Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08
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FOB shipping point information
| reported Wednesday, May 2.
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Warm, showers.
Cabbage: Haulipgs light. Season
| practically ended. Moderate wire in
quiry, demand limited. market dull,
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
usual terms-round type bulk per
ton s40-45; lettuce crates $2.00-2-25.
Truckloads cash to growers-bulk
e ton s25. O0-35.00. Last report.
Carrots: Haulings moderate. Good
wire inquiry, demand moderate,
market steady. Carloads and In mix
ed cars FOB usual terms-crRtes
~Sl.45-1.6O. few best higher; cash
track S~l.25-1.35, 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 $l.35-
1.65. Last report.
Snap beans: Haulings moderate.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand
moderate. market steady. Carloads
and in mixed ears FOB usual terms
-bushel hampers green stringless
Si.75-2.0O; cash track $~l.50-l.T5.
Truckloads cash to growers-Sl.0O-
$50 per bushel. mostly $1.25.
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 $2.25.
Tomatoes: Hauiings moderate.
Good wire inquiry, demand good,
market firm. Carloads FOB usual
terms-lugs green wrapped mostly
6x6 and larger, mostly $3.50; cash
track mostly $500, few higher.
Truckloads cash TO growers-per 10.
&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
SITS: cash track si60-1.75. Top ice
extra. Paying growers S0.75-1-O0
hushel in field.
Primary destinations OF Lower
Valley movement reported Wednes-
day. May q.
Cabbage: 3 each Houston. st.
Louis 2 TT. Worth; l each Davens
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 I each Cincinnati. New Haven.
Boston. Green Corn: 2 Chicago; !
each Dallas, New York. Beets: 3
New York; 2 Chicago; / each Tex
arkana, ct. Louis, Detroit. Beets
and carrots: l st. Louis. Cucum-
bers: / st. Louis. Snap beans: /
Dallas. Parsley: Q New York: / each
Chicago, Jersey City.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Thursday morning,
May g.:
Mixed vegetables %. cabbage s.,
carrots II, beets =, and carrots 4,
potatoes 10, tomatoes -. corn 20,
parsley 8, beans II. total 207 cars
Freight movement to date this sea-
son-Fruit 1919. Vegetables 1882,
total 2283l; to same day last sea-
son-Fruit 1735. Vegetables l930l,
total 2l036 cars
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Wednesday. May z:
Qncludes cars billed from midnight
TO midnight):
Cabbage: Ala. 35. Calf. 10. Fla. I,
La. 8, Miss. %, No. Car. 9. So. Car.
IS, Texas is. total u. S. $50 cars.
Snap beans: Ala. /, Calf. 4. Fla.
70. La. 20, Texas IA, total u. s. li8
cars.
Carrots: Ariz. 1. Calf. Al. La. 4.
Nevada l, N. Y. ]. Teas q, total
u. s. 50 cars.
Cucumbers: Fla. 10, III. /. Iowa
i. Ohio !, Texas A, total U. S. 81
cars.
Tomatoes: Calf. I, Fla. &c 4S.
other Fla. 81, Texas al, total U. S.
4OT CoAc. AACAACO 1lO1C-
Onions: Texas 179, others Z, total
u. S. 1876 cars.
Mixed vegetables: Fla. "a, La. 10,
Texas AZ. total u. S. 1853 cars.
Potatoes: Ala. l06, Fla. 152. La.
IS. Texas 81, total y. s. old and new
800 cars.
Additional FOB information re-
ported Wednesday. May q:
Tomatoes: Brndenton Manatee
Section. Fla: Haulings fairly
heavy. Demand light. market dull.
Carloads FOB cash track-lugs
green wrapped 6x6 and larger most
" around $3.50, few best s3.75. few
low as s3.25.
Potatoes: Hastings. Fla: Haul
ings fairly heavy. Demand good,
good wire inquiry. market steady.
Carloads FOB usual terms-double
head barrels Spaui5ing Rose US No.
IL $500; us No. Is S2.25. Practically
all shipments sold.
Mobile, Ala: HaulinEs fairly
heavy. Moderate wire inquiry, de-
mand rather slow. market slightly
weaker. Carloads FOB usual terms
loo ID. sacks Bliss Triumphs Us
No. Is s2.65-2.75. Us No. Is $685.