The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-16
SOUTHERN TEXAS.
A uedsvn Arcadia Win Fair Fields
and Pleasant suns.
Hoy the vise and Rig Tree Flourish by
The Rio Graude.
A Correspondents Pleasing Picture.

BRowN,vILLE Feb. a. Couespondencel
Thinking that some OF your many read
srs would like to know something OF this
section OF our grand old state, send you
the following:
Cameron county Is tho extreme southern
county OF the state. IL hss gull coast on
front on the Rio Grande. which separates "a
from Mexico on the south. IL IN u nearly
level aluyitl prairie, covered with rich,
luxuTiant growth ofmAny Varieties OF grh1e-
es, which are green the year round. The
general monotony Is relieved by scattered
chiefly OF mesquite, ash, ebony, live oak
and blackberry A long the banks OF the Rio
Grande are found at intervals growths
Of timber OF considerable extent which con-
tnins Igmum Wit IL, Brs zll woods. ebonys,
hiusch asis, and mesquite trees. Many
mesquite aud ebony trees measure from
five TO six ieet In circumiereucs. These
last are used almost exclusively for ties IN
the construction OF our railroads, and cost
delivered thirty three and one.balf cent
per tie in Mexican money. They last II
lifetime. Our ash IL equal TO second
growth hickory In the manufacture OF
wagons, plows and farm implements, and
sbounds IN immense quantities.
Our peoI IL are tlmost exc usiyely engage
ed IN the raising OF stock, which proves
very remunerative, on account OF our e1-
treme mild winters and splendid pasturags
the year round. Stock needs no feedi ~.
Water for stock is tolerably abundant and
well distributed over the county. The
principal grasses are the long and curly
mesquite, and these are green all the
year, and very lew sections present better
advantages Tor stock-raising than Cameron
county.
One.half Of our area il good farming land
and not more than one acre out o. hun
dred is in cultivation The land potsessel
a fertile alluvisl sol easily cultivated, and
well adapted the production OF cotton.
corn, sugar and every variety OF vegetables,
especially melons aud grapes. Tho latter
Yields In great pIoiusion and are noted Tor
their fine flavor. Sugar cane can DO grown
from the stubole for three or four yeare
without the expense OF replanting, ana
Yields sugar OF n very fac quality. Your
correspondent saw three crops OF corn raised
last year from the ssmo piece OF ground.
Cotton will Weld we'll properly cultivated.
Our Mexican farmers are as yet very crude
in their farming. We need good Amsri-
lean far aers to develop our section, aud ex-
tend TO ali q hearty invitati ION TO visit and
see our country ana make their MONIES
with ue.
Vegetables can be raised the year round,
and are OF exc llent quality. Your CORES
pondeDt bad green peas on MS table
Christmas day. also has growing In the
yard, which was the second crop raised in
one year. Figs ami grapes are especially
adapted to this section. We have large
section OF good farming land In the alluviel
bottoms of the Rio Grande, roughly esti-
match mt one-qusiter million acres, which
with irrigation would produce the finest
crops in the world. Irrigation can be had
for com parativ,lv small outlay, and that
IL will paw Is demonstrated by one OF our
large sugar raisers, (of whose plautAtion /
will give description later. SO much for
the soil and resources Of TINS section, and
what has been said OF Cameron county,
will slso apply /, thht portion OF Mexico
borderir on the Rio Grande.
Our people generals are quiet and law
abiding, much more so than strangers this k
who have never been here. While ience
cutting oHtrages have been raging in other
portions OF the state, We are free from such
lawlessness. !, can be said 10 the credit OF
Cameron county, that not fence has been
DESTROYED. Our courts have very l,lt'e
criminal business and society - good. You
will find churches and schools throughout
the county. and bcth well attended. We
have the fines climate in the world. TIE
Temperature Is III ways pleasant Tho Their
mometer rarely ever goes down 10 25 degrees
or above 80. We always have e very pleas
AMI breezA from the gutr.
A gree many persons enter tain the en-
roneous idea that yellow fever is pre- paget.
ed here, but this is not the case. H. ~ well
known and admitted by the medical Ira
ternity the fever has I'll Ways been imported
from more sou hern lstitudes. IL has new.
or been known to appear in the rural dis
trirts