Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-02

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rus orchards of Florida, with every
tree apparently personally and in
6ividually groomed are mythical
there is no such thing in existence.
This is the report of j. E. Bell.
manager of the San Benito Cham
Der of Commerce, who returned
last week from trip to Washing
ton. On his way back he went by
Florida.
Valley orchards are better cared
for now than the average in Flor
Ida, Bell says.
The Florida orchards are ragged,
hntrimmed and yellow from lack of
fertilizer.
Invasion of the Mediterranean
fruit fly is blamed for the sorry
plight of the orchards there. Many
of the growers have become dis
couraged, others are not in finan-
cial condition to purchase fertilizer.
to employ workers to prune and
cultivate the trees.
This is sad state of affairs, but,
Just because Bell found Florida
orchards in q poorer state than
valley groves is no reason why To-
cal growers should not continue to
strive for better product by i'm
proving cultural methods and care.
Valley orchards may rank above
4hose of Florida, but there is much
room for improvement here in the
Eare Of trees.
| EVIDENTLY the cotton pickers
I'm Cameron county have won the
FIRST skirmish in the farmer picker
battle. Farmers announced Mon
day, after an executive committee
meeting in Harlingen, that they
ould pay 81 hundred pounds.
~ Previously the price had been set
Wt 75 cents. Farmers found the
pickers reluctant to enter the fields
ht that figure, especially when just
across the line in Hidalgo and Will
pacy county the farmers were pay
Rng two-bits per hundred more.
L And even the increase in price is
not expected to produce sufficient
workers to keep abreast with the
rapidly maturing crop.
So call is broadcast for 1000 to
1000 additional pickers.
/ NEW MEXICAN immigration
Regulations causing no little confu-
ESion. Seems to be a difference of
kopinion among the officials inter-
Vested as to the exact date when
EUnited States citizens must begin
ITO comply with the rules.
! Saturday it was announced citi-
tzens living outside of Brownsville
would be required to secure con-
isular permits before visiting Mata-
anoros Sunday Then Monday it
was announced the permits were
mot required Sunday, but would be
in the future.
Then all immigration officials
hlong the border seem to have diff
iferent ruling.
At ReynoSa nothing has been
heard of any change in the rules.
AT Rio Grande City there were ru-
mors, but no definite information.
AT Roma definite instructions had
been issued but they appeared to
differ from those issued at Mata-
inoroS.
The new regulations are much
more drastic than anything ever
attempted before. Possibly this is
an explanation.
Everything will likely be working
smoothly in a few days.
WITH ACTUAL construction of
the huge irrigation system still
many months away, thousands of
young citrus trees on the tract in
Willacy county to be watered by
Willacy county irrigation district
NO. / are growing and thriving.
Some of the prettiest trees to be
seen in the Valley are on that tract
where no water is yet available ex-
cept that which can be handled in
water wagons.
On the Engleman tract the same
bIllIlg is true. thousands or young
citrus trees which never have been
watered except from a tank wagon,
are thriving.
Seems to lend weight to the
statement that most trees in the
irrigated section are over-watered.
VIRGIL. N. LOTT, former news
paperman, former United States
officer in border service and at
present manager of the interna-
tional bridge at Roma, is planning
to take a vacation and attend the
annual convention of Spanish
American war veterans in Colo
rado, after visit on the Pacific
coast
Il never have attended q Span
ish-American war veterans gather
ing yet" he said, and the ranks
are beginning TO thin rapidly.
intend to be in on this one"
But he's coming back to Rome
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