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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1906
Page
4
Milam County reports a cotton crop valued at about 2.2 million dollars with seed income around 260 thousand, plus a strong corn, fruit, and timber sector. Peaches, nurseries, alfalfa, rice near Cameron, potatoes, and diverse timber support a growing economy. two cotton seed oil mills and extensive livestock shipments bolster local industry, with a push for increased manufacturing.
The census notes Texas has 15,236,576 acres under cultivation with farm products worth 151,039,057 and a value per acre of 9.91, higher than Illinois Iowa Missouri and Kansas. Texas ranked fifth in population with 3,048,710, and in 1903 farm products valued around 300 million dollars. rice area expanding coastwise. Texas total wealth assessed for taxes at 1,064,000,000 with 18 cents per 100 taxed for schools.
The county contains kaolin deposits with samples rivaling Haviland china and merits investigation. Cameron is proposed as an ideal cotton factory site with abundant water from Little River, nearby cotton fields, and cost advantages for mining fuel, inviting correspondence from interested parties.
Milam County in Texas is touted as a prime area for fruit production including peaches apples and plums with favorable soil and climate. The piece highlights lignite coal near Cameron, potential for a canning factory, pickle materials, and other profitable ventures such as a broom factory and cutlery or cornerware manufacturing, urging investment and stock participation.
Mr. Mat Vandivere delivered five gallons of Dallas blackberries to the hill last year and sold them for 25 cents per gallon. He could only deliver what he managed to bring to Cameron.
Mrs. Jno Handcock sold 100 gallons from 97 blackberry bills at 20 cents a gallon and used many at home. A row of ten steps of Austin dew berry yielded 16 gallons sold and consumed. Two enslaved women were arrested for blocking the Santa Fe track. Rev W A Gallon returned from Gatesville Presbytery. Cameron church had a strong year. A San Antonio man shipped 4000 fruit trees to Milano and, lacking land, bought ground to plant them, showing faith in Milam County’s future.
A brief note states that nine peaches fill a basket and thirty six fill a crate in Milam County.
The author argues against large scale fruit tree planting in Lampasas preferring grass sod cultivation on rough land to preserve surface feeding roots. He cites a 20 degree freeze leaving fruit on old trees and cites W W Dunham’s sod orchard near Austin with peaches thriving despite freezes. He describes a method of planting trees in three foot hole circles and notes substantial home grown fruit in that region.
The cultivator and the plow have cost Texas this season hundreds of thousands of dollars as will be seen when the time comes to ship fruit. H. M. STRINGFELLOW. Lampasas, Tex.
Dr Creel plants a new strawberry bed each autumn and gathers first berries the following spring after keeping runners out. In the second season the plot yields fewer 60 early berries and smaller fruit but the overall quantity increases. He irrigates in summer as moisture is needed.
Mr. Sidney Meyer of Leon County reports the East Texas peach crop is not severely damaged by the freeze. His seventy five acre orchard with 7,500 bearing trees should yield at least 20,000 crates, he says, and he views the damage as not a disaster.
The report notes buffalo clover flourishing as the adopted state flower. It mentions plans to add onions to the national food supply and highlights Elberta orchards near Cameron in Milam County.
Cameron Herald reports a farmer near Rockdale has planted 6000 peach trees since January 1903 on 70 acres of post oak land with red clay subsoil. The orchard includes 5000 Elberta, 300 Mamie Ross, 300 Happy varieties and assorted fruit trees. He notes a light fruit crop last season and claims Rockdale peaches rival eastern competitors, but marketing remains a serious challenge with some tree losses from gopher damage.
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