Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-07

CtdLee bureau OF AGRICULTURAL Co
Monies and the San Antonio, Texas,
hCamber Of Commerce cooperating.
?. 0. B. shipping information re-
ported Wednesday. February @:
Lower Rio Grande Valley Points:
Warm, partly cloudy:
Cabbage: Haulings moderate, mod
crate wire inquiry. demand moderate,
market about steady. Carloads and
in mixed csrs FOB usual terms bulk
per ton round type $3.50; crates
$50, few higher. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB cash track-bulk per
ton type mostly $1,000; crates $1.30-
lao. Wagonloads cash TO growers
bulk per ton round type $500, few
high as $3.50.
Carrots: Haulings moderate, mod
crate wire inquiry. demand moderate,
market about steady. Carloads and
in mixed cars FOB usual terms-bu-
shell baskets 90c, few higher; crates
sl.35-1.45. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB cash trsck-bushels mostly
e0c; crates S1.25-1.35.
Beets: Haulings moderate. light
wire inquiry, demand light. market
1AAAs &MAAGd14 HAl III M2AEQ N1Aa
FOB usual terms-bushel baskets s5-
90c; crates $r.351.40. Carloads and
in mixed ears FOB cash track-bush-
els 1850; crates Sl.20-l.30.
Primary destinations Of Lower Val
ley movement reported Wednesday.
Feb. 8:
Cabbage: Houston 80; St. Louis
81; Shreveport g; 3 each Chicago, De-
troit, Memphis; 2 each New York,
Norfolk; / each Fort Worth, Mus
kogee, Oklahoma City, Scranton, Des
Moines. Duluth. Denver. Calgary,
Saskatoon, Toronto, Birmingham, Co.
lumbus, Miss. Beets: New York 5;
ST. Louis 4; 1 each Brooklyn, Phila-
delphis, Boston. Carrots: Sc. Louis
z; New York s; 2 each Houston, Chi
cago, Philadelphia; Shreveport /.
Spinach: St. Louis 1. Parsley: New
York 2. Grapefruit: ] each Hous-
ton, Fort Worth, Minneapolis, FL
Paso. Mixed citrus: Houston /.
Beets and carrots: Appleton juno
ton, Wis, Beaumont l each. Mixed
vegetables: st. Louis z; s each Hous-
ton. New York; Nashville 2; ] each
Houston, New York; Nashville 2; !
each. Dallas, Enid, Arkansas City,
Kansas City, Salina. Omaha. 0ttowa,
Fairbury, New Orleans, Monroe, Mem
phis. Rockingham, Washington, Utica,
New York, Texsrkana, Toronto, Green
Bay, Miss, Louisville, Shreveport.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
rnents reported Wednesday morning,
February Z:
Mixed Vegetables 35; Beets IS;
Carrots 2i: Beets and Carrots II;
Cabbage 100; Lettuce /; Parsley 8;
AMIGO 4; Mixed Citrus 2; Grapefruit
IA; total 202 cars. Freight movement
to date this season-Fruit 1902, Vege-
tables 4311. total 5512 cars; TO same
day last season: Fruit 10 5, Nege-
tables 4341, total $40 cars.
Carlot shipments of entire United
States reported Wednesday, Feb. s:
Cabbage: Texas SO; Florida 20;
New York %; total U. S. l6l cars.
Carrots: Texas 4; California Is;
New York g; total U. s. 25 cars.
Spinach: Texas 81; Louisiana 1; to-
tai u. s. So ears. Mixed Vegetables:
Texas ~; California "a; Louisiana
10; Florida 7; total U. s. 1873 cars.
Grapefruit: Texas 5; Florida 96; to-
tai II. S. lot cars. Mixed Citrus:
Texas 1; Others so; total U. S. 81
cars.
Additional r. O. b. information re-
ported Wednesday, February 8:
Cabbage: Rochester, n. Y, and
nearby points: Demand moderate,
market firm for good stock. Carloads
FOB usual terms bulk per ton-Dan-
insh type small to medium mostly
s4l-43. few fancy higher. very small
ordinary lower. Some shippers hold
ing for higher prices. Carrots:
Rochester. N. ~, and nearby points:
Demand limited, market steady. Car
leads FOB usual terms-i00-lb sacks
s2e5-Sl0o. / car fancy $50. Spinach:
Laredo, Texss: Slear, warm. Haul
ings moderate, light wire inquiry,
practically no demand or trading.
Spinach: Crystal City. Texas: Cloudy.
warm. Hsulings heavy, light wire in
quiry. practically no demand or
trading.
Cabbage: Chicago; Cloudy. 81
degrees, arrived / Florida, / New
York, 4 Texas, on track 81 cars. Sup
plies light, demand and trading mod
crate, market steady. Texas round
type rates ~$2.75-3.00, fair, soft $3.50;
sacked per cwt $2.50-2.T5. Louisiana
pointed type crates fair si.75, ordin-
arg, light, leafy, wormy low as Toe.
Florida pointed type ! 1-2 bushels
hampers ~$l.50-l.75. Wisconsin Danish
type sacked per cwt, ~S2.00-2.25. New
York: Raining, IL degree, arrived s
California. Y New York. 5 Texas,
equivalent 2 cars by boat from Hol-
land. New supplies moderate, de-
mand moderate, market dull. Florida
pointed type l 1-2 bushel hampers
best Sl.00-1.25. poorer low as 75c.
Texas round type s0-lb crates SIS
2.25; lettuce crtaes Savoy $2.25-2-5G.
California lettuce crates Savoy Sl.75-
arrived 5 Texas. 2 Wisconsin, on
track % cars. Supplies liberal. de-
mand light, market weak. Texas
round type s0-lb crates $500; bulk
per ton mostly $4,000. some low az
$4,000. Wisconsin Danish type bulk
per ton mostly $4,000. some low as
s4S.oo- Carlot sales 20 outside points
Sc. Louis basis. Texas round Y p bulk
per ton I car $4,000. Cincinnati:
Cloudy, SO degrees, arrived 2 Texas.
on track . cars. Supplies moderate,
demand moderate. market stronger.
Texas round type crates S2.50-2.75;
bulk per ton mostly $500. Florida
pointed type I i-2 bushel hampers
si.7s-2.Oo. poorer low as Si.25. Pitts
burgh: Cloudy, "a degrees. Arrived
2 Texas. Supplies liberal. demand
slow, market slightly stronger on
Texas stock. about steady or Florida
stock. Texas round type s0-lh crates
s2-sS-3-00; barrels packed locally
sS.o0-S-2S. Florida pointed type / l-2
bushel hampers $~l.O0-f.25. mostly
sl.i0-1.l5. Boston: Raining, 40 de-
grees. arrived 6 Florida. ! Texas. on
track rs cars. Supplies heavy, de-
mand moderate. market weaker. Tex