Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-01
Truck
Markets
Via Naval Radio Station

Department of Agriculture, United
States Bureau of Agricultural Eco.
Monies and the San Antonio, Texas
hCam6er of Commerce cooperating.
f. 0. B. Shipping point infOrma-
ton reported Thursday, Feb. %:
Lower Rio Crande Valley points
Cool, clear.
Cabbage: Haulings moderate
Moderate wire inquiry, demand linn
tied, market slightly weaker. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB usual
terms. bulk per ton round type
S12-15; crates S1.00-1.25; 80-lD crates
Savoy few sales around S1.35. Car
loads and III mixed cars FOB cash
track, bulk per ton round type most
" $11.00; crates S0.95-1.O0. Wagon
loads cash to growers, bulk per ton
mostly $500.
Carrots: Haulings moderate.
Moderate wire inquiry. demand
moderate. market steady. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB usual terms,
bushel baskets S0.90-100, mostly 90c;
crates S1.35-1.e0: 100-lb sacks topped
mostly $50. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB cash track, bushel baskets
10000; crates st20-140.
Beets: Eaulings moderate. Mod
crate wire inquiry, demand improv-
ing, market steady. Carloads TOR
usual terms and in mixed cars,
bushel baskets 5000. few higher:
crates mostly around $1.25, few
S155. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOE Gosh track, bUshel baskets
10000; crates S110-t.15.
Primary destinations Of Lower
VALLEY movement reported Thurs
day. Feb. IS;
Cabbage: Houston 81; st. Louis
Is: Chicago 8; Shreveport s.; New
York 5, 3 each Philadelphia; Tort
Worth, Pittsburgh. 1 each Dallas.
Baton Rouge. Memphis, Toledo.
! Springfield, Cleveland. New London.
twin Falls, Martin. Tenn, Spring
! field, Ont, Port Arthur, Ont, Cal
gary, Saskatoon, Montreal, Boston,
Mixed Vegetables: ST. Louis 20;
New York 10; Houston Il; Chicago
4: 5 each Fort Worth, Jersey City
Montreal. Philadelphia ?; l each
| Guanah Texas. Oklahoma City,
Pine Bluff, Monroe. Wichita. Mem
phiS. Minneapolis. Lincoln, Denver.
Great Falls, Charlotte. Newark.
Wilkcsbarre, Pittsburgh, Bronx.
n. Y. Springfield. Worcester, Holt
oke. Bangor, Regina, HazeltOn,
Washington, DODGE City. Dallas.
Grarefruit. Fort Worth 2; l each
Donver. FeirbUry, Hamilton, Hous-
ton. Beaumont. Dandellon: New
York 1. Broccoli: New York /
Eeets and Carrots ! each Toronto
Tndlarapolls. Carrots: Houston 3,
st. Louis II: New York 5: ? each
Brooklyn. Detroit. Minneapolis, Bal
timore, l each Chicago, st. Paul
Wadena. Philadelphia. Winnipeg
Montreal Lettuce: Jersey City 2
Beets: st. Louis s; New York 5:
Houston 2; Chicago I. Turnips:
each ST. Louis. Greenville, N. G
! Potatoes: l each Atlanta. Louisville
Radishes, Houston 8: I each Fort
Worth. st. louis. Sninach: l eaci7
Houston, Fort Worth, St. Louis;
CHICAGO,
Carlot shipments Of entire United
Stotes reported Thursda-. FEB. %:
Cabbage. Texas 81. Florida IS,
New Yori1 Q: total u. S. IG9 cars.
Carrots. Texas So; California 4,
tot9l U. s. ~ cars.
Mixed Vegetables: Texas IS; Flor
ida "a: California is; Louisiana 5,
total U. S. 139 cars.
String Beans: Florida %; tota,
I. S. % cars.
Spinach: Texas 80; others Z; tota.
1903 cars.
Grapefruit: Texas Z; Florida 1873.
total u. 5. 146 cars.
Additional F. o. 3. information
reported Thursday, February 20:
Cabbage. Rochester, NJ n, anc
nearby points: Cloudy, 81 degrees
maximum 81 degrees. snow flurrieS
Demand light. market about steady
| Carloads FOE usual terms, SACKED
rer ton Danish type small TO me-
! alum SAILS. Some consigned.
Carrots. Rochester. n. n, anc
nearby points: Demand light, mar.
ket dull. Carloads FOB usual terms
sacked per Cwt few sales S2.75.
String Beans Canal Point, Fla.
Warm, clear. Haulings moderate
Wire inquiry good for stringles5
light for others. demand good, mar
ket about steady on s~tringless, de-
mand light. marke weak on others
Carloads FOB usual terms 7-8 bush.
el hampers strirgless "$2.15-2.35
cash track 52.00-2.15. Carload,
FOB cash track to growers. 7-t
bUshel hampers StrinGleSs ~S1.75-2.00
Most Refugees. Bourtlfuls and Val.
| entines rolled unsoid.
Spinach: Laredo. Texas: Clear
sool. Haulirgs heavy. Moderate
wire inquiry, demand moderate
market about steady. Carload;
FOB usual terms. buShel baskets
Savoy mostly 40c; cash track mostly
$50.
Spinach: CRYSTAL City, Texas
| Clear. cool. Moderate wire inquiry
demand moderate. market about
steady. Haulings heavy. Carload;
FOB usual terms. bushel basket,
| Savoy mostly Acc; cash track very
| fe vsales 35c.
Lover Pic Crarde Vallev move.
n7ent reported Friday morning
March 4.
Mixed Vegetables SO: Beets Il.
Carrots 26: Reefs and Carrots rs.
| Cabbage an: Lettuce 2: Broccoli 1
Turnins q: Potatoes z: Dandelior
1: AriSe Il: GRAPEFRUIT n: total ~.
cars. Freight movement to date this
] season. fruit 1412. Vegetables T643
total on55 cars: to same dev 'asf
season Fruit 1884, Vegetables 1882
total otf6 ears.
Reports by radio from importan-
markets.
This mornings sales to jobbers
unless otherwise stated.
Cabbage: Philadelphia: Clear, g
degrees. Arrived 2 Florida, 2 New
YWork. on track % cars. New Of.
ferings lights. demand moderate
market stronger. Florida pointed
type best ! 1-2 bushel hamper
S1.60-1.75. poorer low as SIPS. Tex.
as round type crates So. Cincinnati
Partly cloudy, IS degrees. Arrived
Florida. l Texas. on track ii cars
Gr,ronTipc Iaat-y- Io1S,rnI ~nIor0t 70