Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-09
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Department of Agriculture, United
States Bureau of Agricultural Eco
Monies and the San Antonio, Texas.
hCam6er Of Commerce cooperating.
F. Q. B. shipping point informa-
ton reported Friday, March 8:
Lower Rio Grande Valley Points:
Cool, clear. Cabbage: Haulings
heavy. Good wire inquiry, demand
good, market strong. Carloads and
in mixed cars FOB usual terms
bulk per ton round type $25.00-27.50,
few higher; crates $1.60-1.85. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB cash
track-bulk per ton round type
$20.00-22.50, few higher; crates S1.40-
LEO. Wagonloads cash to growers
bulk per ton mostly $500, few
S17.20. Carrots: Haulings moder-
ate. Moderate wire inquiry, demand
moderate, market about steady. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB usual
terms-bushel baskets S0.90-1. 90;
few higher; crates S1.25-1.50; 100-lb
sacks topped around $3.50. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB cash track
bushel baskets 80-S0c; crates S1.25-
1.35. BeetS: Haulings moderate.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand slow,
market about steady. Carloads and
in mixed cars FOB usual terms
bushel baskets 10000; crates mostly
around S1.25-1.35. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB cash track-bushel
baskets 10000: crates $1.10-1.25.
Corpus Christi obStown Section:
Cool, clear. Cabbage: Haulings
light. Good wire inquiry. demand
good, market stronger. Carloads and
in mixed cars FOB usual terms
round and flat types bulk per ton
very few sales ~s27.50-30.00.
Primary destinations of Lower
Valley movement deported Friday,
| March 8: Cabbage: st. Louis 81;
Houston So: Chicago 20; Shreveport
6; Memphis Z: 5 each Pittsburgh,
Indianapolis; 3 each Detroit, To-
ronto. New York; Z Fort Worth; 2
each Dallas. Edmonton, New Haven;
l each Birmingham, Fairbury,
Cleveland, housing, Knoxville,
Greenville, Miss. Springfield, Mass,
Providence, Winnipeg. Sudbury,
North Bay. Hamilton, Spartanburg,
Peoria, albuquerque, Des Moines,
Atchison. Little Rock. Moberly, &C.
Oar Rapids, Bismarck. Toledo,
Charleston. Mixed Vegetables: st.
Louis Is: Houston 10: New York IA;
Philadelphia 5; 3 each Detroit. Win
nipeg, Fort Worth. Memphis; 9 each
Chicago, Hartford, Jersey City: l
each Shreveport. Shamrock, Paris,
Tex, Enid. Oklahoma City, Tulsa,
Fort Smith. Kansas City, Fargo,
Trinidad. Lincoln, Cleveland. New
Haven, Great Falls, Denver, st.
Cloud, Minneapolis. Omaha. Fort
Dodge. Dubuque. Ell Dorado, Alexan-
der. Shawnee, Okmulgee, Amarillo,
Dallas, Ashland, Dayton. Washing
ton, Baltimore. Scranton, Science
tady, Buffalo, New Haven. Toronto,
Greensboro. Carrots: st. Louis is;
6 each Houston, New York: 5 Chi
cago; z each Boston, PHILADELPHIA: l
each Minneapolis. Grand Rapids.
Providence, Brooklyn. Kansas CITY.
Beets and carrots: New Haven /.
Turnips: l each Chicago. Fort
| Worth. Oklahoma CITY. Beets: st.
Louis IS; New York 10: Chicago 6:
Houston 5: Philadelphia 2: Detroit
!. Lettuce: Jersey City 2: Phila-
delphia j. Anise: New York /.
Parsley: New York 3. Radishes:
Houston 2. Grapefruit: Houston
7: Fort Worth s: 1 each FL Peso,
Holdenville. ~Coffevville, Omaha,
Dallas, Cedar Rapids.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Friday, March 8:
Cabbage: Texas 1871; Florida SO;
Louisiana Q: New York g: total u. S.
208 cars. Carrots: Texas "a: Cali
fornia II: New York 3; total U. S.
80 cars. String Beans: Florida 90;
total U. S. 30 cars. Mixed vege-
tables: Texas 10; Louisiana %;
Florida Is; California IS; total U. S.
1877 cars. Spinach: Texas 102: 9TH
ers 1; total U. S. 103 cars. Grape
fruit: Texas II; Florida Ill; total
U. S. 127 cars.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Saturday morning,
March 9: Mixed Vegetables Al;
Beets 81: Carrots 80: Beets and Car
rots Is: Cabbage 100: Parsley l; Let
tuce Q: Potatoes 2; Oranges l.;
Grapefruit s; total 246 cars. Freight
movement to date this season-Fruit
1474, Vegetables 9032. total 10,556
cars; to same day last season-Fruit
1142, Vegetables 9419, total 10,561
cars.
Additional F. o. 3. information
reported Friday, March 8:
Cabbage: Rochester, N. Y. and
nearby points: Minimum 10 degrees,
maximum Is degrees. Clear. De-
mand light, too few sales reported
to quote.
Carrots: Rochester, N. Y. and
nearby points: Demand light, mar
ket dull. Carloads FOB usual terms
-hushel baskets washed S1.65-1.75.
String Beans: Canal Point, Fla:
Warm, clear. Haulings decreasing.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand
moderate. market about steady. Car
loads FOB cash track 7-8 bushel
hampers Stringless and Red Valen-
tines S1.80-2.00. few S2.25; Beautifuls
$~1.25-1.75.
Spinach: Laredo. Texas: Clear,
warm. Haulings light. Light wire
inquiry, demand slow, market
steady. Carloads FOB usual terms
-bushel baskets Savoy 40c; cash
track, 35c.
CABBAGE
st. Louis: Partly cloudy, % deg.
Arrived 8 Texas. on track Il cars.
Supplies moderate. demand light,
market about steady. Texas round
type bulk per ton mostly S45@5O.
Cincinnati: Cloudy, 80 deg. Ar
rived l Florida. 2 Texas. on track II