The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-11-16


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
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
Nv, 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 Gfande 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 in midwln-
ter. This is undoubtedly the par
adise of truck gardeners, and so
soon as rail transportation Is OH
tanned Cameron county vegetables
by the car load will be shipped to
norther markets during winter and
2 early spring, and will obtain the
. highest prices. as there will be no
competition. This is due to our
exceedingly mild climate. FIRE.
5 quently the entire winter passes
I, without a single frost, and there Is
D rarely ever anv cold weather before
Christmas. Fruit culture has not
been attempted in this comfy on {
: large scale, Init there is one large
banana plantation on which thu:
delicious fruit yields most ahund
antIv and in the greatest perfection
Grapes are also raised extensively
!. growing in almost every yard. The,
= ri2en from two to four weeks ear
:, lier than in any other section
&c MANY planters here make all o
n their own table wines. Orange
n and lemons also grow in profusior
50 and this section could easily b
P, mad to rival Florida in the pro
- ductiom of oranges Sugar cane
glso one of the most important Pre-
pucts of this valley. The III
(irande plantation of Mr. Geo. Bru
Law and the Babh Starck plantatio
produce graat quantities of cam
which is all manufactured on tn
Rio Grandp plantation This can
makes sugar which is produced h
evnerts to he even superior to tt
be& Louisiana product. liaval
tobacco has also proven a succe'
here. Col. J G. Tucker havin
made some most successful exper
men;s with j his samples we
classed by New York buyers
equal to the best Havana.
The county is watered hy the r
Grande with it's ample flow alor
the southern boundary, and nun
erous small streams Ca led arroyo
and "resacas."
The population of Cameron con
tv according to the census of IS
is 1924. Brownsville, the coun
seat. has population OF abo
1000 Point Isabel, the seaport
the county, has about 400 inha
tants and Santa Maria, a growi
little river settlement, has ahout2'
Y improved lands sell for from
3 to $50 per acre, unlmproved
from 3 to 81 per acre The av
age taxable value of land is
-, There are 822l0 acres Of sch
I and in the county. The con-
has a total school population
400, aid gives employment to
~ teachers The average length
= the schoul term is live morths.
total tuition revenue received fl
the State is Sl3 600 There ar
DC number of public schools in.
county, Attending ample educatlc
'i'i' advantages.
Hotueseekers are gradually
One ginning to find their way to
land where farmers can work in
he open air 800 DAYS in the year,
it is comparatively undeveIoped
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