The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-03-15

10000 per acre.
The Chicago Record.lIerald pub
lished the following individual ex-
periences in South Texas.
Men who came here with $500 and
5000 few years ago are now inde-
pendently rich
"A young man who came 10 this
country for his health, bought Ia
acres and la one year cleared over
$4,000 from IL, which was y33333 per
acre.
Another man, 65 years old. from
40 acres, sold IS 900 worth OF pro-
duae. from which he realized s6329
per acre and then raised Cotton
crop on part of It, which made him
sS5 per acre, which made the same
land net him $9S.2s per acre for that
year"
Another man from 50 acres in 1904
realized as follows: From Onions.
$2.22G.91; from Cotton, s1,SOO; 200
bushels Corn; i2 tons Hay: 5000
pounds Sweet Potatoes"
Another made $4,000 from five
acres OF early Cabbage. which wac
$d40 per acre. aud grew second
crop OF Corn aud Peas un the same
ground that year"
Another realized $4,000 from 30
car loads Of Cabbage, averaging $500
per car. which was Scores from each
of the 930 acres he had planted .
Another netted, above all expenses
500 per acre on Potatoes, and planted
the same ground In Cotton that year.
from whlch he realized $35 per acre.
which made that ground yield him
$50 per acre"
Another realized ss296C from 2s0
acres in Melons, which was $143Bs
| per acre
Another netted $2l 900 from 90
acres Ia Onions, which was 5000 per
I acre"
Another netted $ff445. or s79.25
| per acre from nine cuttings OF 22O
acres IN Alfalfa, which yielded In ons
year 2.i75 tons and sold az sll per
! ton"
Another received 5000 from one
acre In Cauliflower; sown in July.
ransplanted in August, and marketed
In December"
The same authority quotes the fol-
lowing statement from the Hon. 1o-
seph Daily. OF Chilllcothe, H., who
owns thousands OF acres In the hui
II am one OF the heaviest taxpayers
Oh farm lands In Mason and Tazewell
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 lhe
State OF Illinois, that sells from $3.50
TO 1926 per acre"
Come 20 the land OF beautiful sun.
shine and almost perpetual harvest.
Where the people are prosperous.
happy ana contented.
Where the flowers bloom ten
months In the year.
Whore the farmers and gardeners.
whose seasons never end, eat home.
grown June vegetables In January.
aud bask in mId,winter's balny air
aud glorious sunshine.
Where the land yield Is enormous.
and the prices remuneratiytg
Where something can bl planted
and harvested every month Ia the
year.
Where the climate IL SO mild that
the Northern farmer here saves prac-
tically all his fuel bills aud 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 aud summer, on the ma.
tive grasses aud brush.
Where the same land Yields the
substantials OF the temperate aud the
luxurios OF the troplc 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 wiater as they do
In the North aud Northwest
Where there are no aristocrats and
people do not have 20 work hard to
have plenty AID 80 in the best 50.
oiety.
Where the natives work less aud
have more to show for what they do
than Ia any country In the United
States
Where houses, barns and fences
csa be built for less than half the
cost IN the North.
Where suDstrokes and heat pros
traiions are unknown.
Where sufferers with Asthma.
Bronchitis. Catarrh, Hay Fever and
/, Throat Troubles find relief
Where, surrounded BY fruits and
!. vegetables. which Tipen every month
In the year. the living Is better and
less expensive than In the North,
Where the water Is pure, soft, aud
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 win
prevail
Where il Is so healthy that there
, are few physicians and most OF them
10 make living, supplement- their
income from other business. q
10 Plaza. San Antonio. Texas.
'aid TO any one proving that
-tisement is not true.
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