Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-09
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Department Of Agriculture, United
States Bureau Of Agricultural Eco
Monies and the San Antonio. Texas,
hCember OF Commerce cooperating.
F. O. B. shipping point inforrna-
ton reported Monday, April 8:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Warm, partly cloudy. Cabbage:
Haulings light. Better wire inquiry,
demand improving, market firm.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
usual terms, bulk per ton round
type 1912, mostly s9-10; crates
$.9o-1.00. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB cash track, bulk per ton
round type $50; crates mostly 90c.
Wagonloads cash to growers, bulk
per ton mostly So. Carrots: Haul
ings light. Moderate wire inquiry,
demand moderate, market about
steady. Carloads and in mixed
rars FOB usual terms, bushel bas-
kets $.90-1.00, best 81; crates $1.35-
FOB cash track. bushel baskets
mostly 90c; crates S1.25-1.35; sack
, ed per 100-lbs. topped mostly
around S1.25. Beets: Haulings
light. Light wire inquiry, demand
moderate, market about steady.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
usual terms, bushel baskets around
90c; crates $1.25-1.35. Carloads and
in mixed cars FOB cash track,
bushel baskets $4,000: crates $1.10-
1.25. Potatoes: Haulings moderate,
but insufficient to meet demand.
Good wire inquiry, demand and
trading active, market firm, little
change in prices. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual terms, 100
ID. sacks Bliss Triumphs u. S. No,
Is $3.50, few lower; cash track
mostly 1925; 50-lb. sacks 10c high
er. Wagonloads cash to growers
81. String Beans: Haulings mod
crate. Moderate wire inquiry, de-
mand good. market steady. Car
loads and in mixed ears FOB usual
terms, buShel hampers Stringless
mostly S225; oval hampers .0c
higher; cash track So. Wagonloads
cash to growers, mostly SITS.
Onions: Raymondville and near
by points: Haulings light. Light
wire inquiry, demand limited. mar
ket weaker. Carloads and in mix
ed cars FOB usual terms, crates
Yellow Bermudas Commercial PACK
S1.35-1.40, few sales Crystal Wax
$1.25-1.75. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB cash track, too few sales
reported to quote. Wagonloads
cash to growers, Yellow Bermudas
$1.00-1.25: Crystal Wax S1.4O-1.50.
Corpus Christi Robstown section:
Warm, partly cloudy. Cabbage:
| Haulings moderate. Moderate wire
inquiry, demand moderate, market
firm. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms. few sales bulk
| per ton round type S8-10, mostly
SO: crates S.90-1.00. Wagonloads
cash to growers. mostly SIS. few Sc.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Valley movemtnt reported Monday,
April g.: Cabbage: 2 each Houston,
New York: / each Sheffield. Port
field, Portland. Monroe. Onions:
New York 9; Houston 5; Chatta-
nooga 2; Knoxville /. Beets: Chi
cago, st. Louis, New York, Shreve-
port l each. BeetS and Carrots:
New York l. Parsley: New York /.
Carrots: st. Louis L. Mexed Vege-
tables: New York 2; l each Hous-
ton, Fort Worth. Sweetwater, Yer
non, Amarillo, Muskogee, Portland,
Memphis Coffeyville Evansville,
Dyersburg. Tupelo, Sherman, Chill
dress, Salt Lake City, Dallas,
| CH+ay,Nonrf p1fo{0ors Chi1or1 A.
Houston g.; 2 each st. Louis Kansas
City. San Francisco; l each Dallas,
New Orleans, Nashville, Portland,
Montgomery, Birmingham, Cincin-
natl. String Beans: 2 each st.
Louis, Dallas; / each Memphis,
Birmingham, Nashville, Kansas
| City, Chicago.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move-
ment reported Tuesday morning
April g: Mixed vegetables SO;
beets IL; carrots ID; beets and car-
rots IS; cabbage 10; onions Is; po-
tatoes %; string beans II freight;
parsley 2; grapefruit 4; total Isl
cars. Freight movement to date
this season: Fruit 1927; vegetables
14,776; total 16,503 cars To same
last season: Fruit LAG; vegetables
1880; total 1896 cars.
Cincinnati: Arrived 1 Florida, 1
Indiana, l Idaho, 3 Michigan, 3
Minnesota. 2 N. Dakota, 1 Texas,
on track As cars. Supplies liberal,
demand slow. market weak. Flor
ida bushel crates Bliss Triumphs u.
S. No. Is $~1.75-2.O0; double head
barrels Spaulding Rose q. S. No.
Is $3.50. U. S. No. Is $3.00-3.50, few
S3.75. Texas 10O-1b. sacks Bliss
Triumphs U. S. No. Is $3.75. Fort
Worth: Cloudy, so degrees. Ar
rived 8 Colorado, Z Idaho, 2 Texas,
diverted 8. on track 8 cars. New
| supplies light, demand moderate,
market steady. Texas 100-lb. hacks
Bliss Triumphs u. S. No. Is mostly
s3.25, few $3.50. Pittsburgh: Arrived
3 Florida, l Maine, 7 Michigan, l
Minnesota, ! New York, on track Is
cars new stock. Supplies moderate,
demand slow. market about steady.
Florida double head barrels Sapld-
ing Rose U. S. No. Is S6.50-6.75: u.
S. No. Is $3.25-3.75, mostly $3.50
375. Texas 100-lb. sacks Bliss Tri-
u1I1pAlo W y. NJ. 10 9~osuu-o.oO, lew
S3.75.
! String Beans: Chicago: No car
lot arrivals, on track 8 cars, arriv-
ed approximately 400 hampers from
Florida by express. Supplies mod
crate, demand moderate, market
about steady. Florida 7-8 bushel
hampers green and waxed best
mostly $3.50-4.00, few fancy high as
$3.50, mostly ordinary spotted,
SCARED $2.50-3.O0. Pittsburgh: Ar
rived 2 Florida, on track 8 cars.
Supplies moderate, demand slow,
market about steady. Texas bushel
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