The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-05-11
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cA,zrRoN COUNTY:

! NA4NO ~ NnC AAio
Grsnde on the south and has about
LOG miles of gnIE coast as IFS eastern
boundary. It was organized in 1913,
and coptains 330S square miles.
Farming and etock raising are the
principal industries of the people,
the location, climate and soil being
admirably adapted for both. The
greater i orion of the soil is a rich
laoW, and produces an exceedingly
heavy yield of both cotton and com,
the chief farm products. Two, aud
sometimes three crops of corn, aver
aging from fly 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, aud stock find pastur-
age without being fed or sheltered
during the winter. Bat the soil and
climate Of the Lower Rio Granle
Valley are by nature best adapted
for the production of vegetables and
fruits. Vegetables of al kinds grow
all the year around, and northern
people are astonished to find toma-
toes, let.Gce. spinach, English peace,
etc, served fresh from the gardens
in midwiuter. This is undoubtedly
the paradise of truck gardeners. aud
so soon as rail transportation is cb.
taiued Cameron county vegetables
by the car load will be shipped to
northern m rkets during winter and
early spring, aud will obtain the
highest prices. as there will be no
competition. Td;s ia due to cur ex
ceeiiugly mild climate. Frequently
the entire winter passes without q
single frost, add there is rsrely ever
any cold weather before Christmas.
Fruit ca ture has not been attempted
in this county on large scale. bnt
there is one large banana plantation
on which this delicious fruit yields
most Ebuudantly aud in the greatest
perfection G:ages are also raised
extensively. growing in almost every
yard. They riaen from two 70 four
weeks earlier than in any other sec
ton, Many planters here make
all of their own table wines. Oranges
and lemons also grow in profusi6n,
and this section could easily be made |
to rival Florila in the production of
oranges. Sugar cane is also one CT
the most important products nf this
valley. Tue Ri" Grande plantation
of Mr.. Geo. Bralsy and the Rabb-
S. ark plantation produce great guam
tit,ts of cane, which is all manufac-
-ured on the Rio Grande plantation.
I'his cate makes sugar which is pro-
nonnced by experts to be even supe-
rior to the best Louisiana product
Havana tobacco has also proven a
success here, Col. j. G Tucker hav-
ing made some most successful ez-
perimeuts with it; his samples were
siasssd by New You buyers as eqna
o the best Havana.
The county is watered by the Rio
3rsnds with its ample flow along
lie southern boundary. and runner
JUS small streams called "arroyos"
md "resacas."
The population of Cameron county,
:coording to the ceusas Of 1890. is
s.. 1914. Brownsville. the connt,
eat, has population Of about 1000.
2siut Isabel. the seaport of the
county. has aboat 400 inhabitants.
md Santa Maria. growing littl,
ver settlement, he's about $50.
Improved lands sell Tor from So t.,
rs per acre, uuimproved Tor irOm 81
o Sc per acre The average taxa
,le value Of land is 81. There are
2, 240 acres IF school iaGd in III.
oan:y. The county has total school
'opula,ion If 327I. and gives en-
,loYment to - teachers The aver
&c length of the school term is five
months. The total tuition revenue
eceiYed fir, IN the State is Si3 .000.
There are number OF public schools
\ the county, affordiug ample sdu-
atipnai advantages.