Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-06
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states bureau Oh Agricultural ECO
Monies and the San Antonio, Texas.
hCGmher of Commerce cooperating
F. o. B. shipping point informa-
ton reported Friday, April 5th:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Warm, partly cloudy. Cabbage.
Haulings moderate. Light wire in
quiry, demand slow, market dull.
|. Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
usual terms, bulk per ton round
type 1910; crates 9~0c-$1.00, mostly
$1.O0. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB cash track, bulk per ton
round type $50; crates mostly 9Oc.
| Wagonloads cash to growers, bulk
per ton mostly $500, few lower.
Carrots: Haulings moderate. Mod
crate wire inquiry, demand moder-
ate, market about steady. Car
leads and in mixed cars FOB usual
terms. bushel baskets 9~0c-s1.00;
crates "$1.25-1.40. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB cash track, buShel
baskets mostly 90c; crates mostly
SIPS. Beets: Haulings moderate.
Light wire inquiry, demand mod
| crate. market dull. Carloads and
in mixed cars FOB usual terms,
bushel baskets 10000; crates $1.25-
1.35. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB cash track, bushel baskets 30
85c; crates S1.10-1.25. Potatoes:
Haulings moderate. Good wire in
quiry, demand good, market steady.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
usual terms, 100-lb. sacks Bliss
Triumphs U. S. No. IS $3.50, few
lower; cash track mostly $2.25; So
ID. sacks 1Oc higher. Wagonloads
cash to growers, $500. String
beans: Haulings moderate. Moder-
ate wire inquiry, demand good,
market steady. Carloads and III
mixed cars FOB usual terms, bush
Ell haperS stringleSs mostly $2.25;
Oval hampers 10c higher; cash
track $500. Wagonloads cash to
growers. mostly SITS. Onions:
Raymcndville and nearby points:
Haulings moderate. Moderate wire
inquiry, demand good, market
steady. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB usual terms, few sales
crates Yellow Bermudas commercial
pack S1.65-1.75, few sales CrySta,
Wax $1.75-2.00. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB cash track crates
Yellow Bermudas mostly $1.50, few
S1.60; Crystal Wax few sales SITS.
Wagonloads Gosh to growers, Vel
low Bermudas $1.25-1.40; Crystal
Wax $1.50-1.65.
Corpus Christi-R obstown section:
Warm. partly cloudy. Cabbage:
Haulings light. Light wire inquiry,
demand slow, market dull. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB usual
terms. few sales bulk per ton
round type SO: crates $1.00. Wag-
onloads cash to growers, mostly
$500.
Primary destinations of Lower
Valley movement reported Friday,
April 5th: Cabbage: St. Louis II;
Houston 6; New York 2; l each
Dallas, Birmingham, Greenwood,
Charlotte. Seattle, Valley Jet.
Saskatoon, st. Paul, Portland,
Seattle, Oklahoma City, Spring
field, Mass. Carrots: st. Louis IA;
New York s; Brooklyn 3: Camden
2; l each Houston, Detroit, Brook
lyn, Detroit, Minneapolis. Pota-
toes: Houston 1C; Chicago IL; st.
Louis s.; Dupo A; Kinder La. 3; 2
each San Francisco, Oklahoma
City, Kansas City, Cincinnati; l
each Rt. Worth, Tulsa, Little Rock.
Lexington, Nashville, Omaha. Den
yer, Galveston, Shreveport. Butte,
Birmingham. Beets: st. Louis 8;
New York 4, l each Glassboro,
jersey City, Baltimore, Philadel-
phia, Pittsburgh, Chicago. Beans:
st. Louis 4: Louisville 8; 2 each
Detroit, Houston, Kansas City; l
each Dallas. Memphis, Chicago,
Nashville, Birmingham, Shreve-
port. Mixed vegetables: st. Louis
II; Houston s; Nashville 4; 3 each
Chicago, New York; 2 each Shreve-
port. Tulsa, Amarillo, Denver,
Minneapolis. Washington, New
Haven; l each Fl. Worth, Sham
rock, Enid, Shawnee, Texarkana,
New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Ar
kansas City, Hutchinson, Casper,
Kansas City, Des Moines, Spring
field Mo, Emporia, Bloomington,
Cleveland, Muncie, Dubuque,
Evansville. Davenport, Douglas
Ariz., Shreveport. Toronto, Dallas,
Sherman, e. Dorado, Montreal,
Vancouver, Regina, Springfield
Mass, New York, Syracuse, Olney-
vile, Jersey City, Lexington,
Montgomery, Brookhaven, Atlanta,
Richmond, Huntington, Cairo.
Onions: st. Louis 9; Chicago, New
York 3 each; 2 each Houston, Gal
weston; l each Waco. Dallas. Pars-
ley: New York 8. Turnips: HouS-
ton /. Grape fruit: Houston 2.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Saturday morning.
April 9Th: Mixed vegetables 40;
beetS %; carrots 81; beets and car
rots 80; cabbage 80; onions %; po-
tatoes "a; string beans IA: parsley
q; chicory l: grapefruit 2, total 241
cars. Freight movement to date
this season, fruit 1719, vegetables
1881. total 1920 cars; to same
date last season, fruit 1146, vege-
tables 1873, total 1924 cars. Elk
press movement, string beans. 4
cars. Carlot shipments Of entire
United States reported Friday,
April 5th: Potatoes: California 5:
Colorado 20; Florida 85; Idaho g.;
Maine 149; Michigan Sc; Mime
sofa 80; Texas So; Wisconsin "a;
total U. S. 622 cars. Cabbage: Ala
bama y. Florida g.; South Carolina
81; Texas ST; total U. S. lat cars.
String beans: Florida 81, Texas 10
freight, 4 express. Onions: Texas
RI total II G 90 aorc