The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-07-04

uHS5I pOuicS vi AGRICULTURAL anu ITuCk
Farming land in the entire state, com.
mencing about SO miles south Of San
Antonio and about two miles south of
Pleasanton (the county seat Of Alas
cosa County,. and extending through
Atascosa and a. part of McMullen
Counties, to within II miles Of my
60.000-acre Live Oak County Ranch,
which Lin four months last year, sold
to 1000 Home Seekers, on liberal
terms, without interest on deferred
. payments, which gives the poor man,
from his savings, chance to secure
good farm and town lot for his home
In town. / will donate and turn-ov
to three bonded, Trustees, $250,000
from the proceeds of the sale of this
property to the purchasers, as a bonus
to the first railroad built through this
property on the line which; l shall
designate. ~.
This property is located on that mid.
die plain between East Texas, where
1t rains too much, and the arid section
of West Texas, where 1t does not rain
enough. ~.
Its close proximity to San Antonio,
the largest city in the State, with a
claimed population of over 100000, en-
hances its value as market for Agri-
cultural and Truck farm products far
beyond the value Of similar land not
30 favorably located.
Topography.
Level to slightly rolling. Large,
broad, rich valleys, encircled by ele-
vations suitable for homes; 80 per
cent. fine farming land, balance pas
ture land.
p Forestry. .
: Ash, Elm, Gum, blackberry, Live
Oak, Mesquite, Pecan, abundant for
shade, fencing and wood.
Soil.
4 About 60 per cent. rich, dark, sandy
lo1m, balance chocolate or red sandy
lpam, usually preferred by local farm
efs, and each with soil averaging from
2 to 4 feet deep, with clay subsoil,
which holds water.
Climate.
Mild, balmy, healthy, practically
free from malaria, few frosts, no snow,
no hard freezes; continuous sea breeze
moderates extremes Of heat and cold,
producing warm winters and cool sum-
mers. Average temperature about 62
degrees. -'
Rainfall.
From the Government record, ft Is
safe to assume that the rainfall on this
property has been fully 35 inches per
year, which Is more than some of the
old States have had, and Is plentiful
for ordinary crops properly cultivated,
and for Grass Growing.
improvements and Water.
mi. T.
fenced In many large and small pas
lures, with four barbed wires. with
posts about IL feet apart. Also a
number Of fine shallow wells.
Also number of fine Lakes and
Tanks.
Also, number of fine flowing Arte-
sian Wells, whose crystal streams flow
for miles and miles down those creeks,
whose broad. rich valleys, irrigable
from those continuously flowing
streams. make 1t the ideal place for
the Marketing Gardener who desires
to. raise from two to three crops Of
marketable produce ON the same
ground every year.
Farming and Truck Farming.
Seasons never end.
This land Is adapted =, profitable
culture of Beans, Cabbage, Celery,
Cucumbers, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Beets.
Carrots. Onions, Radish, Squash,
Strawberries, Caulifiower. Okra, Oys-
ter Plant, Peas, Rasberrles. Turnips,
Apricots, Catalogues, Grapes, Irish
Potatoes, Olives, Sweet Potatoes, Ba-
nanas, Dates, English Walnuts. Figs,
Melons, Peanuts, Barley, Blackberries.
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