Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-29
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Department OF Agriculture, United
States Bureau of Agricultural Eco
Monies and the San Antonio, Texas,
hCcm6er Of Commerce cooperating.
F. o. B. shipping point informa-
ton reported Thursday. March %:
Lower Rio Grande Valley Points:
Warm, partly cloudy.
Cabbage: Haulings heavy. Light
wire inquiry. demand slow. market
dull. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms, bulk per ton
round type mostly S1O-12: crates
S0.90-1.10. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB cash track, bulk per ton
mixed cars high as $1,000; crates
mostly 90c. few lower. Wagonloads
cash to growers, bulk per ton mostly
$500. few $500. Carrots: Haulings
moderate. Moderate wire inquiry,
demand moderate, market about
steady. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms. buShel baskets
S.90-1.00: crates S1.30-1.40. fancy
$50. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB cash track. bushel baskets 30
90c; crates ~S1.25-1.40; few lower.
Beets: Haulings moderate. Mod
crate wire inquiry, demand moder-
ate, market steady. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB cash track, bushel
baskets 1890; crates sl.1O-1.25.
Potatoes: H%aulings increasing.
Moderate wire INQUIRY. demand
slow, market dull. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual terms. 100-lb
sacks Bliss Triumphs U. S. No. Is.
mostly $500. few lower; cash track
S2.75-3.00. String Beans: Haulings
moderate. Good wire inquiry, de-
mand good. market slightly weaker.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
usual terms. bushel hampers green.
stringless, best $3.O0-3.25. poorer
lower; cash track S3.75 800.
Wagonloeds cash to growers mostly
$3.50. Onions: Raymondville and
nearby points: H~aulings moderate.
Better wire inquiry, demand mod
crate, market about steady. quality
and condition wide range. Carloads
FOB cash track crates Yellow Ber-
mudas commercial pack best S1.40-
1.50, poorer low as SI.25: in mixed
cars FOB cash track, best around
$500, others low as SITS. Stock
damaged by rain. cleaning uD.
quality improving. Wagonloads
cash to growers Yellow Bermudas
s1.25-1.40 per bushel crate fresh
stock.
Corpus Christi obstown Section:
Warm, partly cloudy.
Cabbage: Haulings moderate.
Light wire inquiry. demand slow,
market dull. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual terms, few
sales bulk per ton round type $40
$12, mostly $1,000. Wagonloads cash
to growers, S6.00-8.00.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Valley movement reported Thurs
day. March %:
Mixed Vegetables: st. Louis 10;
9 each Houston, New York: 2 each
Fort Worth, San Angelo. Washing
ton: l each Syracuse, Springfield,
Pittsfield. Baltimore, Philadelphia,
Tyler. Sweetwater. Junction City,
Altus Oklahoma, Marshall, Monroe,
Shreveport, New Orleans, Ell Do
RADIO, Spencer. Sioux City, Zanes-
vile, Milwaukee. Calgary, Denver,
Birmingham, Knoxville. Jersey
City, Pittsburgh. Paris Texas, To-
ronto. Salt Lake City. Fort Smith.
Portland, Kansas City. Onions:
st. Louis 7; Houston 6; 2 each Gal
weston, Chicago: l each Memphis,
Columbus, New York, Boston. String
Beans: st. Louis l. Beets and Car
rots: 1 each New York, Winnipeg.
Parsley: New York 3. Potatoes:
Houston IL; Chicago g.; Shreveport
5: Fort Worth 2: l each San An
tonic. Dupo, indianapolis. Mime
apolis, San Francisco. Portland,
Oklahoma City. St. Louis, Seattle.
Beets: st. Louis 5; / each Chicago,
Detroit. Philadelphia. Glassboro.
Grapefruit: Houston 5; Fort
Worth 4: FL Paso 2; ! each San Be-
Mot. Dallas, Wichita, st. Louis. San
Antonio. Denver. Carrots: st. Louis
IL: Philadelphia 8: New York II;
Brooklyn 5: Camden 2: l each
Houston, Chicago. Detroit. Balti-
more. Boston. Cabbage: st. Louis
%; Houston 10; Shreveport z: New
London Wise s: New York d; 8 each
Pittsburgh, Memphis, Chicago; 2
each Philadelphia. Fort Worth: l
each McGehee, Little Rock, Kansas
City. Omaha. Minneapolis, Cleve-
land, Greenwood. New Haven, Bos-
ton, Indianapolis, London Ont,
Denver. Brooklyn, Knoxville.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Friday morning,
March 20: Beans s: Mixed Vege-
tables so; Beets 10: Carrots 38;
Reets and Carrots 81: Cabbage ia;
Onions IS: Potatoes 81; Parsley 8:
Grapefruit II: total 1923 cars.
Freight movement to date this sea-
son. fruit 1643. Vegetables 1871.
total 14.424 cars: to anne day last
season. Fruit 1146, Vegetables 1920,
total 1886 cars.
Carlot shipments of entire United
States reported THURSDAY. March
70: Cabbage: Texas 116: Florida
49,: South Carolina -: total U. S.
1ot cars. Onions: Texas 81: others
%: total U. s. A cars. Spinach:
Texas 80: others IS: total U. S. 81
cars. Potatoes: Colorado 80; Flor
ida 90: Idaho SO; Maine 1856: Mich
igan 40; MINNEAPOLIS IS: New York
81: Texas s.: Wisconsin 43; total
1893 cars. Mixed Vegetables: Cali
fornia IL; Florida Is Louisiana "a;
Texas rs: total U. S. 155 cars. Car
rot5: Texas As: California Is: total
u. S. IS cars. String Beans: Texas
g: Florida q: total u. S. IS cars.
Grapefruit: Texas II; Florida al;
total y. S. $50 cars.
Cabbage: PHILADELPHIA: Clear. %
degrees. Arrived 3 Florida. / South
Carolina. 6 Texas. on track 20 ar5
New supplies moderate. demand
moderate. market steady. Texas