The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-07-07

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 83O8 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~
tv bushels per acre, are raised year
~. while cotton will easily yield
from one to two bales per acres.
Grasses grow all the year, and stock
fiud pasturae without heing fed or
sheltered during the winter. Bat
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 in 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 he shipped to
northern markets during winter and
early spring, and will obtain the
highest prices. as there will be no
composition. This is due to orr
exceedingly mild climate. Free
quently the entire winter passes
without a single frost, and thereis
rarely ever any cod weather before
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 shund-
antly and in the greatest perfection
/ Cranes are also raised extensively
growing in almost every yard. They
ripen from two to four weeks ear
her than in any other section
Many planters here make all oi
their own table wines. Orange!
and lemons also grow in profusiop
and this section could easily b.
made to rival Florida in the pro
duction OF oranges Sugar cane j
plso one of the most important pro
!. pncts of this valley. The Ri
Grande plantation of Mr.. Geo. Bru
Law and The Rabb Starck plantation
1 produce graat quantities of cane
which is all manufactured on tn
Rio Grande plantation This car
makes sugar which IS produced b.
experts to he even superior to th
best Louisiana product. Havam
tobacco has also proven a success
here, Col. J G. Tucker havinl
made some most successful expert
meh,s with il; his samples wef
classed by New York buyers a
equal to the best Havana.
The county is wafered 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 conn
tv according 10 the census of 189
is 1924. Brownsville, the count
{ seat, has a population of abou
) 1000 Point Isabel, the seaport G
the county, has about 400 inhab
! tants and Santa Maria, a GROWN
little river settlement, has about25l
Improved lands sell for from s
to SO per acre, unimproyed fC
fram % to So per acre. The aver
5 age taxable value of land is S
There are 1920 acres of scho'
land in the county. The count
has total school population {
400, and gives employment to s
teachers The average length {
the school term is five months. II
2 total tuition revenue received FRO
r the State is %l3 COG There are
! number of public schools in II
county, affording ample education
> advantages.
= HomeseekeYs are gradually b
; ginning to fnd their way to til
land where farmers can work in Il
u open air 365 days in the year, b
t it is comparatively undeveloped
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