The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-04-06
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CAMERON COUNTY:

separated from Gexico by the kIo /
Grande or, the south sod has about
100 niles Of gulf coast as It's eastern /
boundary. It was organized in l6@S.
and contains 33OS square miles.
Farming and stock raising are the
principal Industries Of the people. |
! the location, climate and soil being
admirably adapted for both. The
greater rOrtion of the soil is rich
laom, and produces an exceedingly
heavy yield of both cotton and coin,
the chief farm products. Two, aud
sometimes three crops of corn, aver.
aging from fifty to seventy bushels
per acre, are raised yearly. while
cotton will easily yield from one to
two bales per acre! Grasses grow
all the year, and stock fad pastur
age without being fed or sheltered
during the winter. But the soil and
climate of the Lower Rio Grande
Valley are By nature best adapted
for the production of vegetables and
fruits. Vegetables of all kinds grow
all the year around, and northern
people are astonished to find toma-
toes, lettuce. spinach, English peaEe,
ETC., served fresh from the gardens
| in raidwinter. This is undoubtedly
the paradise of truck gardeners. and
SO soon as rail transportation is OBJ
tanned Cameron county vegetables
by the car load will be shipped to
northern markets during winter and
early spring, and will obtain the
highest prices, as there will be no
competition. This is due TO our ex
ceedingly mild climate. Frequently
the entire winter passes without 8
single frost, and there Is rsrely ever
any cold weather before Christmas.
Fruit culture has not been attempted
in this county on a large scale. but
there is one large banann plantation
on which this delicious fruit yields
J most abundantly aud il The greatest
e perfection. Grapes are also raised
: extensively, growing in almost every
j yard. They ripen from two to foul
f weeks earlier than in auy other sec
e ton, Many planters here make
all of their own table wines. Oranges
and lemons also grow in profusiOD
1 and this section conid easily be made
to rival Florida in the production @
oranges. Sugar cane is also one O
tue most important products of TIL
valley. TIE Rie- Grande plantation
of Mr.. Geo BrGlay and the Rabb
Stark plantation produce great guam
q titles Of cane, which is al manufac
jared on the Rio Grande plantation
d his cane makes sugar which is pro
Il noauced by experts to be even supe
/, rior to the best Louisiana product
Is Havana tobacco has also proven
q success iere, Col. J. G. Tucker hav
ing made some most successful ex
peduents with it; his samples were
4 classed by New YO:k buyers as eqna
> to the best Havana.
The county is watered by the Ri
Grands with its ample flow along
:, the soutLern boundary, and runner
d ous small streams called "srroyOs
z, and "resacas."
q The population of Cameron county
according to the census Of 1890, i
d 1924. Brownsville. the count.
SO seat, has population Of shout 1000
ii Pciut Isabel. the seaport of tn
county, has aboat 400 inhabitants
n nd Santa sIaria. growing It'll
4 YER settlement. has about $50.
- Improved lands sell for from s. t
= S25 per acre, unimproved Tor from s
Il to Sc per acre. The average taxa
he bic value Of land is 81. There az
S2.24O acres Of school Land in !h
county. The county has total schoe
Ell population of 327l. and gives en-
]. ploYment to - teachers The aver
Or age length OF the school term is iv