Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-20

COullLIl IOI his ACdlNhg bOuShL 10
acres and in one year cleared over
$4,000 from it, which was $333.S3 per
acre.
Another man, 65 years old, from 70
acres, sold $4,000 worth of produce,
from which he realized $63.29 per acre
and then raised a Cotton crop IN part
of it, which made him $35 per acre,
which made the same land net him
$3.50 per acre for that year.
Another mar from 80 acres in 1904
realized as follows: From Onions,
s2,226.91; from Cotton, $500; 200
bushels Corn; IL tons Hay; 5000
pounds Sweet Potatoes.
Another made $4,000 from five
acres Of early Cabbage, which was
$640 per acre, and grew a second crop
of Corn and Peas on the same ground
that year.
Another realized $27,00 0 from 30
car loads of Cabbage, averaging $500
per car, which was $207.69 from each
of the 1870 acres he had planted.
Another netted, above all expenses,
$50 per acre on Potatoes, and planted
the same ground in Cotton that year
from which he realized $35 per acre,
| WHICH I1duS IAdl 6lOulu ylClu I'LL poV
per acre.
Another realized 1872, 1865 from 230
acres in Melons, which was $143.33
per acre.
Another Melted $21, 900 from IS
acres in Onions, which was 5000 per
acre.
Another netted $17,445, or $79.25
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 n
acre in Caulifiower; sown in July,
transplanted in August, and marketed
in December"
The same authority quotes the fol.
lowing statement from the Hon. JOS
eph Daily, of Chillicothe, ILL.,, who
owns thousands of acres in the Illinois
Corn Belt. He says:
"I am one of the heaviest taxpayers
on farm lands in Mason and Tazewell
Counties, Illinois, and | have been ia
miliar with the conditions around San
Antonio for II years. Any thrifty
farmer can get rich, and make moro
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 month";
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 remunerative.
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
i, fourths the cost of clothing his family
: in the North.
. Where the country Is advancing and
property values rapidly increasing.
2 Where all stock, without any feed,
a fatten winter and summer, on the ma
tive grasses and brush.
Where the same land yields the
~substantials of the temperate and the
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 dy-
ing 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 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 p~rostra.
tons 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
y 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
n and Churches of all denominations are
n plentiful.
y Where peace, plenty and good will
prevail.
n Where it is so healthy that there
l. are few physicians and most Of them,
to make a living supplement their in
g come from other business.