Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-12
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Department OF Agriculture, United
Monies and the San Antonio, Texas
hCGm6er CT Commerce cooperating.
F. o. 3. shipping point informa-
ton reported Thursday, April 18th.
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Warm, partly cloudy. Cabbage
Haulings light. Better wire in
quiry. demand moderate, market
slightly stronger. Carloads and il
mixed car FOB usual terms, bull
per ton round type $10-12; crates
around $1.00. Carloads adm in mix
ed cars FOB cash track, bulk pei
ton round type 1910. Wagonloads
cash to growers, bulk per ton most
ly $500. Carrots: Haulings moder-
ate. Moderate wire inquiry, demand
moderate, market steady. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB usual terms
bushel baskets 90c-S1.0O: crates
S1.35-1.40, few higher. Carloads ano
in mixed cars FOB cash track
bushel baskets mostly 90c; crates
mostly S1.30. BeetS: Haulings mod
crate. Light wire inquiry, demand
moderate, market about steady
Carloads and in mixed cars FOF
usual terms, bushel baskets around
90c; crates $1.30-1.40. Carloads anc
in mixed cars FOB cash track
bushel baskets 80-85c; crates S1.15-
1.25. Potatoes: Haulings light
Good wire inquiry. demand active
market firm. Carloads and in mix
ed cars FOB usual terms, very fe
sales, 100Alb sacks Bliss Triumphs
U. S. No. Is $2.75; cash track most
ly $3.50; so Id. sacks 10c higher
Wagonloads cash to growers, $780,
2.25 cwt. String beans: Haulings
moderate. Good wire inquiry, de-
mand moderate, market about
steady. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB usual terms, bushel ham
perS Stringless mostly SIPS, poorer
lower; Oval hampers 10c higher:
cash track $500. Wagonloads cash
to growers, mostly SITS, many con-
signed. Onions: Raymondville and
nearby points: Haulings moderate.
Moderate wire inquiry. demand
moderate, market about steady.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
usual terms, crates Yellow Ber-
mudas mixed No. Is and Is few
sales S1.35-1.4O; Crystal Wax most
ly $500.
Corpus Christi obstown section:
Warm, partly cloudy. Cabbage:
Haulings light. Moderate wire in
quiry, demand moderate, too few
sales to establish market.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Valley movement reported Thurs
day. April 18th: Potatoes: Chicago
8; 2 each Houston, Shreveport
Kansas City; l each st. Louis
Wichita, Cincinnati, Dupo, Seattle,
San Francisco, Los Angeles, Louis
vile. Beets: New York 2; ! each
st. Louis, Philadelphia, Boston.
Mixed vegetables: Houston II; st.
Louis 10; New York g.. 2 each
Pittsburgh, Dallas; / each Regina,
Fl. Worth. Chattanooga, Nacog-
docheS, jefferson, Marshall, Shreve-
port, Wichita Falls, Portland,
Amarillo, Coffeyvi1le, Cleveland,
Wichita, Lansing, Omaha, Nash
vile. Scranton, Philadelphia. Wash
ington, Rochester, Springfield, Bal
tinore. Cabbage: ST. Louis Is;
Houston 4; 3 each Shreveport, Chi
cago; Ft. Worth 2; l each Little
Rock, Memphis, Lincoln, Terre
Haute. Birmingham. Atlanta,
Jamestown, New York, Eugene,
Medford, Rollingham. Winnipeg,
Saskatchewan, Edmonton Portland,
Salem, Salt Lake City, Wichita.
Seattle. Columbus. Onions: 3 eacf
Houston, New York; l each New
Orleans, Paducah, Dubuque, Pitts
burgh. Carrots: st. Louis 8; New
York 5; 3 each Boston, Camden.
Beets and Carrots: l New Glass
gov. String beans: Kansas City 2;
st. Louis 8; Fort Worth /; Hut
Crimson l; Shawnee l..
Carlot shipments of entire Unit
ed States reported Thursday, April
18th: String beans: Florida so;
Texas 4 freight, 4 express; total U.
S. So cars. Potatoes: Colorado ii;
Florida 141: Idaho "a: Maine 1873;
Michigan 48; Minnesota Is; Texas
ID; Wisconsin 81; total U. S. 635
cars. Cabbage: South Carolina SO;
Texas so: total U. S. 143 cars. Car
rot5: Tc-..S %; others IS; total U.
S. 38 cars. Onions: Texas 181;
others IL; total U. S. 1913 cars. Mix
ed vegetables: Louisiana II; Texas
81; total U. S. 149 cars.
Additional F. o. B. shipping
point information reported Thurs
day, April 18th: Canal Point, Fla.
rained during day, warm. String
beans: Haulings Stringless light,
others heavy. Demand limited
market firm. Carloads FOB usual
terms, 7-8 bushel hampers String
less mostly $500; Black Valentines
$1.50-2.00. Wagonloads cash tc
growers, 7-8 bushel hampers Boun-
tifuls S1.25-1.50, few higher.
Laredo. Texas: Warm, clear
Onions: Haulings increasing. Mod
crate wire inquiry, demand .moder-
ate. market slightly weaker. Car
loads FOB usual terms, crates Vel
low Bermudas mixed No. Is and rs
S1.40, few $1.50; Crystal Wax most
~ ~$1.75-1.85. few higher. Carloads
FOB cash track. crates Yellow Ber-
mudas mixed No. Is and Is $1.25-
LIS, mostly $1.25-1.30: Crystal Waz
$1.60-1.75, mostly S1.65-1.75.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ments reported Friday morning
April 18th: Mixed vegetables IS,
beetS 10; carrots 90; beetS and car.
rotS "a; cabbage At; onions 7; pota.
toes %; S-beans 7 freight. 4 ex-
press. parsley /; total 1877 cars
Freight movement to date this sea.