The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-06-21
"1exas 10 the Garden Spot OF the Lord"
90, 900 Acre Ranch of Or. Chas. r. Simmons
Now On the Market.
Here Your Opportunity Buy Farm Of from 10 Acres $40 and
Two Town Lots This "Garden Spot for S20 Pay
able $40 per Month Without Interest.

country Ipl MS i'diNus DbAEHN 10
acres and in one year cleared over
$4,000 from 1t, which was s33333 per
acre.
Another man. G5 years old. from 10
acres, sold $4,000 worth OF produce.
from which he realized 5000 per acre
and then raised a Cotton crop on part
Of it, which made him $3j per acre.
which made the same land net him
$3.50 per acre for that year
Another man from so acres in 1904
realized as follows: From Onions.
S2,22G9l from Cotton, $1,000; 200
bushels Corn; IL tons Hay; 5000
pounds Sweet Potatoes
Another made $4,000 from Ave
acres OF early Cabbage. which was
$500 per acre, and grew a second crop
OF Corn and Pear on the same ground
that year.
another realized s27 900 from 90
car loads OF Cabbage averaging 5000
per car. which was 1907 60 from each
OF tho 1870 acres he had planted.
Another Melted, above all expenses.
$50 per acre on Potatoes. and planted
the same ground in Cotton tina, year
from which he realized S35 per acre.
which made that ground yield him $95
per acre
Another realized s32,9GC from 2SO
acres in Melons which was Sli3.33
per acre.
Another nctted s2l 900 from 30
acres In Onions. which was 5000 per
acre,
Another netted Sl7,ii5, or s7a2 rs
per acre from nine cuttings of 220
acres In Alfalfa. which yielded in ono
year 2,iT5 tons and sold at 81 per
ton
Another received 5000 from ono
acre in Cauliaower; sown in July,
transplanted in August, and marketed
in December"
Tho same authority quotes the fol-
lowing statement from the Hon. JOS
eph Daily, of Chillicothe. H.. who
owns thousands OF acres in the Illinois
Corn Belt. He says:
81 am one Of tho heaviest taxpayers
on farm lands In Mason and Tazewel
Counties. Illinois. and ] have been IA
mIlar with the conditions around San
Antonio for II 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 S225
per acre"
Come to the land OF beautiful sun
shine and almost perpetual harvest.
Who're the people are prosperous.
| happy and contCntcd.
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 md.wntCrs balmy air and
glorious sunshine.
Whore the land yield is enormous
and the prices rcntuncratlye.
Where something can be planted
and harvested every month In the
year
Where the climate IS so mild that
the Northern farmer here save 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 increasing.
Where all stock, without any feed.
fatton winter and summer, on the ma
tive grasses and brush.
Where the same land yields tho
substantials of the temperate and tho
luyurIcs of the tronlc 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 tEey do in
the North and Northwest.
Where there are no aristocrats and
| people do not have - 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-
| lions are unknown.
Where sufferers with Asthma, Bron-
chitis. Catarrh Hay Fever and Throat
| Troubles find relief.
! Where. surrounded by fruits and
| vegetables, which ripen 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.
Who're Public and Private Schools
and Churches of all denominations are
| plentiful.
Where peace, plenty and good viii
prevail.
Where It is so healthy that there
are few physicians and most Of them.
to maize living supplement their In
come from other business.
Sl,006Reward will be paid TO any
one proving that any statement
in this advertisement is not true.