Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-07-06

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| $4,000 acres comprises one of the
finest bodies of Agricultural and Truck
| Farming land in the entire state, com
mencing about sc miles south of San
Antonio and about two miles south of
Pleasanton 1.-THE county seat of Atlas
cosa County, and extending through
| Atascosa and a part of McMullen
| Counties, to within II miles of my
| 60. O00-acre Live Oak County Ranch.
which in 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. I will donate and turn over
| to three bonded Trustees, $3.50, 900
| 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 I shall
| designate.
This property is~1ocated on that mid
| die plain between East Texas, where
| 1T rains too much, and the arid section
| of West Texas, where it does not rain
enough.
Its close proximity to San Antonio,
the largest city in the State, with a
| claimed population of over $1,000, en-
hances it's value as a market for Agri-
cultural and Truck farm products far
beyond the value of similar land not
so favorably located.
Topography.
Level to slightly rolling. Large.
broad, rich valleys, encircled by ele-
vations suitable for homes; 90 per
cent fine farming land, balance pas
ture land.
Forestry.
Ash, Elm, Gum, blackberry, Live
Oak, Mesquite, Pecan, abundant for
shade. fencing and wood.
Soil.
About go per cent. rich, dark, sandy
loan, balance chocolate or red sandy
ers, and each with soil averaging from
2 to 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 49,
Rainfall.
From the Government record, 1t Is
safe to assume that the rainfall on this
property has been fully IS 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.
This property is fenced and, cross
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 a number of fine Lakes and
Tanks.
Also, a 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 it 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 to profitable
culture of Beans, Cabbage, Celery.
Cucumbers, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Beets,
Carrots, Onions, Radish, Squash.
Strawberries, Cauliflower, Okra, Oys-
ter Plant, Peas, Rasberries, Turnfps,
Apricots, Cantaloupes, Grapes, Irish
Potatoes, Olives, Sweet Potatoes, Ba-
nanas, Dates, English Walnuts, Figs,
Melons, Peanuts, Barley, Blackberries,
Broom Corn, Lemons, Plums, Tobac-
co, Alfalfa, Rye, Oranges, Peaches,
Pecans, Corn, Cotton, Oats, Wheat.
Apples, Pears.
Page SO of the book entitled Beau
tiful San Antonio," officially issued by
the Business Mems Club of San An
tonic, dated May, 1906, says:
TT is readily conceded by all those
who know anything about Texas that
. the most prolific agricultural section
is that which recognizes San Antonio
as it's logical center, particularly that
portion directly south of San Antonio,
with the Gulf of Mexico bordering on
the southeast and the Rio Grande bor-
dering on the south and west.
within the last four or five years,
in the territory named, special atten-
ton has been given to growing yege-
tables, they maturing at time when
they secure the maximum prices on
Northern markets, which markets they
virtually invade without a competitor.
The profit in growing vegetables in
this territory will be seen by an exam
nation of the following figures, Sc
cured from reliable sources, showing
Net Earnings Per Acre:
"Waterfnelons from $500 to $4,000.
"Cantaloupes from $4,000 to $500.
Cabbage from s125-60 to $225-00-
"CauEfower from $500 to $225.00.
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