Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-11-04
IN OUR
VALLEY


suiar dealing with agriculture. irrira,ion.
sIrninage soil types. etc. in the Lower
Hio 'rande Nall'y Of Texas.
1t Is circular No. -. and was written
py a. 1. Potts. Of the experiment sta
tion staff.
As product If the experiment sta
zion. which is now establishing u branch
station in the Valley. located AZ Lano
Trande Lake. the circular l. conSi,. red
authentic as portraying real conditions
in the Valley.
The subtitles Of the leaflet are: Cen
erai Consideration" Soils: Climate.
Conditions: Cold Pcriods": Com
pariscn Of the Days With Temperature
81 Degrees or Below in the Citrus Areas
"f California. Florida and Texas: IF
rigation and Drainage; General Crop
Adaptation"
Under the final subtitle. "General
Crop Adaptation" the circular says:
There j. wide RANGE If crops grown
in the Lower Rio Grande Valley This
Is due 10 the natural fertility If The soil.
climate. and the water supply. Cotton.
corn. broom corn. sugar cane. alfalfa.
sweet clover cowpeaS. W lvet beans.
Rhodes grass. Sudan grass. the >or-
ghums, citrus and other >ubtropical
fruits. and practically ali of the vegc
tables seem to find congenial home.
The strictly temp rate zone fruits such
as apples and cherries. do not d. well.
Certain varieties Of grapes. peaches.
pIums. apricots. pears seem well adapted.
though not extensively grown NJ this
time.
Advantage il taken of the mild win
Ter climate Ia produce such crops ~ cab
bage. bcctr. carrots. onions. and lettuce
which Withstand few degrees Of cold.
They are generally followed on the same
land by cotton. corn. or broom corn. or
by pepper. tmaio. squash. or other sum
mer vegetables. The cropping system
used is one that keeps the land busy for
the greater part of the year. This il -
sential with high priced land aud high
overhead expenses"
This circular was prepared by men
who have followed the agricultural prog
ress Of the VALLEY for years. and should
know whereof they write. And II you
want one Of these circulars. no doubt
the Texas Agricultural Experiment Sta
ticn M College Station will be glad to
send you on.
They are treedIng the ~awdu~t path
up on the International bridge II
Brownsville e-hut not for an evangelical
meeting.
It's merely a step the NJ xicau govern
bent is taking 10 guard against the IN
PRODUCTION Of the foot and mouth disease.
When your automobile rearhrS the
Mexican side Of the bridg', officers
court.ously ask you 90 unload your per
son and walk the length of an eight foot
long. shallow box which contains shavingS
soaked We assume. IN some sort ~ a
disinfectant.
Somehow self consciousness seems Z"
follow everyone trcading this path. en-"
must. ~ least. be- graceful
But what puzzles ~ II why the MrNi-
can officials do not arrange 4 similar eN-
perience for the automobile wheels.
II isn't often that weekly newspaper
finds il convenient OF profitable 7" issue
nm extra edition covering an important
news event
But that happened at Neslac" re-
Gently. Edmond Williams. form rly ~
,:eorg,town. recently bought the NeS
laco News. and he il is who issued thiS
extra. The particular news event Gov
cred in tn. Extra WAS the Sla.Hh IRE
which hast week destroyed garage "a
his town. The extra came out wh'lr 'he
flames were still burning.
An extra edition is quite IN event WIFE
any small city daily. But 10 The publish
cr of a weekly paper L i an achieve
mcnt.
Four years ago Point Isabel .roll'd
something like ln votes Tor ttarhlhg'
and one man voted the democratic ticket
and he was much sought when the news
paper reporters reached Point i>dn''
with rh. newly elected presid' NJ.
We wonder how Point Isabel = gong
today:
A Herald reporter ha> discovered mar
,b.r. are more automobile : IN Cameron
county this year than qualified voters
Eu, ". don't know whether u ~ a com
pliment or adverse criticism