Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-02
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Department Of Agriculture, United
States Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics and the San Antonio, Texas,
hCambsr Of Commerce cooperating.
FOB shipping point information
reported Friday, March /:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Cold, partly cloudy.
Cabbage: Haulings moderate.
Light wire inquiry, demand slow,
market weak. Carloads and in mix
ed cars FOB usual terms-bulk per
ton round type s12@15, mostly S13;
crates S1.O0@1.15; 80 ID. crates Sa-
voy around S1.35. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB cash track-bulk
per ton round type mostly $1l.00,
few lower; crates 90c@$1.00. Wag-
onloads cash to growers-bulk per
ton mostly So, few $40.
Carrots: HaulingS moderate.
Light wire inquiry, demand slow,
market dull. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB usual terms-buShel baS-
kets 90c@$1.O0, few higher; crates
$1.35@1.5O; 100 ID. sacks topped
mostly $3.50. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB cash track-buShel baS-
, kets 80c @90c; crates $1.25W1.35.
Beets: HaulingS moderate. Mod
crate wire inquiry, demand mod
crate, market about steady. Car
loads FOB usual termS-and in mix
ed cars-bushel baskets 80c@90c;
crates mostly around SIPS, few
$1.35. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB cash track-bushel baskets zoe
@80c; crates $1.10@1.25.
Corpus Christi RobStoWn section:
Cold, partly cloudy.
Cabbage: Haulings light. Light
wire inquiry, demand slow, market
dull. Carloads FOB usual terms
round and flat types bulk per ton
mostly S14; cash track few sales S12
G13. Wagonloads cash to growers
mostly $40 per ton.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Valley movement reported Friday,
March ]:
Cabbage: Houston so, st. Louis
Toronto, Shreveport; 2 Memphis, l
each TeXarkana. Baton Rouge, Lit
tie Rock, Birmingham, Greenville,
Miss, La Grange, Washington. Mon
treal, Philadelphia, .sburgh, Sa-
lem, Springfield. Mass. Mixed Veg
etables: Houston IA, st. Louis 10,
New York II, Chicago 4; 2 each Fl.
Worth, Tulsa, Little Rock, Philadel-
phia. New Haven, Toronto, Mon
treal; l each Brantford, Canton,
Ell Dorado, Butte, Mont, Kansas
City, Oklahoma City. Enid, ANA
rillo, Dubuque, Omaha, Colorado
Springs, Denver, Duluth, Indianap-
oils, Scranton, Washington, Balti-
more, Jersey City, Providence. Hart
ford. Springfield, Mass, Cleveland
Carrots: st. Louis 3: 2 each To-
lronto. Chicago, New York 2: l each
Cincinnati, Minneapolis. st. Paul,
Newark. Boston, Detroit. Beets:
St. Louis 3. New York 5; l each
Houston, Chicago, GlaSSboro, Bal
timore. Boston. Turnips: st. Louis
Q, Louisville /. Radishes: st. Louis
l. Spinach: l each Toronto. Fort
Worth. Lettuce: Jersey City /.
Broccoli: st. Louis /. Endive: New
York /. Dandelion: New York /.
Grapefruit: Fl. Worth z, Houston
8. Wichita 1. BeetS and Carrots: /
each Peoria, St. Louis, New York.
Potatoes: l Cincinnati. Escarole:
New York l.
Carlot shipments of entire United
States repoted Friday, March 1:
Cabbage: Texas "a, Florida 49,
New York IS: total U. S. 155 cars.
Carrots: Texas 20, California 6;
total U. S. % cars.
Mixed Vegetables: Texas SO, CAL
ifornia 18, Florida 10, Louisiana z;
total U. S. al cars.
String Beans: Florida 80; total
U. S. 33 cars.
Spinach: Texas II; others 8; total
U. S. 70 cars.
Grapefruit: Texas II, Florida 100;
total U. S. 112 cars.
Additional FOB information re-
ported Friday. March /:
Cabbage: Rochester. N. Y, and
nearby points: Min. % deg. Max.
Sc deg. Clear. Demand limited.
market firm. Carloads FOB usual
terms-Danish type bulk per ton
small to medium few sales S4O042;
sacked per ton few sales $42@45.
Carrots: Rochester, N. Y, and
nearby points: Demand limited.
market dull. Carloads FOB usual
terms, bushel baskets washed 81. 0
String Beans: Canal Point, Fla:
HaulingS heavy. Warm, clear. Good
wire inquiry for stringless, light for
other variety, market about steady.
WagonloadS cash to growers, rs
buShel hampers stringless and val
entineS $1.5061.85, few higher:
Bountifuls mostly $3.50; Refugee few
sales Sl.0001.25; most shipments
rolled unsold.
Spinach: Laredo. Texas: Cool.
clear. Haulings moderate. Light
wire inquiry. demand light, market
dull. Carloads FOB usual terms. bu.
baskets Savoy mostly 4Oc; cash
track few sales 35c.
Spinach: Crystal City, Texas:
Cool, clear. Haulings heavy. Mod
crate wire INQUIRY, demand light.
market dull. Carloads FOB usual
terms bushel baskets Savoy few
sales 40c; cash track 35c.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Saturday morning,
March o:
|. Mixed Vegetables as, potatoes 1.
oeetS 10, carrots II, beetS and car
rotS y, eScarole /, cabbage 81. dan
delion /. lettuce 8, broccoli /. pars-
ley l, endive l. grapefruit 10: total
2Ol cars. Freight movement to
date this season: Fruit 1922, vege-
tables 1884, total 9256 cars: to same
GA ylaSt season. fruit 1874. yegeta-
bles 8l10. total 9244.
Cabbage: Philadelphia: Cloudy.
Al degrees. Arrived 6 Florida On