The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-10-16

separated from Mexico by the Rio
Grande on the south and has about
100 miles of gulf coast as its east
ern boundary. 1t was organized in
1913, and contains 3308 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 u
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 severn
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 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 lind 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 oh
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. FREE
quently the entire winter passes
. without a single frost, and there is
rarely ever any cold weather before
Q Christmas. Fruit culture has not
been attempted in this county on a
large scale. but there is one large
banana plantation on which this
delicious fruit yields most ahund-
antly and in the greatest perfection
Grapes ara also raised extensively
growing in almost every yard. They
, ripen from two to four weeks ear
her than in any other section
e Many planters here make all OF
!. their own table wines. Orange:
! and lem ms also grow in profusion
3 and this section could easily b,
> nlads to rival Florida in the pro,
% duction OF oranges Sugar cane il
p glso ons of the most important pro
pucts Of this valley. The Ri,
Grande plantation of Mr.. Geo. Bru
{, lav and she Rabb Starck plantation
= produce great quantities of cane
which is all manufactured on thu
Rio Grande plantation. This cam
makes sugar which is produced b,
experts to be even superior to tn,
best Louisiana product. Havani
tobacco has also proven a succes
here, Col. j g. Tucker havinl
made some most successful expert
ments with it; his SAMPLES wen
classed by New York buyers a
equal to the best Havana.
The county is watered by the Ri
Grande with its ample flow alon!
the southern boundary, and mum
erous small streams ca led arroyo,
and "resacas."
The population Of Cameron coun
tv according to the census of 1S9
is 13.424. Brownsville, the count
seat, has a population of abou
1000 Point Isabel, the seaport c
the county, has about 400 inhab
tants and Santa Maria, GROWN
little river settlement, has ahout25I
Improved lands sell for from s
to $50 per acre, unimproved iC
from 81 to St per acre The ave.
age taxable value of land is s
There are 82.240 acres of scho
- land in the county. The count
has total hool population I
4l0O, and gives employment to
teachers The average length
- the school term is tive months. II
total tuition revenue received fro
the State Is Sl3 900 There are
number Of public schools in Il
G county, afording ample education
advantages.
us Homeseekers are gradually b
ginning to find their way to tn
land where farmers can work in ii
.e- open air 365 DAYS in the year, br
it is comparatively undeveloped
vet. w tn the building of ii