The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-04-12
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oAMERoN COUNTY:

cameron county is the eAtTe'he
southern county of Texas. 1t Is
separated from Mexico by the Rio
Grande on the south aud he's about
100 miles of gnlf coast as lis eastern
boundary. 1t was organized in lo4S.
and contains 1908 square miles.
Farming aud stcck raising are The
principal industries of the people,
the location, climate aud soil being
admirably adapted for beth. The
greater rOrtion of the soil is rich
isom, and produces an exceedingly
heAvy yield of both cotton and COIN,
the chief farm products Two, and
sons times 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 ae:e: Grasses grow
all the year, and stock fad pas'ur
ase without being fed or sheltered
duripg the winter. Ba, the soil aud
climate Of the lower Rio Graule
Valley ere by nature best adapted
for the production of vegetables and
+ fruits. Vegetables Of al kinds grow
/ al fla ve9r er0ug1. and northern
people are Gs;onisaed to fnd toma-
toes, lettuce. spinach, English pease,
etc, eerved fresh from the gardens
IN midwiuter. This is undoubtedly
/ the paradise of truck gardeners, and
so soon as rail transportation is ob-
taiDed Cameron county vegetables
% tbe car load viii be shipped 70
northern N .rEets daring winter aad
early spring, ana will obtain the
highest prices, IS there will lie 10
competition. This % dna to cor *
ceei:0slg mild aIimate. Frequently
he entire w;uter passes without 8
single frost. AID there i rarely ever
any cold weaiher before Cbtiatmas.
/ Fruit Gu tare bas nos been attempted
in this county on q large sc-ls. bHi
there Is ono large blnana pl.nta;ioa
on gbich this as.ieious irais yis'ds
most abandanil: aa3 n the greatest
perfection. G . as ase also raised
extensively, growing in almost every
ya:d. They rifen from two u foul
weeks earlier than in any otb6f see-
tioo, Many planters here make
al Of their orn tabie wines. Oran Ee'
and lemons also grow in profasi'n
and this section conid easily be ma'l'
to rival Flori i, in The production Q
oranges. Sugar care is also one Q
the most important prodae'a Of 'hf
valley. Tas hi. Graade Pientaiio;
Of AIr. SEQ Br@lay and the Rabb
5. ar~k plantation ,1roduce great qnan
sii.ss Of cane, which is all manufac
. -ured On tbs Rio Grande plantation
his cane makes sugar which is pro
nounced by experts to be even snpa
rior to the best Louisiana product
Havana tobacco has also proven
sacoess ltre, Col. J. G Tucker hav
Jug uade some most successful *
oerineuts with it; his samples wer
slassed by New Yo:k buyers as eqna
10 the best Havaaa.
The county is waterea by the Ri
Grands with It's ample now aloui
the soalhern boundary. and tuner
oas small streams called "arroyos
lnd "rosacas."
Tie population Of Canercn county
acsariing to the census Of 1890,
1924. Brownsville. the count
seat, has q population Of about 7OGl
Pciut Isabel, The seaport Of th
county, has aboat 400 inhabitautf
aud Santa Maria. growing It'll
! ver settlement, has about $50.
Improved lands sell Tor ron s. t
e25 rcr acre, uaimproveu I3r from 5
: 70 So per ecre The average tax
DE vstue # land IS 81. There a.
s2.240 acres If school land in Sd
luL- --.--t.h.an III 80.