Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-05
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Department of Agriculture. United
States Bureau Of Agricultural Eco
Monies and the San Antonio, Texas,
hCamter OF Commerce cooperating.
F. Q. B. shipping point informa-
ton reported Monday, March 4:
Lower Rio Grande Valley Points:
Warm, partly cloudy, windy.
Cabbage: Haulings light. Moder-
ate wire inquiry, demand improv-
ing, market slightly stronger. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB usual
terms, bulk per ton round type Sis
16; crates s1.15-1.25: 8O-lb. crates
Savoy around ~S1.3G-1.40. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB cash track,
bulk per ton round type mostly
S13-14, few lower; crates S1.C0-1.10.
Wagonloads cash to growers bulk
per ten mostly $40. few So. Car
rOts: Eaulings moderate. Light
wire inquiry, demand limited, mar
ket slightly weaker. Carloads AMI
in mixed cars FOB usual terms,
buShel baskets ~$0.90-1.O0. few high
err; crates $1.35-1.50; 100-lb. sacks
topped mostly S1.50. Carloads and
in mixed cars FOB cash track,
bushel baskets 10000, crates S1.25~
1.35. BeetS: Haulings moderate.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand
usual terms. buslel baskets $4,000;
good for good stock, market dull.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
crates mostly around SIPS, few
S1.35. Carloads and III mixed cars
FOB cash track, bushel baskets IS
soc; crates S|1.10-1.15.
Corpus Christi obstown Sec
ton: Cool, partly cloudy. Cabbage:
Haulings light. Moderate wire in
CURRY. demand moderate, market
slightly stronger. Carloads FOB
usual terms, round and flat types.
bulk per ton $15-17; cash track no
sales reported.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Valley movement reported Monday,
March a: Mixed vegetables: ST.
Louis 8: Houston z; New York 6:
Montreal 2; l each Amarillo, Wich-
tia Falls, Marshall, Dallas, Pitts
burgh, Regina, East Hartford, Scott
Bluff, Denver, Bridgeport. New Ha-
ven. Utica. Toronto. Grapefruit:
| each Beaumont. Fort Worth, Lub-
book, Pittsburgh. Wichita, Kan.
Carrots: ST. Louis 3; Brooklyn; /
each New York, Washington. Beets:
4 each st. Louis, New York; Hous-
ton; Brooklyn L. Radishes: l each
Houston, Fort Worth. Cabbage:
st. Louis IS; Houston "A; Shreve-
port 3; Chicago 4; Pittsburgh g.:
Toronto 2: l each Springfield,
Mass, Fort Worth, Sweetwater,
Knoxville. Birmingham, Omaha,
Minneapolis, Winnipeg, Vancouver,
New Haven. Spinach: l each Lou
Toronto. Lettuce: Jersey
City 2; Philadelphia |. Escarole:
ST. Louis j.
CGrlot shipments Of entire United
reported Monday, March 4:
Cabbage: Texas Sc: Florida %;
Louisiana 2; total u. S. 90 q
Carrots: Texas z; California z: New
York O: total u. S. 20 cars. Mixed
vegetables: Texas Il; California 21:
louisiana 3; Florida g; total u. S.
81 cars. Grapefruit: Texas 5: Flor
ida 81; total u. s. 80 cars. Spring
beans. Florida II: total U. S. II
cars. Spinach: Texas so; others 6;
total y. S. II cars.
Additional +. o. p. information
reported Monday, March {: Cab
bage: Rochester. n. y, and nearby
points: Minimum % degrees. max
imum AZ degrees. Rain. Demand
light, too few sales reported to
quote. Carrots: Rochester, ". Y,
and nearby points: Practically no
demand or trading, no sales report
ed. String beans: Canal Point.
Fla: Warm, partly cloudy. Haul
1Hgs heavy at Canal Point, mod
crate at other points. Good wire in
quiry, for stringless and red Valen-
tines. light for others, market
steady steady ON stringless and red
valentines, slightly weaker on 9TH
ers. Carloads FOB cash track, 7-6
busl1el hampers fancy, stringless
and Valentines ~$2.O0-2.25, mostly
81; refugees mostly SIPS. Most
Refugees and Bountifuls rolled I'M
sold. Spinach: Laredo, Texas:
Clear, windy. Haulings light. Light
Tlre inquiry, demand light, market
dull. Carloads FOB usual terms.
buShel baskets Savoy 4Oc; cash
track 35c. Spinach: Crystal City.
IeXaS: Clear. windy. Haulings
moderate, Moderate wire INQUIRY.
demand moderate, market steady,
Carloads FOB usual terms. bushel
baskets Savoy mostly 40c; cash
track few sales 35c.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Tuesday morning.
March 5: Mixed vegetables %:
beets 10; carrots Is; beets and car
rots II; cabbage 81; escarole /;
lettuce 3; grapefruit 5; total I27
cars. Freight movement to date
this season: Fruit 1882. vegetables
8,l38, total $50 cars. To same day
last season: Fruit 1,139, vegetables
1856, total 9,524 cars