Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-28
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hCemSer Of Commerce cooperating.
F. 0. B. shipping point informa-
ton reported Wednesday, March 81:
Lower Rio Grande Valley Points:
Warm, partly cloudy. Cabbage:
Haulings heavy. Light wire in
quiry, demand slow, market dull.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
usual terms, bulk per ton round
type mostly S10-$12; crates 5000
Ito. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB cash track, bulk per ton round
type S9-10; crates mostly $500.
Carrots: Haulings moderate. Mod
crate wire inquiry. demand moder-
ate. market about steady Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB usual terms,
bushel baskets $0.90-1.O0; crates
$1.30-1.40, fancy $1.5O. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB cash track,
bushel baskets $4,000; crates $1.25-
lao; few lower. Beets: Haulings
moderate. Light wire inquiry, de-
mand moderate, market about
steady. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms, bushel baskets
$4,000; crates mostly "S1.25-1.35.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
cash track, bushel baskets 1890;
crates $1.10-1.25. Potatoes: Haul
ings increasing. Moderate wire in
quiry, demand limited, market
about steady. Caroalds and in mixed
cars FOB usual terms, 100-lb sacks
Blass Triumphs U. S. No. Is, mostly
$500; cash track mostly S2.75.
Wagonloads cash to growers, S2.25-
ESQ. String Beans: Haulings mod
crate. Good wire inquiry, demand
good, market about steady. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB usual
terms, bushel hampers green, string
less ~S3.25-3.50; oval hampers 10c
higher, poorer lower; cash track
$3.00-3.25. Wagonloads cash to
growers ~S2.75-3.O0. Onions: Ray
mondville and nearby points: Haul
ings moderate. Moderate wire in
curry, demand slow, market weaker.
Carloads FOB cash track, cratse
Yellow Bermudas commercial pack
$1.40-1.60: usual terms, very few
sales $2.00-2.50. Wagonloads cash
to growers, Yellow Bermudas crates
$1.00-1.25.
Corpus Christi Robstown section:
Warm, partly cloudy. Cabbage:
Haulings moderate. Light wire in
curry, demand slow. market weak.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
usual terms, few sales bulk per
ton round type $10-12. Wagonloads
cash to growers, ~$6.00-8.O0.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Valley movement reported Wednes-
day, March 81:
Grapefruit: Houston s; Fort
Worth 4: Waco 2: l each Mercedes,
Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, Okla
homa City. Cabbage: Houston 90;
st. Louis 81: Shreveport IA: Chi
cago 8; New York 5; Kansas City 3;
2 each Detroit, New Orleans. Mem
phis. Bridgeport. Cleveland; Fort
Worth 4: New London Wise Q; l
each Tyler, Baton Rouge, McGehee,
Omaha, Minneapolis, st. Louis,
Akron. indianapolis, Pittsburgh,
New Haven, Boston, El Paso, Mon
treal, Calgary. Knoxville, Denison.
Onions: st. Louis 6; l each Waco,
Fort Worth, Brentwood. Chicago,
Atlanta. Camden. Denver. Beets
and carrots: l each Toronto. Brook
lyn. Carrots: st. Louis 10; New
Haven, Boston. Beets: st. Louis 4;
Houston 2; ! each Fort Worth,
Philadelphia. Glassboro. New York.
Potatoes: Houston 10; 5 each
Shreveport. Chicago: 2 each Little
Rock, Fort Worth. st. Louis, Dallas,
Denver; I each Denison, Louisville,
Spokane. st, Paul. Cincinnati, Cedar
RAPIDS. Atlanta, Kansas City, Mem
phis, Oklahoma City. String Beans:
Birmingham 1. Anise: New York
I. Mixed Vegetables: Houston z:
New York z: st. Louis 10: Fort
Worth 4: Chicago 8; 2 each CAL
gary. Scranton: ] each Waco,
Marshall. Gainesville. Cisco. Beau
mont, Shreveport, New Orleans,
Shawnee. Wichita. Topeka, Little
Rock, Dupo. Grand Rapids. Duluth,
Grand Island, Denver. Columbus,
Newark. Muncie, Philadelphia.
Bronx, Bridgeport. Holyoke. Toron-
to. Muncie, DesMoines, Omaha.
CarIot SHIPMENTS Of entire United
States reported Wednesday. March
|27: Cabbage: Texas 167: Florida 80:
South Carolina II: total U. S. 230
cars. Onions: Texas IA: Others AZ:
total u. S. SIS cars. Grapefruit:
Texas II; Florida 1856: total U. S.
161 cars. Mixed Vegetables: Texas
60; Florida 10: Louisiana IS: Cali
fornia Is; total u. s. 1877 a
Spinach: Texas SO: Virginia SO:
total U. S. 1876 cars. Carrots: Texas
SO: California II: total u. S. S.
cars. String Beans: Texas 6; Flo
rida 80: total u. s. 38 cars. Pota-
toes: Colorado 10: Florida 1903:
Maine I'll: Minnesota 1903: Idaho
rs: Texas 40; total u. s. 825 cars.
Lower Rio Grande VALLEY move
ment reported Thursday morning,
March 18th: Mixed vegetables 40;