. Memphis.
Monroe. Mixed vegetables: 1 New
York. Shreveport. Philadelphia; =
Chicago. Carrots: l each Boston,
New York. Turnips: l Chicago.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Wednesday morning,
FEB. 9: Mixed vegetables so; Gets
y; mixed citrus 1; carrots 20; bects
and carrots z; cabbage 81; lettuce
!; parsley !; grapefruit l6; n
:; potatoes 2; total POS cars. Freight
movement to date this season: Fruit
l,lS6, vegetables 4,125, total 5.3II
cars; to same day last season: Fruit
l,O56, vegetables 1907, total 5,15g
cars. ~
Primary destinations of Lower
Valley movement reported Tuesday:
Carrots: Philadelphia 6: New
York 3; st. Louis 81; | each Chicago.
Houston, Minneapolis, indianapolis.
Boston; , New Haven. Mixed yege-
tables: st. Louis s; 5 each Houston.
New York, Shreveport; l each Chi
cago, Sherman, Dallas, Wichita Falls.
Amarillo. TT. Smith, Des Moines.
North Platt. Lincoln, Evansville.
Nashville, Winston, Blue Field. In
dianapolis, Syracuse, Philadelphia.
wichita, Oklahoma City, Ottawa.
Ont. Montreal. Ogden, M~octon, N. b.
st. Louis passings previous "a
hours: Cabbage: | each Louisville,
Minneapolis, Providence, Detroit,
Springfield. indianapolis s: Chi
cago; 2 Pittsburgh. Carrots: l each
Columbus. Providence, Newark, Bos-
ton; 2 Philadelphia.
Reports by radio from important
markets. This mornings sales to
jobbers unless otherwise stated:
Cabbage: Cineinnati: Raining, SO
degrees. No carlot arrivals, on track
10 cars. Demand moderate, supplies
moderate, market steady. New York
bulk per ton Danish mostly $50. few
high as SIS. Texas rates round
type S2.25-2.50. few S2.75; bulk per
ton $3.50. Florida l 1-2 bushel
hampers pointed type s1.5O-l.75. few
lower. New York: Showing. 30 de-
grees. Arrived Florida IL: New
York !; South Carolina 4; Virginia
4: Texas 4. New stock supplies
moderate, demand slow, market
slightly weaker. Florida I i-2 bush
el hampers pointed type si.00-1.25.
boat stock 1890; red $3.50; Savoy
s1.75-2.00. Texas l 1-2 bushel ham
pers round type S~2.O0-o.25; crates
~$1.75-2.25: lettuce crates Savoy S2.25-
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