The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-10-08

! Cn'Vi OiA COuhbJ 10 tuc cAGGtIlit
southern county of Texas. 1t j.
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
lS4S, and contains 33OS 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
lngly heavy yield of both cotton
aud corn the chief farm products.
Two, and sometimes three crops If
corn, averaging from fifty to seven-
ty 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
find pasturae without being fed or
sheltered during the winter. But
the soil and climate Of the Lower
Rio Gfande VI ey are by nature
best adapted for the production of
vegetables and fruits. Vegetables
at 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 truck gardeners, and so
soon as rail transportation is oh
tanned Cameron county vegetables
by the car LOAF 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
Christmas. Fruit culture has not
beeu attempted in this county on a
large scale, but there is one large
hauara plantation on which this
delicious fruit yields most abund-
antly and in the greatest perfection.
Grapes are also raised extensively.
growing in almost every yard. They
ripaD from two to fur weeks ear
lier than in any other section.
Many planters here make all of
their own table wines. Oranges
and lemans also grow in profusion.
and this section conld easily he
made to rival Florida in the pro-
iGction of oranges Sugar cane is
Glso one Of the most important pro-
pucts of this valley. The Rio
plantation of MIR. Geo. Brn-
dy and the Rabb Starck plantation
produce great quantities of cane, |
which Is all manufactured on the |
Rio Grauie plantation. This care
makes sugar which is produced by
'Xperts to be even superior to the |
peSt Louisiana product. Havana
obaecn has also proven a success
lere, Col. j G. Tucker having
made some most successful expert
neh's with 1t; his samples were
,lassed by New York buyers as
'qual to the best Havana.
The comfy is waiered by the Rio
frande with It's ample flow along
he southern boundary, and mum
.rOus small streams ca led "arroya,"
md "resdcas.'
The population Of Cameron conn
y according 10 the census of 1890
: 1924 Brownsville, the county
eat, has population of about
1903 Point Isabel, the seaport of
he county. has about 400 inhabi-
ants aud Santa Maria. growing
title river settlement, has about250.
Improved lands sell for from 81
% So per acre, unimproved Tor
irrm 81 to s. per acre The aver
lge taxsble value of land is 81
! here are 82240 acres of school
and IN the county. The county
'aS total school population of
100. . ID gives cmplnym.pt tn 20
eacher> the average length of
he school term is i've months. The
ntai tuition revenue received from
he State Is 5l3 000 There are
lumber Of public schools in the
.ounty, aifofdjng ample educational
advantages.
H7meseekers are gradually be-
dining to 1ni their WAY to this
and where farmers can work in the
pen air 265 DAYS IN tho year hut