Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-01
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HERE'S A BIT of sunshine from
the Mercedes Tribune:
As a relief from the stories, all
true. Of crops damaged by the rains
and consequent insect damage. listen
to the experience Of Lloyd Edwards,
who farms east of Mercedes, near
the Cameron county line. Mr.. Ed
wards has picked bale to the acre
from large proportion Of his cot
ton field in the first picking. ard
states that from all indications he
will get another bale to the acre
when nc goes over the field the
second time.
Many Of the showers missed the
field. but the cotton did not just
grow for Mr.. Edwards states that
he went round the field Is tines
with his cultivator.' He deserves
the crop"
UP ON THE FRESNoS tract, be-
tween Brownsville and San Benito.
there's 30-acre cotton farm that
will produce bale and three-quar-
ters to the acre-providing the pick
ers get into il.
These two little. stories indicate
that the damage was not so wide
spread as was believed ten days
ago, when the showery season came
10 an end.
The Valley will yet produce cot
ton crop. The one thing Of moment
is pickers-more pickers and still
more pickers.
The Valley wants 1000 of them.
Too bad there's no way to get the
professionally idle into the cotton
patches. They can make a dollar
a hundred. A fairly good picker
should do 400 to 500 pounds of seen
cotton day: That's s4 to SIS a day.
And that's not bad.
One nice thing about it is, the
picker can start the work in the
Valley and move north right along
with the crop.
OLD BUILDINGS. buildings with
historic pasts, are slowly but surely
giving way TO the new Brownsville.
Now comes announcement that
General Taylor's warehouse, or a
building used by General Taylor as
warehouse, resting on the bank
of the Rio. Grande a hundred feet
south of Fourteenth street. is to be
razed this week to make room for a
two-story business and hotel build
ing.
The river-front at Brownsville,
viewed from the Mexican side, is
beginning to present more and
more metropolitan appearance.
Further up on Levee, at Eleventh
street, property owners at the north
corner are preparing to raze another
oid building. but not so old as the
Taylor warehouse. It, too, will make
room for hotel quarters and store
rooms.
THE MISSOURI PACIFIC, real
izing the crisis in the shortage Of
cotton pickers on the lower coast, is
acting to assist in the situation.
Officials called meeting of pas
senger agents at Houston. There
agreement was reached for two
thirds fare 10 the Lower Rio Grande
and the lower coast, for cotton pick
ers only.
That's cooperation. It's as
prompt as possible. The rate goes
into effect this week.
Just arrange that Jupiter Pluvius
remain out Of affairs for another
ten days. and things will be in fair
ly good shape for the average Valley
cotton grower.
So far. $1,000 bales have been
ginned. Which is just about $1,000
bales over the number ginned up to
last night week ago.
That's baling cotton. Hats off
to the cotton gin operators of the
Valley. They're working.
TWO NEGRO BUCKS from Brazos
bottoms, than which there is no
better trainer of cotton pickers
ambled lazily into the Lower Rio
Grande Valley.
Eventually they found themselves
ut a cotton farm at Stuart Place.
There they arrived along about
o'clock in the afternoon.
Thex saw Valley cotton. Waist
high and higher, and easy to ge: at
Leaves all gone. and lint looking
at em-right in the face.
BOY, let's warm up" said one.
They warmed up In two hours
or before sundown they mao iot
pounds of cotton in their sack.
They turned in"
Next morning. up with the sun.
Boy. let's warm up" said the
leader Of the two.
They proceeded to. warm up"
When the sun set that afternoon
they had 1900 pounds of cotton be-
tween them.