Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-04

Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Cool, partly cloudy.
Cabbage: Haulings moderate. Bet
ter wire inquiry, demand moderate,
market firm. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB usual terms-bulk per ton
round type S12Q15, mostly $13;
crates $1.0O41.15; 80 ID. crates Sa-
voy around $1.35. Carloads and in
per ton round type mostly SHOP,
few lower; crates 90c01.00. Wagon
loands cash to growers, bulk per ton
mostly $40, few SI2. Sunday: Warm,
partly cloudy.
Carrots: haulings moderate. Mod
crate wire inquiry, demand slow,
market about steady. Carloads and
in mixed cars FOB usual terms
bushel baskets 90cQ$1.e0. few high
er; crates $1.35Q1.50; 100 lb. sacks
topped mostly $50. Carloads and
in mixed cars FOB cash track, bu.
baskets 10000; crates S1.15@1.35.
Beets: Heulings moderate. Mod
crate wire inquiry, demand limited,
market dull. Carloads and in mix
ed cars FOB usual terms, bushel
baskets 80090c; crates mostly
around $1.25, few sales $1.35. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB cash
track-busl1el baskets 10000;
crates S1.10@115.
Corpus Christi -RobstoWn section:
Cool, clear.
Cabbage: Haulings light. Light
wire inquiry, demand slow, market
dull, almost too few sales to quote.
Carloads FOB usual terms-round
and fiat types bulk per ton few
sales $14; cash track no sales re-
ported.
Primary destinations of Lower
Valley movement reported Satur-
day and Sunday:
Cabbage: Houston II, st. Louis
IS, Chicago g; Z each Shreveport,
New York: 2 each Philadelphia, New
Haven, Toronto; l each Fl. Worth,
Little Rock. Battle Greek, Indianap-
oils, Detroit, Hazelton, Pittsburgh,
Cleveland, Memphis, Bowling Green.
Mixed Vegetables: Houston 20, st.
Louis 10, New York 5, Chicago 4, Fl.
Worth 3; 2 each Shreveport, Den
yer; l each Brandon, Greensboro,
winnipeg, Hazelton, Memphis, Bos-
ton, Hartford, Omaha, Texarkana,
Wichita Falls. Ell Paso, Oklahoma
City. Pittsburg, Kansas, Shreveport,
Dupo, Cincinnati. Nashville, Jersey
City, Roanoke, New Haven, Quebec,
Toronto, Detroit, DeS Moines. Wa
tertoWn, Casper, Chickasha, Kansas
City. Carrots: St. Louis 8, New
York 3; 2 Houston; l each Chicago,
indianapolis, Baltimore, Portland,
Me. Beets: New York 8, st. Louis
4; l each Houston, Fl. Worth, Chi
Cago. BeetS and Carrots: 2 each st.
Louis, Brooklyn. Spinach: l each
Chicago, Toronto, Cincinnati. Tur-
nlps: / each Chicago, Houston.
Parsley: New York 2, Chicago /.
IDandelion: New York l. Escarole: St.
Louis l. Broccoli: New York l.
Grapefruit: l each Houston, Fort
Worth.
Carlot shipments of entire United
States reported Saturday and Sun
day:
Cabbage: Texas "A, Florida 63,
New York g; total U. S. 155 cars.
Carrots: California 10, Texas 10,
New York 7; total U. S. SO cars.
Mixed Vegetables: Texas IS, Flor
ida 19. Louisiana 26, California 20;
total U. S. 173 cars.
String Beans: Florida 80; total U.
S. 80 cars.
Spinach: Texas 50; others S; to-
tai U. S. IS cars.
Grapefruit: California 4; Texas
4; Florida 1875; total U. S. 1873 cars.
Additional FOB information re-
ported Saturday, March 2:
Cabbage: Rochester, N. Y, and
nearby points: Min. % deg. Max.
80 deg. Partly cloudy. Demand lin
tied, market about steady. Carloads
FOB usual terms, Danish type bulk
per ton small to medium $1,000,
few higher.
Carrots: Rochester, N. Y, and
nearby points: Demand limited,
market steady. Carloads FOB usual
terms, 100 ID. sacks mostly $2.75.
String Beans: Canal Point, Fla:
Warm, rained during day. Haulings
heavy in Canal Point section, mod
crate in other sections. Good wire
inquiry for stringless, Valentines
and Bountifuls, light for Refugees,
market steady. Wagonloads cash to
growers, 7-8 bushel hampers string
less and Valentines $1.5001.85, few
higher; BountifulS mostly 81. so:
Refugees few sales S1@7.25.
Spinach: Laredo, Texas: Warm.
clear. Haulings moderate Light
wire inquiry. demand light, market
dull. Carloads FOB usual terms. bu.
baskets Savoy 40c; cash track CSC.
Spinach: Crystal City. Texas:
Haulings moderate. Moderate wire
inquiry, demand moderate particu-
larry for ROLES, market steady. Car
loads FOB usual terms-bushel
baskets Savoy mostly 40c; cash track
few sales 35c.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Sunday and Monday
morning:
Mixed vegetables IS, beets 9, car
rots II, beets and carrots 25, cab
baee S.. eScarole l, lettuce 2. broc-
coli |, turnips /, parsley 1, dande-
lion l. grapefruit s.; total 1856 cars.
Freight movement to date this sea-
son: Fruit 1877, vegetables 8O16; to-
tai 9443 cars; to same Gay last sea-
son: Fruit 1887, vegetables 1927:
total 1914 cars.
Cabbage: Philadelphia: Cloudy.
10 degrees. Arrived 81 Florida, 10
New York, 3 Texas. on track As
cars. New supplies liberal, demand
slow. market weaker. Florida
pointed type l 10 bushel hampers
S1.25-1.35, few s1.50. poorer low as
S1.oo; Savoy S1.50. Texas round
type crates S~2.50-3.0O; lettuce crates
Savoy s225. Louisiana round type
crates $3.50. Cincinnati: Foggy. 43
degrees. Arrived 3 Florida. l New
York. S Texas, l unknown, on track
II cars. Supplies heavy. demand