Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-05-30
&. L. GOODRICH DECLARES ONLY
FIVE OR SIX PER CENT OF COIN
TRY'S TITLED LAND Is IN FRUIT
AND TRUCK.
PRESENT. ACREAGE sUFFr1ENr
TO KREks MARKET OK BORDER
OF ONERPR0DCCTION AND FOL
LOWING LOW PRICES. -..

landk OF inc ilDnted States are III trucA
and fruit. aud mat is sufficient 10 keep
the enterprise on he border line of over
prodnctien. declared C.. l.. Goodrich Of
Washington. aericulsnrist in charge Of
farm management Investigations n the
Southern States. 10 n Herald man today.
An increase Of this acreage by five or
six per ccnf would mean over production.
which wouh necessarily be followed hy
a glutted market, and ensuing unproiit-
able prices.
Dir. Goodrich has been ia Brownsville
and the Valley the past few days. in
specting the farm management inyesiiga-
tion work that has been carried on here
by Rex Willard the past several months.
Mr.. Goodrich stated that he found con
ditions satisfactory and that he expected
that the work Mr.. Willard j. doing. per
haps Will be completed within a year.
At the end of thar time he will prepare
a bulletin on the results Of his inyestipa-
tions. with will be published by the
Department of Agriculture, Ia be dis
tributed among the farmers Of this sec
tion.
Nr. Goodrich stated that il was the
hope Of his department To establish al
least two additional men ia this work in
Texas this wear. but expected a%ppropria
tions BY Congress were not made. and for
the present only Mr.. Willard j. being
retained ia Texas. After completing his
Investigations here he probably will be-
sent Ia some other section If the State
the location Ia be determined later.
Mr.. Goodrich. in common with other
agIiculturists who have lately visited
the Valley, is Of the opinion that too
much reliance is Ilaced upon the truck
ng industry in this section. and that
more should be dome ia the way Of rails
ing livestock and dair,ing. and he laid
especial stress upon the growing of hogs
He declared he had never seen a
country hat promised 81 well for the
live stock industry as thu Valley. point
ing ont that the cash outlay for feed and
forage is comparatively SNAIL. AZ both
can be- raised practically the yea round.
Housing against the weather is not nec-
essary here. which he says is another
IdNbldflt lUlitutftu ~ fylit iEdi
could be made in COWS and hogs.
Mr.. Goodrich regards the land prices
in the Valley as too high. and MON this
point he said;
Il have not had IN opportunity Ia
make an exhaustive study of this see
ton hut have talked To a few farmers
since l have been in the Valley. Land
..Inay I s..I ma. loo. hfuh IL Il ,..uhsx
difficult for u man in any section with.
out capital Ia take land M the prizes
that obtain here and pay out. The water
rates and taxes are 80 large hat they eat
up the surplus of the returns.
Those conditions YOU find not only
here. bat in man, either sections. in Hi
nois aud other northern States. for ~
stance II a man goes into enc OF those
sections with capital he has accumulated
elsewhere O. in some other line ~ bust
ness. he can make a little interest on his
investment. However. there are MANY
farms in Illinois that 40 not bring their
owners more than n dollar "A day for
their work. aud perhaps } per ccrt on
the investment.
In Illinois large capitalists are going
in and buyi ing MP large tracts OF land.
not for the purpose of making money.
Int "a n safc place 10 PAT what they have
and ! doubt If The, receive more than
312pA cc4A. Illinois farms are rapidly
passing into the hands OF these investors
and manv IL them have large tracts that
are valued at $50 an acre. hut non worth
more Than -.w Going further east "a
Eastern PENNSYLVANIA We find lands al
half that valM thai are bringing their
owners double what the lllin,sS land
owners and farmers are receiving.
in all our surveys la y~arinus parts
at the north We have found enly one mar
that is making Sl0.0O0 a year. and IN
other surveys. We will find perhaps men
who are making more than that But
these are scattered eases, and are far
from being a rule.
so many sections are in the grip of
the land promoter. who sees only the
money that l. ahead in the proposition.
Prizes oil farm lands viii have In GENE
dawn before an, section can hspe la
over come obstacles that besct their
paths"
Mr.. Goodrich. h referring Pack Ia
trucking. said that il was ioo much Of a
speculative industry. except for n few
who have the capital 10 fall hack "a.
For the average farmer. he said. il T.
seryiceable only rs a Time filler.
Mr.. Goodrich left this afternoon for
shreveport. La, where he goes 10 inspect
work in his department.