Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-07

department OIL Agriculture, OnlIP0
States Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics and the San Antonio, Texas.
hC2mEer of Commerce cooperating.
F. o. 3. shipping point informa-
ton reported Wednesday, Marcn g.:
Lower Rio Grande Valley Points:
Warm, partly cloudy:
Cabbage: EaulingS moderate.
Good wire inquiry, demand good,
market stronger. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual termS-5ulk
mostly $40; crates $1.30-1.50; 80-lb
crates Savoy few sales Sl.40-1.50
Carloads and III mixed carS FOB
cash track-bulk per ton round type
S17-18; crates ~S1.25-1.50. Wagon
loads cash to. growers bulk per ton
mostly $1,000, few higher. Carrots:
HaulingS moderate. Moderate wire
inquiry, demand limited, market
about steady. Carloads and in mixed
car FOB usual terms-bushel baS-
kets S.90-1.00; few higher; crates
$1.30-1.50; 100-lb sacks topped $1.40-
$50. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB cash track-bushel baskets IS
90c: crates S1.25-1.35. BeetS: Haul
ings moderate. Moderate wire in
quarry. demand slow. market about
steady. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms-buShel baskets
$4,000, crates mostly around $1.25-
1876. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB cash track-bushel baskets
1880: crates S1.10-1.25.
Corpus Christi obstown Section:
Cool, clear:
Cabbage: Haulings light. Good
wire inquiry. demand good, market
stronger. Carloads FOB usual terms,
round and flat types bulk per ton
very few sales $1,000. In mixed cars
$20.O0-22.5O.
Primary destinations of Lower
Valley movement reported Wednes-
day, March 6:
Cabbage: st. Louis %: Houston
81; 4 each Shreveport. Chicago; 2
each New York, Fort Worth, VAN
couver: l each Austin. Tyler, Jack
Sonville, Monroe. Memphis, Wichita,
Minneapolis. Indianapolis. Jackson,
Michigan, Bridgeport. Ell Paso, Mon
treal. New Haven, Jackson Miss,
Peoria, Seattle, TT. Williams. To-
rOnto, HaZelton. Loganport. Beets.
New York 9; 2 each Philadelphia,
ST. Louis, Houston, Chicago; / each
Boston,, Detroit. Spinach: Fort
Worth 4; l each Chicago, Phila-
delphia. Parsley: New York 2.
Mixed Vegetables: St. Louis l6;
Houston 9; Philadelphia 3; 2 each
Fort Worth, Kansas City: New York
10; l each Nacogdoches, Tyler, Sher-
man, Sweetwater, Ponca City, Mon
roe, Little Rock, Chicago, Grand
Rapids, Minneapolis, Omaha, Hunt
ington. Charlotte, Pittsburgh. AL
bany, Toronto, Winnipeg, Cleveland,
Greenville, Dallas, Cameron.
Grapefruit: Fl. Worth 2; l each
Houston. Oklahoma City, Monroe,
C~offeyville, Ell Paso. Oranges: FIT.
Worth 1. Mixed Citrus: Houston /.
Carrots: st. Louis 10; 2 each Boston,
Houston; l each Brooklyn, Philadel-
tphla, New York, New Haven. BeetS
and Carrots: l each st. Louis, To-
ronto. Lettuce: Jersey City 2.
Carlot shipments of entire United
States reported Wednesday, March
6:
Cabbage: Texas 60, Florida IS,
New York 4, Louisiana /; total U. S.
1879 cars.
Carrots: Texas II, California Il,
New York g.; total U. S. 81 cars.
Mixed Vegetables: Florida "a; to-
tai U. S. "a cars.
Mixed Vegetables: Texas SIS, CAL
ifornia 81, Florida 81, Louisiana II;
total U. S. 132 cars.
Spinach: Texas 81, California /;
total U. S. 80 cars.
Grapefruit: Texas 6, Florida 90:
total U. S. lot cars.
Additional FOB information re-
ported Wednesday, March s:
Cabbage: Rochester, N. Y, and
nearby points: Min. 81 deg. Max.
81 deg. Clear. Demand very light.
too few sales reported to quote.
Carrots: Rochester, N. Y, and
nearby points: Practically no de-
mand, no sales reported.
String Beans, Canal Point. Fla:
Cold, windy. Good wire inquiry, de-
mand slow, market stronger. Quail
lty and condition wide range. Car
loads FOB cash track, 718 bushel
hampers stringless and red Valen-
tines S2G225; bountifuls SI.25m1.5 SO.
refugees $1.10GI.25.
Spinach: Laredo, Texas: Warm
clear. HaulingS light. Light wire
inquiry, demand moderate, market |
steady. Carloads FOB usual terms
bushel baskets Savoy 4Oc; cash
track few sales 35c.
Spinach: Crystal CITY. Texas.
Clear, warm. Haulings moderate
Light wire inquiry, demand light,
markct about steady. Carloads FOB
usual termS-buShel baskets Savov |
40c; cash track very few sales 35c.
Many shipped to connections on
basis OF 3Oc guarantee FOB shipping
point.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Thursday morning.
March 7:
Mixed vegetables IS, beets &c. car
rots %, beetS and carrots 19. cab
page lib, lettuce 2, anise /. parsley
z. oranges l, mixed citrus /, grape
fruit 2, total 240 cars. Freioh
movement to date this season.
Fruit 1852, vegetables 1903. total
lO,oO5 cars; to same day last sea-
son: Fruit 1142, vegetables 1892.
total 10,034 cars.
Cabbage: Cincinnati: Clear, d
degrees. Arrived 4 Texas. vi TRACK
II cars Supplies heavy, demand
moderate, market about steady
Texas bulk per ton round ,ypo
mostly $50. Florida / IL bushel
hammers pOiuted tuna Ell 60 cs