The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-11-17

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Grande on the south and has about {
100 miles of gulf coast as its east
ern boundary. 1t was organized IN
1848, and contains 1908 square
miles. Farming and stock raising
are the principal industries of the
people the location, climate and soil
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 fifty to seVen-
ty bushels per acre, are raised year
.ly, while cotton will easily yield
from one to two bales per acres.
Grasses grow all the year, and stock
find pastnrae without being fed or
sheltered during the winter. But
the soil and climate of the Lower
Rio Grande Valley 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 midwln-
ter. This Is undoubtedly the par
adise of track gardeners, and so
soon as rail transportation is OBJ
tanned Cameron county vegetables
by 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.
: ouentIy the entire winter passes
/ without a single frost, and there Is
rarely ever any cold weather before
Christmas. Fruit culture has not
been attempted in this county on
: large scale, but there is one large
= banana plantation on which this
delicious fruit yields most abund'
antly and in the greatest perfection
Cranes are also raised extensively
growing in almost every yard. The,
ri2en from two to four weeks ear
lier than in any other section
Many planters here make all o
their own table wines. Orange
and lemons also grow in profuSior
and this section could easily b
mad to rival Florida in the pro
dnction Of oranges Sugar cane
vlso one of the most important pro
pucts of this valley. The III
Grande plantation Of Mr.. Geo. Bru
Law and the Rabbi Starck plantatio
produce great quantities of can
which is all manufactured on tn
Rio Grarde plantation This can
makes Ngar which Is produced /
experts t. be even superior to Il
best Louisiana product. Havar
tobacco has also proven succe
here. Col. J q. Tucker havir
made some most successful exper
ments with it; his SAMPLES we
cIassed nv New York buyers
equal to the best Havana.
The county is watered by the r
=, Grande with it, ample flow alol
the southern boundary, and nul
erous small streams ca led "arroyi
and "resaeas."
}" The population of Cameron cor
tv according to the census of Is
is 13,424. Brownsville, the cour
seat, has a population of alb
IL 1000 Point Isabel, the seaport
the county. has about 400 inha
TINS tants and Santa Maria, grow
iiflle river settlement, has ahoutE
me Improved lands sell for from
to SO per acre, unimproved
! he from - so IS per acre The a'
tgp taxa5le vaiue of land is
There are 82.240 acres If sci
and in the county. the con
has Il total hoI population
400. and gives employment to
teachers The average length
the scho 4 term is tive molths.
- total tuition revenue received +
20 tine State Is 3l3 600 There Al
number OF public schools IN
nae, county, Attending ample educati
advantages.
Homeseekers are gradually
ginning b. End their way to
La land where farmers can work III
lJ nnen air 800 DAYS in the year,
it is comparatively undeve|ope,
.a9 vet. " til the binding OF
;SS IaiIroaa to Corpvs Christi. hove
,r,.o.,t i,f,nv Of settlers NAV