The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-10-19

southern county of Texas. III Is =,
separated from Mexico by the Rlo h
7rande on the south and has about o.
100 miles of gulf coast as its east {
ern boundary. 1t was organized in n
1s4S. and contains 1908 square J
miles. Farming and stock raising r
are the principal industries OF the >
people the location, climate and soil a
being admirably adapted for both. $
The greater portion of the soil is a
rich loan, and produces an exceed
ingly heavy yield of both cotton
and corn the chief farm products.
Two. and sometimes three crops OF
corn. averaging from fiftv to seven-
ty bushels per acre, are raised year
Nv while cotton will easily yield
| from one to two bales per acres.
Grasses grow all the year, and stock
| find pasturae without being fed or
sheltered during the winter. But
the soil and climate of the Lower
/, Rio Grande Val ey are by nature
best adapted for the production OF
vegetables and fruits. Vegetables
! af all kinds grow all the year
Ground. and northern people are as
]. tonished to find tomatoes, lettuce,
|. spinach, English peas, etc, served
, fresh from the gardens i'll mldwin-
d tar. This is undoubtedly the par
p adise of truck gardeners, and so
:, som AS rail transportation IS OBJ
u tanned Cameron county vegetables
/ by the car load will be shipped to
northern markets during winter and
$ early spring, and will Obtain the
IS highest prices, as there will be no
competition. This is due to our
exceedingly mild climate. Ere
ouentlv the entire winter passes
n without single frost, and there Is
s. rarely ever any cold weather before
Ut Christmas. Fruit culture has no
been attempted in this county on
= large scale, but there is one larg
banana plantation on which TN
delicious fruit yields most abund
autlv and in the greatest perfection
Cranes are also raised extensively
o growing in almost every yard. he
d ri2en from two to four weeks ear
- lier than in any other section
the MANY planters here make all
rs. their own table wines. Orang'
in and lemons also grow in profuslol
en- n and this section could easily
no, NAL to rival Florida in the pr
ION duction of oranges Sugar cane
ces' els, one of the most important pr
pncts of this valley, The IL
Grande plantation of Mr.. Geo Br
rer, Law and Che Rabb Starck plantati'
- pro1uce graat quantities ot car
which is all manufactured on t
Rio Grande plantation THIS ca
makes sugar which is produced
experts to be even superior to t
best Louisiana product. Hava
tobacco has also proven a succ'
here. Col. J g. Tucker havi
made some most successful expe
ments with it; his SAMPLES w
classed nv New York buyers
\ equal to the best Havana.
"a The county is watered by the
4 Grande with its ample flow ale
- the southern boundary, and nu
~ 4rous small streams Ga led "arroy
and "resacas.
The population of Cameron co
I tv according to the census OF ]
"A i 1924. brownsville, the con
~ seat, has a population of al
1000 Point isabel, the seaport
the county. has about 400 lnh
tants and Santa Maria, grow
little river settlement, has about
Tmproved lands sell for from
to s25 per acre, unluIprovcd
IS 8 from 50 to Sc per acre ! he {
a0e taxahle value of land IS
I'D There are S2.240 acres of Sc
gY33 baud in the comfy. The ca
a has a total school popal"tio
400. aid gives cmp!oymrnt t
teachers. The average lengt
..ltbe school term is live moths
~ total tuition rpvenae received
tue State is $l3 900. There
3, number of public schools il
1pn,c- rnunty. affmding ample educa
advantages.
in thi H1meseekprs are gradual,
ginning to find their way t.
land wiiefe farmers can work
- o,a- ,npn air 3G5 DAYS in the YEA
~ it. is comparatively nndevriol
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