The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1907-09-13

President Roosevelt said:
.TENAs Is THE GARDEN SPOT or THE
LORD"
Investigation win show that this $4,000 acres
comprises one of the finest bodies OF Agricuitur-
al and Truck Farming land i'm the entire state.
commencing about So miles south Of san AM
tonia and about two miles south OF Pleasantou
ltile county seat of Atascosa county and eN-
tending through Atascosa and part of McMuL
len counties. to within II miles Of my 60o0oacre
Live OAK County Ranch which in four months
last year sold 10 10000 Home Seekers, on liberal
terms without interest on deferred payments
which gives the poor man. from bis savings "a
chance to secure "a good Farm and Town lot for
his home in town. Iwil donate and turn owen
to three bonded Trustees s2500O0 from the pro
eeeds of the sale OF this property 10 the purchas
ers. as bonus to the first railway built through
this property on the lire which shall designate
This property is located on that middle plain
between East Texas. where it rains too much
and the arid section of West Texas, where y
does not rain enough.
Its close proximity to san Antonio, the largest
city in the state. with a claimed population Of
over 100000. enhances IT'S value as market for
Agricultural and Truck farm products Far be-
located.
TYPOGRAPHY
Level TO slightly rolling. Large. broad. rich
valleys. encjrcIcd hy elevations suitable for
homes: 90 per cent fine farming land. balance
pasture land.
FORESTRY.
Ash. Elm. Gum. blackberry. Live Oak Mos
quite. Pecan, abundant shade fencing and wood
SOIL.
About so per cent rich. dark. sandy loan. bal
snce chockoIate or red red sandy ioam. usualb
preferred by local farmers and each with soil
averaging from two to four feet deep with cial
-ubsoiL which holds water.
CLIMATE
Mia. baImy. healthy. practically free from
malaria. few fro-ts no SHOWS. no hard freezes
continuous sea breeze. moderate extremes @
heat and cold producing warm winters and coo
+ summers. Average temperature about 80 de
eress.
RAINFALL
/ From the Government record. st. .is safe to as
sume that the rainfall an This property BIAS 5eei
fully 85 iucees per year which is more than som
/ Of the old states have had. and IS plentiful 70
+ ordinary crops properly cultivated ans 70
4 Grass Growing.
IMPROVEMENTS AND WATER.
This property is fenced and cross fenced fl
many large and small pastures vith four bar1e
wires with posts about T. feet apart Also
number Of fine shallow wells.
Also a number of fine Lakes and Tanks.
Also "a number of fine flowing ArtesiaH Wells
crystal streams How for miles and miles dow
those creeks. whose broad lich valleys irrisabI
from these continuously flowing streams max
the ideal place for the Marketing Garduert
who desires 10 raise from two to three crops
marketable produce ON the same ground ever
year
FARMING AND TRUCK FARMING.
Seasons never end.
This land is adapted 10 profitable culture
Beans. Cabbage. celery. Cucumber-. Lettac
Tomatoes. Beets. Carrots Onions fiaddi7l
squash. Strawberries, Caulidower. Okra. Oyst
. Plant Peas. Baspberries. Turnips. Apricot
/ Cantaloupes. Grapes, Irish Potatoes. Olive
sweet Potatoes Bananas Dates English Wa
nuts. Figs Melons Peanuts Barley BlackDe
ries. Broom Corn Lemons. Piums Tobaco
Alfalfa Rye. Oranges. Peaches, Pecans. Cor
Cotton. Oats. Wheat, Apples Pears.
Page SO of the book entitled Beautiful sa
Antonio" officially issued by the Busine
Mems Club of san Antonio. dated May l9C
says:
at is readily conceded by an those who kuo
anything about Texas that the most profit
agriculture section is that which rec0guiz
san Antonio as its logical center. particular
that portion directly south Of san Antonio. wi
Il the GuIf Of Mexico bordering on the southea
and the Rio Grand bordering on the south az
west
within the last four or FIVE years, in the te
ritory named. special attention has been give
i to growing vegetables they maturing at a tin
when they secure the maximum prices
| Northern markets. which markets they virtual
invade without a competitor. The profit
i growing vegetables in this territory viii be se
4 By an examination Of the following figures.
Il cured from reliable sources, showing
NET EARNINGS PER ACRE.
-Watermelons from SIS TO $4,000.
: "Cantaloupes from 5000 to $500