Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-16

in OUR
VALLEY

ANAA&62 a 49,
OF s358.25, leads Texas in that re-
spect.
Hidalgo County. with an average
value per acre Of farm lands &
s128.6i, is second in the state.
Average increase Of the valur
farm lands in Cameron County
tween the years 1925 and 1s3e'as
S206, most sensational advas
any Of the 254 counties Of
Leading all counties Of
In the total value OF its &
Is Hidalgo County With
ton Of s7O.6s2. s74.
Ranking 9th is Cam 20 oos
with a total valuatico '''''
$50. :
r,g,,res don't especially those
compiled in the { -Sa~a
lsploa. ~ lgled with a reck-
statistics are
less abondon,
ps,or. Ne census bureau re-
Tep.as he third Of the total
veais and buildings value Of
lafm in 80 counties, and ten
leAas Or the total value OF those
per cfes is located in Hidalgo and
IN Counties.
o.Jeron County shows the most
fional advance OF any Texas
7tv in the average per acre value
Its farm lands, registering an in
Ease Of s2o6 per acre from 1925
b 1890.
Increased citrus paintings are CIV
Zen BIZ the bureau as the cause OF
the rapid hike in farm values here.
Increase in improved lands in
Hidalgo County during the SANE
period was tremendous.
Increase in the average value OF
those farm lands does not show SO
large in Hidalgo as in Cameron due
to the fact that a large portion OF
the lands put In cultivation during
the five year period were drylands
with q lower per acre value tnah
lands In the irrigated section
Considering the rest Of the ste
East Texas farm lands showed an
increase in value.
Central Texas lands came down
in value.
Panhandle-Plains section showed
a less rapid rate OF value increase
than during the previous period
The averafs for the entire state
rose Sill per acre. from SPLIT IN
1925 to s2s.8S in 1880.
As We said above. figures don't
lie. and the liars who do figure are
not in the census bureau.
valley farm lands have SHOWN .
sensational increase In value during
the past five years.
The average values Of the average
aere OF Valley farm lands IS way
and above the state average.
mr. agricultural wealth Is on the
up and 90.
which means Of course. that ouI
lection IS basically sound.
value OF stocks may 90 down anc
down and down.
wall street may have Its alarms
But you can't take away the 'alu'
\ land. barring acts OF providence
The land Is here, and here y vii
stay.
The wealth which this land repre-
.o,,.s e here. II cannot be removed
we have every cause to be thank
full. to be optimistic
Ard on top Of the increase u
value Of our farm lands there com
nro,ected developments alcIg a.
lines which mean just this-tna
capital IS preparing to take advan
tare OF the basic soundness Of IN
valley b. making additional invest
ments.
In Brownsville. for example, al
tendance at the city coming hear
s,cs will bring out that there
many an apartment house and tn
like being considered here.
No doubt the same Is true 81 othe
Valley cities.
And why not?
The combination Of agriculture
soundness and tourist attraction
irresistible.
1t is bound to come.
Condition OF the rest OF the coun
trv as Il struggles through the las
nhases OF an economic depressio
NAV have affected the Valley :
some extent.
II may have slowed up investment
down here b. people from those sec
tons hardest hit.
II has not affected the wealth
the valley which is here and vhic
y will always be here.
\ We are on the mark. the rest {
ne country has been given q hand
cap. Let's 90.