The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-06-27

$4,000 acres comprises one OF the
finest bodies of Agricultural and Truck
Farming land in the entire state, COM
mencing about 36 miles south of San
Antonio and about two miles south of
Pleasanton (the county seat of Atlas
cosa County,, and extending through
Atascosa and part of McMullen
Counties, 10 within II miles of my
60000.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
a good farm and town lot for his home
in town. ! will donate and turn over
to three bonded Trustees, $250,000
from the proceeds of the sale of this
property to the purchasers, as bonus
to the first railroad built through this
property on the line which | 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 it does not rain
enough.
It's close proximity to San Antonio,
the largest city in the State, with
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
SO 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
Forestry.
Ash. Elm. Gum, blackberry, Live
Oak, Mesquite, Pecan, abundant for
shade, fencing and wood.
Soil.
About 60 per cent. rich, dark, sandy
loan, balance chocolate or red sandy
loan, usually preferred by local farm
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.
Rainfall.
From the Government record it is
safe to assume that the rainfall on this
property has been fully So 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 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 to profitable
culture Of Beans, Cabbage, Celery,
Cucumbers, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Beets,
Carrots Onions, Radish, Squash,
Strawberries, Caulifiower, Okra, Oys-
ter Plant, Peas, Rasberries, Turnips, |
Apricots, Catalogues, 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 GO of the book entitled Beau
tiful San Antonio officially issued by
the Business Mems Club of San An
tonic, dated May, 1906, says:
at is readily conceded by all those
who know anything about Texas that
the most prolific agricultural section
is that which recognizes San Antonio
as its 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 vege-
tables, they maturing at a time when
they secure the maximum prices on
Northern markets, which markets they
virtually invade without 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:
''Watermelons from 1880 to $4,000.
"Cantaloupes from $4,000 to $500.
Cabbage from $4,000 to s225.0O.
@Caulifiower from $500 to $225.0O.
Beans and Peas from $4,000 to
si25.OO.
Tomatoes from $125.0O to $4,000.
Potatoes from $4,000 to $4,000.
sOnions from $4,000 to $4,000
ATabasco Peppers from $4,000 to
$4,000 per acre.
rThe Chicago Record-Herald pub
fishing the following individual expert
snces In South Texas:
men who came here with $500 and
800 few years ago are now indie
eendently rich.