The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-26
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Facts
ABOUT CAMBRCN COUNTY

Al the eXtFeIsss- SOB Ite9 TIL
of the great stale Of f-xas lles
Cameron county. itself a srssaii
principally IN extent. lnafra
n covers no less than 3,30S
square miles. lis sauthrfn ~x-
tremity lies about il,r siNies-s'.l'
of a degree below Tue G6rh. par
alel, white It's northern Iaiitnd-
Is about q ; 20. It's greatest
width from east TO west is some
shing over forty esilrs and from
north TO south 100 miles.
CLIMATE.
Though so near the trop :.
yet the clinale of this county
81 comparatively cool in sum
sner. Its entire eastern front
of aseat one hundred miles, be-
ing iaved by the cool waters OF
the Gulfof Mexico, which great
iy tempers the heat natural to
southern ATTITUDES The pre-
vaiIing wind throughout the
greater portion of the year as
from the Southeast and comes
directly across the Gulf The
winters are also extremely mild,
and make this an ideal place
for aay who seek escape from
the rigoTs OF a northern winter
indeed, no place in the United
States enjoys a more soluhri"us
climate during the winter sea-
son that Brownsville, the coUh-
~ seat of Cameron county
Here the average temperature
for tIEiTiy>nine years was Is de-
gress.
he land lies nearly level the
Attitude at BrownsViI:. being
only 43 feet. The soil Is tich
with the aIIusial deposits OF
endless years, aud lis treasures
of fertility are as Yet almost
untouched only a iimi'ed p"r
iea- of it's surface ever having
been dis,nI bed by the 2l"w.
In many places the soil lies
frosa six 10 twenty feel derPs
being practically in-xilat:sH'sr,
and this Of the finiSt and richest
coil known, ranging from "A rich
dark aliu7ia 10 a sandy loom
The county is wafer. q 10y tn"
Ria. Grand, wlli<-l skirts lis
entire southern Boundary, "a
.lisl..hce of sevrniy-iiv- mites
Besitles>tiiis- Iife.re are numerous
small streams, c;.firf "rrsaras
aud ."arr"yus," throughout the
cuuniy.
PRaDUCTIoNs::
The l.sading industry of this
rpe on al present. is stock grow
ing, cattle, horses and sheep
CONSTITUTING the lea d II 9
export prud.ict. But its
agricultural resources have
tIrpu prpv+n. "a b. almost rn'i
less in variety. lis ssniiropi,
caI climate l,-r4ssfis silch- fruits
an The orasIgp, lemon, ciir"n
atava, fig anti banana. Il
4l,nrish, lille pnszsilfs pears
and other fraEils also do will
aasd~g.A pes grow and ji-Id in lac
eHIsibst ahuacfaaca. The chic
ssroducis al iIas soil, however
ara s.ora. cation an,lsagar cane
Besides these .efgiitn, bEs,o:-
Corn. autisali variii-s of vrgeia
l5irs yi-la miasl ahundaniij
II may hsf said wi'il"sss fs'a1 o
eS,ssradicEian that al of liles'
viii yield l.larr per acre th1'
hav other Dofsin:s<of The eiai'
Et.aeliin-n,s with Havana 10
axcco audi ra,hiH- have ais
proven saost Successful III
latter, once Pian'rd hecoin',
s4mst nAr~uuissi- IIe eliiar
of sugarcane IN siis rich vale.
land deserves sp~e.ai tsienii
Faar tiIusand poaasd- of sns a
per acre Is he rftnrH iiiad
from baud pl;stied IN cane, an
this sugar IL pronounced Z
g4.vs-nRss-t,i = AI,-rfs 70 bs easl
lie .i:negt Louisiana PR
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poPuI.AYfoN aa5sFo WIS
Cameron comfy. ;see,ss'iin
trahe c-hSH< Of 1871 ensit;stsl