Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-19
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Department of Agriculture, United
States Bureau Of Agricultural Eco
nomics and the San Antonio, Texas.
hCam6er of Commerce cooperating.
F. o. B. Shipping point informa-
ton reported Monday, March IS:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Warm, partly cloudy, showers: Cab
bage: Haulings light. Moderate
Moderate wire inquiry, demand
moderate, market firm. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB usual terms
bulk per ton round type $15-17,
mostly $500; crates %S1.10-1.25. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB cash
track very few sales-bulk per ton
round type very few sales S12-14;
crates ~S1.00-1.10. Wagonloads cash
to growers bulk per ton-mostly
$1,000. Carrots: Haulings light.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand lin
tied, market about steady. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB usual terms
-bushel baskets $0.90-1.OO; crates
$135-1.40, fancy, long $3.50. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB cash
track-bushel maskets 10000; crates
~Sl.25-1.40. Beets: Haulings moder-
ate. Moderate wire inquiry, demand
limited, market steady. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB usual terms
-bushel baskets 10000. few lower;
crates mostly S1.25-1.35. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB cash track
-bushel baskets 1890; crates
S1.10-1.25. Potatoes: Haulings light.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand lin
tied, market slightly weaker. In
mixed cars FOB usual terms-10O-
10 sacks Bis Triumphs U. S. No. Is,
few sales mostly $500, cash track
S3.75. Onions: Raymondville and
nearby points: Haulings moderate.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand
moderate, market about steady. In
mixed carr FOB cash track-crates
Yellow Bermudas commercial pack
S2.50-2.75: usual terms-very few
sales 1925.
Corpus Christi obstoWn Section:
Warm, partly cloudy. Cabbage:
Haulings moderate. Light wire in
curry, demand moderate. market
firm. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms-round and flat
types bulk per ton mostly $17.50.
Wagon loads cash to growers-bulk
per ton mostly $1,000.
Primary destinations of Lower
Valley movement reported Monday,
March 13: Grapefruit: Houston 8;
l each Oklahoma City, Dallas. Fair
bury. Carrots: st. Louis 6: Brook
lyn 5; l each PHILADELPHIA, New
York, Chicago. Beets: Houston. st
Louis. Chicago 2 each; l each Phila-
delnhia. New Haven. Anise: ! each
st. Louis. New York, TurnipS: HouS-
ton 1. Spinach: 1 each Fort Worth,
Buffalo. Onions: Amarillo !. Po-
tatoes: Houston 2: l each Kansas
City, Louisville. Mixed Citrus: Hous-
ton I. Mixed Vegetables: st. Louis
4; New York s.; 2 each Houston. Jer-
sey CITY: I each Wichita Falls, FL
Paso. Enid. Oklahoma. FL Dorado,
TOPEKA. Aberdeen. Memphis. Kans-
as CITY, Washington, Nashville
SPRINGFIELD, Shreeport. Scranton.
Lethbridoe. Regina, Grand Island
Mob, Fa-''lton, Sioux Falls. Louis
vile. Cabbage: st. Louis II: Hous-
ton 5; Detroit 3; 2 each Memphis,
Shreveport: I each Beaumont, Fort
Worth. Kansas CITY. Omaha, Chi
cago, New London, Wis. Birming-
ham, Louisville, Philadelphia. Svra-
cuse, Bangor, Toronto, Montreal,
Winnipeg. Hazelton.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Tuesday morning,
March 10: Mixed vegetables 80;
8eets 5; Carrots IS; Beets and Car
~ots 8; Cabbage 80; Onions 4: Pota-
toes s; Anise 1; Dandelion 1; Grape
fruit 6: Mixed Citrus I: total Us
cars. Freight movement to date
this season: Fruit 1854, Vegetables
10.696, total 12,250 cars; to same day
last season: Fruit 1146, Vegetables
10,819. total 1885 cars.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Monday, March 10:
Cabbage: Texas At: Florida %;
New York Q: total U. S. 80 cars.
Spinach: Texas 81; Virginia g.;
Others 81: total U. S. 70 cars.
Potatoes: Texas 4: Colorado 20:
Florida IS; Idaho ga: Maine $50,
Minneapolis 1874: total U. S. 769 cars.
String Beans: Florida 10; total
U. S. Is cars.
Grapefruit: Texas s: Florida "a;
others 4: total U. S. 1O4 cars.
Carrots. Tayoc ID. California d.