The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-06-23
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Separated frc@ Mexico by the Rio
Graude en- The south sad has about
400 miles Of gaK coast as IFS eastern
boundary. 1t was organized in 1913,
and contains s3eS 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 rich
7aom, 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 6fiy 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 find pas;ur-
age without being fed or sheltered
during the winter. But the soil and
climate Of the Lower Rio Grande
Valley are by natare best adapted
for the production of vegetables and
fruits. Vegetables of ell kinds grow
all the year around, and northern
people are astonished to fnd totna-
toes, lettuce. spinach, English pease,
Ste; served fresh from the gardens
n midwinter: This is undoubtedly
The paradise of truck gardeners, and
SO soon as rail transportation is Oh
lained Cameron county vegetables
BY the car load will be slipped to
northern markets during winter ard
early spring, and will obtain the
highest prices. as there Twill be no
competition. This is due to cur ex-
ceeditgly mild climate. frequently
the entire winter passes without a
Single frost, and there is rsrely ever
any cold weather before Christmas.
Fruit culture has not been attempted
II this county on large scale, but
there is one large banana plantation
on which this delicious fruit yields |
most abundantly and in the greatest
perfection. Grapes are also raised |
extensively, growing in almost every |
yerd. They ripen from two TO four
weeks earlier than In any other Sec
tion. Many planters here make
alt Of their own table wines. Oranges
aud lemons also grow in pFofdsiOn,
and this section could easily BE made
20 rival Florida in the production of
oranges. Sugar cane is also one of
She most important products Of thisi
valley Toe Rio Grande plantation
ST Sfr. Geo. BrGlay and the Rabbi
S;ar~k plantation produce great guam
tities of caue, which is all manufac-
'ured on the Rio Grande plantation.
rhis cane makes sugar which is pro- !
1ouneed by experts to be even enpe /
nor TO the best Louisiana product
Havana tobacco has also proven q |
success here, Cot. j. G Tucker hav-t
1ng made SOME most successful ex-
berinents with it; his samples were
slassed by New Yoi K bdJeIs as: equal
% the Best Havana.
The county is watered by the Rio
irande with its ample flow along
lbs southern boundary. and rumer-
Jus Small streams called t'arroyos"
md s'resaeas."
The population of Cameron county.
IetoFding to the census of 1890. is
.8.42A Brownsville, the county
EAT, has a population OF about 1000.
3oiat Isabel. the seaport of the
jodbt5. has about 400 inhabitants,
Ind Santa Maria. a growing little Z
;iyef settlement. has about $50. (!
Improved lands sell ior from SIS to i
.25 per acre, uninproTed Tor from 81 Il
b So per acre The average taxa 4
Sic value of land is 81. There are 4
Z, 24G acres Of schoul lard in the !;
'6unty. The county has total school 5
STIPULATION of 327l. and gives en- :
yloyheht to = teachers The aver (:
&c length OF the school term is Eve s
months. The total tuition revenue :
eceived firm the State is $4,000. 8