The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-16


made that the price Of water here
would be too great an expense. but
Mr.. Palfrey answers this by saying
the Louisiana cane grower puts
from S. to $40 worth Of fertilizer
on his land every year, and this
will offset the price Of water in the
Brownsville country where no fer
/ tilizer is needed. In Louisiana the
extraction is from los TO 1S5
pounds Of sugar TO the ton, while
here Mr.. Palfrey thinks it can be
be made to reach 200 pounds. In
Louisiana the density, in seven or
eight, while in the Brownsville
country it is Il. Mr.. Palfrey says
in Louisiana, if cane shows two
red joints and hides the fourth rail
of the fence on the fourth of
July, il Is considered extra good,
and here, on the same date,
the stalks showed twelve red joints,
and were higher than a man head
on a good sized horse. The grind
| ing season in Louisiana lasts only
about forty days, while here it can
be counted on for at least one hun
dred days, which is another great
argument IL favor of this section.
The growing of cane here could be
counted on as a never failing crop,
as the water is plentiful. while in
Louisiana the crop is often cut
short by lack of rain, which is the
principal dependence for moisture.
In developing the multitudinous
resources and possibilities of the
Lower Rio Graude, we cannot af-
ford TO overlook this great indus
try, which THE HERALD believes
is destined to become one of the
greatest sources Of revenue to this
section
In conversation with w. II.
Kyle, a prominent stockman of
Nursery, Victoria county, who ar
rived here Saturday to look over
the Brownsville section, THE HER
AID learns that times are dull in
his part of the country, the rice
crop was fine, but the price of the
finished product is so ruinously
low that nothing could be made
out of the business. The boil wee
vii played havoc with the cotton
crop, but the price received was
good, which in some measure made
up for the short yield. The cotton
has about all been sold, not more
than 800 bales being held in the
entire county, Mr.. Kyle says. He
is an old friend of THE HERALD
man, and is looking over this sec
ton, but will probably return home
tomorrow.
A telegram was received yester-
day by DR.. J. B. Roberts, of Wood
vile stating that disastrous fire
had swept his store at that place,
entailing a loss of about $50, 900. |
DR.. Roberts has been a regular Wis
itor to Brownsville for several years, !
be part ownerof la Blanca ranch up !
the river, and during these visits |
had made many friends hIre who /
will regret to learn of his loss. His |
last trip was made only a few days 1
ago, he having come down to at
tend a meeting of stockholders of
his company. He is still at La
Blanca and is expected here today. |
A business meeting OF the Won
ans Home Mission Society, of the
NJ. L. Church, South, will be held
at the residence of Mrs. J. B.
Stems, on Washington street, at
three O'Clock Tuesday afternoon.
Members of the society are urged
10 be present, and all ladies, inter
ested in this work. are cordially in
vited 10 attend.
BETTE CONNER, Sec.
In a letter from Charles W.
Armstrong, who is now attending
school in New Haven, Conn, he