The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1907-08-16

Cabbage from $1,000 20 s225o0.
"CauLifower from $500 20 s2O0uO.
Beans and Peas from 500 90 To sI25u0.
Tomatoes from sl250D to- $4,000.
Potatoes from 5000 to $1,000.
Onions from $4,000 Co ss0ooO.
'r8basco Peppers from $4,000 70 5000 per
acre.
The Chicago Eeeou-Herald published the foi-
lowing individual experiences in South Texas
Men who came here with 500 and 5000 few
years ago are now independently rich.
ga young man who came TO this country for
his health. bought Is acres and In one year
cleared over s6oo0 from IL. which was t}3a83 per
acre
Another mau. s5 years old. from ~ acres
Sold 5000 worth OFF produce from which he real
ized s682a per acre and then raised a cotton crop
ou part of it which made him f}5 per acre
which made tae same land net him }ss % per
acre FOR that year.
Another man from so acres ina 1901 realized a.
follows From Onions. s2216.9l, from Cotton
81 500. POO bushels Corn. u tons Hay 5000
pounds Sweet Potatoes.
Another made $500 from dye acres Of early
Cabbage which was $3.50 per acre and grew a
second crop of Corn and Peas on the same
ground that year.
Another realized 81 600 from 20 car loads OF
Cabbage. averaging $500 per car. which was
s207 69 from each of the l80 acres DE had planted
Another netted. above AN expenses $50 per
+ acre ON Potatoes and planted the same ground
/ u cotton that year from which he realized So
/ per acre which made that ground yield him ~
/ per acre.
+ Another realized s}2 966 from 2aO acres in
. Melons. which was si4883 per acre.
/ Another nctted s21 900 from 30 acres Boo on
ions which was $500 per acre.
Another uettcd t17.ii5. or s7925 per acre from
nine cuttings Of Z2O acres in Alfalfa which yield
ed in one year 23-5 tons and sold al sl per ton.
Another received 5000 from one acre u Cauli-
flower; sown in July. transpianted n August.
and marketed u December
/ The same authority quotes the following state
mcut from the Hon. Joseph Daily. Of Chilli
Gothic IlI.. who owns thousands OF acres in the
Illinois Corn Belt He says:
Fl ann one Of the heaviest taxpayers on farm
lands iu Mason and Tazeweli counties, Illinois.
and have been familiar with the conditions
around san Antonio for ~ years. ANY thrifty
. farmer can get rich. and make more money OF
Of this cheap land. acre FOR acre. than any land
iu the state Of Illinois. that sells from tl5O to
s225 per acre.
Come 20 the land Of beautiful sunshine audlll-
most perpetual harvest.
Where the people are prosperous. happyiand
. eontented.
Where the flowers bloom ten months in the
year.
Where the farmers and gardeners. whose sea-
. sons never end. eat home grown June vegetable
in January. and hask in mid-wintei's ualuy air
and glorious sunshine
Where the land yield IS enormous and the
. prices TemuueratIve.
/ Where something can bc planted and har.
. ee-tedcscry month ia the year.
Where tho climate is So mild that tine North.
. ern farmer here saves practically Ru bis fuel
bills and turee-fourths the cost % clothing
bis family in the AOrth.
Where the country D. advancing and property
. values rapidly increasing.
Where aIl stock without amy feed fattcu vim
ter and summer on the native Rrasses and brush.
Where the same land yields the substantials oi
the temperate and the Iuxurics of the tropic
zones
Where the farmer does not have % work hard
si1. months foo the year b. raise feed 90 keep his
. stock from dying during the winter as they do
. Iu thr Sortl and Northwest.
Where there are no aristocrats and people do
mot haee 10 work hard To- have plenty and 20 in
the best society
Where me natives aork Iess and have more
to -hoa for what they do than iu any country
200 tho TuiIad States.
Where houses barns and fences can oe built
for ess than half The cost in the North.
Where suustroses and heat prostrations are
unknown
where sufferers with Asthma Bronchitis ca
tarh Hay Fever and Throat Troubles find rs-
lief
Where surrounded by fruits and vegetable.
which ripen every month in the year The living
i- 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
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