Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-23
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OepdTtulcut Oh AGRICULTURE, united
States Bureau Of Agricultural Eco
Monies and the San Antonio, Texas,
hCcmber OF Commerce cooperating.
Vegetable Bulletin No. IS: F. o. B.
Shipping Point Information Report
ed Friday, March %. Lower Rio
Grande Valley Points:( Warm,
cloudy, rain Thursday night. Cab
bage: Haulings light. Light wire
inquiry. demand and trading very
slow, market dull. Carloads and in
mixed cars f. 0. b. usual terms
bulk pei. ton round type s12@15;
crates $1.00@1.15. Carloads and in
mixed cars f. o. b. cash track-bulk
per ton round type $l0@11; crates
90c@$1. Wagonloads cash to grow
ers: bulk per ton $698.
Carrots: Haulings light. Moder-
ate wire inquiry, demand moderate,
market steady. Carloads and in
mixed cars f. o. b.. usual terms
bushel baskets 90cGS1; crates S1.35
@1.40, fancy, long S1.5O. Carloads
and in mixed car f. o. b. cash track
-bushel baskets SOC 90c; crates
$1.25@1.40.
BeetS: HaulingS light. Moderate
wire inquiry, demand moderate,
market about steady. Carloads and
in mixed cars f. o. b. usual terms
bushel baskets 80cQ90c; crates
mostly $l.25@1.40. Carloads and in
mixed cars f. o. b. cash track-bu5h-
ell baskets zoe al soc; crates $1.10@
1.25.
Potatoes: Haulings moderate.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand
moderate, market about steady. In
mixed cars f. o. b. usual terms-100
Id. sacks Bliss Triumphs u. S. No.
rs, few sales $3.75; cash track $3.50.
WagonloadS cash to growers $4,000
$500
Onions: Raymondville, and
by points: Haulings moderate,
moderate wire inquiry, demand linn
tied. market about steady. Car
loads and in mixed cars f. o. b.
cash track-crates yellow Bermuda
commercial pack .S~2.25-2.50; usual
terms, very few sales $2.75@3.00.
Corpus Christi Robstown Section:
Warm, partly cloudy, showers. Cab
bage: Practically no haulingS &C
count wet grounds, also condition
of market. Light wire inquiry,
practically no demand or trading,
too few sales reported to quote.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Rio Grande Valley Movement Re
ported Friday, March %: Mixed
vegetables: st. Louis Is; Houston
10: 8 each New York. Winnipeg,
two each Pittsburgh, Ell
Paso, Memphis, Kansas City, Chi
cago, Philadelphia, Albany; l each
Charlotte, Fl. Worth, Lufkin, San
Angelo, Amarillo, Altus. TeXarkana,
Monroe, Little Rock, Wichita, De-
troit, Lincoln, Fargo, Denver Phoe-
nix, Fl. Dodge, Watertown, Winona,
Kane, Richmond. Roam
oke, Worcester, Boston, Newark;
Jersey City, Rochester, Brantford,
Calgary, DeS MoineS, Shreveport.
Beets and carrots: One each st.
Louis Shreveport. AniSe: New
York /. Potatoes: Houston 4;
Shreveport 2; l each San Antonio,
ST. Louis, Chicago. Beets: st.
Louis 6; Montreal l.. Broccoli:
Z IllldQclpllld 4. oACJ ICW AOAh
2. Grapefruit: Fl. Worth 3; Hous-
ton 2; / each Little Rock. Cedar
Rapids, Dallas. Carrots: St. Lou
is 10: 4 each Chicago, New York,
Camden 6; Brooklyn 2; l each
Houston Minneapolis, Philadelphia,
Boston. Cabbage: st. Louis As;
Houston 40; Chicago II; New York
6; Shreveport 5; Dallas 4; Detroit
3; 2 each Baton Rouge, Little Rock,
New Haven, Boston,
Toronto, Springfield, Mass; New
London, Wis, S; Memphis 8; l each
Montreal, Kansas City, Duluth,
Cleveland, indianapolis, Norfolk,
Charlotte, Philadelphia, Fl. Worth,
Syracuse, Albany, Sinton, Corsicana,
Seattle.
Lower Rio Grande Valley Move
ment Reported Saturday Morning,
March %: Mixed vegetables so;
beets 8; carrots Is; beets and car
rots IT; cabbage 70; potatoes 10;
AniSe 2; grapefruit 8; total 100 cars.
Freight movement to date this sea-
Fruit 1881; vegetables 11,571;
total 1852 cars; to some day last
season. Fruit LAG, vegetables H.
461, total 12,607 cars.
BeetS: st. Louis: Arrived 3 Tex
as, on track A cars. Supplies mod
crate, demand slow, market dull.
Texas bushels SIPS. Chicago: Ar
rived 2 unknown, on track Is cars.