The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-06-05
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CAMERON COUNTY:

eepEtHteu from mexico py the no
Grande on the south and has abont
100 miles of gulf coast as IFS eastern
boundary. 1t was organized in 1S48,
aud contains 1908 square miles.
Farming aud stock raising are the
principal industries of the people,
the location, climate and soil being
admirably adapted for both. The
greater ortion of the soil is a rich
faom, and produces an exceedingly
heavy yield of both cotton and corn,
the chief farm products. Two, and
sometimes three crops of corn, aver
aging from fifty to seventy bushels
per asre, are raised yearly, while
cotton will easily yield from one to
two bales per acre. Grasses grow
all the year, aud stock fud pastur-
age without being fed or sheltered
during the winter. But the soil and
climate of the Lower Rio Granie
r Valley are By nature best adapted
for the production of vegetables and
fruits. Vegetables of all kinds grow
all tbs year around, and northern
people are astonished to find toma-
toes, lettuce. spinach, English pease,
ETC., served fresh from the gardens
4 n midwinter. This is undoubtedly
the paradise of truck gardeners. and
80 soon as rail transportation is OBJ
T$sined Cameron county vegetables
~ the car load will be shipped to
Z northern markets during winter aud
sSearly spring, and will obtain the
{ highest prices, as there will be no
9ampetition. This is due to cur ex
{. ceedingly mild climate. Frequently
She entire winter passes without
single frost, and there is rsrely ever
sfsssJe cold weather before Christmas.
- s,fnlt culture has not been attempted |
His county on a large scsle.. but |
s.ssre is one large banana plantation
IN which this delicious fruit yields
ffsst abundantly and in the greatest
! krfection. Grapes ere also raised
= sEte6siveiy, growing in almost every
.sstd. They ripen from two 20 four
weeks earlier than in any other sec
zion, Many planters here make
al Of their own table wines. Oranges
and LEMONS also grow in profusi5n,
and this section could easily be made
81 rival Florida in the production of
.ssanges. Sugar cane is also one Of
5he most important products of this
syAlsy. Tue Rio Grande plantation
is1IlssEr. Geo: Br0lay and the Rabb-
plantation produce great guam
SOD cane, which is all menufac-
80 ion the Rio Grande plantation.
Iitl ae makes sugar which is pro-
10y experts to be even supe-
1.-The best Louisiana product
5S5aTaha tobacco has also proven
SUCCESS here, Col. j. G Tucker hav-
;hg made some most successful ex
periments with it; his samples were
ctassed by New York buyers as eqnal
to the BEST Havana.
The county is watered by the Rio
Grande with its ample flow along
the southern boundary. and uumer-
S,sis small streams called "arroyos"
a6d "resacas."
The population of Cameron county
according to the census of 1890, is
-I3, 424. Brownsville. the county
seat, has population of about 1000.
PGiut Isabel, the seaport of the
county, has about 400 inhabitants.
and Santa Maria, growing little
liver settlement. has about $50.
Improved lands sell Tor from s. to
$25 per acre, unimproved FOR from 81
to Sc per acre, The average taxa
BILE value of land is 81. There are
S2,240 ceres of school land in the
county. The comfy has total school
population of 327l. and gives en-
ployOent to - teachers The aver
sge length of the school term is five
months. The total tuition revenue
received from the State is $4,000.