Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-27
"Potatoes from $4,000 to $4,000.
"Onions from $4,000 to $4,000.

The Chicago kecOru-fferald pup |
fishing the following individual expert.
ences In South Texas:
Men who came here with $500 and
$500 q few years ago are now indie.
p~endently rich.
"A young man who came to this
country for his health, bought IS
acres and in one year cleared ovcr
s 5000 from II, which was $333,33 per
acre.
Another man, 65 years old, from ~
acres, sold $1,000 worth Of produce.
from which he realized 1929 per acre
and then raised a Cotton crop on part
OF II, which made him $35 per acre,
which made the same land net him
$98.29 per acre for that year.
Another man from so acres in 1904
realized as follows: From Onions,
s. ,226.9I; from Cotton, $1,000; 200
bushels Corn: ~ 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, 900 from 30
car loads o; Cabbage. averaging 5000
per car, which was $207. So from each
Of the 1870 acres he had planted.
Another ncttcd. 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 made that ground yield him $9j
per acre.
Another realized 1872, 966 from 230
acres in Melons, which was $143.33
per acre
Another nettcd $21, 900 from IS
acres In Onions, which was 5000 per
acre.
Another nettcd $17,445. or 1925
per acre from nine cuttings Of 220
acres in Alfalfa, which yielded in one
year 2,475 tons and sold at 81 per
ton.
Another received 5000 from one
acre In Caul!fiOwcr; sOwn In July.
transplantcd in August. and marketed
In December"
The same authority quotes the fol-
lowing statement from the Hon. JOS.
eph Daily. OF ChlllicOthe, H.. who
owns thousands OF acres in the Illinois
Corn Belt. He says:
~ am one OF the heaviest taxpayers
on farm lands in Mason and Tazewcll
Counties. Illinois, and ] have been IA
mlllar with the conditions around San
Antonio for IL years. Any thrifty
farmer can get rich, and make more
money of Of this cheap land, acre for
acre, than any land in the State OF
Illinois, that sells from $50 to 1925
per acre
Come to the land OF beautiful sun
shine and almost perpetual harvest.
Where the people are prosperous,
happy and c%Ontcnted.
Where the flowers bloom ten months
In the year.
Where the farmers and gardeners,
whose Seasons end, a 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 a 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 IL advancing and
property values rapidly increasing.
Where all stock. without any feed
fatten winter and summer, on the ma
tive grasses and brush.
Where the same land yields the
s%ubstantials 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 a%ristocrats and
people do not have To work hard &c
have plenty and go In the best society
Where the natives work less and
have more TO show for what they dc
than In any country In the United
States.
Where houses, barns and fences car
be built for less than half the cost II
the North.
Where sunstr0keB and heat prostra
lions are unknown.
Where sufferers with Asthma. BrOn
chitis. Cntarrh, Hay Fever and Throal
Troubles find relief.
Where, surrounded by fruits ant
vegetables. which ripen every montf
Ia the year, the living is better ant
less expensive than In the North.
Where the water is pure, soft ant
plentiful.
Where the taxes are 80 low that thu
amount Is never missed.
Where Public and Private School,
and Churches OF all denominations are
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