Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-22

nomics and the San Antonio, Texas,
hC2mEer of Commerce cooperating.
F. o. B. shipping point informal
ton reported Thursday, March 81:
Lower Rio Grande Valley Points:
Warm, cloudy. Cabbage: Haul
ings heavy. Light wire inquiry, de-
mand and trading very slow, market
weak. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms, bulk per ton
round type SAILS, few lower; crates
$l.10-1.25. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB cash track, very few sales,
bulk per ton round type $10-12,
mostly $1,000; crates $0.90-1.0n
Wagonloads cash to growers bulk
per ton, $6.O0-8.00. Carrots: Haul
ings moderate. Light wire inquiry,
demand slow, market dull. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB usual terms,
bushel baskets S0.90-1.00; crates
~S1.35-1.40. fancy, long $3.50. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB cash
track, bushel baskets $4,000; crates
S1.25-1.40. Beets: H%aulings mod
crate. Light wire inquiry, demand
slow. market dull. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual terms, BUSH
ell baskets 80-90c: crates mostly
~$1.25-1.E0. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB cash track, bushel baskets
70-30c; critics $1.10-1.25. Potatoes:
HaulingS light. Light wire inquiry,
demand slow, market slightly weak
er. In mixed cars FOB usual terms,
100-lb sacks Bliss Triumphs u. S.
NJ l. F1u- co1ne 90 TX A On. oocb
track S3.50-3.75. Onions: Raymond
vile, and nearby points: Haulings
moderate, moderate wire inquiry,
demand limited, market slightly
weaker. In mixed RS FOB cash
track, crates Yellow Bermuda COM
mercial pack $2.25-2.50; usual terms,
very few sales $2.75-3.00; mostly
SITS.
Corpus Christi RobstoWn section:
Warm, partly cloudy. Cabbage:
Practically no haulings account wet
grounds, also conditions of market.
Light wire inquiry. practically no
demand or trading, too few sales re-
ported to quote.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Valley movement reported Thurs
day, March 81, incomplete: Cab
! bage: Houston Is: st. Louis Z; 2
each TeXarkana, indianapolis, Baton
Rouge; l each Fort Worth, Mem
phis, Kansas City, Chicago, Detroit,
Burlington, Charlotte, Nashville,
Louisville. Mixed Vegetables: HouS-
ton 4; Dallas 2; l each TT. Worth,
san Angelo, Cisco, Nacogdoches.
McAlester, Dubuque, Detroit, Den
yer, Bloomington. Montgomery,
Moose Jaw. Carrots: st. Louis l.
Potatoes: Houston 3; l each Fort
Worth, Dupo. Onions: Houston 2;
1 each Galveston. New York.
Grapefruit: Houston 3.
Houston p~assings previous "a
| hours: Cabbage: IL st. Louis; z
Chicago: 4 Toronto, q Dallas; 3
Louisville: 2 each Philadelphia,
Cleveland, Detroit, New Haven,
| Knoxville. Calgary; l each Wash
ington. Kansas City, Baton Rouge,
Coopers Point. Birmingham, Du-
luth. Nashville, Youngstown,
Charleston, Eugene, DeQueen, Mon
treal. Durant. Marietta, Milwaukee,
| Lansing, Buffalo, Akron, Fort
Worth, Corbin. Greensboro, Char
lotte, Ashville, Springfield, Omaha,
Beaumont. New York, Appleton,
WinSton-Salem, Memphis. Beets:
? New York; l each st. Louis, Glass
boro. Baltimore. Chicago. Carrots:
4 each Philadelphia. st. Louis; 5
Brooklyn. 3 each Boston, New York;
Q Chicago: / each Baltimore, Biz
mingham, Denver, Minneapolis,
Norwood Park. Beets and Carrots:
3 st. Louis; ! each Philadelphia,
New York. Louisville, Jersey City,
Toronto, Baltimore, Washington,
Cleveland. Duluth. Potatoes: 3 each
st. Louis. Kansas City; 2 Louisville;
l each Chicago. Vancouver, Fort
Worth. Oklahoma City.
Additional F. o. B. information
reported Thursday, March 81:
Spinach: Crystal City, Texas:
| Showers. warm. Haulings light.
Light wire inquiry. demand light.
market dull. very few sales. Car
loads FOB usual terms, buShel bas-
kets Savov 40c; cash track 35c.
String Beans: Canal Point, Fla:
Warm, clear. Haulings light. Good
wire inquiry, demand coderate. mar
ket firm, quality generally good to
ordinary. few sales account Of quail
ity. Carloads FOB usual terms, 7-8
bushel hampers Stringless and Red
Valentines $2.25-2.35. Other vari-
cites, no carlot sales reported.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Friday morning,
March %: incomplete:
Mixed Vegetables 43; Beets 6. Car
rots ID: Beets and Carrots 10;
Cabbage 1O3: Onions 4; Potatoes 9;
Parsley 1: Dandelion l; Broccoli /;
Grapefruit 7: total 204 cars.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Thursday. March
81: Potatoes: Texas 9; Maine 226;
MonneSota 1856; Idaho 101; Florida
SIS; total u. S. 984 cars. Spinach:
Texas 81; Virginia 5; total U. S. IS
a Cabbage: Texas "a; Florida
68: Georgia 4; total U. S. 165 cars.
Mixed Vegetables: Texas 81; Lou
isiana 10; California II; Florida z;
total U. S. 104 cars. Onions: Texas
4; others Sc; total U. S. go cars.
String Beans: Florida II; total U.
S. II a Carrots; Texas 8; CAL
ifornia 10: total U. S. % cars.
Grapefruit: Texas 4: Florida 100;
total U. S. 1914 cars. Mixed Citrus:
Texas |; others 81; total U. S. So
cars.
Reports by radio from important
markets this mornings sales to
jobbers-unless otherwise stated:
Cabbage, Philadelphia: Cloudy. go
degrees. Arrived 10 Florida, 6 Tex
as, on track SIS cars. Ne wsupplies
moderate, demand slow, market
dull. Texas crates round type most