The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12

$4,000 from it, which was S333.33 per
acre.
"Another man. 65 years old. from 70
acres, sold $1,000 worth of produce,
from which he realized $63.29 per acre
and then raised a Cotton crop on part
Of it, which made him $25 per acre,
which made the same land net him
$3.50 per acre for that year"
Another man from 50 acres in 1904
realized as follows: From Onions,
$2,22&91; from Cotton, $500; POO
bushels Corn; y tons Hay; 5000
pounds Sweet Potatoes.
"Another made 1920 from five
acres of early Cabbage, which was
$500 per acre, and grew a second crop
of Corn and Peas on the same ground
that year.
"Anothcr realized $4,000 from 90
car leads Of Cabbage, averaging $500
per car, which was $20769 from each
OF the 1870 acres he had planted.
Another netted, above all expenses.
$50 per acre on Potatoes, and planted
the same ground in Cotton that year
from whiCi. he realized $35 per acre.
which made that ground yield him $95
per acre
Another realized $32.9G6 from 23O
acres in Melons, which was s143.33
per acre.
Another netted 1000 from So
acres in Onions, which was $500 per
acre.
Another netted s17445. or 1925
per acre from nine cuttings of 220
acres in Alfalfa, which yielded in one
year 2,415 tons and sold at $1l per
ton.
Another received 5000 from one
acre in Cauifower; sown in July.
transDlanted in August, and marketed
in December"
The same authority quotes the fol-
lowing statement from the Hon. JOS.
eph Daily, of Chilicothe. H., who
owns thousands Of acres in the Illinois
Corn Belt. He says:
u am one Of the heaviest taxpayers
on farm lands in Mason aud TazeWeu
Counties. Illinois, and | have been ia.
miliar with the conditions around San
Antonio for y years. Any thrifty
farmer can get rich. and make more
money off Of this cheap land, acre for
acre, than any land in the State OF
Illinois, that sells from $50 to 1925
per acre"
Come to the land OF beautiful sun
shine aud almost perpetual harvest.
Where the people are prosperous,
happy and Contented.
Where The flowers bloom ten months
in the year.
Where the farmers and gardeners,
whose seasons never end, eat home.
grown June vegetables in January. and
bask in mid-winter's balmy air and
glorious sunshine.
Where the land yield is enormous
and the prices remuleTatiye.
Where something can be planted /.
and harvested every month in the
year.
Where the climate is so mild that
the Northern farmer here saves praC.
tically all his fuel bills and three
fOurths the cost of clothing his family
in the North.
Where the country it advancing and .
property values rapidly increasing.
Where all stock, without any feed.
fattea winter and summer on the ma
tive grasses and brush.
Where the same land yields the
Of the temperate aud the
luXuries Of the trOpic zones.
Where the farmer does not have to
work hard six months in the year to
raise feed to keep his stock from dy.
ing during the winter, as they do in
the North and Northwest.
Where there are no aristOcrats and
people do not have to work hard to
have plenty and go in the best society.
Where the natives work less and
have more to show for what they do
than in any country in the United
States.
Where houses. barns and fences can
be built for less than half the cost in
the North.
Where sunstrokes and heat prostra
tons are unknown.
Where sufferers with Asthma, Bron.
2hitis, Catarrh, Hay Fever and Throat
Troubles find relief.
Where, surrounded by fruits and veg
etables, which ripen every month in
he year, the living is better and less
expensive than in the North.
Where the water is pure, sole and
plentiful.
Where the taxes are so low that the
amount is never missed.
Where Public and Private Schools
md Churches of all denominations are
PLENTIFUL
Where, peace, plenty and good will
prevail.
Where it is so healthy that there
are few physicians and most them,
o make living supplement their In.
come from other business.
ST. 900 Reward will he maid In arv t