The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-06-07

JO,OOU dCItS one Vi lnt
finest bodies Of Agricultural and Truck
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 Atas-
cosa County,, and extending through
Atascosa and part OF NcMullen
Counties, to within ~ miles of my
60,000-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, a 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 abonus
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
it 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 a
claimed population of over 100000, en-
hances its 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; 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, 1t is
safe TO assume that the rainfall on this
property has been fully 80 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 q
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 fol
the Marketing Gardener who desires
To raise from two to three crops o
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, Turnips
Apricots, Cantaloupes, Grapes. Irisl
Potatoes, Olives, Sweet Potatoes, Ba
nanas, Dates, English Walnuts, Figs
Melons, Peanuts, Barley, Blackberries
Broom Corn, Lemons. Plums. Tobac
co. Alfalfa, Rye, Oranges, Peaches