The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-03-15

"Taoasco Peppers from $4,000 to
$4,000 per acre.
The Chicago Record Herald pub.
lished the following individual ex-
pericnces In South Texas.
Men who came here with $500 and
5000 few years ago are now inda-
pcndonuy 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 $333.33 per
acre.
Another man, G5 years old, from
40 acres, sold $4,000 worth OF pro
duce, from which he realized $G329
per acre and then raised Cotton
crop on part OF Il, which made him
$35 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,
S222G91: from Cotton, sl,S00; 200
bushels Corn; IL tons Hay; 5000
pounds Sweet Potatoes"
Another made $4,000 from five
acres OF early Cabbage, which was
S6i0 per acre, and grew n second
n
ground that year"
Another realized $4,000 from 90
car loads Of Cabbage, averaging. $500
per car, which was S20769 from each
OF the l30 acres he had planted"
Another netted, above all expenses
SEQ 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"
Another realized $32 ,9C6 from 23O
acres in Melons, which was $14333
| per acre"
Another netted $4,000 from 35
acres In Onions, which was 5000 per
acre"
Another netted $17445, or $7925
per acre from nine cuttings of 220
acres in Alfalfa, which yielded in one
year 2,475 tons and sold at $11 per
ton"
Another received 5000 from one
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 I'LL
nols Corn Belt. He says
Il am one OF the heaviest taxpayers
on farm lands in Mason and Tasewell
Counties. Illinois, aud 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 sun
shine and 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 remunerativc.
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 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 tho
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
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 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 supstrokes and heat pros
trations are unknown
Where sufferers with Asthma.
Bronchitis, Catarrh, Hay Fever and
Throat Troubles find relief.
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 30 healthy that there
, are few physicians and most OF them
to make a living, supplement their
/. income from other business. n
20 Plaza. San Antonio. Texas.
aid to any one proving that
tisementis not true.
no Plaza. San Antonio. Texas