Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-05-20
.LYFORO RECEIVES
AND ENTERTA|NS
BORDER VISITORS
RESULT OF FIVE YEARS OF UN-
BROKEN PROSPERITY SEEN BY
BUSINESS MEN.
SHORT TOUR OF LYFORD AND sEBAS-
TIAN COMMUNITIES PROVES
AN EYE OPENER.

an aulomohile tour over what members
jof the Brownsville Come and Be Shown
party visiting I.yford this morning declare
Ito be a successful and attractive dry
farming country was the feature of the
"Trip taken by twenty Brownsville business
men today. The apparent prosperity
founded on five years self sustaining ag-
rlculture rather than on an inilowing
stream ~ fresh capital. a. l. often the
ease, startled the Brownsville men. They
Expected much=An.l iaund more than they
expected.
Leaving Brownsville at o'clock this
morning hy TRAN the party arrived ia IN
ford IA Il :35. delegation NJ Lyfurd and
Sebastian business men and farmers met
the train. a breakfast, featuring Lyford
produce, was eaten at the Lyford hotel.
Rev. +. l.. Jones spoke q few words of
hearty welcome ~ the visitors. :. n.
Tucker of the Peoples Ice company vi
Brownsville responded.
Entering motors. the party ciceroned by
\ Iytord men. were taken through the San
Jose citrus orchards. where first grade
commercial oranges are grown. The tour
proceeded through the fertile Turner tract
TO the Deyo and Ray ranch, where the first
stop was made Tamworth hoe~. Jersey
cattle and all farm products are raised on
thi- tract. declared ~ returned members
of the party "a BE- khe show place If IN
ford-and, nj that. q show place that pays.
~ix carloads of onions. dry land raised.
have been harvested from this farm. and
the same portion l. being planted III cow
peas and peanuts. AZ the southern limit
Of the tour the country Immediately around
Sebastian was Inspected and found to be
-of a piece" with the rest. The n. ".
Deyo and W. III Cox orchards. both sue
ceS~iul. unirrigated citrus producing
tracts, were visited in turn on the swing
around the circle coming in. The short
time lef, before the departure of the party
N the south bound train at 10 o'clock was
spent in visiting among Lytord merchants
I've were all surprised al the extent Of
the land cultivated around Lyford." said
IT.. II. II. Howard. Brownsville commission
merchant. who l. a graduate agriculturiSt
l'What most impressed me was finding the
farmers self sustaining. Potatoes. onions.
corn. beans-all the staple food,tuffS cx-
icept wheat-are grown by the I.viord
farmer for hi own consumption. for the
local market and for outside sale And
the farmers there know the three main
stays OF a self supporting farm Hogs.
COWS aud chickens. Animals are raised on
every farm we saw in the Lviord com
immunity. The corn both III prutu~ene~~ and
quality far exceeded what was ~ w. eX-
pected in dry farming community. l.y-
ford has record OF five successful year
round seasons. And Il will pay Browns
Vile 10 keep nm eve On l.yiurd. They have
fertile SoIl-ns question a. "a that. They
have better dry farming conditions than
Oklahoma or North Texas, where wide
: spread crop failures occur at times. he
sides this. they are ia the citrus belt. Tn
questionably, Lyford will bear watching"
". 4. Craig of Caffarelli Bros. whole
sale grocers, summarized the opinions ot
the party when on returning he expressed
hi surprise nj Lytord development ''What
they have done there was a revelation "a
Us. We knew by their inviting u that they
. must have something TO show, but We did
not anticipate the half of what We found
The Lyiurd farmers are a fine class
evince prosperity that l. built on some.
thing substantial. too"
: ''Good crops, good cItizenry. good homes
Z and Jolly good time-that l. the impress.
2 sion brought back from Lyford," said W
\ u. Whitman, Brownsville pharmacist, to !
reporter on his return. "Corn, cotton an,
oranges we found flourishing | was mos
! impressed with the substantial farm homes
\ built, they tell me a. a result Of five wear,
: Iof unbroken prosperity. Five years "
: success takes Lyford out Of the experi
g mental stage"
y Il knew. of course, that I.yford was :
prosperous little community" said A
Wayne Wood. cashier Of the First Nationa
bank. II knew that some dry lagd farm
ing was being done up there. But ! wa
n IN no way prepared to find what was show
!. "a this morning. Al the Lyford men ca
keep up the pace they have been going al