Valley of the Rio Grande: Its Soil, Productions, Climate, &c., &c (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1332211151 ISBN 13: 9781332211159

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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IT is a singular fact, that the soil of this extensive valley is composed Of mineral constituents precisely similar to those which compose the Delta of the Nile, and there is scarcely a doubt that, under a proper system of culture, it will become equally productive.

The Rio Grande resembles the Nile In many remarkable features. It has its source in towering primitive mountains, composed of red granite, identical in appearance and geological structure with the material from which the imperishable monuments of the Pharaohs were hewn.

Below these mountains, at different elevations, are extensive formations of secondary limestone and sandstone vast fields of moving sand through which the river forces its devious way in its annual floods, by constantly changing channels; and broad plains covered, like those of Upper Egypt, with silicious pebbles, such as fiints, agates and chalcedony, intermingled with large petrified trees, such as are found near Cairo. Indeed, throughout its whole length and breadth, this extensive valley presents nearly the same geological characteristics as that of the Nile, and its soil, being made up' of the detritus of similar rocky formations, must be similar in its chemical constituents.

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Excerpt from Valley of the Rio Grande: Its Soil, Productions, Climate, &C., &C The time is probably not far distant when the Egyptian cotton will be cultivated in the valley of the Rio Grande to as great an extent as on the banks of the Nile. A few experiments have been made in the culture of the cotton plant in the vicinity of Matamoras, and have proved remarkably successful. It grows in this region with wonderful luxuriance, and yields abundantly, almost without labor or care. The sugar cane also here grows to an enormous size, and far exceeds in its products the cane of Louisiana or of any portion of Eastern Texas. It has been remarked by naturalists that tropical plants are more productive at or near the Northern limits of their growth, than near the equator. If this doctrine is correct, the culture of sugar cane will be found more profitable in the lower portion of the Valley of the Rio Grande than it is even in Cuba. Many valuable tropical fruits may also be grown in this section with great advantage. The orange, fig and pomegranate flourish with great luxuriance in the neighborhood of Matamoras and Camargo. Such advantages of soil and climate cannot be overlooked, and it may be taken for granted that at no distant day, large portions of the country between Point Isabel and Loredo, and even above the Presidio del Rio Grande, will be covered with plantations of sugar cane and Egyptian cotton, interspersed with groves of oranges, figs, olives, and other fruits of the tropics, surpassing in luxuriance of growth and beauty of appearance the same productions in any other region of the South. That portion of the Rio Grande valley lying farther up - say from the Presidio road to one hundred miles above the mouth of the Puerco - with the land lying along the tributaries of these two rivers, is admirably adapted for even a more varied production, and will support and enrich a dense population. Indeed the valleys of the several tributary streams of this region are equal

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• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1332211151
• ISBN 13: 9781332211159
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 24