Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-17
Truck
Markets
via Naval Radio Station

7. .. 3. Shipping Point Informa-
ton Reported Saturday. Feb. Is:
Lower Rio Grande Valley Points:
Warm, cloudy, rain.
Cabbage: Haulings light. Good
wire inquiry. demand active, mar
ket slightly stronger. Carloads and
in mixed cars FOB usual terms
round type bulk per ton S50-55;
crates S3.00-3.25; lettuce crates
~s2.T5-3.00. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB cash track-round type
bulk per ton s45-50; crates S2.75-
800; lettuce crates s2.50-2.75. Truck
loads cash to growers-bulk per ton
S4O-45, few higher. Sunday-cocl
clear.
Carrots: Haulings light. Light wire
inquiry, demand slow. market very
dull. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms-crates sl.35-1-50;
bushels s0.S0-1.00. In mixed cars
FOB cash track-crates few sales
around sl.25: bushels $4,000
Beets: Haulings light. Moderate
wire inquiry, demand moderate. mar
ket steady. Carloads and III mixed
cars FOB usual termS-crates $500
$50; bushels ~Sl.50-1.75. In mixed
ears FOB cash track-crates Sl.75-
200. few higher; bushels Sl-25-l.50.
Primary Destination Of Lower Val
ley Movement Reported Saturday
and Sunday:
Cabbage: Is each st. Louis, Chi
cago: Is Houston: 5 Shreveport; .
each indianapolis; / each Waco. At
lanta. Pittsburgh, Austin, Mont
gomery, Tupelo.
Carrots: 4 St. Louis, 3 New York;
2 each Boston, Philadelphia; / each
Houston, Cincinnati. Milwaukee.
Grand Rapids. Pittsburgh. Winni-
peg.
Beets: 6 st. Louis; 4 New York; !
each jersey City, Chicago.
Beets and Carrots: / Philadelphia
Lettuce: 2 Jersey City.
Grapefruit: 2 Oklahoma City; ]
each Houston. Tulsa.
Parsley: / st. Louis.
Dzndelion: ] each New York. Jer-
Sey City.
Mustard Greens: ] each Baton
Rouge. Nashville. Atlanta.
Spinach: ? Houston; | st. Louis
TurnipS: | Atlanta.
Mixed Vegetables. 20 Houston:
10 each Waco. st. Louis, 6 New York
S Memphis; 4 Chicago: 3 New Or
leans; 2 each Philadelphia, Monroe.
Abilene; l each IT. Worth, Liberal,
Oklahoma City. Amarillo. Beau
mont. Pine Bluff. Lake Charles. Lit
tie Rock, Dallas. Grand Island, Eir-
mlngham. Lexington, Pittsburgh.
Winnipeg, Wichita Falls, Hot
Springs. Cincinnati. Minneapolis.
Paducah. Nashville, Raleigh, Clarks-
burg. Brandon, Greensboro. Louis
vile. Shreveport, Jersey City.
Lower Rio Grande Valley Move
ment Reported Sunday and Monday
Mornings:
Grapefruit /, mixed citrus ., We
getables SO, cabbage 40, beets and
carrots 3, beets ). carrots 4, lettuce
i, turn!pS !. total ll8 cars. Freight
movement to date this season-Fruit
1913, Vegetables 5000. total 1882;
to same day last season-Fruit L.
3l9. Vegetables 5,7l8, total 1887 cars.
Carlot Shipments Of Entire United
States Reported Saturday and sun
day:
includes car billed from mid
night to midnight.I
Cabbage: California s, Florida 90.
Michigan 1, New York Is. Texas "a.
teal US 1876 cars.
Carrots: Arizona .. California az.
New York II, Texas Y, total US 20
cars.
Grapefruit: Arizona 3. California
q Florida log, Texas 3. total US l22
cars.
Spinach: California /, Texas %.
total US % cars.
Mixed Vegetables: Texas 90, others
90, total US l55 cars.
Additional FOB information Re-
ported Saturday, Feb. Is:
Rochester, N. Y, CWestern New
York Points,: Min. 14o, clear.
Cabbage: Good wire inquiry. de-
mand moderate, market strong. Car
loads FOB usual terms-Danish type
bulk per ton, too few Gales reported
TO quote; 80 and 100 ID sacks few
sales mostly around $40.
Carrots: Light Wire inquiry. de-
mand slow. too few sales TO estab-
lish market.
San Antonio. Texas (South Tex
as Points: Cool, rain over part Of
area.
Spinach: Haulings light. Nfoder-
ate wire inquiry, demand moderate
market slightly stronger. Bushel bas-
ketS Savoy-carloads FOB cash
track few sales SOC; usual terms S.
Coo.