The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-13
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AFoUr cAMEIsoN COUNTY.

At the PxtT3fllA sol lieTu I'll
u me great state Of T-xas Ties
Cameron county. Itself a sfhah
brlncipaIiIy IN extent In area
st covers no less than S.395
sanase niles. lis soatiler4i -x-
zFenity lies ahoTat The 81 xteenlh
of a degree Fellow The S6ih. par
aleA. wAsfs lis Northern lalitndr
&c about 81 . 90. rs gseafass
width from east to west is some
ching over forty miles and frofh
horlA 10 south 100 Afips.
CIAE3TE.
Though SO near THE fTop s
get the Climate Of this county
81 cothpafa.iveIy cool Isl ssam-
eh-r. It's eA,irr 1assef7. front
st alinht enc handred miles, be-
sag Iavad by tie cooi %aiers of
the Gulf of Mexico, which great
" spuis5ers the heat natural 10
sotith4fis IatitaS!rs. The pre-
Ealing wind tnrouglout ti.e
greater portion of the year rs
FROM The Southeast aud comes
directly sixoss HE Calf The
Ainlers are asao extremely mild.
and makg ILLS all ideal place
for any who seek escape from
fi,e rigors Of a northern winter
indeed, no place in the United
States enjoys more solabTioas
Climate during The winter sea
son that Brownsville, the coun-
tv seat of Cameron county.
Here the average temperature
sof thirty-uiae yeats vas 70 CO.
Eress.
The lard lies nearly level, the
altitude; at Brownsville being
only AZ teet. The soil is rich
with the ailuvfaf deposits of
endless years, and it's treasures
Of fertility are as yet almost
Untouched only a limited po--
lion of it's surface ever having
been disturbed by the pillow.
In many places the soil lies
from six to twenty feet deep,
bei4fg practically inex6austibIe,
and this of the f1nist and richest
soil known, ranging from rich
dark alIu7iaf to a sandy loom.
The county is watered by the
Rio Grande, which skirts its
sntiiFSs Southern boundary, g
distance of seventy-iVe miles.
Besides this there are numerous
small streams, called "resacas"
and "arroyos," throughout the
county.
PRODUCTIONS.
The leading industry Of this
region at present is stock grow
Ing, cattle, hnrses and sheep
constituting llia lie I'D ing
export product. But its
agricultural resources have
been proven to s.. almost <nd
less ia variety. lis semiifopi-
Cal climate permits such fruits
as the ora0ge, lemon citron
guava. fig and bahama, to
flourish, while peaches pears
and other traits also do we'll,
and grapes grow and jieId in the
Greatest abundance. The chief
rlf6dncis Of the soil, however,
ars corn, cotton and sugar cane
Besides these sorghum, broom
corn, and all variiies of vegsta
bles yield most ahubdanily
II may be- said without feaf of
contraelofion that all OF these
viii yield more per aesa tliant
BAY other portion of tie state
En- periments with Havana Ia
axsc6 ana rainfs- Have also!
Proven most sne.rssfn! The
latter, once plahrrd becomes
afmst TertnhiaI Tale culture
OF sngarcahr III his rich valley
land deserves SPECIAL n9entin
Fonr tlssisanta ,ioanas .f sugar
er acre is The rslurn tflnit
from land planted in cane. aud
This SUGAR is prailoaneed BY
gs1vr7nn-nt exp4rts I'D he rosa |
, The finest E.iufsiatla pr,
duf.l
PoPULaTHS ANB rows
Gam@feh county, according t
s..tlse cansus OF 1850. cGafslins
- population Of - 40. The