Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-29

States Bureau Of Agricultural Eco
Monies and the San Antonio, Texas,
hCem6er Of Commerce cooperating.
F.. o. B. shipping point informa-
ton reported Thursday, March %:
Lower Rio Grande Valley Points:
| Warm, partly cloudy.
Cabbage: Haulings heavy. Light
wire inquiry, demand slow. market
dull. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms, bulk per ton
round type mostly S10-12; crates
$0.90-1.10. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB cash track, bulk per ton
round type 1910, some fancy in
mixed cars high as $1,000; crates
mostly GOO, few lower. Wagonloads
cash to growers, bulk per ton mostly
$500, few $500. Carrots: Haulings
moderate. Moderate wire inquiry,
demand moderate, market about
steady. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms, bushel baskets
S.90-1.00; crates $1.30-1.40, fancy
81 SO. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB cash track, bushel baskets 90
90c; crates S1.25-1.40; few lower.
Beets: Haulings moderate. Mod
crate wire inquiry, demand moder-
ate. market steady. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB cash track, bushel
baskets 1890; crates $1.10-1.25.
Potatoes: Haulings increasing.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand
slow, market dull. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual terms, 1O0-lb
sacks Bliss Triumphs U. S. No. Is,
mostly $500. few lower; cash track
S2.75-3.00. String Beans: Haulings
moderate. Good wire inquiry, de-
mand good, market slightly weaker.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
usual terms, bushel hampers green,
stringlesS, best S3.00-3.25, poorer
lower; cash track S3.75 800.
Wagonloads cash to growers mostly
$3.50. Onions: Raymondville and
nearby points: Haulings moderate.
Better wire inquiry, demand mod
crate, market about steady, quality
and condition wide range. Carloads
FOB cash track crates Yellow Ber-
mudas commercial pack best $1.40-
1.50, poorer low as S1.25; in mixed
cars FOB cash track, best around
$500. others low as SITS. Stock
damaged by rain, cleaning up,
quality improving. Wagon1oads
cash to growers Yellow Bermudas
"$1.25-1.40 per bushel crate fresh
stock.
Corpus Christi Roostown Section:
Warm, partly cloudy.
Cabbage: Haulings moderate.
Light wire inquiry. demand slow,
market dull. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual terms, few
sales bulk per ton round type $40
S12, mostly $1,000. Wagonloads cash
to growers, $6.00-8.00.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Valley movement reported Thurs
day, March %:
Mixed Vegetables: st. Louis 10;
9 each Houston, New York; 2 each
Fort Worth, San Angelo, Washing
ton: l each Syracuse, Springfield,
| PittSfield, Baltimore, Philadelphia,
Tyler, Sweetwater, Junction City,
Altus Oklahoma, Marshall, Monroe,
Shreveport. New Orleans, Ell Do
RADIO, Spencer, Sioux City, zanes-
vile, Milwaukee, Calgary, Denver,
Birmingham, Knoxville, Jersey
City. Pittsburgh, Paris Texas, To-
ronto, Salt Lake City. Fort Smith,
Portland, Kansas City. Onions:
| st. Louis Z: Houston 6: 2 each Gal
weston. Chicago: / each Memphis.
| Columbus. New York. Boston. String
Beans: st. Louis /. Beets and Car
rots: I each New York, Winnipeg.
Parsley: New York 3. Potatoes:
Houston II; Chicago g.: Shreveport
S: Fort Worth 2: / each San An
tonic. Dupo, indianapolis. Mime
| apolis, San Francisco, Portland,
| Oklahoma City. st. Louis, Seattle.
Beets: st. Louis S; 1 each Chicago.
! Detroit. Philadelphia, Glassboro.
Grapefruit: Houston 5: Fort
Worth 4: Ell Paso 2; l each San Be-
Mot. Dallas, Wichita, st. Louis. San
Antonio, Denver. Carrots: st. Louis
II: Philadelphia 8; New York II;
Brooklyn S: Camden 2; l each
Houston, Chicago. Detroit. Balti-
more. Boston. Cabbage: st. Louis
%; Houston 10; Shreveport 7: New
London Wise s: New York 4; 3 each
Pittsburgh. Memphis, Chicago; 2
each Philadelphia. Fort Worth; l
| each McGehee, Little Rock, Kansas
City. Omaha. Minneapolis, Cleve-
land, Greenwood. New Haven, Bos-
ton, indianapolis, London Ont,
Denver. Brooklyn. Knoxville.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Friday morning,
March %: Beans 8; Mixed Vege-
| tables so: Beets 10; Carrots SO,
Beets and Carrots 81: Cabbage ia;
! Onions IS; Potatoes 81; Parsley 8;
GRAPEFRUIT II: total 323 cars.
Freight movement to date this sea-
! son. fruit 1913. Vegetables 1871.
total 14.424 cars: tn same day last
season. Fruit 1146, Vegetables $4,000.
total 1886 cars.
Carlot shipments of entire United
| States reported THURSDAY, March
%: Cabbage: Texas 116: Florida
48: South Carolina IS; total U. S.
191 cars. Onions: Texas 81: others
%: total U. S. "A cars. Spinach:
Texas az: others So: total u. s. al
cars. Potatoes: Colorado 30; Flor
ida 90: Idaho SO: Maine 1876; Mich
igan 40; Minneapolis 95; New York
81: Texas 35: Wisconsin 43; total
1893 cars. Mixed Vegetables: Cali
fornia II; Florida IS Louisiana "a:
Texas rs; total U. S. 155 cars. Car
rots: Texas As: California Is: total
u. 6. IS cars. String Beans: Texas
g.: Florida ct: total U. S. 36 cars.
GRAPEFRUIT: Texas II; Florida 141;
total u. S. $50 cars.
Cabbage: PHILADELPHIA: Clear. q
degrees. Arrived 3 Florida. / South
Carolina. 6 Texas. on track 20 cerS.
New supplies moderate. demand
moderate. market steady. Texas
crates round type s1.25-2.5o. mostly