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THE TEXAS
to 15,000 population. Its industries include
flour milling, cottonseed oil mill, com-
press, mattress factory, broom factory,
candy factory, brick plant and bottling
works. There is a fine high school. A
recent bond issue for $375,000 was voted
to build a new courthouse. Streets are
well paved and the city possesses all utili-
ties, including natural gas. Oklaunion,
Odeil, Harrold and Tolbert are other trade
centers.
WILLACY-*Created, 1910; organized,
1911; the population of Willacy in 1920
was 1,033, however, because of change of
boundaries in the creation of the new
county of Kenedy, the present Willacy has
little of the area of the old Willacy Coun-
ty; population of county now about 10,-
000; Alt., 0 to 40 feet; *rainfall, 25 in.
Situated, in extreme South Texas on the
Gulf Coast.
The surface is a level plain, sloping
gently toward the Gulf Coast. It is said
to be the only county in Texas without a
bridge of any kind. The principal soil is
the Victoria loam (a sandy loam), the
soils heavier in the southwestern part and
lighter in the north. There is no muck
or gumbo in the county. Timber consists
of mesquite and huisache.
A variety of crops-are grown, including
cotton, onions, peas and beans, beets, car-
rots and cabbage. The onion is the most
generally planted vegetable, averaging
about 4,000 acres annually, but all other
vegetables mentioned are grown on com-
mercial scale. The soils of the western
part of the county are especially adapted
to citrus fruit culture and a number of
grapefruit and orange groves have beenWe Buy All Kinds of
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ALMANAC. 355
set out, some of which are of bearing age.
Winters are practically froptless and
shipments to market continue throughout
the year. There is some irrigation from
artesian wells. There is limited beef cat-
tle raising; a few years ago this was the
principal industry, but the ranches have
been sold out as farms. There is a large
dairying industry, however.
Raymondville is the county seat and
chief trade center. It is a new towns with
a population of about 3,500 and has wit-
nessed rapid growth. Lyford, another
trade center, lies south of Raymondville
on the Missouri Pacific.
WILLIAMSON-*Created, 1848; organ-
ized, 1848; area, 1,169 sq. mi.; Pop., 42,034;
*1927, 47,000; Alt., C. 750 ft., *rainfall, 35
in. Situated in central part of Texas.
This is one of the premier agricultural
counties in the State. It ranks second to
Ellis in average cotton production among
the counties of the State and the entire
cotton belt.
The county lies largely in the black land
prairies, but with a part of the western
half extending into the rough territory of
the central mineral region. The soils are
black waxy throughout most of the cen-
tral and eastern parts with some sands
and light loams in the west. Timbers are
principally along the streams and consist
of pecan, blackjack, walnut, ash and oak.
The annual value of the crops produced
in Williamson County range from $15,-
000,000 to $20,000,000. Besides the leading
crop of cotton, there is a large acreage of
oats, corn and forage crops and there is
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