Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-26
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Department OF Agriculture, United
| Monies and the San Antonio, Texas,
hCamSer OF Commerce cooperating.
r. o. B. shipping point informa-
ton reported Monday. Feb. %:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Warm, partly cloudy. Cabbage:
Haulings moderate. Light wire in
quiry. demand slow, market dull
and slightly weaker. Carloads and
In mixed cars FOB usual terms
bulk per ton s15-18. mostly $l5-16;
crates S125-I40; 80 Id. crates Savoy
around $l.40. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB cash track, bulk
per ton round type around si4;
crates $1.10-l.15. Wagonloads cash
to growers. bulk per ton Sl0-l2,
mostly $l2. Carrots: Haulings
moderate. Moderate wire inquiry,
demand moderate. market about
steady. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB usual terms. bushel bas-
kets 90c-S1.O0. few higher, crates
S1.40-1.60: 100 ID. sacks topped
around $50. Carloads and IN mix
ed cars FOB cash track. bushel bas-
kets 10000; crates ~Si.25-1.40. Beets:
Haulings moderate. Light wire in
quiry. demand slow. market dull.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
usual terms 10000. few higher;
crates mostly SIPS. Carloads and
in mixed cars FOB cash track.
bushel baskets 70-80c: crates $l-10-
lbs.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Rio Grande Valley movement re-
ported Feb. Is: Cabbage: Houston
9: St. Louis g.: Shreveport 5; Chi
cago 2: / each TT. Worth. Joplin.
Detroit. Duluth. London Ont, New
York, Texarksna. Toronto. Car
rots: 2 each st. Louis. Chicago; 1
each New York. Brooklyn. Boston.
Montreal. Beets: ! each New
I York. Pittsburgh. Beets and ear
rots: / each Albany, Brooklyn. tad
ishes: st. Louis /. Parsley: New
York /. Anise: New York 2. Grape
fruit: 2 Houston. ! Colorado
Springs. Spinach: Fort Worth 2.
Carlot shipments Of entire Unit
ed States reported Monday. Feb.
IS: Cabbage: Texas 40. Florida %.
New York 8. total u. s. 80 cars
Cabbage: Texas 8. California Is,
New York 3. total u. S. 20 airs.
Mixed vegetables: Texas 20. Cali
fornia 80. Florida Z. Louisiana 4.
total II. S. 70 cars. Spinach: Texas
So. other 3. total U. S. 81 cars.
String beans: Florida %. total u. S.
% cars. Grapefruit: Texas 3. Flor
ida 90. total u. S. los cars. Mixed
citrus: Florida 90. total u. S. 80
cars.
Additional FOB information re-
ported Monday. Feb. IS: Cabbage:
Rochester. N. ". min. q. max. 80,
clear. Demand light. market dull.
Carloads FOB usual terms. bulk per
ton Danish type few sales $3.50.
Some consigned. Carrots: Demand
limited. market dun. Carloads FOB
usual terms, 100 ID. sacks / al
S2.75. Spinach: Laredo. Texas.
Clear, warm. Practically no haul
ings. Light wire inquiry. demand
light. market about steady. Car
loads FOB usual terms. bushel bas-
kets Savoy mostly around 40c; cash
track Csc. Spinach: Crystal City.
Texas. Clear. warm. Haulings
moderate. moderate wire inquiry.
demand slow. market about steady.
Bushel baskets Savoy. carloads FOB
usual terms mostly around 40c, few
45c. Cash track mostly CSC.
Truck croD notes. Feb. 81. BY
ChaS. Sperle. Beans: The bean
crop suffered considerably more
than other vegetables during the
recent cold smell. The damage Is
now estimated at 40 to IS per cent
as compared with IS to 40 per cent
on February II. Early estimates
indicated that the acreage this sea-
o would fall short Of last season
bv about Is per cent. or the
planted acreage this season II is
believed that 10 per cen. was kill
cd and will not be replanted due
TO the scarcity as we'll as the high
price of seed. The condition as OF
February Is was So per cent OF
normal.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Tuesday morning.
Feb. Is. Mixed vegetables 40. beets
Z. carrots 81. beets and carrots II.
cabbage SO. lettuce ?. parsley I.
anise !. grapefruit 5. total ISL cars
Freight movement to date this sea-
son: Fruit 1887. vegetables 6o76. to-
tai 1868 cars. TO same day last sea-
son: Fruit ll29. vegetables 1927, to-
tai 8426 cars.
Reports by radio from important
markets.
This mornings sales to jobbers
unless otherwise stated.
Cabbage: New York: Raining. 30
degrees. Arrived 10 Florida. 6 New
York. 3 Texas. New supplies mod
crate. demand moderate. market
steady. Florida pointed type l 1-2
buShel hampers SLIP l-2-1.3T IL,
fancy $i50-l.62 ID: red Sl.T5-225;
Savoy Sl.50-l.75. Texas round type
l i-2 bushel hampers $50; 90-lb.
crates $2.75; lettuce crates Savoy
s2.00-2.50. Carolina lettuce crates
Savoy 81. few fancy higher, poorer
low as 81. Cincinnati: Cloudy. As
degrees. Arrived 2 Florida. on track
II cars. Supplies heavy. demand
moderate. market about steady
Texas round type bulk per ton $40
as. Florida pointed type ! IL
buShel hampers SI.20-l.40, few
fancy Sl.60. Philadelphia. Raining
AZ degrees. Arrived > Florida.
New York. l Texas. on track 81
cars. New supplies liberal. demand
slow. market dull Florida pointed
type l 10 bushel hampers $780,
LIS. fancy Sl.35: Savoy SITS. Tex
as crates round type S250-2.75
Pittsburgh: Raining. so degrees
Arrived 4 Texas. New supplies lib
eral. demand slow. market about
steady. Texas round type crates
Sa.50-275. mostly $3.50. barrels
packed locally s250-3.O0. mostly
S275-300. Florida pointed type
! 10 hushel hampers Si.00-i25,
mostly Sl25. Carlot sales. New