The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-10
President Roosevelt said.
TEXAS is THE GARDEN SPOT OF
THE LORD"

investigation VIII SHOW mat lhlS
$4,000 acres comprises one Of the
finest bodies Of Agricultural and Truck
Farming land in the entire state. com
Mencing about 80 miles south OF san
Antonio and about two miles south OF
Pleasantuu the county seat of Atlas
cosa County,. and extending through
Atasc0sa and a part Of McMHlIen
Counties. 10 within II miles of my
6OOOO-acre Live Oak County Ranch,
which in four months last year, sold
TO 1900 Home Seekers, on liberal
terms, without interest on deferred
payments, which gives the poor man,
from his savings, a chance 10 secure
good farm and town lot for his home
IN town. ] Will donate and turn over
TO three bonded Trustees. S25O,O0O
from the proceeds OF the sale OF this
property 10 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
ii rains too much. and the arid section
Of West Texas. whore il does not rain
enough
It's close proximity 10 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 fayOrabiy located.
Topography.
Level to slightly rolling. Large,
broad. rich valleys. enCircled by Gle
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 60 per cent. rich. dark. sandy
loan, balance chocolate or red sandy
loan, usually preferred by local farm
ers, and each with soil a5eraging from
: 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 |
extremes of heat and cold, !
warm winters and cool sum- /
mers. Average temperature about 90 |
degrees.
Rainfall.
From the Government record. Il 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 II feet apart. Also a |
of fine shallow wells.
Also, 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 these continuously flowing
streams, make it the ideal place for !
the Marketing Gardener who desires
to raise from two to three crops of
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, Canliflower, Okra, Oys- |
ter Plant, Peas, Raspberries. TurpIps,
Apricots, CantalOnpes, 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 63 of the book entitled Beau |
tiful San Antonio" officially issued by
the Business Mems Club of San An.
tonic, dated May. 1906. says:
1T 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 Dor.
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 time when
they secure the maximum prices on
Northern markets. which markets they
invade without a competitor. I
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 SIS. to $4,000.
"Cantaloupes from $4,000 to $500.
Cabbage from sl2500 to $225.OQ
"Cauliflower from $500 to $22500.
Beans and Peas from $4,000 to
s125.00.
Tomatoes from s125.Oe to $4,000