The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-05
President Roosevelt said.
TEXAS is THE GARDEN SPOT OF
THE LORD"

Farming lana IN the entire state, COIp-
! meuCing about 81 miles south Of san
Antonio and about two miles south Of
/ PleaSantUn tthc county seat Of Atlas
COsa County,, and extending through
/ AtaSCOsa and a part OF MCMui!cn
Counties, to within l. miles OF my
! 6O0O0-aCre Live Oak County Ranch,
which | in four months last year, sold
to 1000 Home Seekers. on liberal
terms, without interest on deferred
payments, which gives the poor man,
! from his savings, a chance 10 secure
good farm and town lot for his home
in town. | will donate and turn over
to three bonded Trustees, $250OOO
from the proceeds of the sale OF this
property to the purchasers, as bonus
to the first railroad built through this
property on the line which | shall
designate.
This property is located on that mid
die plain between East Texas, where
1t rains too much, and the arid section
Of West Texas, where it does not rain
enough.
Its close proximity to San Antonio,
the largest city in the State, with a
claimed population of over 100000. en-
hanCeS its value as market for Agrl-
cultural and Truck farm products far
beyond the value of similar land not
so favorably located.
Topography.
! Level to slightly rolling. Large,
broad, rich valleys, encirCled by ele-
vations suitable for homes: 80 per
cent fine farming land, balance pas
ture land.
Forestry.
Ash, Elm. Gum, blackberry, Live
Oak Mesquite, Pecan, abundant for
shade, fencing and wood.
Soil.
About 60 per cent, rich, dark. sandy
loan, balance chocolate or red sandy
loan, usually preferred by local farm
ers, and each with soil averaging from
2 to feet deep, with clay subsoil,
which holds water.
Climate.
Mild, balmy, healthy, practically
free from malaria. few frosts, no snow,
no hard freezes; continuous sea breeze
moderates extremes of heat and cold,
producing warm winters and cool sum-
mers Average temperature about 62
degrees.
Rainfall.
From the Government record, 1t Is
| safe to assume that the rainfall on this
property has been fully 50 inches per
| TIL 10, hn, g he
old States have had, and is plentiful
for ordinary crops properly cultivated,
and for Grass Growing.
Improvements and Water.
This property is fenced and cross
fenced in many large and small pas
lures, with four barbed wires, with
posts about II feet apart. Also
number of fine shallow wells.
Also, a number of fine Lakes and
Tanks.
Also, a number of fine flowing Arte-
sian Wells, whose crystal streams flow
for miles and miles down those creeks,
whose broad, rich valleys, irrigable
from these continuously flowing
streams, make it the ideal place for
the Marketing Gardener who desires
to raise from two to three crops of
marketable produce on the same
ground every year
Farming and Truck Farming.
Seasons never end.
This land is adapted to profitable
culture of Beans, Cabbage, Celery,
Cucumbers, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Beets,
Carrots, Onions, Radish, Squash,
Strawberries, Caulfower, Okra, Oys-
ter Plant, Peas, RaSpberries, Turnlps,
ApricOts, Catalogues, Grapes. Irish
Potatoes, Olives, Sweet Potatoes, Ba-
nanas, Dates, English Walnuts, Figs,
Melons, Peanuts, Barley, BlaCkberries,
Broom Corn, Lemons, Plums, Tobac-
CO, Alfalfa, Rye. Oranges. Peaches,
Pecans, Corn, Cotton, Oats, Wheat,
Apples, Pears.
Page, 6S of the book entitled Beau
tiful San Antonio" officially issued by
the Business Mems Club of San An
tonic, dated May, 1906, says:
1T is readily conceded by all those
who know anything about Texas that
the most prolific agricultural section
is that which recognizes San Antonio
as its logical center, particularly that
portion directly south Of San Antonio,
with the Gulf of Mexico bordering on
the southeast and the Rio Grande Dor
dering on the south and west.
within the last four or five years,
In the territory named, special atten.
ton has been given to growing vege.
tables, they maturing at time when
they secure the maximum prices on
Northern markets, which markets they
virtually invade without a competitor
The profit in growing vegetables in
this territory will be seen by an exam
ination of the following figures, Sc
cured from reliable sources, showing
Net Earnings Per Acre:
"WatermelOns from SIS to 100000
"Cantaloupes from $4,000 to $500
Cabbage from $125OO to $225.OO.
"Caulifower from $500 to s225.00
Beans and Peas from $4,000 to
S125.O0.
Tomatoes from $125.0O to $4,000.
Potatoes from $4,000 to $4,000.
Onions from $4,000 to $4,000.
"Tabasco Peppers from $4,000 to
100000 per acre.
"The Chicago Record Herald pub.
! fishing the following individual expert
! ancac in South Tayac.