UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
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BULLETIN No. 665 
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. Willakd, Agriculturist. 
CONTENTS. 
Description of area 
Farm facts 
Dependability of enterprises 
Stability of types of farming 
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Farm business illustrated. 
General conditions 
Conclusions 
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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.) 
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Fin. 1. — Location of the lower Rio Grande irrigated district, Tex. (shaded area), 
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