Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-11
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" Of the United States Weather
Burea station in Brownsville, has
compiled and printed a very inter
esting leaflet on 1925 weather con-
ditions as remarked by this station,
together with comparative data.
Mr.. Schnurbusch announces that
copies of the pamphlet are available
to all those persons having real
} need for il.
Some Of the sections covered are:
Annual meteorological summary;
daily maximum temperatures, daily
minimum temperatures, comparative
data, monthly minimum tempera-
stures; comparative data on month
~ mean maximum temperatures,
and temperature extremes; COM
parative data on monthly and an
nual mean temperatures; temper
atgres 32 degrees, or lower, with
dates: daily sunshine with percent
age Of possible. 1925; daily preeipi-
tation. 1925; comparative data on
monthly and annual precipitation,
extremes Of precipitation and wind.
Can ramie, or China grass, be
grown in commercial quantities in
the Lower Rio Grande Valley
A. :. Holmes, president of the
Holmes Fibre Corporation Of Buff
falo, n. Y, wants TO know.
Writing 10 the Brownsville Cham
ber of Commerce, Mr.. Holmes says:
We would like to contract for
supply Of green stalks extending
over period Of to years, to be
delivered al a central point at or
near the place where il is grown.
The plant for handling the products
would give employment to about 20
20 so hands the year round.
According to government reports,
the cultivation of ramie succeeds
best in a hot, moist, equitable eli
mate and rich, damp soil. Unless
grown on moist bottem lands along
nrisers, il requires at least 40 inches
Of well distributed rainfall. A dark,
rich sandy loan or rich alluvial bot
tom lands free from overflow are
suitable for il.
The plant will not krow in un-
drained swamps or on stiff clays and
i;s cultivation is not profitable on
light sandy soils unless heavily fer
tilized. But when once started ii is
prolific and will continue to yield
crops for a period of from five to
eight years. The growing season in
i - he utat serA
should admit Of a yield Of ramie of
J three if not four crops a year.
IF you should know of good par
ties who will consider a proposition
of this kind we will be obliged if
you will put US in touch with them.
or in the event there are none. can
you give us an idea of the value of
land in 100 or 250-acre tracts suit
able for this purpose.
'.Have you any knowledge of Mr..
Felix Fremerey who at cut 80 years
ago had n plantation somewhere in
your state for growing ramie
plants =
Important subjects like farm
arithmetic. business English, citrus
culture. vegetable growing and citi-
zenship. will be studied in the free
Vocational school for vallev bows. to
conducted AZ Edinburg this sum
ar under the direction Of j. j.
awn. vocational agriculture ex-
sys between the ages Of IL and
will be entitled to attend the
.ool. And. no doubt. there are
any -cid boys" that would like to
sake similar course.
Teaching of vocational agriculture
should eventually develop into one
/ of the most important phases of
! education in the Valley, for agricul-
ture Is by far the important thing
In this particular section Of the
country.
IL is a very fine movement, that
started at Mercedes a few days ago
b. vocational teachers of the Valley.
Brownsville and San Benito haze an
nouneed Fourth Of July celebrations
for this year. Probably there will
be some others. Plenty of people
for all Of them Population of the
Rio Grande Valley Is around l25, 900,
maybe more.
IL every celebration gets crowd
Of 5000. each will have about all the
crowd IL can handle.
And one good thing about a day
with many celebrations. you may
AXE 'em all in. IL you don't like
Dne Of the celebrations you can get
o another in a very short time.
The board of county commission
rs Of Cameron county Saturday viii
open bids for Cameron county's por-
tion Of the Valley flood control pro-
gram-
Mostly dirt work, and may involve
he expenditure on that one contract
,f ,something like n million dollars.
4ProbabIy there will be contractors
from all round.
Means n great deal TO the future
If agriculture in Cameron county.
The next important step Is drain
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