The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-03-14

Unions from Sl5000 to $4,000
"Tabasco Peppers from $4,000 TO
$4,000 per acre.
The Chicago Record Herald pub
lished the following individual ex-
periences In South Texas.
Men who came here with $500 and
5000 few years ago are now inde-
pcndently rich
"A young man who came TO this
country for his health, bought 18
acres and in one year cleared over
$4,000 from IT, which was s33s.Ss per
acre.
Another man. 65 years old. from
~ acres, sold $1,000 worth OF pro-
ducc, from which he realized sGa.2O
per acre and then raised a Cotton
crop ON part OF II, which made him
$85 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.
s2,22G.u1; from Cotton, s1,g00; goo
bushels Corn; II tons Hay; $500
pounds Sweet Potatoes.
Another made $4,000 from five
acres OF early Cabbage, which was
Sdi0 per acre, and grew second
crop of Corn and Peas ON the same
ground that year"
Another realized $4,000 from 30
car loads OF Cabbage, averaging 5000
per car, which was $20769 from each
OF the 100 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 aero.
which made that ground yield him
$50 per acre"
Another realized S32,9G6 from 230
acres In Melons, which was $143.33
per acre"
Another netted $21 900 from rs
acres In Onions, which was 5000 per
acre"
Another netted s17445, or $79.25
per acre from nine cuttings OF 220
acras in Alfalfa, which yielded In one
year 2475 tons and sold at s11 per
ton
Another received 5000 from one
acre In Cagllflower; 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. H., who
owns thousands OF acres in the Illl-
nois Corn Belt He says:
II am one OF the heaviest taxpayers
on farm lands in Mason and Tazewell
Counties, Illinois, and / have been
familiar 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 thssl
State of Illinois, that sells from $3.50
TO $226 per acre"
Come 90 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 remunerative.
Where something can be planted
and harvested every month In the
year,
Where the climate is so mild that
iically all his fuel bills and three
tourths 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.
NNhara taaa .,l,II- 49,.
substantials of the temperate and tho
luxuries of the tropic zones,
Where the farmer does not have TO
work hard six month"; IN the year 10
raise feed 10 keep mis- stock from
dying during the winter, as they do
IN the North and Northwest
Where there are no aristOcrats aud
people do not have to work hard 10
have ple'sty and go in the best so
ciety.
Where the natives work less aud
have more to show foi what they do
than In any country ia the United
States.
Where houses. barns and fences
can be built for less than half the
cost Ia the North.
Where snDsirokes and heat pros
iANAANHn are NhhnVMHs
Where sufferers with Asthma.
Bronchitis. Cafarh. Hay Fever and
Throat Troubles find relief.
Who're. surrounded by fruits and
vegetables. which iipen every mouth
in the year, the living is better and
less expensive than In the North.
Where the water IS pure. soft. aud
plentiful
Where tie. taxes are 50 low that
the amount Is never missed
Where public and Private Schools
and Churches Of ali denominations
are plentiful
Where peace, plenty and good win
prevail
Where II Is so healthy that there
are few physicians and most OF them
TO make living. supplement their
income from other business.
Plaza. San Antonio. Texas.
id to anv one prOving that