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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1927
Page
5
The document lists crop yields and values in Texas, showing gains over last year. It highlights crops such as cotton, wheat, rye, peanuts, sweet potatoes, sorghum syrup, broom corn, peaches, apples, and other crops with total gains of 101,982,000 dollars.
The report lists agricultural output for 1926 with total value 1,082,000 and a year over year gain indicated as a positive increase in crop figures compared with the previous season.
The note emphasizes cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, truck farming, citrus, nuts, wool and more as major Texas income sources. It claims 1926 production exceeds earlier years and cites the Lower Rio Grande Valley as a key area.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley’s thirty banks reported December 31 1926 total resources of 28 306 064 19 with deposits of 19 479 037 12. Cameron Hidalgo Willacy Starr counties show rising resources and Brownsville leads with 8 500 000 resources and 7 000 000 deposits. County bond plans fund feeder roads and express roads from Brownsville to Boca Chica beach. Central Power & Light provides electricity to most towns. municipal Browners and Harlingen run plans. a new natural gas line from Webb County will serve the valley by winter.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley crops move in sequence from cotton in July to vegetables, grapefruit, citrus, and winter produce. More than 16 000 cars of fresh vegetables shipped last season. this season may reach 20 000 to 50 000 cars depending on market demand. Valley products reach nearly every state, via fresh and canned goods. Irrigation supports a growing winter and summer tourist trade with 400 to 860 visitor permits issued daily for Mata Marmora visits.
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