The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-06-07

Fred VI. Truwit, of San Antonio
! the man who sells National Biscuit
company products in this section
arrived in the city last night. Mr.
Truwit IS an old Brownsville boy,
and says it feels like coming home
when he visits this territory. The
/ gentleman says he remembers well
having walked from Point Isabel
! to Brownsville on the 18th OF
August, many years ago, the Rio
/ Grande railroad having been
damaged by a storm which swept
the country on that date. Nh.
Truwit said he was minus most OF
his clothing when he arrived here,
having discarded it when he swan
the large resaca a short distance
from town. These experiences
while not very pleasant at the time,
serve to make Brownsville one OF
the most interesting points on his
route.
The entomologists camped near
town, DR.. F. H. Snow, chief of
the department of entomology OF
the Kansas University, his as
sstant, E. S. Tucker, and Z. @.
Corwine, a student at the Univer-
sity, will it is learnedremain here at
least a month and perhaps longer,
collecting specimens of the various
bugs which are peculiar to this
section. DR.. Snow has been con-
nected with the University ever
since its establishment i'll 1869,
and served twelve years as chan
cellor of that institution, when his
health became somewhat impaired
and he turned his attention to
entomology. His collection of
specimens in the museum of the
Kansas University ranks among
the finest in the world. A pair of
moths from this section for which
about $50 was paid, is among the
collection, and DR.. Snow determin-
ed to visit the Brownsville country
and spend some time in making a
collection of specimens. The party
has only been here two days but
has alrady secured quite collec-
ton, and say in about a week they
will have a very interesting ex-
hibit of Brownsville bugs.
A HERALD man had the pleasure
this morning of meeting c. L. Nc
kenzie, superintendent of Wells
Fargo's express at Houston, and
iG. B. Meserve, an expert truck
grower from Richmond, Texas.
These gentlemen are down taking
look at the Brow nsville country
and will visit some of the truck
farms near the city before return
| ing. Mr.. Meserve has had about
seventeen years experience i'll truck
growing and may be said to be al
authority on such matters. He says
it has been his experience that ex,
press shipments are more profitable
than car load shipments, from the
fact if you lose a small shipment
from any cause the loss IS not sc
heavy, and the difference in rates
is so small is be of small account
| Mr. Meserve says also that truck
growers must get on the market
early from this section, or the bust
ness will be a failure, as other sec
tons are so much nearer the mar
kets and can put their stuff in
ahead of the Brownsville country,
thus securing the cream of the
trade. The gentleman says truck
farming in his section has been al
most an entire failure this year on
account of excessive rains, and the
same may be said of many localities
of the state. This and the cold
weather in February made truck
growing a very unsatisfactory bust
ness, and most of the truck ship
ped was of very inferior grade and
brought very low pricesA The truck