Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15

r. o. B. shipping point informa-
ton reported Saturday, April 18th:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Warm, cloudy, showers. Cabbage:
Haulings increasing. Moderate
wire inquiry, demand moderate,
market about steady. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB usual terms
bulk per ton round type $10-12, few
S14.00; crates around $1.00-1.10;
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
cash track, bulk per ton round
type mostly around SO; crates
around 90c. Wagonloads cash to
growers, bulk per ton mostly $500,
few $500. Carrots: Haulings mod
crate. Moderate wire inquiry, de-
mand moderate, market steady.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
usual terms. bushel baskets sOc-
S1.00; crates $~1.40-1.50, few higher.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
cash track bushel baskets $500;
crates mostly $"1.30-1.40; sacked per
100-lbS. around SIPS. Beets: Haul
ings moderate. Moderate wire in
quiry, demand moderate, market
steady. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB usual terms, bushel bas-
kets around 90c; crates S~1.25-1.40.
Carloads and in mixed ears FOB
cash track. bushel baskets 8o-90c;
crates $1.15-1.25. Potatoes: Haul
ings moderate. Good wire inquiry,
demand good, market slightly
stronger. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB usual terms, very few
sales. 100 lbs. sacks Bliss Triumphs
U. S. No. Is $2.75-3.00: cash track
mostly $~2.50-2.75; 50-lb. sacks 10c
higher. Wagonloads cash to grow
ers $2.25-2.50. String beans: Haul
ingS moderate. Moderate wire in
CURRY, demand moderate, market
about steady. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual terms, bushel
hampers Stringless mostly $2.25;
poorer lower; Oval hampers 10c
higher; cash track $500. Wagon
loads cash to growers, mostly SITS.
Onions: Raymondville and lear
by points: Haulings moderate. Mod
crate wire inquiry. demand moder-
ate, market about steady. In mix
| ed cars FOB usual terms, crates
| Yellow Bermudas mixed No. Is and
Is few sales $1.40-1.50; Crystal Wax
S1.75-2.00.
Corpus Christi Robstown section:
Warm, cloudy. rained during Gay.
Cabbage: Practically light haul
ings. Moderate wire inquiry. de-
mand moderate. market slightly
stronger. Carloads and in mixed
! cars FOB usual terms, bulk per ton
round type s14-16; crates $1.1o-
100.
Primary destinations of Lower
Valley movement reported Satur-
day, April 18th: Cabbage: st. Louis
go; Houston 10: Shreveport Z; Fit.
Worth, Memphis 4 each: Kansas
City Z; Seattle 5; 8 each Indian
apolis, Chicago, Detroit; Portland
4: 2 each Toronto, Dallas; / each
San Antonio. New York, Terre
Haute, Cincinnati, ST. Paul. Hunts
vile. Spartantsburg, Pittsburgh,
Wa1la Walla. Winnipeg, Vancouver,
TeXarkana, Duluth, Wichita, Nash
vile, Evansville. Parsley: New
York 3. Onions: 1 each ST. Louis,
Kansas City. Detroit. Carrots: &
each ST. Louis, New York; Phila-
delphia &: / each Chicago. Dallas,
| Camden, New Haven, Houston. De-
troit. Syracuse. Brooklyn. Beets:
st. Louis 6; New York 2. String
beans: ! each Fl. Worth. Chicago,
st. Louis, Baltimore. Cincinnati.
Potatoes: Chicago 16; Houston Z;
st. Louis 5; Shreveport 4: 8 each
Dallas, Kansas City. Seattle: Dupo
2; / each Fl. Worth, louisville. At
lanta, Cincinnati. Peoria, San
Francisco. Los Angeles. Alta. Cedar
Rapids, Peoria, Portland, Omaha.
Lexington, Indianapolis. Mixed
vegetables: Houston 20; st. Louis
ID; New York 5; Nashville 8; 2
each Pittsburgh, Amarillo, Enid,
Little Rock, Memphis, Chicago. To-
ronto, Lubbock, Beaumont, Shreve-
port, Arkansas City. Kansas City;
l each Sinton, Fl. Worth. Sweet
water. Pine Bluff. Springfield,
Grand Island, Denver, Columbus,
Roanoke. Selma. Olneyville. Troy,
| Waterville, Bradford. Duluth, Min
reapolis. Indianapolis, Washington,
| Scranton, Albany, Regina, Coffey-
| vile, Atlanta, Oklahoma City.
Miles City. Beets and carrots: /
each Pittsburgh, Toronto, Shreve-
port.
Carlot shipments of entire Urlit-
ed States reported Saturday and
Sunday: Potatoes: Colorado so;
Florida 81: Idaho 1872: MICHIGAN
| 81; Minnesota 80; Texas So; Wis
consin 81; total U. S. 739 cars. Mix
| ed vegetables: Florida 81: Louisiana
10; Texas 101, total u. S. 227 cars.
Onions: Texas 176; others IT: to-
tai u. S. 1913 cars. Carrots: Texas
Is; others 50; total U. S. 81 cars.
! Cabbage: South Carolina "a; Texas
1871: total u. S. 296 cars. String
beans: Florida So: Texas 4 freight,
2 express. total U. S. IS cars.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Sunday and Mon
day: Mixed vegetables So; beets s.;
carrots "a: beets and carrots IS;
cabbage 81; onions 2; potatoes So;
parsley 5; string beans l freight. 2
express: total 274 cars. Freight
movement to date this season:
Fruit 1929, vegetables 1858. total
1892 cars; to same day last sea-
son: Fruit 1146. vegetables 1851,
total 14.907 cars.
Reports by radio from important
markets, this mornings sales to job
hers, unless otherwise stated:
Cabbage: Pittsburgh: Raining,
IS degrees. Arrived l Alabama, 2
Faroda. l Louisiana, / South Caro-
lima, 8 Texas, on track 80 cars. Sup
niles liberal demand moderate