Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-12-28

character OF soil. In this particular
project We have the largest body
Of Willacy fine sandy and Victoria
sandy loan soils which are best
adapted to citrus, in the entire
world. I mention the ownership OF
1t by Delta Orchards Company al
the present time.
This stands out predominant
that certain kinds OF soil IN this
Valley produce exceptionally high
class grapefruit while on other
kinds OF soils the leaves turn yell
low and do not produce as good a
crop or have the same amount of
sweetness and juice and naturally
when you become acquainted with
the proposition and begin to study
ii. II you have ordinary common
sense you 20 to the basis OF 1t. ]
found from the nursery men and
the folks who had started in a
small way that the sandy loan
soils we're the finest soils for the
growing OF citrus. Finally this soil
survey vas made OF the Rio Gran
dc Valley and here rs what
the United States govern
mcnt saws In regard n Willacy
Fine Sandy Loan soil. Citrus trees
better than on any other soil in ths
country" Now there is an un-
qualified statement rs to the
character Of our lands
&c ell r.
"On the government soil map
there are 26 different kinds OF soil
in the Valley and the United States
Government. through its bulletins
has put its stamp Of approval on
only five or six ~ those soils. a.
first class citrus soils Of highet
quality. Out or the million acres
in this Valley they have said PAS
600 acres are adapted as first class
citrus land. 245.0 600 is practically a
quarter Of a million. Three quarters
Of the citrus land in the Valley is
already in the hands of individual
purchasers who have intentions OF
setting our groves for themselves.
Alright, We will take out oil the
picture what the other fellow has
bought, and that will mean three
quarters OF the 245 900. leaving 6f.-
$50 acres of land left. When I stand
here before you this morning and
say having observed and planned
for is years. always reaching out
acquiring until $4,000 acres OF the
finest citrus land In the Rio Gran
de Valley went into the organiza-
ton Of Delta Orchards, you might
conclude Delta Orchards had a near
corner Of the best land IN the Val
ley. / am not saying to you in the
nature OF trying TO convince or
trying to- compel to the point OF
saying that we have a monopoly
on 1t, for this company is not build
ing on that basis.
I sometimes use this illustration
OF Cecil Rhoades when he went 70
South Africa and he found scat
tered around in various places lit
tie white sparkling stones, which
he thought at first were diamonds,
but figured they could not be. and
the more he examined them the
more he became convinced they
must be. He finally came back IN
London TO find out If they were OF
any volue, and was told they were
diamonds Of the highest quality.
Not being satisfied he took them
across TO Berlin and Paris and put
them TO the test at both places.
getting the same reports that they
were the finest ever found. He did
not herald to the whole world that
ne discovered diamonds in South
Africa. He went back there and
spent years In finding out the scopi
OF where he could find just a gem
mere and q gem there and got
concessions from the various
countries. and then when he was
ready to say what he had found
there was the greatest corner OF the
diamond section that the world has
ever known.
Can Corner Citrus
We are all that way. We Just
want to reach out and get as much
as we can get Of the things we know
TO be Of value so here is something
that can't be developed to its high
est stage TO make the most out Of
10 Tor the individual only, but for