The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-03-16

$4,000 per acre. =
The Chicago Record Herald pub
lished the following individual ex-
periences I'm South Texas.
Men who came here with $500 and
5000 a few years URo are now inde-
pondenuy rich.
"A young man who came to this
country for his health, bought 1S
acres and in one year cleared over
$4,000 from II, which was S333.33 per
acre.
Another man, G5 years old from
10 acres, sold $4,000 worth OF pro
duce, from which he realized SG32g
per acre and then raised a Cotton
crop on part OF It, which made him
S35 per acre, which made the same
land net him S9S.29 per acre for that
year"
Another man from so acres in 1904
realized as follows: From Onions,
$2,22G.9l; from Cotton, Sl,S00; 200
bushels Corn; ~ tons Hay; 5000
pounds Sweet Potatoes"
Another made $4,000 from five
acres OF early Cabbage, which was
$ji0 per acre, and grew second
crop OF Corn and Peas on the same
ground that year"
Another realized $4,000 from 80
car loads Of Cabbage averaging 5000
per car, which was $2OZG9 from each
of the 130 acres he had planted"
Another netted, above all expenses
$50 per acre on Potatoes, and planted
the same ground in Cotton that year,
from which he realized $35 per acre.
which made that ground yield him
S95 per acre" q
4 Another realized $32 1906 from 23O
acres in Melons, which was $14333
| per acre"
Another netted $4,000 from So
acres in Onions, which was 5000 per
acre"
Another netted $17,445, or $79.25
per acre from nine cuttings of 200
acres I'm Alfalfa, which yielded In one
year 2,475 tons and sold at S11 per
ton"
Another received 5000 from ono
acre in Cauliflower; sown in July,
transplanted in August, and marketed
IN December"
The same authority quotes the fol.
lowing statement from the Hon. Jo-
seph Daily, OF Chillicothe, ILL.,, who
owns thousands Of acres In the Illi-
nois Corn Belt. He says:
II am one OF the heaviest taxpayers
on farm lands In Mason and Tazewell
Counties, Illinois, and | have been
familiar with the conditions around
San Antonio for ~ 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 $3.50
to 1925 per acre"
Come to the land of beautiful sum
shine and almost perpetual harvest.
Where the people are prosperous,
happy and contented. Q
Who're the flowers bloom ten
months in the year.
WAere the farmers and gardeners,
whose seasons never end. eat home
grown June vegeta 1les in January,
and bask in mld-wlnter's balmy air
and glorious sunshine.
Where the land yield is enormous.
aud the prices rempneratlvG q
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.
ticaiiy all his fuel bills and three
fourths the cost OF clothing his family
in the North.
Where the country is advancing
and property values rapidly increas-
ing.
Where all stock, without any feed,
fatten winter and summer, on the ma,
tive grasses and brush.
Where the same land yields the
substantials of the temperate and 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
dying during the winter, as they do
N the North ard Northwest.
Where there are no aristocrats and
people do not have to work hard to
have plenty and go in the best So
ciety. a
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 suDstrokes and heat pros
trations are unknown.
Where sufferers with Asthma,
Bronchitis, Catarrh, Hay Fever and
| Ahibal llbuhANh Alhu ltllNls
Where, surrounded by fruits and
vegetables, which Iipen every month
In the year, the living Is better and
less expensive than In the North.
Where the water is pure, soft, and
plentiful.
Where the taxes are so low that
the amount Is never missed
Where Public and Private Schools
and Churches of all denominations
are plentiful.
Where peace. plenty and good will
prevail
Where II Is so healthy that there
are few physicians and most OF them
to make a living, supplement their
income from other business. d
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