Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-29
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r. Q. B. SHIPPING POINT IN
FORMATION REPORTED TUES
DAY, Jan. 20:
Lower Rio Grande Valley Points:
Cabbage: Haulings moderate.
Good wire inquiry, good local de-
mand, market stronger. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB usual terms
round type bulk per ton mostly
S40-45; crates s2.75; lettuce crates
S2.35-2.50. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB cash BACKGROUND type
bulk per ton $3.50; crates Sass
$50: lettuce crates S2.I5-2.25. Truck
loads cash to growers-bulk per
ton S30-40.
Carrots: Haulings moderate. Light
wire inquiry, demand limited, mar
ket dull. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB usual terms - crates
mostly around SITS; bushels Sl.15-
1.35. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB cash track-crateS Sl.50-l.60
bushels few sales in mixed cars
s1.O0-1.l5.
Beets: Haulings light. Moderate
wire inquiry, demand moderate.
market steady. Carloads FOB usual
terms-no sales reported. In mixed
cars FOB usual terms-crates most
ly $500; bushels ~sl.25-l.50. In mixed
cars FOB cash track-crates Sl.50-
Its; bushels sl.00-l.25.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Valley movement reported Tuesday
Jan. %:
Grapefruit: 6 Houston; / each
Dallas, Amarillo. Omaha, Chicago,
Spokane, Seattle.
Mixed citrus: / each Houston, Fl.
Worth, st. Louis.
Cabbage: IL Houston; 3 Chicago;
/ each Lafayette, Monroe. Pine
Bluff, st. Louis, Grand Island,
Nebraska. Denver, Pittsburgh, Buff
falo.
Oranges: 2 Houston.
Carrots: 10 Houston; 10 st. Louis;
3 each Chicago: Philadelphia; !
each Dallas, Cincinnati, Boston.
Buffalo. New York.
Beets: / each St. Louis, New York.
Baltimore.
Mixed vegetables: 8 st. Louis; 3
each Chicago; Houston; ] each Dali
las, Okmulgee, Alexandria, New
York.
Additional FOB information re-
ported Tuesday, January %:
Rochester, N. Y. western New
York Points:
Cabbage: Good wire inquiry, de-
mand good, market strong. Ship
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Carloads FOB usual termS-Danish
type bulk per ton s48-50. few low
er; 80 and 100 ID. sacks per ton
S52-55.
Carrots: Moderate wire inquiry.
demand slow. market steady. Car
loads FOB usual terms bushels
washed Sl.05.
San Antonio, Texas (South Tex
as Points:
Spinach: Haulings somewhat
lighter. Moderate wire inquiry, de-
mand moderate, market firm. Bush
e! basketS-carloads FOB usual
terms, mostly fair quality. asking
Si.l5-1.35; cash track few sales
mostly sl.00.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported TUESDAY, Jan. 20.
Cabbage: California 3. Florida
rs. Minnesota 2, New York 43.
South Carolina 3, Texas 20, Wash
ington /, Wisconsin 10, total Us
l58 cars.
Carrots: Arizona 2, California 20,
Michigan 2, New York Is, Texas
Al. Utah l. total US IS cars
Spinach: Texas SO. Virginia II.
total US so cars.
Mixed vegetables: Texas So, 9TH
ers IS, total US 81 cars.
Grapefruit: Arizona !, California
3. Florida 90, Texas 10, total US
1I3 cars.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Wednesday morning
January %:
Grapefruit Is. mixed citrus 8,
oranges !. mixed vegetables 40.
cabbage 70. beets 9. carrots 36,
beets and carrots z. spinach 3, to-
tai l95 cars. Freight movement TO
date this season-Fruit 3707. Vege-
tables 1856, total 1853: TO same day
last season-Fruit 1897, Vegetables
3465. total 1862 cars.