Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08
Truck
Markets


FOB shipping point information
reported Wednesday. May a..
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Warm. showers.
Cabbage: Haulings light. Season
practically ended. Moderate wire in
uuiry, demand limited, market dull.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
usual terms-round type bulk per
ton s40-45; lettuce crates $2.O0-225.
Truckloads cash to growers-bulk
per ton s25.00-35.00. Last report.
Carrots: Haulings moderate. Good
wire inquiry, demand moderate,
market steady. Carloads and in mix
ed cars FOB usual terms-crates
sl.45-1.60. few best higher; cash
track ~sl25-l.35. few higher.
Beets: Haulings light. Season
practically ended. Moderate wire
inquiry. demand moderate, market
about steady. Carloads and In mixed
cars FOB usual ~terms-crates $685.
1.65. Last report
Snap beans: Haulings moderate.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand
moderate, market steady. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB usual terms
-bushel hampers green stringless
S1.75-2.00; cash track $~l.50-1.75.
Truckloads cash to growers-S1.00-
$50 per bushel, mostly $i.25.
Potatoes: Haulings moderate. Bet
ter wire inquiry, demand limited,
market about steady. Carloads and
in mixed cars FOB usual terms
100 ID. sacks Bliss Triumphs US No.
Is S2.75; cash track mostly around
S250. Fifty pound sacks l0c. cwt.
extra. Truckloads cash TO growers
mostly s2.25.
Tomatoes: Haulings moderate.
Good wire inquiry. demand good,
market firm. Carloads FOB usual
terms-lugs green wrapped mostly
exc and larger, mostly $3.50: cash
track mostly $500, few higher.
Truckloads cash TO growers-per ID.
&c for mature green stock.
Green corn: Haulings moderate.
Moderate wire inquiry. demand
moderate. market slightly weaker.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
usual terms-bushel baskets mostly
sl.75; cash track sl-5o-1.75. Top ice
extra. Paying growers S0.75-l.00
bushel in field.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Valley movement reported Wednes-
day. May z.
Cabbage: 3 each Houston. st.
Louis 2 TT. Worth; l each Daven'
port, Kansas City, Omaha. Column
bus. Tomatoes: II st. Louis: 10
Houston; 4 Chicago; 2 each Shreve-
port, Kansas City, Philadelphia; !
each Omaha. Detroit. Albany. Mon
treal. Memphis. Carrots: 6 Chicago;
5 Philadelphia: 4 ST. Louis; 3 New
York / each Cincinnati, New Haven,
Boston. Green Corn: 2 Chicago; l
each Dallas. New York. Beets: 3
New York: 2 Chicago; ! each Tex
arkana, St. Louis, Detroit. Beets
and carrots: / st. Louis. Cucum-
bers: l St. Louis. Snap beans: !
Dallas. Parsley: 9 New York: ! each
Chicago. Jersey City.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Thursday morning,
May 8:
Mixed vegetables %. cabbage 5,
carrots II. beets &, and carrots 4,
potatoes 10. tomatoes 43. corn 20,
parsley s, beans II. total 207 cars
Freight movement to date this sea
son-Fruit 1919. Vegetables 1882,
total 22831; to same day last sea-
son-Fruit 1888. Vegetables 1930i,
total 21036 cars.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Wednesday. May 2:
includes cars billed from midnight
TO midnight):
Cabbage: Ala. IS, Calf. 10. Fla. 4.
La. 8, Miss. %. NO. Car. 9. SO. Car.
So. Texas is. total U. S. $50 cars.
Snap beans: Ala. !, Calf. 4. Fla.
70. La. rs. Texas Il, total y. S. lI6
cars.
Carrots: Ariz. I. Calf. Al, La. 4.
Nevada /, N. Y. /, Teas q, total
u. s. SO a
Cucumbers: Fla. 10. III. /. Iowa
/, Ohio /, Texas a. total U. S. 81
cars.
tomatoes: Calf. 1. Fla. &c AZ.
other Fla. 81, Texas Al, total U. S.
l54 cars. Mexico none.
Onions: Texas ITO, others z. total
u. s. 1876 cars.
Mixed vegetables: Fla. 81, La. Is,
Texas AZ, total u. s. i63 cars.
Potatoes: Ala. 10s. Fla. 152. La.
IS. Texas 81, total U. S. old and new
900 cars.
Additional FOB information re-
ported Wednesday, May Z:
Tomatoes: Bradenton = Manatee
Section, Fla: Haulings fairly
heavy. Demand light. market dull.
Carloads FOB cash track-lugs
green wrapped SKIS and larger most
" around $3.50, few best S3.75, few
low as $3-25.
Potatoes: Hastings. Fla: Haul
ings fairly heavy. Demand good,
good wire inquiry. market steady.
Carloads FOB usual terms-double
head barrels Spaulding Rose US No.
Is $500; US No. Is S2.25. Practically
all shipments sold.
Mobile. Ala: Haulings fairly
heavy. Moderate wire inquiry. de-
mand rather slow, market slightly
weaker. Carloads FOB usual terms
loo ID. sacks Bliss Triumphs US
No. Is s2.65-275. US No. Is s1.35-
$50.