The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-07-23

Cameron County Is the extreme
southern county of Texas. 1t Is
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, ard 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
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
lly, 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 Lever
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 midwIn-
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 viii obtain the
highest prices, rs there will be no
competition. This is due to our
exceedingly mild climate. Free
ouently the entire wintey passes
without single frost, and there is
rarely ever any cod weather before
fChristmas. Fruit culture has not
been attempted in this county on a
large scale, hut there is one large
banana plantation on which this
delicious fruit yields most ahund-
antlv and in the greatest perfection.
/ Grapes are also raised extensively.
growing in almost every yard. They
lbiaen from Two to four weeks ear
her than in any other section.
:. Many planters here make all OF
their own table wines. Oranges
and lemons also grow in profusion.
and this section could easily be
made to rival Florida in the pro-
duetion OF oranges. Sugar cane is
ulsn one Of the most important pro-
pucts of this valley. The Rio
| Grande plantation of Mr.. Geo. Bru-
Law and the rabbi Starck plantation
produce graat quantities of cane
which Is all manufactured on The
Rio Grande plantation This care
makes sugar which is produced by
experts to he even superior TO The
best Louisiana product. Havana
tobacco has also proven a success
here, Col. J G. Tucker having
made some most successful expert
mehfs with IT.; his SAMPLES weIC
classed nv New York buyers a
t equal TO the best Havana.
The county is wafered by the Rio
Grande with its ample flow along
the southern boundary, and mum
erous small streams ca led arroyo,
and "resacas."
, The population Of Cameron conn
tv according to the census Of 1885,
} is 13,42f. Brownsville, the count,
5 seat, has population of abou
f 1000 Point Isabel, the seaport o
the county. has about 400 inhabi
tants and Santa Maria, a GROWN!
little river settlement, has ahout250
Improved lands sell for from S,
2 to S25 per acre, unimproved TO
from 81 to Sc per acre. The aver
{ age taxable value of land is 81
There are S2.240 acres Of schoa
land in the county, The count
has total s'liool population 0
400, and gives employment to 8
Z, teachers The average length 0
! the school term is i've moaths. III
i total tuition revenue received fror
: the State Is sl3 600 There are
= number Of public schools in tb
: county, affording ample educations
q advantages.
Homeseekers are gradually be
ginning to fnd their way to Til
land where farmers can work in tn