The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-12-18

Cameron County is the extreme
outhern county of Texas. 1t IS
eparated from Mexico by the klo
lraude on the south and has about
LOO miles of gulf coast as its east
,rn boundary. 1t was organized IN
lS4S, and contains 1908 square
miles. Farming and stock raising
are the principal industries of the
oeonle the location, climate and soil
being admirably adapted for both.
The greater portion Of the soil IS
III loan. and produces an exceed
Ey heavy yield of both cotton
corn the chief farm products:
rand sometimes three crops OF
averaging from fftv to seven"
lsbels per acre, are raised year,
rhile cotton will easily yield
one to two bales per acres.
asses grow all the year, and stock
a pastiirae without being fed or
Filtered during the. winter. But
lthe soil and climate of the Lover
)Rio Grande Valley are by nature
hest ADAPTED for the production OF
.,esotaLloS ond fruits. Vegetables
af all kinds grow all the year
oround. and northern people are as
tonished to find tomatoes, lettuce,
spinach. English peas, etc, served
fresh from the gardens in midwln-
ter. This is undoubtedly the par,
adise of track gardeners, and so
SOM as rail transportation is OBJ
tanned Cameron county vegetables
bv 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
exceedingly mild climate. FIRE.
lonently the entire winter passes
without a single frost, and there Is
rarely ever any cold weather before
Christmas. Fruit culture has moi
been attempted in this county on :
larre scale. but there is one larg'
: banana plantation on which thu
delicious fruit yields most ahund
antly and in the greatest perfection
Cranes are also raised extensively
growing in almost every yard. Inc.
r;,en from two to four weeks ear
Her than in any other section
Many planters here make all o
fbeir own table wines. Orange
and lemons also grow in profusior
and this section could easily b
mada TO rival Florida in the pre-
dnetion of oranges. Sugar cane
nlso one of the most important pro
nncts of this valley. The III
Grande plantation of MIR. Geo. brr
( law and the Rabb Starck plantatlo
nroduce graat quantities OF can
which is all manufactured on I'll
Rio Grande plantation This car
makes sugar which is produced
ayperts to be even superior to tt
hest Louisiana product. Hava'
tobacco has also proven a succe
here. Col. J G. Tucker navir
made some most successful expel
1 mems with it; his SAMPLES we
4 classed hv New York buyers
j equal to the hest Havana.
The county is watered by the I
Grande with its ample flow alo
>, the southern boundary, and nu
erous small streams ca led 'arroy
and "resacas."
The population of Cameron COZ
- tv according to the census of i
} ;s 13424. Brownsville, the coul
seat. has a population of ab
1000 Point Isabel, the seaport
&c the county. has about 400 inh'
tants and Santa Maria, a grow
little river settlement, has about
this Improved lands sell for from
TO S25 per acre, unimproved
from - to So per acre The a
ace taxable value of land Is
me There are 82.240 acres of SCI
and in the county. The cor
has a total school population
! ne 100, a I'd gives employment to
teachers. The average length
the scho j term is five moths
total tuition revenue received +
tine state is Sl3 600 There al
] } number of public schools IN
county, affording ample educau
oo advantages.
" Honreseekers are gradually