Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-25
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States Bureau of Agricultural Eco
Monies and the San Antonio, Texas.
hCGmSer Of Commerce cooperating.
F. 0. B. shipping point informa-
ton reported Saturday, March %:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Warm, partly cloudy. Cabbage:
H%aulings light. Light wire inquiry,
demand and trading slow, market
very weak, very few sales. Car
loads and in mixed carr FOB usual
terms, bulk per ton round type
mostly $12; crates S1.00-1.10. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB cash
track, bulk per ton round type So
10; crates mostly 90c. WagOnloads
cash to growers. bulk per ton
mostly Sc. Carrots: Haulings mod
crate. Moderate wire inquiry, de-
mand moderate, market about
steady. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms, bushel baskets
~90c-$1.00; crates "S1.35-1.40, fancy.
long $3.50. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB cash track, bushel bas-
kets 10000; crates $1.25-1.40.
Beets: Haulings moderate. Moder-
ate wire inquiry, demand moder-
ate. market about steady. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB usual
terms. bushel baskets $4,000; crates
mostly S"1.25-140. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB cash track, bushel
baskets 1890; crates S1.1O-125.
Potatoes: Haulings moderate. Light
wire inquiry, demand slow, market
slightly weaker. In mixed cars FOB
usual terms, 100-lb. sacks Bliss t1-
umphS U. S. No. Is, mostly $3.50:
cash track $3.25-3.50. Wagonloads
cash to growers ~S2.50-2.75. String
beans: Haulings moderate. De-
mand moderate. market steady. In
mixed cars FOB usual terms. BUSH
el hampers green, stringless, quail
ity and condition generally good.
$3.50, poorer lower. Carloads FOB
cash track, bushel hampers oval.
green, stringless, 1 a $425.
Onions: Raymondville and nearby
points: H%aulings light. Moderate
wire inquiry, demand limited mar
ket about steady, verv few sales. In
mixed cars FOB cash track. crates
yellow Bermuda commercial mack
$225-250: usual terms, very few
sales s~2.75-3.CO.
Corpus Christie obstown section:
Warm, partly cloudy. CABBAGE:
Practically no haulings account
condition Of market. Light wire in
curry. practically no demand OF
trailing, too few sales rprortnI r.
quote.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Valley movement reported Satur-
Cay and Sunday: Mixed vegetables:
~. Louis 10; Houston 9: New York
:; z each Dallas. Washington. Mon
treal. TT. Worth. FL Paso, CHICAGO
Nashville: l each Winston. Sham
rock, Amarillo. Shreveport. Dupo.
CIlnton. Minneapolis. Billings
Mont, Denver. Pueblo, Oklahoma
City, indianapolis. Evansville.
Charleston, Stamford, Johnson
City. jersey City. Pittsburgh
Grapefruit: TT. Worth 8: 2 each
Houston. San Benito; l each Dali
las. Oklahoma City. Carrots: st.
Louis 6; New York 2: l each Bcs-
ton, Philadelphia. Chicago. Brook
lyn. Cabbage: st. Louis II: Hous-
ton 10; 6 each New London Wis,
Chicago, New York; 8 each Fl.
Worth. TeXarkana. Memphis; :
each Cleveland. Shreveport: | each
Little Rock, Indianapolis, Detroit.
Minneapolis. BIRMINGHAM. Selma.
Pittsburgh, Boston. Seattle. Hazel
ton, Greensboro, Toldo. Srringfield.
Toronto. Dodge City. Onions: Dali
les |. Parsley: st. Louis l. Anise:
New York l. Potatoes. Houston 5:
ST. Louis ; Chicago 2; l each Dupo.
Louisville. Oklahoma City. Denver.
Dallas, Shreveport. Birmingham.
Portland. Beets: St. Louis 4; 1
each Philadelphia, GIassbOrO.
Lower Rio Grande Vally move
ment reported Monday morning.
March 25th: Mixed vegetables az:
beets 4; carrots 10; beets and car
rots 8; cabbage So: onions /: pota-
tees IL: parsley 1: grapefruit 7; to-
tai 145 cars. Freight movement to
date this sasOn. fruit 1889. vege-
tables 11.711, total 1890 cars: to
same day last season. fruit 1916.
vegetables 11.613, total 1879 cars.
Carlot shipments Of entire Unit
ed States reported Saturday ana
Sunday: Cabbage: South Carolina
10; Texas 81: Florida 60: total T..
S. 173 cars. Potatoes: Colorado 80:
Florida so: Idaho 125; Maine 222:
Minneapolis 1853: Texas IS: total u.
s. 991 cars. Cuba >. String beans.
Texas /; Florida IS; total U. S. Il
cars. Onions: Texas 5: others 40:
total Y. S. 48 cars. Mixed vege-
tables: Texas 70: Florida 81: Cali
fornia 26; Louisiana 80: total U. S.
163 cars. Carrots: Texas Is; Cali
fornia 10; total U. S. % q Spin
ach: Texas "a; Virginia %; total U.
S. 100 cars. Grapefruit: Texas g.;
Florida 1876: total U. S. 149 cars.
Additional FOB information re-
ported Saturday, March %: String
beans: Canal Point. Fla: Warm.
clear. Haulings light. heavy wire
inuqiry, demand good. market
slightly stronger. Wagonloads cash
to growers. 7-8 bushel hampers
Bountifuls S2.00-25O; Istringless
SCOPES. Carloads FOB cash
track to growers. 7-8 bushel ham
pers Refugees S2.OO-2.5O. Spinach:
Crystal City. Texas: Hot. clear.
HaulingS moderate. Moderate wire
inquiry. demand light. market dull.
Carloads FOB cash track. bushel
baskets SAVOY 35c; usual terms,
mostly 40c. Some shipped to con-
nections on basis 30c guaranteed
FOB shipping point.
Reports BY radio from important
markets:
This mornings sales to jobbers,