UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



BULLETIN No. 665 v #rt- 



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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 



Contribution from the Office of Farm Management 

 W. J. SPILLMAN, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



April 29, 1918 



STATUS OF FARMING IN THE LOWER RIO GRANDE 

 IRRIGATED DISTRICT OF TEXAS. 



Rex E. Wiixard, Agriculturist. 



CONTENTS. 



Description of area 



Farm facts 



Dependability of enterprises. 

 Stability of types of farming. 



Page. 



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Farm business illustrated. 



General conditions 



Conclusions 



DESCRIPTION OF AREA. 



The present irrigable lands of the lower Rio Grande district are 

 located in the southern portions of Cameron and Hidalgo Counties, 

 in the extreme southern part of Texas. Brownsville, the largest 

 city, is 372 miles southwest of Houston. (See fig. 1.) 



>T E X I C O 



Pig. 1. — Location of the lower Rio Grande irrigated district, Tex. (shaded areai. 



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