Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-03

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ton reported Thursday. May 2:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Cool. party cloudy. Carrots: Haul
ings moderate. Moderate wire in
quiry, demand moderate. market
steady. Carloads and in mixed cars
I. o. b. usual terms-bushel baskets
$1,000 lilo; crates mostly around
$3.50, few fancy high as si.65: sack
ed per l00-lbs. tops removed around
si-50. Carloads and in mixed cars
I. o. b. cash track-bushel baskets
5000 Loo. few higher; crates $1.40
41.50. few lower.
Beets: Haulings light. Season
practically ended. Light wire in
CURRY. demand limited. market dull.
In mixed cars (. o. b. usual terms
few sales-bushel baskets around
Si.00. poorer lower; crates wide
range in prices s1.40G1.50, few
fancy high as $500. In mixed cars
I. o. b. cash track-buShels around
coo: crates $1.25Gi.50. Last report.
Potatoes: Haulings light. season
practically ended. Moderate wire
inquiry. demand moderate. Car
loads too few sales reported to quote.
Prices nominally unchanged. Pres
ent shipments are from previous
sales. Few remaining off grade cars
will move mostly on consignment.
Last report.
Green beans: Eauiings moderate.
Light wire inquiry. demand slow.
market weak. In mixed cars t. o.
b. usual terms-bushel hampers
stringless sl.50Gi.75; cash track
around $l.10. few higher: oval ham
Ipers l0c higher. Wagonolads cash
TO growers mostly 81 90.
Green corn: Haulings moderate.
Light wire inquiry. demand slow.
market dull. Carloads I. o. b. usual
terms-bushel baskets around $1.25
few higher; crates $1.50G1.65.
Green corn: Haulings moderate.
Light wire inquiry, demand slow.
market dull. Carloads T. o. b. usual
terms-bushel baskets around s1-25,
few higher; crates $1.50G1.65.
Tomatoes: Haulings moderate.
Good wire inquiry. demand moder-
ate. market slightly weaker. Car
loads (. o. b. usual termS-lugs,
green wrapped fancy S325. choice
$500. In mixed cars I. o. b. usual
terms-fours. pink ~dnwrapped $2.25;
cash track $500.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Friday morning, May
8: Mixed vegetables IS; Toronto %;
Potatoes 10: Green corn %: Cabbage
8: Beets q; String beans /; carrots
IS; Beets and carrots II: Parsley
2: Grapefruit 2: total 1913 cars.
Freight movement to date this sea-
son-Fruit 1.734: Vegetables 1880;
total 20 .5l3 cars: to same date last
season-Fruit LAG: Vegetables 49,
968. total l7.1i5 cars.
Carlot shipments of entire United
States reported Thursday, May 2:
Potatoes: Alabama Z: Colorado
Is; Florida 40: Idaho i02; Louisi-
ana 81: Maine 1876; Michigan rs:
Minnesota SO; New York 81; Texas
IA: Washington so: Wisconsin O.;
total u. S. GOT cars
Mixed vegetables: Alabama =;
California 20: Florida II; Louisi-
ana 9; Mississippi 20; Texas %; to-
tai u. s. 1l8 cars.
Carrots: Arizona 3: California
20; Louisiana q; Mississippi !. Texas
"a: total u. s. SO cars.
Onions: aClifornia 2; Texas 1873.
total U. s. 100 a
Tomatoes: Florida Z. Coast As;
other Florida 1l6; Texas IL freight,
l express; total U. 5. TIA cars. Mex
leo SO.
Cucumbers: Alabama 8; Florida
80: Indiana 1; Ohio i: Texas 4
fret ghtand IA express; total y. S.
81 cars.
String beans: Alabama 2; Cali
fornia 1: Florida 43: Georgia /:
Louisiana Is; Mississippi 4: South
Carolina 8; Texas 8; total U. S.
70 a
Additional +. O. b. information re-
ported Thursday, May 2: Canal
Point. Fla. Warm, partly cloudy:
Tomatoes: Haulings light. Mod
crate wire inquiry. shipments very
light. market dull, nc carlot sales
reported.
String beans: Haulings very
light. practically no wire inquiry.
demand slow. market dull, no sales
reported.
Laredo Texas. Warm, partly clou-
dy Onions: Haulings light, ship
ments decreasing. nearly completed
this section, season practically over.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand
slower, market unsettled. Too few
sales reported to establish market.
Chrystal City. Texas. Warm. clear.
Onions: Haulings fairly heavy.
Moderate wire inquiry. wire demand
slow. cash track demand good. mar
ket slightly stronger. Carloads I. o.
b. cash t~rack-crates Yellow Ber-
mudas mixed No. Is and rs few sales
sl-25G1.35: Crystal Wax few sales
SIPS. Many present shipments are
from previous sales.
Reports by radio from important
markets this mornings sales TO job
bers-unless otherwise stated.
Cabbage. Chicago: Clear, ~ de-
grees. Arrived 5 Alabama. / Louis
lana, 2 Mississippi. on track "A cars.
Supplies moderate, demand and
trading moderate. market steady.
Texas and Alabama round type
crates s2.25@2.50. Texas round type
sacked per cwt. mostly S225.
Carrots. Chicago: Arrived 8 CAL
ifornia, on track 81 cars. Supplies
rather liberal. demand and trading
moderate. market about steady. Cal
ifornia crates s3.O0Q3.25. mostly
s3OOl3.l5. some fair condition s2.75
$500. Texas crates $2-2542.50,
mostly $2-25G2.35.
PHILADELPHIA: Arrived 4 Cal
ifornia. 4 Texas, on track II cars.
Supplies liberal. demand slow, mar
ket dull. Texas crates $2.50G2.75,
few higher.
New York: Arrived 8 California.