Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-30

oLaLeS bureau Oh AGRICULTURAL ECO
Monies and the San Antonio, Texas,
hCem5er of Commerce cooperating.
F. o. B. shipping point informa-
ton reported Friday, March 90:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Warm, partly cloudy.
Cabbage: Haulings heavy. Light
wire inquiry, demand slow, market
dull. Carloads and in mixed ears
FOB usual terms, bulk per ton
round type mostly $10-12, mostly
SOIL; crates s0~.9o-1.O0. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB cash track
bulk per ton round type $9-10;
crates mostly 90c, few lower. Wag-
onloads cash to growers, bulk per
ton mostly Sc. Carrots: Haulings
moderate. Moderate wire inquiry,
demand good, market steady. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB usual
crates ~$1.30-1.40. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB cash track, bushel
baskets 10000; crates S1.25-1.40.
Beets: Haulings moderate. Moder-
ate wire inquiry, demand slow,
market dull. Carloads and in mix
ed cars FOB usual terms, bushel
baskets $4,000; crates mostly $1.25-
1.35. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB a htrack. bushel baskets IS
Soc; crates $1.00-L25. Potatoes:
Haulings increasing. Moderate wire
inquiry, demand slow, market
slightly weaker. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual terms, 100
10. sacks Bliss Triumphs U. S. No.
Is S2.50-2.75, few lower: cash track
~S2.25-2.50. Some rolled unsold.
String Beans: Haulings moderate.
Good wire inquiry, demand good,
market about steady. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB usual terms,
bushel hampers around So, poorer
$2.75; oval hampers 10c higher;
cash track SITS. Wagonloads cash
to growers. mostly $3.50. Onions:
Raymondville and nearby points:
Haulings moderate. Better wire in
CURRY, demand and trading moder-
ate, market firm, prices slightly
higher, quality and condition i'm
proving. Carloads FOB usual
terms, very few sales; crates Vel
low Bermudas commercial around
$3.50; in mixed cars Yellow Bermu-
das ~$1.75-2.0O; Crystal Wax $500
2.25. Wagonloads cash to growers
Yellow Bermudas S1.25-1.40; Crys-
tai Wax $1.50-1.65.
Corpus Christi-Robstown Section:
Warm, partly cloudy: Cabbage:
HaulingS light. Light wire inquiry,
demand slow, market dull. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB usual
terms, fe wsales bulk per ton round
type S10-12, mostly $12. Wagon
loads cash to growers, $6-8.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Valley movement reported Friday,
March 90:
Grapefruit: Houston 4: Mercedes
2; l each San Benito, Dallas, Oma-
ha, Fairbury, Chicago, Minneapolis,
Denver. Onions: St. Louis IL,
Houston 8; Harlingen 2; l each
Robstown, Waco, Boston. Cab
bage: ST. Louis 90; Houston : IT;
New London, Wis. g; 5 each New
York, Chicago; 4 each Fort Worth,
Shreveport; 2 each Winnipeg,
Pittsburgh, New Haven, Texarkana;
l each Little Rock, Memphis. Oma-
ha, Waterloo, Mason City, Cleve-
land, indianapolis, Nashville, Min
neapoliS Worcester, Boston. Phoe-
nix, Seattle, Brandon. Yakima.
Beets: st. Louis 2; 1 each Houston,
Chicago, Pittsburgh. New York,
Boston. Carrots: st. Louis Il; HouS-
ton 5; New York A.: Brooklyn 2; l
each Boston, Montreal, Chicago,
Minneapolis; Philadelphia 8. Beets
and Carrots: l each New Haven,
New York. Potatoes: Shreveport 7;
Houston 4; Chicago 8; 2 each Dupo,
st. Louis; l each Kansas City,
Louisville, Tacoma, Indianapolis,
Memphis. Galesburg, Dallas. Mixed
Vegetables: st. Louis 10; New York
g: Houston 4; Amarillo 8; 2 each
Chicago, Nashville, Little Rock: e
Paso 4: l each Waco, Dallas, Sell
ma, Tulsa, Lawton, Alexandria,
Pine Bluff, Detroit, Lincoln, Water
town, Cedar Rapids, Pueblo, Louis
vile, Evansville. Birmingham, In
dianapolis Goldsboro, Jersey City,
Worcester, Waterville, Montreal,
Cleveland, Hamilton. Memphis,
Harrisburgh, Phoenix. String
Beans: 2 st. Louis; l each San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Kansas
City, Tulsa, Chicago, Indianapolis.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Saturday uorning,
March 80: Mixed vegetables 81;
beets Q; carrots 81; beets and car
rots 10; cabbage 10; onions 30; po-
tatoes 90; string beans l l freight,
8 express; parsley /; grapefruit IL;
total 242 cars. Freight movement
to date this season: Fruit 1854;
vegetables 1904; total 1853 cars.
To same day last season: Fruit
1,146; vegetables 1856; total 1892
cars.
Carlot shipments of entire United
States reported Friday, March %:
Potatoes: Colorado 10; Florida 81;
Minnesota 70; New York 40; Texas
10; Wisconsin 80; total G. S. 666
cars. Bermuda 2. Grapefruit:
Texas Il: others 1873; total U. S. 144
cars. Mixed vegetables: California
20; Florida 81: Louisiana 81; Texas
10; total U. S. 81 cars. Carrots:
California 10; Texas 81; total U. S.
43 cars. Cabbage: Florida %; AIS
bama 6: South Carolina 25; Texas
%; total U. S. "a cars. Spinach;
Texas %: Virginia 81; others 8;
total U. S. 81 cars. Onions: Texas
80: others %; total U. S. 81 cars.
String beans: Florida 26; Texas 9;
total U. S. IS cars.
Reports by Radio From Important
Markets This Mornings Sales to
Jobbers-Unless Otherwise Stated.
String beans: st. Louis: No car
lot arrivals. on track 8 cars. Sup
plies moderate. demand light. mar
ket steady. Texas buShel hampers
r~ooo hae+ "a * coyno Ordi-