Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-09
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VALLEY

exhibit car. filled with representa-
tive products from this section, j;
meeting cordial reception every
where il goes, daily kilograms re-
ceived from ]. F. Bell of San Be-
nito. who is in charge Of the car on
the first half Of its $500 mile tour
indicate.
At San Antonio some 1000 per-
sons visited the car. At Waco the
number was about that. At Fort
Worth at least 5000 persons attend
ed. and at this writing the car was
in Dallas and no report had yet been
received.
At least 100000 viii, make tours of
the car during its trip, there is
every reason to believe.
THE GULF VEGETABLE e. Fruit
Company issues mimeographed
bulletin now and then in which il
gives out considerable information
on the truck crops. Frequently there
is some sound advice.
A late bulletin offers the follow
ing on planting time:
Carrots and beets should not be
planted later than January 10. Cab
bage should not be set in the field
later than December Is. Tomatoes,
if planted in the field where they
are to remain December to Janu-
ary Is. Egg plant and pepers may
also be planted in the field where
they are to remain but must be
handled more carefully than to-
matoes. Plant early okla January l
to February Is. Lima beans, Febru-
ary and March. String beans, Febru-
ary and March. Mustard, endive and
turneps may be planted with safety
during January. Green corn, January
to April /. Cucumbers, February
l5 TO March Is. Cantaloures, the
same as cucumbers."
HERE is SOME Of the advice Of
fered in the bulletin:
Tomatoes and potatoes should be
fertilized. Any commercial ferti-
lizer containing or 10 per cent
avail3ble potash is good"
In the way of general truck in
formation. the bulletin says that
planting of Florida cabbage Il still
far from completed over much of the
state but present conditions are for
. crop slightly under last year. II
no change is made in prospective
paintings. there will be around $500
acres compared with $500 last year
Alachua and Marion counties are
half planted and will bring the total
up to about last year if fertilized
can be obtained in time.
UNITED STATES rivers and har-
bors engineers recommended to the
present congress than sl7s.000 be
appropriated for development of
Brazos Harbor, which is the Valley
port at Point Isabel.
The people of the Valley put up
$4,000 in cash. some Of its nickles
and dimes donated by school child
rem. for the dredging of the channel
across the Laguna Madre.
Originally. back in 1919. the fed
eral government appropriated $685.
600 for dredging the outer channel
There was also allowed $4,000 a
year for five years for maintenance
Instead of merely dredging a ditch
across the bar the United States is
now engaged in n much more eaab-
crate work, costing much more
money. Jetties 1900 feet long are
being extended into the gulf from
the ends Of Padre and Brazos Is
lands.
Take all the money that has been
spent on the project and is now
being spent. and the figuSs is
around 100000. Just double
il for safety. Eventually there's be
a real harbor at Brazos.
HERE is A paragraph from the
bulletin Of the district office. at
Houston. Of the Bureau Of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce. Washing
ton. II NAV be Of interest to citrus
fruit growers here:
A specialist in charge Of the Fresh
Fruits Division of the Y. s. Bureau
Of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce in Washington. ID. c.. recently
remarked that. while Texas does
not loom particularly large in sta
tistics on production and shipments
of citrus fruits in the United States
at the present time. il is our under
standing that within the next five
or ten years there will be a consid-
erable increase in trees in bearing
which will mean the extension OF
Texas citrus fruit to markets which
have not yet been reacher." These
remarks were made bv the specialist
in connection with his efforts ia
collect information that will make il
possible for the Bureau with which
he is connected to assist in market
ing the fruit rs soon as the yield
has increased, Gays Ernest L. Tut
in charge Of the Bureaus District
Office at Houston. The Fresh Fruits
Division has already conducted much
investigational work in connection
with marketing citrus fruits abroad
Tutt says. and the results Of all
such work are available to Texas
growers and shippers on request
from the Texas Branch Office Of the
u. s. Bureau of Foreign and Do
mestic Commerce in the Chamber OF
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