Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-18
POTATO SUPPLY
SHOWS DECLINE
August Crop Reports lndi-
cate Dry Weather Caus-
es Decrease
Especial to The Herald)

EORI aug. lI-TAoS-
pective supplies Of potatoes and
nearly all fruits continued TO de-
crease, August crop reports indi-
Gated, M. G. Gregory. local United
States department Of agriculture
market news bureau representative
said in his weekly review. Dry wea-
Their in many sections was seriously
affecting crops, he found.
The review continued:
The price trend last week was
downward for potatoes. water
melons, cantaloupeS, grapes and let
tuce, but prices YER steady to firm
for peaches, onions, sweet potatoes
and apples. Shipments OF nearly all
the leading products except pota-
toes. pears, grapes and apples de-
creased materially.
Tomatoes were coming chiefly
from Ohio, Maryland, New Jersey,
Missouri and Washington. but COM
bined shipments dropped to 325
cars. Only 275 cars Of cabbage
moved during the week, and the
main sources were Virginia, Colo
AGAOs lOh4s 4ll0ldAld dAlA 4NCM 4OLh,
Southern sweet potatoes in bushel
hampers were jobbing at s~1.10-1.50,
though Big Stem Jerseys from
Georgia reached $3.50 in Pittsburgh.
Barrels of yellow varieties from
Georgia ruled S7.00-8.25. Green
peas were selling lower at Colorado
shipping points around s2.75 per IS
ID. crate. Combined shipments Of
twenty-nine fruits and vegetables
decreased TO 1915 cars.
August Crop Reports
Prospects for potatoes declined
further during July. The estimated
crop of about 373, 000, 900 bushels is
100000 less than expected on July
] and is $4,000, 900 less than last
years large crop. Present indica-
tons r that potato production in
the late states will be smaller than
last season everywhere except IN
New England. Yields may be par
ticularly reduced in the drouth
stricken area from Minnesota west
to Idaho. Sweet potatoes improved
a little during July, mainly in the
south-central states. The crop is
now expected to be around 80.0O0.-
600 bushels or 2,500,000 more than
in 1928.
Potato Prices Decline
Potatoes seemed unable to hold
their recent sharp gains, and the
market was lower nearly every
where. Shipments increased to g.
TAO cars last week. New Jersey led
with 1,070 cars in addition to truck
haulings. Long Island originated
10 cars, while Missouri increased to
24O and Minnesota to 435 cars. A
number of western states each
started $50 "a to market and
California was credited with 265.
The output Of Kansas had dropped
TO about 300 cars. as digging in the
kaw valley is nearly finished. Ken
lucky shipped only ITO and West
Virginia lis cars. Wisconsin was
becoming active and the potato sea-
son opened in New York state.
Probably three-fourths Of the New
Jersey crop has been shipped. Cob
piers were lower at New Jersey ship
ping points at ~$2.85-3.O0 sacked Der
To- lbs. City dealers quoted this
stock at ~S2.65-3.35, compared with
barrels Of Maryland and Virginia
potatoes. some ordinary quality. at
s~5.OO-6!OO. In the Kaw valley Of
Kansas the price range on an T. O. b.
oasis was ~$2.25-2.35 by the end Of
the week. with cash sales about 15c
below that level. The Chicago car
10y market on sacked Kansas ana
missouri cobblers was S2.OO-2l5. and
= car from Wisconsin brought
SOU per 100 lbs. Minnesota earIv
Onios ranged s2.00-2.25 in Chicago
put were lower in shipping districts
al ~S2OO-2.05. Midwestern cities
quoted Kentucky cobblers mostly AZ
SS.oO-5-2o sacked per 100 lbs.
Onion Markets Firm
onion prices held generally firm
About half the weeks supplv of 4oo
cars originated in Massachusetts
put Iowa, California and Washino1
ton shipped 40 to IS cars each. First
shipments were reported from In
olana, Utah and Idaho. About IS
carloads arrived from Spain. and
MS imported stock sold in a feu
markets at Sl.75-2.25 per crate. +. O
2: sales Of Japanese sets in Massa-
cnuSettS producing districts reaches
$50 per 100 ID. sack. but the IevaI
oy saturday was S2.l5. CITY Quota
ions IN Connecticut valley onions
were mostly ~s2.25-2.75. A general
range OF S2.00-3.O0 per sack covered
the consuming center sales OF yellow
onion from several important states
and California whites ruled $780,
AS.
Lettuce Selling Lower
Movement Of lettuce decreased to
an average of ITO cars daily. New
Yorks total for the week dropped to
500 and Washington to 80 cars,
Colorado increased to $50, while
California was credited with 47O
Crates Of four TO five dozen heads
IN the Salinas district Of California
and similar crates Of three to five
dozen heads in the shipping section
OF Colorado we're quoted at the
same range of $2.O0-2.25 which wa
lower than the week before. Term
inal market sales of Colorado let
tuce revealed a wide range Of $780,
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