The Monticellonian., 1907-05-16

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 "Poasoes from seo.eo to sI5ooo. "GLi0..s lrom $I5o.UU to $Sa0.v0.
 tJaaaGo Pepl CHS from S5oou0 to Se9ta1 pgr acre.
 The I.acago RecoldHesald pub liSh tae following individual e&- hes4sHee- in SaHth FeXas
 Men wlo came here with s500 and te8t q tHv years asO are now inde- r udeutly rich.
 4 tunag man who came tO this couLlry llr Lis health. bought Is acres and in enc year cleared over SG,ae3 from il, whica was s355g.53 per acge
 Anataes man, G years old. from f9 acfga. sa.a S5,gdU worth of plo- duee, fgcm which hs realized SG329 las acre and taeH raised q Cotton eioH on faIt Of it. whieh made him s55 per eeie, which made the same 4and Ezi him $sS.z9 per acre for that .t,.r.
 &nst@er man fs3m so acres in 1904 realized as Follows: From Onions. $2,2zG.9i iron. Cotton. $1S90; 2eo bushels Corn, r tons Hay, 5,000 Ht'tttf'49 ~ s1i I otsl tOt-9.
 Another made S3.zO0 from five aeraz et carly Cabbage. which was sfi9 per acre. and grew second crop of Corn ard Peas on the same sfGgna Lf5Et year.
 "Ano1ner IaIized $27,a09 from 90 ear loads of Caboase. averaging $2Q1 9rr e9r. whlca was $26G69 from each nt the l3a @eres lie had planted
 Ano;A r Eetted, above all expenses S6u Der acre on PoIatGes, aHd planted tae slfHe sroalsi ih Cotton that year, frCm when L. reaIiz ! S35 per acre. which mace that 3round yield him zs5 i5cE acre.
 AAatheT rsotiz, Ss2 96G from 230 4cres h Melons. which WAS Sl43.33 pc. acee.s
 Another netted S2l,o9a from 5 .scisa T! 0htaEs. Which ads Sg0U Der aes e.
 I Anoshor neJfed $I5445. or s7925 Der aeae From aiae cuttings of 20 i acre5 in Ail,.lia. which yielded ill one ger 2.41o tons and sold at s1l Der i tap .
 Another received ss60 from one i aere in GaulitIower; sown in July. ] taasplanteG ill August and marketed Il December
 The sane authority quotes the fol. owing statement from the Hon. Jo- ] Dh aaiiX, ot ChillieotAe. H., who wns thousands Of acres in the Illi- ..o.s Corn Belt. lie says:
 "I am one oi the heaviest taxpayers l [. farm lands iii Mason and Tazewell aeuat&s, Illinois, and have been familiar with the conditions around sau Antonio for I2 years. Any i arifty farmer can get rich, and make 4ore money off of this cheap land, ] ere f6r aere. than any land fn the sstate of lllnsis. that sells from s150 , S225 per sor5i.
 come 10 tae land of beautiful sun 3HiHe and almost perpetual harvest.
 Where the people are prosperous, app and c5ntented
 #aere the flowers bloom ten months in the year.
 Where the fafmer3 and gardeners, Akcse seasons never end, eat home r5wn JuIe vegetables in January. gd Bask in mid winters balmy air .4d elGr.ons sunshine
 VII re the ldEd yield is enormous. nd fae prices remmeiatiye.
 Where something can be planted nd harvested every month in the ear.
 Where tie climate is so mild that ! k Northern farmer here saves prac- .eallF all lis fucf bills and three i ln.taa inc cost of clothing his family the North
 N1are the country is advancing na mepcsty values rapidly increas- IF.
 Where all stock. without any feed, ltlen winter and simmer, on the na- .Ac e,asSes and brush.
 Where the same land yields the uastantials of the temperate and the a1nsifs of the ropic zones.
 Where the farmer does not have to ork hard six months in the year to tise feed 10 keep his stock from lying during the winter, as they do ! sles aN1af.. and Northwest.
 Where there are no aristocrats and
 aele do nuf nave 10 work hard to aye p,ea.y and % i'll the best SO .ety
 Where tho natives work less and lavc# narc Ia snow for what they do han i. auy conrtry in the United 5t1te,.
 N tIClf' N0iS@ $, NdiHS anu iFuCf5 -a sa built for less than half the
 st in the North.
 WGere sarstYal;es and heat pros
 a ians are unknown
 Where sufferers with Asthma. eToaeaitj5, Catarrh, Hay Fever and raroa Trenbles fad relief
 Where. surfnuaded by fruits and e5adle5. wbicA iPon every month T the year. the living is better and loss axnen5iYe than in the North.
 HHe-e the water is pure, soft. and plentiful.
 Nssre tae taxes are SO low that tha amount is neyer missed.
 Hs4Ic ra5lic and Private schools ana Churches of al denominations qr rienHI1
 Where reaoe. plenty and good will prevail
 Where if is so healthy that there are fep' rhss;cians and most of them ta m4ta lining. supplement their ineema from other business. aid to any one proving that tiseEent IS not true. no Plaza, San Anion;o, Texas. rA c7r ra mA~