Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-22

Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Partly cloudy, warm. Cabbage:
Haulings light. Light wire in
quiry, demand moderate, market
dull. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms, bulk per ton
round type mostly $15-17; crates
$1.15-1.25. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB cash track-bulk per ton
round type $12-14, mostly $1,000:
crates ~$1.00-1.10. Wagonloads cash
to growers. bulk per ton $6.Oo-8.O0,
mostly $500. Carrots: Haulings
moderate. Good wire inquiry, de-
mand good, market steady. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB cash
track, bushel baskets S1.O0-1.10:
crates $1.50-1.60. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB cash track, bushel
baskets 90c-1.00; crates S1.25-1.40.
Beets: Haulings light. Good wire
inquiry, demand good, market firm.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
usual terms, bushel baskets around
S1.00, poorer lower. few higher;
crates $1.35-1.40, few best $3.50. Po-
tatoes: Haulings moderate. Good
wire inquiry. Demand exceeds sup
ply, market slightly stronger. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB usual
terms, 100 ID. sacks Bliss Triumphs
U. S. No. Is mostly $3.50; cash track
$3.25; 50-lb. sacks 10c cwt. higher.
Wagcnloads cash to growers, $2.75-
800. Sunday: Warm, cloudy. Green
beans: Haulings moderate. Good
wire inquiry, demand exceeds sup
ply, market firm for good stock.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOE
usual terms, bushel hampers
StringlesS best around $3.50, poorer
lower; cash track $2.25; Oval ham,
pers 10c higher. Wagonloads cash
to growers best mostly SITS, poorer
lower.
Corpus Christi obstown section:
Warm. partly cloudy. Cabbage:
Haulings light. Light wire in
quiry, demand moderate, market
about steady. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual terms, bulk
per ton round type $16-18; crates
mostly SIPS.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Sunday and Monday,
April 21-22: Mixed vegetables SO;
beetS 6; carrots SO; beets and car
rots 10; cabbage SO; potatoes "a:
string beans l.; green corn 2: par
sley 2; onions 2; total 223 cars.
Freight movement to date this sea-
son, fruit 1889. vegetables 1918,
total 1894 cars; to same day last
season, fruit 1146, vegetables IA
1876, total 1892 cars.
Carlot shipments of entire Unit
ed States reported Saturday and
Sunday: Potatoes: Colorado SO;
Florida IT'S: Idaho 1874; Maine 2O1;
Michigan "a; Minnesota 119; Texas
sc: Wisconsin 81; total U. S. 1241
cars. Carrots: Arizona /; Louisiana
3; Texas A; total U. S. 90 cars.
Onions: Texas III; New York 5;
total U. S. 1872 cars. Tomatoes:
Florida SO; total U. S. SO cars.
String beans: Florida 20; Louis
lana J.; Texas 2 freight, 3 express;
total U. S. 80 cars. Cabbage: Ala
bama z: Louisiana 9; South Caro-
lima IA: Texas 81; total U. S. 1856
cars. Mixed vegetables: Arizona
2; Florida 4; Louisiana II; Texas
69; total U. S. 202 cars.
Additional F. o. B. information
reported Saturday, April goth:
Canal Point, Fla: Warm, clear.
String beans: Haulings decreasing.
Light wire inquiry, demand slow.
market about steady. Carloads
FOB cash track, 7-8 bushel ham,
perS Limas mostly $3.50, few high
er; BountifulS few sales ~SI.00-1.35;
most shipments rolled unsold. To-
matoeS: H2ulings light. Good wire
inquiry, demand exceeds supply.
market slightly weaker. Carloads
FOB cash track, SKIES green, wrap
ped fancy mostly $3.50; choice
mostly $3.50.
Laredo, Texas: Hot, partly cloudy
Onions: Haulings fairly heavy.
Good wire inquiry, demand good,
market about steady. Carloads
FOB usual terms, bushel crates
Yellow Bermudas U. S. No. Is
mostly $1.00, few $1.O5, mixed No.
Is and IS 90c; U. S. boilers nre-
ported; bushel sacks mixed No. Is
and Is mostly $1.O0; crates Crystal
Wax U. S. No. Is $1.25-1.35, few
S1.4O, mixed No. Is and Is Sis
lbs. Carloads FOB cash track.
bushel crates Yellow Bermudas
mixed No. Is and Is good quality
$4,000, bushel sacks mostly GOO;
crates Crystal Wax S1.1O-1.25. Sun
day hot, rained and heavy wind in
the afternoon.
Crystal City, Texas: Hot. partly
cloudy. Onions: Haulings heavy.
Good wire inuqiry, demand nod
crate for yellow, good for whites,
market about steady. Carloads
FOB usual terms, busheI crates
Yellow BermudaS U. S. No. Is
S1.O0-1.10; Crystal Wax u. S. No. Is
S1.30-l.35. Carloads FOB cash
track, bushel crates Yellow Ber-
mudas U. S. No. Is mostly 9Oc. few
95c; Crystal Wax U. S. No. Is 81.
lib, most late sales $1.15. Sun
day. cooler, showers.
POTATOES: Chicago: Arrived 2
FLORIDA, 81 Texas, 80 Idaho. z Mich
lgan, % Minnesota, l Montana, 4
North Dakota. 3 Wyoming, "a Wis
consln. on track D new cars and
$50 old cars. New supplies moder-
ate, demand and trading good, mar
ket slightly weaker. Carlot track
sales outweigh, Texas 10O-lb sacks
Bliss Trlumphs U. S. Is mostly Sass,
partly graded $3.50. Florida double
head barrels Spaulding Rose U. S
No. Is $7.35. Old supplies moderate,
demand and trading good, market
firm Tor Russetts, about steady for
others. Carlot track sales, invoice
weight Wisconsin sacked per cwt
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