Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-08
inspection Office az San Benito

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FOR convenience IN SUPERVISING
the carloa shipment OF tomatoes, 4
st~ate-rede-al inspection office mas
been opened az lzS Bats street, san
Benito. Phone 400. Shippers de-
5iring this service will pIe2se call
the address above.
+. y. Is. snlppng ONT informa-
ticn reported IuesCay, May y:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points.
Warm, parity cloudy. Carrots:
HauIings moderate. Moderate wire
inquiry, demand moderate. market
slightly weaker. Carloads and III
mixed cars FOB usual terms, Dushel
baskets y0c-$l.l0; few higher; crates
~sl.40-l.50. mostly $40; sacked per
100 lbs. tops removed around Sf35.
Carloads and IN mixed cars FOB
cash track bushel baskets 85-9Uc;
crates si-25-1.40. Green Corn: Haul
ings moderate. Moderate wire in
curry, demand moderate, market
steady. Carloads and In mixed cars
FOB usual terms, bushel baskets
mostly sl.25. few $3.50; crates $50.
In mixed cars FOB cash track,
bushel basket $l.iU-1.25. Top ice
extra. Tomatoes: Haulings increas-
ing. Moderate wire inquiry. demand
moderate, market steady. Carloads
FOB usual terms, Tugs green wrap
ped fancy and choice mostly So;
tours. pink ~unwrapped unsized
mostly SITS. Carloads and in mix
ed cars FOB cash track, Tugs green
wrapped fancy and choice mostly
S2.75; fours pinks ~unwrapped SI.50-
Its. Wagonloads cash to growers,
bulk per pound mature green most
~ &c, few SC; 4-basket crates pinks
mostly s1.25.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Valley movement reported Tuesday.
May 2: Carrots: st. Louis 4; Phil
adelphia 4; ! each Houston. Chica-
60. New York, Shreveport, Brooklyn,
Minneapolis. Green Corn: St. Louis
10; Houston q: New York s; Chicago
4; ] each Dallas, Philadelphia. Bal
timore. Cabbage: ! each Houston.
Lincoln. Parsley: New York /. To-
matoes: Houston 8: 3 each st. Louis,
Seattle: 2 each Chicago. Denver,
Salt Lake: ! each Minneapolis.
Shamokin. Beaumont. Wichita Falls,
New Orleans. Pittsburgh, Regina,
Winnipeg. Mixed Vegetables: st.
Louis s.: Houston 5: Texarkana 2;
l each Waco. San Antonio. FL Paso.
Clinton, New York. Cheyenne, Ed
monitor. Amarillo. Roswell. Shreve-
port. Memphis. Philadelphia. Pitts
burgh.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Wednesday morning,
May 8: Mixed vegetables %: to-
matoes As ventilated, 4 refrigerated:
green corn 50; carrots Is; beetS and
carrots 2; boots /: cabbage /; total
l26 cars. Freight movement to date
this season: Fruit 1735. vegetables
2O.lO9. total 2l.844 cars. To same
day last season: Fruit 1l46, vegeta-
bic l6,i8l. total 1880 cars.
Carlot shipments OF entire United
States reported Tuesday, May 7:
Potatoes: Alabama "a; Florida IS:
Idaho IS; Louisiana Is: Maine log:
Michigan TO- Minnesota 90; South
Caroline 8: Texas /; Washington
n; Wisconsin 60; total u. S. 726
cars. Bermuda II. Onions: Cali
fornia 4; Texas IA; total u. s. l4s
cars. String Beans: Alabama 2:
California a; Florida 20: Georgia 2;
Louisiana Il; Mississippi z; South
Carolina 4: Texas / freight. 2 ex-
press; total u. s. As cars. Cabbage:
Alabama %; California 10: Louis
lana 10; Mississippi So: South Caro-
lima 8; Texas So: Virginia AZ: total
Y. :. ia cars. Carrots: Arizona 8:
California 90: Louisiana /: Texas
%; total U. S. Sc cars. Cucumbers:
Alabama IL; Florida 80; Illinois 8:
Louisiana /; Ohio 8; Texas / freight,
3 express: total u. S. 50 cars. To-
matoes: Florida, east coast 10: 9TH
er Florida 104: Texas % freight. 1
express: total u. s. lat cars. Mex
leo So: unreported 9Th, Mexico Is.
Mixed Vegetables: Alabama 8: Cali
fornia 20: Florida Is: Mississippi IS:
Texas %; total u. 8. 140 cars.
Additional FOB information re-
ported Tuesday, May Z:
Canal Point. Fla: Rained during
night. Tomatoes: Haulings light.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand
good. market firm. Carloads FOB
cash track skies green wrapped fam
~ very few sales S2.75-300; choice
81. 1920.
Laredo. Texas: Hot. clear.
Onions: Taulings very light. Wire
inquiry only moderate. demand linn
tied. market weak. yer view sales
CarioaTS FOB cash track. crates
elbow Bermudas II. s. No. Is and
mixed No. Is and 2s mostly 81: few
lower. Most shipments rolled un-
sold.
Reports by radio from important
markets-this mornings sales To
lobbers-unless otherwise stated.
Tomatoes. Kansas City: Clear.
% degrees. Arrived ! Florida. d.
verted 2, on track 4 cars. Supplies
liberal, demand moderate. market
dull. Florida skies originals ripe
and turning wrapped s445OG475:
fepacked Tugs firsts S5.0095.50 skies
fancy $700d750.
Cincinnati: Partly cloudy. 50 de-
grees. Arrived l Florida, on track
II cars. Supplies liberal, demand
moderate. market steady. Florida
skies repacked ripe wrapped fancy
$500; choice 500.
Pittsburgh: Clear, 43 degrees.
Arrived "a Florida, ! Mexico, on
track 3S cars. Supplies liberal, de-
mand moderate. market about stea-
dy. Florida originals turning wrap
ped fancy $4-50G4.75. mostly $3.50.
fair low as $500: choice best 5000
$50. mostly $3.00G325, fair -2.50G
AIS. Mexico Tugs turning wrapped
firsts mostly $500. Repacked-
Florida SKIES ripe and turning wrap