Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-26
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Department Of Agriculture, United
States Bureau Of Agricultural Eco
Monies and the San Antonio, Texas,
hCamSer Of Commerce cooperating.
+. O. b. shipping point informa-
ton reported Monday, Feb. Is:
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 a FOB usual terms
bulk per ton s15-18. mostly sl5-l6;
crates s1-25-1.40; 80 Id. crates Savoy
around $1.40. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB cash track, bulk
per ton round type around s14;
crates S1.I0-I.l5. Wagonloads cash
to growers, bulk per ton slO-l2,
mostly $12. Carrots: Haulings
moderate. Moderate wire inquiry,
demand moderate. market about
steady. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB usual terms. bushel bas-
kets 90c-Sl.00. few higher, crates
sl.40-l.60; 100 ID. sacks topped
around $50. Carloads and in mix
cd cars FOB cash track. kushel bas-
kets 10000: crates S1.25-1.40. Beets:
Haulings moderate. Light wire in
quiry, demand slow, market dull.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
usual terms 10000. few higher;
crates mostly sl.25. Carloads and
In mixed cars FOB cash track.
bushel baskets 10000; crates sl.10-
1.25.
Primary destinations OF Lower
Rio Grande Valley movement re-
ported Feb. IS: Cabbage: Houston
o; ST. Louis 8; Shreveport S: Chi
cago 2: / each TT. Worth. Joplin.
Detroit. Duluth. London Ont, New
York, Texarkana, Toronto. Car
rots: 2 each ST. Louis. Chicago; /
each New York. Brooklyn, Boston,
Montreal. Beets: l each New
York. Pittsburgh. Beets and car
rots: 1 each Albany, Brooklyn. Rad
islles: st. Louis /. Parsley: New
York /. Anise. New York 2. Grape
fruit: 2 Houston, / Colorado
Springs. Spinach: Fort Worth 2.
Carlot shipments Of entire Unit
eel States reported Monday. Feb.
25: Cabbage: Texas 40. Florida %,
New York 8, total u. s. 30 cars
Cabbage: Texas g., California Is,
New York s. total u. S. % cars.
Mixed vegetables: Texas %. Cali
fornia 80. Florida Z. Louisiana 4,
total u. 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 80. total U. S. los cars. Mixed
citrus: Florida So. total U. s. sc
cars.
Additional FOB information re-
ported Monday. Feb. Is: Cabbage:
Rochester, ". Y, min. 81. max. 80.
clear. Demand light. market dull
Carloads FOB usual terms. bulk per
ton Danish type few sales 1888.
Some consigned. Carrots. Demand
limited. market dull. Carloads FOB
usual terms. 100 ID. sacks / q
$2.75. Spinach: Laredo. Texas.
Clear. warm. Practically no haul
ings. Light wire inquiry. demand
light. market about steady. Car
loads FOB usual terms. hushel 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 35c.
Truck croD notes. Feb. 81. By
Chas. SDerle. Beans. The bean
crop suffered considerably more
than other vegetables during the
recent cold sDell. 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-
son would fall short of last season
by about IS per cent. OF the
PLANTED acreage this season IL Is
believed that 10 rcr cent was kill
cd and viii not be replanted due
70 the scarcity rs well as the high
rrice OF seed. The condition as Of
February Is was So per cent Of
normal.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Tuesday morning.
Feb. GO. Mixed vegetables 43. beets
z. carrots 81. beets and carrots II.
cabbage 50. lettuce 2. parsley 1.
anise l. grapefruit 5. total ISL cars.
Freight movement to date this sea-
son. Fruit 1887. vegetables 1916. to-
tal 1868 cars: TO same day last sea-
son; Fruit 1929. vegetables 1897. to-
tai 1926 cars.
Reports by radio from important
markets.
This mornings sales 10 jobbers