Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-04

hCam6er of Commerce cooperating.
FOB shipping point information
reported Saturday, March 2:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Cool, partly cloudy.
Cabbage: Haulings moderate. Bet
ter wire inquiry, demand moderate,
market firm. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB usual terms-bulls per ton
round type S124l5, mostly S13;
crates $1.0O@1.15; 80 lb. crates Sa-
voy around S1.35. Carloads and in
mixed Ears FOB cash track-bulk
per ton round type mostly $11112,
loands cash to growers, bulk per ton
mostly $40, few SI2. Sunday: Warm,
partly cloudy.
Carrots: Haulings moderate. Mod
crate wire inquiry. demand slow,
market about steady. Carloads and
in mixed cars FOB usual terms
bushel baskets 90c@S1.00, few high
er; crates $1.35@1.50; 100 lib. sacks
TOPICS mostly $50. Carloads and
in mixed cars FOB cash track, bu.
baskets 80@90c; crates S1.15q1.35.
Beets: Haulings moderate. Mod
crate wire inquiry, demand limited,
market dull. Carloads and in mix
ed cars FOB usual terms, bushel
baskets 60Q90c; crates mostly
around SIPS, few sales $1.35. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB cash
track-bushel baskets 70G30c;
crates $1.1001.15.
Corpus Christi obstoWn section:
Cool. clear.
Cabbage: Haulings light. Light
wire inquiry, demand slow, market
dull, almost too few sales to quote.
Carloads FOB usual terms-round
and flat types bulk per ton few
sales S14; cash track no sales re-
ported.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Valley movement reported Satur-
day and Sunday:
Cabbage: Houston II, st. Louis
Is, Chicago 9; 4 each Shreveport,
New York; 2 each Philadelphia, New
Haven, Toronto; / each Fl. Worth,
Little Rock. Battle Creek, Indianap-
oils, Detroit, Hazelton, Pittsburgh,
Nashville, Sacramento, Brooklyn,
Cleveland, Memphis, Bowling Green.
Mixed Vegetables: Houston 20, st.
Louis 10, New York 8, Chicago 4, Fl.
Worth 3; 2 each Shreveport, Den
yer; l each Brandon, Greensboro,
Winnipeg, Hazelton, Memphis, Bos-
ton, Hartford, Omaha, TeXarkana,
Wichita Falls, Ell Paso, Oklahoma
City, Pittsburg, Kansas. Shreveport,
Dupo, Cincinnati, Nashville, Jersey
City, Roanoke, New Haven, Quebec,
Toronto, Detroit, Des Moines, Wa
tertown, CASPER, Chickasha, Kansas
City. Carrots: st. Louis s, New
York 3; 2 Houston; ! each Chicago,
indianapolis, Baltimore, Portland,
Me. Beets: New York 8, st. Louis
4; l each Houston, Fl. Worth, Chi
cago. Beets and Carrots: 2 each st.
Louis, Brooklyn. Spinach: l each
Chicago, Toronto, Cincinnati. Tur-
nips: l each Chicago, Houston.
Parsley: New York 2, Chicago /.
D%andelion: New York 1. Escarole: st.
Louis l. Broccoli: New York /.
Grapefruit: l each Houston, Fort
| Worth.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Saturday and Sun
day:
Cabbage: Texas "a. Florida IS,
New York 9; total U. S. 155 cars.
Carrots: California IS, Texas Is,
New York Z; total u. S. SO cars.
Mixed Vegetables: Texas 35, Flor
ida 10, Louisiana &c, California 20;
total U. S. 173 a
String Beans: Florida 80; total u.
S. 80 cars.
Spinach: Texas so; others S; to-
tai U. S. SIS cars.
Grapefruit: California 4: Texas
4; Florida 125: total u. S. 1873 cars.
Additional FOB information re-
ported Saturday, March 2:
Cabbage: Rochester, N. Y, and
nearby points: Min. % deg. Max.
80 deg. Partly cloudy. Demand lin
tied, market about steady. Carloads
FOB usual terms, Danish type bulk
per ton small to medium $39@4O,
few higher.
Carrots: Rochester. N. Y, and
nearby points: Demand limited,
market steady. Carloads FOB usual
terms, 100 ID. sacks mostly SITS.
String Beans: Canal Point, Fla.
Warm, rained during day. Haulings
heavy in Canal Point section, mod
crate in other sections. Good wire
inquiry for stringless, Valentines
and Bountifuls, light for Refugees,
market steady. Wagonloads cash to
growers, 7-8 bushel hampers string
less and Valentines $1.50Q1.S5. few
higher; Bountifuls mostly $3.50;
Refugees few sales S1@7.25.
Spinach: Laredo. Texas. Warm
clear. Haulings moderate Light
wire inquiry, demand light, market
dull. Carloads FOB usual terms. bu,
baskets Savoy 40c; cash track 35c.
Spinach: Crystal City, Texas:
Haulings moderate. Moderate wire
INQUIRY, demand moderate particu-
larry for ROLES, market steady. Car
loads FOB usual terms-bushel
baskets Savoy mostly 4Oc; cash track
few sales 35c.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Sunday and Monday
morning:
Mixed vegetables IS, beets 9. car
rotS II. beets and carrots Is, cab
bage 50, escarole /, lettuce 2, broc-
coli l, turnips 1, parsley 1, dande-
hon l, grapefruit S; total 1856 cars.
Freight movement to date this sea-
son: Fruit 1927. vegetables 80I6: to-
tai 9443 cars: to same day last sea-
son: Fruit 1877, vegetables 1897:
total 1874 cars.
Cabbage: Philadelphia: Cloudy.
10 degrees. Arrived 81 Florida, Is
New York, 3 Texas, on track 46
cars. New supplies liberal, demand
slow, market weaker. Florida
pointed type l 1-2 bushel hampers
s1.25-1.35. few $50, poorer low as
Sl.OO; Savoy $3.50. Texas round
type crates $%2.50-3.00; lettuce crates
Savoy S2.25. Louisiana round type
crates $3.50. Cincinnati: Foggy. 43