The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-10-13

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 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.
l Two. and sometimes three crops of
corn, averaging from fifty to seven~
2 ty bushels per acre, are raised year
.Ily. while cotton will easily yield
from one to two bales per acres.
r Grasses grow all the year, and stock
find pasturae without being fed or
l 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
S vegetables and fruits. Vegetables
, af all kinds grow all the year
II Ground, and northern people are as
d tonished to find tomatoes, lettuce,
: spinach, English peas, etc, served
Z fresh from the gardens in midwln-
II ter. This is undoubtedly the par
adise Of track gardeners, and so
soon as rail transportation is OBJ
n tanned Cameron county vegetables
q bv the car load will be shipped to
:, northern markets during winter and
5 early spring, and will obtain the
highest prices, as there will be ne
competition. This is due to cul
exceedingly mild climate. Fire.
= quently the entire winter passe:
:. without a single frost, and there Il
:, rarely ever any cold weather befor'
u Christmas. Fruit culture has no
g. been attempted in this county on
OF large scale, but there is one larg
II banana plantation on which TIN
RI delicious fruit yields most ahund
= antly and in the greatest perfection
- Grapes are also raised extensively
III growing in almost every yard. The
ID ripen from two to four weeks ear
ee lier than in any other section
Many planters here make all
their own table wines. Orang'
OK and lemons also grow in profusiol
ed and this section could easily
10. made to rival Florida in the pr'
orc duction of oranges. Sugar cane
80 also one of the most important PR
~ nncts of this valley. The K
lch Grande plantation of Mr.. Geo BIZ
IN Law and the rabbi Starck plantatic
produce great quantities OF can
which is all manufactured on d
Rio Grande plantation This cal
makes sugar which is produced
experts to he even superior to t
best Louisiana product. Hawai-
tobacco has also proven a succe
here. Col. J G.. Tucker haviI
made some most successful expet
ments with it; his samples we
cIassed by New York buyers
equal to the best Havana.
\ The county is watered by the +
"a Grande with its ample flow alo
IA the southern boundary, and nui
q erous small streams called "arroyi
= and "resacas."
The population of Cameron cor
7 ty according to the census of Is
I is 1924. Brownsville, the cour
a seat, has a population of Sah'
q 1000 Point Isabel, the seaport
the county, has about 400 inha
tants and Santa Maria, grow
little river settlement, has about2
II Improved lands sell for from
.s to S25 per acre, unimproved
"a from 50 to So per acre The ay
. are taxable value of land is
There are 82.240 acres of sci
land in the county. The con
rs, has a total school population
- 400. aud gives employment to
teachers. The average length
the school term is five months.
h" total tuition revenue received i
the State is Sl3 600 There al
J, number of public schools in
,DIC- county, affording ample educate
advantages.
n this Homeseekers are gradually
ginning to find their way to
land where farmers can work in
One open air 365 DAYS in the year,
it is comparatively nndevelopp'
vet. WITH the hailding Of
A. r... GI ri; LON.