Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-14

13h:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Warm, partly cloudy. Cabbage:
HaulingS heavy. Moderate wire
inquiry, demand slow, market
weaker. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB usual terms, few sales,
bulk per ton round type $20-25,
mostly $40; crates $1.4O-1.6O. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB cash
track very few sales, bulk per ton
round type $500; crates SIPS
lao. Wagonloads cash to growers
bulk per ton mostly SIS. Carrots:
Haulings moderate. Light wire in
Quiry, demand moderate, market
about steady. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual terms, BUSH
Ell baskets ~35c-S1.00; crates S1.35-
$50; carloads and in mixed cars
FOB cash track, bushel baskets
1890; crates ~S1.25-1.35. Beets:
Haulings moderate. Moderate wire
inquiry, demand slow, market
about steady. Carloads and il
mixed cars FOB usual terms, BUSH
Ell baskets 10000, few higher; crates
mostly around S1.25-1.35. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB cash track,
bushel baskets 1890; crates S1.10-
1.25.
Corpus Christi Robstown section:
Warm, partly cloudy. Cabbage:
Haulings moderate. Good wire in
quiry. demand moderate, market
steady Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB usual terms, round and
flat type bulk per ton around SO.
few lower. W~agonloads cash to
growers. bulk per ton mostly SIS.
Primary destinations of Lower
Valley movement reported WedneS-
day, March 10: Cabbage: Houston
SIS; ST. Louis %; Chicago L.;
Shreveport 10; 4 each TT. Worth,
Monet; 2 each Toronto, Pitts
burgh. Winnipeg; T~eXarkana 3; l
each Little Rock, Memphis, Mon
mouth, Grand Rapids, Wilkes Bar
70, Nashville. Huntsville, Birming-
ham, Springfield, New Haven, Los
Angeles, Butte, Ottawa, Calgary,
Brooklyn, Louisville, Chattanooga,
Salt Lake City. Grapefruit: Fl.
Worth 5; 2 each Houston, Dallas;
l each Tulsa. st. Paul. Escarole:
st. Louis /. Carrots: st. Louis 49,:
New York 8; Houston 4; 2 each
Philadelphia, Shreveport; l each
Minneapolis, Boston, Chicago.
Beets: New York 6; st. Louis 4;
l each Houston, Philadelphia, Chi
cago. Potatoes: l each Columbus
Ohio, st. Louis. Anise: New York
2. Parsley: New York 3. Beets ana
carrots: Toronto 1. Mixed vege-
tables: st. Louis IS; Houston q:
New York 9; 3 each Shreveport,
Chicago; 2 each Montreal, Jersey
City; l each Dallas, Eldorado Ark,
Davenport, TT. Worth, Lufkin, FL
PaSo, Ardmore, Tulsa, Providence,
Enid, Fl. Smith, Little Rock, Kan
sas City, Elwood, Louisville. Hunt
ington, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh,
New Haven, Boston. Holyoke, Lin
coin, Great Falls, Regina, Chicka-
Slla.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Thursday morning,
March ID: Mixed vegetables Sc;
beets II; carrots 35; escarol l.;
beets and carrots II; cabbage 1856:
potatoes 3; parsley 3; grapefruit
Il. total $50 cars. Freight move
ment to date this season, fruit
1917, vegetables 1898. total 11515
cars; to same day last season, fruit
1146, vegetables 1924, total 1887
cars.
Carlot shipments of entire Unit
cd States reported Wednesday,
March 10: Cabbage: Florida S.;
Louisiana 9; New York 8; Texas
100: total u S. 236 cars.
String beans: Florida q; total
U. S. 81 cars.
Grapefruit: California 8; Florida
1872: Texas II: total U. S. 1876 cars.
Potatoes: Colorado 80; Florida
IA; Idaho so; Minnesota 1876; Texas
2; total U. S. 829 cars. Cuba. 8.
Spinach: Texas SO; Virginia 1;
total U. S. SO cars.
Additional FOB shipping point
information reported March 49,:
Carrots: Rochester, N. Y. and near
by points: Min. AZ, max. 81 degrees.
Partly cloudy. Practically nc de-
mand or trading. no sales reported.
String beans: Canal Point. Fla:
Warm. clear. Haulings moderate,
good wire inquiry, demand good,
market firm. Carloads FOB cash
track, 7-8 bushel hampers String
less and Red Valentines S2.00-2.35.
Carloads FOB cash track to grow
erS 7-8 bushel hampers Refugees
$1.25-1.50; Black Valentines $50;
Bountifuls S1.50-1.60. Spinach: La
redo, Texas: Discontinued. Spin
ach: Crystal City. Texas: Clear
warm. Haulings heavy. Light wire
inquiry, demand slow, market dull.
Carloads FOB usual terms. bushel
baskets Savoy few sales 40c; cash
track 35c. Many shipped to con-
nections on basis soc guaranteed
FOB shipping point.
Additional carlot shipments re-
ported Wednesday, March 10: Mix
ed vegetables: Texas IA; Florida Is;
Louisiana 20; California %; total
U. S. 1874 cars. Carrots: Texas Al;
California 10; total U. S. 50 cars.
Reports by telegraph from i'm
portant markets. This mornings
sales to jobbers, unless otherwise
stated.
Cabbage: Boston: Raining, 80
degrees. Arrived 4 Florida. l New
Work 2 Texas on track q cars.
Supplies heavy, demand moderate
market ste ,dy. Florida Wakefield
l IL bushei' hampers best mostly
$3.50, fair S1.25-1.40. Texas round
and flat types barrels packed local
ly and lettuce crates SITS; 100-lb.
crates small sizes mostly $3.50.
Philadelphia: Cloudy, SO degrees.