Mcallen Daily Monitor

31,300 TOTAL REACHED HERE FOR LOADINGS
Past Season's Valley Farm Crops Are Valued at $15,000,000 With Final Reports.

BROWNSVILLE, July 16—(AP)—Final figure upon shipments of vegetables and fruit in the 1935-36 season from Lower Rio Grande Valley shows a grand total of approximately 31,300 carloads moved an all-time record. The gross value for this crop is estimated at $15,000,000, another record for the Valley. At the end of the season Mercedes led in the race for shipping honors with 3,406 carloads, and San Benito was second with 2,106. Closely pursuing the leaders was the little city of Elsa with slightly more than 2,000 carloads. All of Elsa's shipments were vegetables, placing that city at the top in vegetable movement. Of the grand total, approximately 23,600 cars moved by rail and the remainder by truck. A detailed report of its season's shipments, issued by the Missouri Pacific lines, showed mixed vegetables at the top of the list with 4,496 carloads and cabbage next with 4,232. Grapefruit was in third place with 1,644 and onions fourth with 2,055. Tomatoes showed a total of 1,657 cars. The report also gave shipments by months, April being the largest with 4,177 cars. Most of the onion crop moved in April, along with considerable cabbage, mixed vegetables and potatoes. The next largest month was February with 3,289 carloads, and January third with 3,110. March showed 2,593, May 2,002, and December 1,512. Only 295 cars moved in June. Shipments during 1935-36 were almost 90 per cent greater than the previous season. The Missouri Pacific showed 18,334 cars against 10,492, and the Southern Pacific figures, not available in detail, were proportionate. Weslaco, with 1,558 cars, was fourth in shipments by cities. Raymondville fifth with 1,482, and Brownsville sixth with 1,230. Mercedes shipped 593 carloads of fruit, capturing first place. Alamo loaded out 634 carloads, McAllen 388, San Benito 386, and Harlingen 325. Final figures showed 8,907 carloads of citrus fruit shipped.